Puppet show explores humanity, nature, greed with kids

A puppet theatre depicting the relationship between a boy and a tree through the years is set to get the young audience thinking about nature, greed, fairness or unfairness, and acknowledging mistakes.“When all was green” is a 45-minute production by The Key Theatre form Israel that is designed for an audience from age 5 and above. It will have a daily show at 8 p.m. at the Macau Conservatory Auditorium from today until Sunday, as part of the 29th Macau Arts Festival organised by the

May 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Many taxi complaints over past 2 years: tourism chief

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that her office had received a large number of complaints about the city’s taxis from residents and tourists alike over the past two years.Senna Fernandes made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the Venetian in Cotai on the sidelines of a seminar of the ongoing three-day Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) which ends today.Senna Fernandes also said that her office had passed complaints about

May 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt axes land concessions for 16 Nam Van plots

The government announced in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday the annulment of the land concessions of 16 plots of land in the Nam Van Lake area as their provisional land concession already expired on July 30, 2016.According to the gazette, of the 16 plots, three are in Zone A of the Nam Van Lake area, while 11 are in Zone C and 2 are in Zone D. The Nam Van Lake area is located around the Legislative Assembly (AL) building and Macau Tower.According to the Land Law, provisional land

May 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Police bust 28 illegal casino money changers

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 28 men and women from the mainland at several casino-hotel resorts in Cotai yesterday for illegally engaging in currency-exchange activities, PJ spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said.Lei briefed the media yesterday evening at Galaxy Macau after PJ officers took action to combat unlicensed money-changing activities on the premises or the margins of local casinos.According to Lei, the 28 illegal money changers comprise 18 men and 10 women, aged between 21 and

May 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to reveal details of casino bidding process soon: regulator

Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said yesterday he believed that the government will soon announce the details of its upcoming gaming concession bidding process in the run-up to the expiration of the city’s three gaming concessions and three sub-concessions.Chan made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday at the Venetian in Cotai on the sidelines of a seminar of the ongoing three-day Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) which ends

May 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs officer on sick leave drives taxi for 4 years: official

An officer of the Macau Customs Service on sick leave was found to have moonlighted as a taxi driver for four years, the website of the Secretariat for Security (GSS) said yesterday.According to a statement on the GSS website, the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) recently informed the Customs Service that the officer had been driving a taxi while on sick leave since March 2014. The statement said information provided by the Customs Service showed that the officer was on sick leave for most

May 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Police conduct murder investigation drill

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that in order to enhance the coordination capabilities between its various units in the areas of criminal investigation and forensics, their officers conducted a murder investigation exercise.The exercise took place on an idle construction site in the land reclamation area known as Zone B off Nape.According to the statement, upon receiving a report of a suspected murder case, the Judiciary Police dispatched its officers to the scene and

May 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Asia motorbike chief gives Guia Circuit thumbs up: Pun

The head of the International Motorcycling Federation Asia (FIM Asia) gave a “very positive feedback” after inspecting the city’s Guia Circuit early this year, describing it as a “good street circuit”, Pun Weng Kun, president of the Sports Bureau and coordinator of the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee, said yesterday.Pun made the remarks when he was asked by a reporter about possible safety concerns over the Guia Circuit, on the sidelines of a press conference about the 65th

May 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie nabbed for blackmailing & abducting passenger: police

A rogue taxi driver, who refused to let a female passenger get out of his cab as he “wasn’t paid the fare he expected”, was arrested by the police yesterday.The announcement was made during a joint special press conference yesterday by the Public Security Police (PSP) and Judiciary Police (PJ) at the PJ headquarters in Zape.PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai identified the suspect as a 26-year-old local man surnamed Ng, who has been a taxi driver for two years. He said that the victim is a

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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6 nabbed for running fake base stations: police

In two separate cases, the Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested one female and four male mainlanders for operating nine fake base stations in a flat in Nam Van, as well as a local man for running another seven fake base stations in a flat in Zape, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special outdoor press conference in Nam Van last night.A fake base station is telecom equipment which sends out a signal, disconnecting mobile phone users in an area from their legitimate base stations and who then

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawrence Ho eyes June 15 opening for Morpheus without junkets

The US$1.1 billion hotel Morpheus at the City of Dreams (COD) complex in Cotai is targeted to open on June 15 with a casino floor to tap the premium mass market as there won’t be junket operators to bring in high-rollers, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho Yau-lung said yesterday.Ho made the announcement during a press conference at Grand Hyatt at City of Dreams, prior to a media tour of Morpheus, which was designed by award-winning British architect Zaha Hadid,

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Prosecutor demands jail for lawmaker, fellow activist for disobedience

The prosecution demanded yesterday that prison terms be imposed on suspended directly-elected lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou and fellow non-establishment activist Scott Chiang Meng Hin for alleged aggravated disobedience, during the summing-up of the two-day hearing of the duo’s trial at the Court of First Instance (TJB).Sou and Chiang stand accused of aggravated disobedience in the wake of a demonstration on May 15, 2016 against the public Macau Foundation’s controversial decision to donate 100

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab 8 loan sharks

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 8 men and women from the mainland on Monday for alleged membership of a loan-sharking gang which for six months had offered casino patrons usurious gambling loans.PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai announced details of the case during a special press conference yesterday at the PJ headquarters in Zape. According to Lai, the five male and three female suspects are aged between 23 and 43. Five of them are from Jiangxi province, one from Hunan province, one from Sichuan

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs busts 7 IIs, 3 ‘snakeheads’

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers busted two illegal immigration cases earlier this week.In the early hours of Monday, a resident saw a suspicious boat in the waters outside the oil depot at Ka Ho on the north-eastern shore of Coloane and suspected that the vessel was transporting illegal immigrants (IIs). The resident tipped off the Customs Service, the statement said.A Customs Service speedboat was deployed to intercept the vessel and the seven people

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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