Local guzheng player Peggy Chan to hold recital at CCM on Saturday

Local guzheng player Peggy Chan Pui Ian will be holding a recital in the  Small Auditorium of Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) on Saturday.The “Peggy Chan Guzheng Recital” is organised by the Macau Music Art Research Association.The guzheng is a Chinese plucked zither.Chan is now studying for her master’s degree at the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing (中央音樂學院; CCOM) under the tuition of Su Cheng (蘇暢) Saturday’s concert will see Chan performing a

January 4, 2024 | BY Lesley Wells

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UPM, IFTM & UM to host their Open Days

The Macao Polytechnic University (MPU), the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) and the University of Macau (UM), are respectively slated to host their Open Day events this Saturday and Sunday, and on January 14, according to separate statements from each tertiary education institution yesterday.MPU will hold its Open Day on its main campus in Zape this Saturday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., according to its statement, with the event set to include a briefing session on its degree courses,

January 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Civic leaders urge govt to ease expected CNY holiday traffic jams

Members of the government-appointed Central District Community Service Consultative Council voiced their worries during a regular meeting yesterday at the Activity Centre of the Patane Municipal Market about the expected “traffic congestion” during the upcoming Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, urging the government to ease possible holiday traffic jams by planning and implementing contingency measures in advance, as well as launching public transport arrangements as soon as possible, thus

January 4, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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IAM adjusts Seac Pai Van public service centre opening hours

The Islands District Public Services Centre – Seac Pai Van Station on Avenida de Vale das Borboletas will now operate from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday, the Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a recent statement.The centre is closed at weekends and public holidays, the statement noted.Meanwhile, the Central District Public Services Centre – S. Lourenço Station on Rua de João Lecaros has stopped operating, with members of the public instead to go

January 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Govt vows to handle telecom ‘concession assets’ well: CTT chief

Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) Director Derby Lau Wai Meng said yesterday that as the government’s public fixed line telecommunication licences with telecom operators MTel and CTM have been extended to September, she hoped that the bureau could manage the city’s telecom “concession assets” well during the 9-month extension that began in New Year’s Day.Lau made the remarks during a press conference at the bureau’s headquarters on Largo do Senado.The extension granted by the

January 4, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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2023 marks Macau's 3rd hottest year: observatory

The average annual temperature in Macau last year was 23.3 degrees Celsius, 0.5 degrees Celsius above the climatological normal, and was the third hottest year since 1952, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement on Sunday.The highest average temperature in Macau occurred in 2019, at 23.6 degrees Celsius, the observatory said.The highest monthly temperature last year was recorded in October, at 35.2 degrees Celsius, which broke the record for the same period of the

January 4, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt aims for more maritime tour products

The government said yesterday that it is urging maritime transport companies and gaming operators to roll out more maritime tour products with the aim of promoting the development of the city’s marine economy.Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Deputy Director Kuok Kin made the remarks when attending a current affairs phone-in programme hosted by Ou Mun Tin Toi, the Chinese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM.Yesterday’s topic of the programme was about the government’s ongoing

January 4, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau records this year’s 1st whooping cough case

Macau recorded a case of pertussis, aka whooping cough, yesterday, this year’s first one, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night.Pertussis cases are rare in Macau.According to the statement, the patient is a seven-month-old local girl. She came down with a cough on December 22, after which she was taken to the private Kiang Wu Hospital for outpatient treatment on Tuesday and Thursday last week. However, the statement said, her symptoms still persisted.As her cough

January 4, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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DSEC launches revamped mobile app

The Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) launched its revamped app last Friday, which aims to provide “faster access to more comprehensive statistical services”, according to a DSEC statement on that day.The statement noted that the app’s redesigned interface enables users to customise frequently-used statistical services, while new statistical services such as the activation and binding of online questionnaires, the updated Online Customer Service and the synchronisation of the “My

January 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Ruins of St. Paul’s VR exhibition extended to year-end

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday that its “Visiting the Ruins of St. Paul’s in Space and Time – Exhibition of Virtual Reality at the Ruins of St. Paul’s” has been extended till the end of this year.According to an IC statement, the exhibition, an innovative cultural tourism project, is the first time in Macau’s World Cultural Heritage history that cutting-edge simulation technologies, including 3D modelling, autostereoscopy, virtual reality (VR) and augmented

January 4, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab male, female thieves

In two separate cases, a local woman and a man from the mainland have been arrested for theft, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Leong Chi Seng said at a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect in the first case, surnamed Chio, is in her fifties. She told the police she’s jobless.According to Leong, on December 27, a supermarket staff member reported to the police that upon Chio’s departure from the supermarket on Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (San Ma Lou), the theft detection

January 4, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Man nabbed for aiding & abetting illegal immigration: police

A man from the mainland has been arrested for aiding and abetting illegal immigration, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Leong Chi Seng said during a regular press conference yesterday.Leong identified the suspect as a man surnamed Zhang, who told the police he’s jobless. The illegal immigrant is a construction worker surnamed Liu from the mainland. Zhang and Liu are in their twenties.According to Leong, the Public Security Police received information from the Macau Customs Service on

January 4, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Solid commitment to engagement with world

China Daily Editorial        Inbound visitor numbers have been slow to recover after the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of foreign visitors to China well down from the pre-pandemic level. Leaving no doubt that the country is still welcoming visitors from other countries, a little more than three months ago, on September 27, the State Council, issued a notice outlining measures aimed at unleashing the potential of tourism consumption and promoting the high-quality

January 4, 2024 | BY admin

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Window of opportunity should not be wasted

China Daily Editorial       If the pullout of thousands of Israeli troops from the northern Gaza Strip starting from Monday can help to effectively reduce the intensity of the fighting in the Palestinian enclave, it merits a reserved welcome.If it leads to a cease-fire with Hamas that heralds the Palestinian issue returning to the negotiation table, then it is to be warmly welcomed.However, neither of those prospects appears likely. Shortly after Tel Aviv announced the

January 4, 2024 | BY admin

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