‘Extra．Ordinary’ Fringe Festival gets underway

The 18th Macau City Fringe Festival has kicked off with more than 20 programs and activities for local artists and residents to find urban arts in their daily lives.The event, which began with an opening ceremony at the Old Courthouse in Nam Van, is organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC). Themed “Extra．Ordinary,” it aims to turn arts into a daily routine through different means of expression, according to the organiser.On Friday night, after the opening ceremony, a combination of

January 14, 2019 | BY admin

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CEM fair aims to raise awareness of eco-protection

Over 1,000 children and their parents attended the CEM Energy Fun Fair in Praça do Tap Seac yesterday, CEM Executive Committee Chairman Bernie Leong Wa Kun said.The fair aimed to promote public awareness of environmental protection in Macau.Power utility Companhia de Electricidade de Macau (CEM) hosted its annual event yesterday. Hundreds of pupils from 12 local secondary schools competed in designing and setting up game booths for the public, according to a CEM statement.CEM Executive

January 14, 2019 | BY admin

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CEM says faulty transformer causes power outage

A total of 19 buildings in the areas of Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, Guia Hill and Avenida de Horta e Costa were affected by a power cut last night which power utility CEM said was due to a malfunctioning transformer.About 400 household and shop units were affected by the power cut that hit at about 6:30 p.m.According to the Public Security Police (PSP), a 36-year-old local man was stuck in a lift because of the power outage. He was rescued by firefighters and did not need

January 14, 2019 | BY admin

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4-year-old flu boy’s critical condition improving: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that the condition of a four-year-old boy suffering from serious influenza – whose critical condition was revealed by the authorities earlier this week – is improving.Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre where he was briefed by Heath Bureau (SSM) officials and the hospital’s senior staff members about the ongoing measures to cope with the

January 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Ceiling collapses in New Yaohan injuring at least 2

A ceiling in New Yaohan Department Store collapsed on Sunday and injured two shoppers, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said at a regular press conference yesterday.Choi identified the two injured as a mother in her 40s who sustained head and back injuries and her 12-year-old daughter who sustained a bruise to her waist. Both were taken to the private Kiang Wu Hospital for treatment, Choi said.The spokesman did not say whether the two victims are locals or visitors.Public

January 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Morale at IC ‘very high’ despite frequent leadership changes: Tam

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday that morale among Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) officials was “very high at the moment” – despite the bureau’s frequent leadership staff changes.The policy secretary’s remarks came after the bureau announced on Wednesday that he has appointed Chan Kai Chon, who is currently the director of the bureau’s Macau Museum of Art (MAM), as a vice-president of the bureau effective from tomorrow, replacing Kent Ieong

January 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Black Pearl guide awards 287 restaurants

A total of 287 restaurants have made it into the 2019 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide, announced Meituan-Dianping during an award ceremony at Venetian Theatre yesterday.Meituan-Dianping is one of China’s largest service-focused e-commerce platforms. The guide, which was introduced last year, aims to provide top culinary experiences for customers while at the same time reflect China’s unique culinary preferences.The latest list of restaurants, each selected from a Chinese perspective,

January 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Seniors to show their potential at Fringe festival

About a dozen local senior citizens in their 70s to 90s are quite possibly the oldest performers in this year’s Macau City Fringe Festival as they prepare for their show next weekend.The 18th Macau City Fringe Festival, organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (ICM), opens today with performances and exhibitions taking place around the city until January 27.Themed “Extra. Ordinary”, the bureau says that the festival allows the audience to break through restrictions and frameworks to

January 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainlander pawns fake gold chain: police

A mainland man who pawned a fake gold chain for HK$12,000 last month went to the same pawnshop in Infante D. Henrique on Tuesday to pawn another gold chain, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said at a regular press conference yesterday.Choi said that the suspect surnamed Yu came to Macau last month and on the instructions of a friend hocked a gold chain at the same pawn shop in the city centre for which the friend paid him 1,000 yuan. When Yu had entered Macau last month, he

January 11, 2019 | BY admin

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Culture bureau gets new deputy

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng has appointed Chan Kai Chon, who is currently the director of the Macau Museum of Art (MAM), as a vice-president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) effective from Saturday, replacing Kent Ieong Chi Kin, the bureau said in a statement yesterday.The bureau has two vice-presidents.The statement merely said that the bureau terminated Ieong’s position as a vice-president on January 1 upon his personal request. It did not elaborate on

January 10, 2019 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for damaging Ilha Verde Hill site – again

A 62-year-old retiree surnamed Chong who was arrested late last month for building an unlicensed outdoor gym on Ilha Verde Hill was nabbed again on Tuesday because he was trying to “repair” the damage that he had caused, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a regular press conference yesterday.Leng said that the police received a report from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) who found a 10-metre-by 0.3-metre area covered with weeds on Ilha Verde Hill. When police officers

January 10, 2019 | BY admin

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LRT trains to run from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m.: govt

Macau’s Light Rapid Transit (LRT) trains will run daily from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario told reporters on the sidelines of a standing committee meeting in the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday. However, he was quick to add that the 19-hour schedule could still undergo some adjustments. Rosario also said that the operator of the system, MTR Railway Operations (Macau) Company Limited, had already hired about 300 staff, adding that the

January 10, 2019 | BY admin

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Acid thrown at woman’s face ‘in emotional dispute’: police

A liquid suspected to be acid was thrown in a woman’s face yesterday afternoon in an alley near Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues in Zape over an “emotional dispute”, according to the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday.The location of the incident is near the Campo de Dragão Chinese Restaurant near the PSP headquarters.The police said that the injured blue-card holder in her forties – a non-resident worker – was seriously injured and was taken to the nearby public Conde Sao

January 10, 2019 | BY admin

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Ex-Canidrome operator pays 25 million patacas fine: IAM

The former concessionaire of Macau’s troubled greyhound racetrack, Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd. has already paid its 25-million-pataca fine for abandoning hundreds of greyhounds when the racetrack stopped operating in July last year, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday. The company is headed by gaming executive-cum-lawmaker Angela Leong On Kei. According to the statement, Yat Yuen was fined 50,000 patacas per greyhound left behind in the racetrack’s

January 10, 2019 | BY admin

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