Chui, Portuguese FM vow to strengthen ties

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva intend to further strengthen bilateral economic and cultural ties between the two sides, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) about a joint press conference on Saturday. Chui and Santos Silva talked to the media after co-chairing the 5th meeting of the Macau-Portugal Joint Commission. Chui said that Macau would assist Portuguese entrepreneurs in exploring business

October 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Fighting erupts outside Four Seasons

A fight erupted between about two dozen men in front of The Four Seasons Hotel Macau in Cotai on Saturday at around 11:30 pm.According to a clip circulating on an online platform at the weekend, there was a clash between different groups of men kicking and punching each other which spread to the pavement in front of the Venetian resort canal in Estrada do Istmo.According to a Public Security Police (PSP) statement yesterday, when police officers arrived at the scene none of the men involved in

October 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Thai nabbed for setting fire outside superior’s flat

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a Thai woman for setting a fire outside her superior’s flat in the Inner Harbour area earlier this month, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference on Friday.According to Lei, the suspect is a 41-year-old local Thai, surnamed Aphaikawee, who was working as a casino dealer before being transferred to the same company’s food and beverage department. The victim is the suspect’s female Philippine superior, a vice-manager of the

October 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Drunk driver flees after car crash: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) have caught a local man who fled after crashing into a roadside barrier in Taipa, a PSP statement said yesterday.According to the statement, the driver is a local man in his twenties.The statement said that a car crashed into a roadside barrier on the pavement in Rua de Nam Keng at 6:30 a.m. yesterday, and when the police arrived, the car was gone. During the investigation, PSP officers found the suspect and his damaged car near the crash scene. The car’s

October 22, 2018 | BY admin

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Only 10 pct of local pupils say they know about GBA: survey

A mere 10 percent of local pupils say that they know about the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) project while almost 80 percent say that they don’t have much interest, or no interest at all, in learning about it, a survey released by the General Association of Chinese Students of Macau showed yesterday.The survey, conducted between May and June this year, collected 1,007 valid questionnaires from secondary pupils attending 11 local schools, with the aim of finding out their

October 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Legislators pass cybersecurity bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill on cybersecurity which proposes the mandatory implementation of real-name registration for the provision of telecom services – i.e. customers will be required to provide their real identification data to telecom service operators, including for the purchase of a pre-paid SIM card.Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak introduced the outline of the bill during a plenary session in the legislature’s

October 19, 2018 | BY admin

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MIF benefits Macau’s convention & exhibition industry: Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday that the annual Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) has benefitted the development of Macau’s convention and exhibition industry, and also promoted trade cooperation.Leong made the remarks in a speech during the opening ceremony of the 23rd Macau International Trade and Investment Fair at the Venetian in Cotai.The ceremony was also attended by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Central People’s

October 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass bill on new medical professional licensing system

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill on the qualification and licensing of the city’s medical personnel.Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng introduced the bill during a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday.The bill proposes that a new qualification and licensing system for the city’s medical professionals covers doctors, dentists, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners,

October 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass bill aiming to make police work more efficient

A plenary session of the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill regulating the operation of the Public Security Police (PSP), which aims to help the police cope with the rising pressure caused by the city’s constant development when carrying out their duties to maintain public security and carry out law enforcement.The bill will replace a decree-law regulating the PSP operation which was promulgated in 1995 when Macau was still under Portuguese

October 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Stanley Ho’s son to open resort in Cotai

Gaming mogul Stanley Ho Hung Sun’s son Arnaldo Ho Yau Heng announced yesterday that he will open a HK$5-billion Macau-themed resort called Lisboeta in 2020, just across the road from the luxury Grand Lisboa Palace in Cotai.Grand Lisboa Palace, developed by SJM that was founded by his father, is a casino-hotel complex in Cotai due to open next year.Lisboeta, according to the young Ho, means “citizen of Lisboa”, and represents the bond between Lisbon and Macau. In Cantonese, the resort will

October 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Thai performer puts modern twist to traditional khon dance

Thai contemporary dancer Pichet Klunchun is bringing his latest work “About Khon and You” to the Contemporary Art Centre in Barra tomorrow.Pichet, Hope Chiang Chen-yun, artistic director of the local Out to Production Group and Arts Inspire Across Borders, Stella Ho Nga Si, artistic director of Stella & Artists and Thai dancer Kornkarn Rungsawang sat down with MPD Weekender on Wednesday at the Oficinas Navais No 1 (Navy Yard No 1) Contemporary Art Centre in Rua de S. Tiago da Barra in

October 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Group picks Taipa for third I-Milky bubble tea store

With two stores already on the peninsula, The Royal Group recently opened its third I’Milky bubble tea brand in Taipa that has been attracting long queues.The group’s director Gary Lam Yue Hin and his partner Ricky Leung Wai Kei were at the opening ceremony at the new outlet of the Taiwanese brand in a shopping centre in Flower City in Taipa last week.According to Lam, its I’Milky store at the Three Lamps District on the peninsula sells about 1,500 cups of bubble tea or milk tea a day, of

October 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Yamazato pairs ‘champion sake’ with autumn flavours

Japanese fine-dining restaurant Yamazato in the local Okura hotel every so often brings in rarely exported top grade sakes from Japan to Macau for a special treat with its seasonal menu.This month, Yamazato is bringing award-winning sakes from Dewazakura Sake Brewery Co. Ltd. to the restaurant, pairing them with a hearty autumn meal.Dewazakura Sake Brewery was founded in 1892 in Tendo city, Yamagata prefecture, located 300 kilometres north of Tokyo.(From left) ‘Tobiroku’ sparkling sake,

October 19, 2018 | BY admin

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MGM Oktoberfest demonstrates synergies: Pansy Ho

The annual Oktoberfest Macau at MGM, which celebrates its 10th anniversary, “demonstrates the synergies between gastronomy, creativity, culture and tourism, elevating Macau as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy,” Pansy Ho Chiu King, co-chairperson and executive director of MGM China Holdings, said in a speech at the event’s opening ceremony at MGM COTAI yesterday. “With Macau’s competitive advantages of unique culture and tourism, we will continue to offer more diversified

October 19, 2018 | BY admin

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