SJM, UM host month-long tennis camp for young players

SJM Resorts said in a recent statement that it hosted a complimentary month-long “Advanced Tennis Camp” at the University of Macau (UM) for young athletes in anticipation of the upcoming “2023 CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals (Macau) and National Tennis Championships” this month.The camp, which is follows the success of the two-week summer “Tennis Experience Camp”, was hosted in collaboration with UM’s Office of Sports Affairs and aimed to “deepen young athletes’ enthusiasm

December 1, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGM COTAI to host Burno Mars concert in January

Award-winning singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is slated to hold a one-night-only concert at the roof terrace of MGM COTAI on January 6, according to an MGM statement earlier this week.Offering an outdoor music experience, the integrated resort operator said that the concert, titled “The One & Only Night” Bruno Mars Concert, follows Mars’ sold-out shows at MGM Resorts’ Dolby Live Theatre in Las Vegas.The statement noted that the musician is a 15-time Grammy Awards-winner and is set to

December 1, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Galaxy Macau, payment platforms present ‘Macau Consumption Carnival’

Galaxy Macau and StarWorld Hotel are holding the “Macau Consumption Carnival” with Macau Pass, AlipayHK and Alipay, which will be held throughout this month, the integrated resort (IR) operator said in a statement yesterday.The collaboration pact was announced at the Galaxy International Convention Centre (GICC) in Cotai.The statement noted that the partnership “aims to support local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and attract more tourists by boosting consumption spending with

December 1, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Rui Cunha Foundation shows artworks made by recovering addicts

The annual Arts Showcase titled “People First”, co-hosted by the Association of Rehabilitation of Dependencies of Macau (ARTM) and Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC), started on Tuesday and runs through tomorrow at the FRC Gallery, where more than 60 paintings and ceramics created by about 30 patients recovering from drug addiction at ARTM’s Ka Ho Integrated Services Centre are displayed.ARTM is a local drug and alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation organisation targeting individuals seeking

December 1, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Zone A-Nape flyover project to start in Q2 next year

The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) said yesterday that it expects the construction of a flyover connecting the Zone A land reclamation area and Nape to get off the ground in the second quarter of next year.The government launched a “limited tender” in late September for the project.The limited tender refers to a process that started on September 27 when the bureau requested construction companies to submit their intentions to bid for the project by November 29. After an assessment, which is now

December 1, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Sustainable peace in the Middle East calls for common security of all parties

China Daily Editorial        The current flare-up of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has caused a large number of civilian casualties and a serious humanitarian disaster.China has repeatedly called on the international community to take urgent actions to address the conflict, urging that every effort be made to facilitate a cease-fire, ensure the safety of civilians and end the humanitarian disaster that is unfolding.While supporting all efforts conducive to the peaceful

December 1, 2023 | BY admin

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Legacy of Kissinger shouldn’t be squandered

China Daily Editorial        Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 100, will always be remembered for the key role he played in the normalization of Sino-US relations.The secret trip he made to Beijing in July 1971, at the height of the Cold War, paved the way for the historic visit by then US president Richard Nixon to the Chinese capital in February 1972. “The week that changed the world” helped end more than 20 years

December 1, 2023 | BY admin

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Rosário ‘optimistic’ on Beijing’s authorisation of land lease for LRT East Line’s extension soon

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said yesterday that he is “optimistic” that the central government would formalise its authorisation of the Macau government’s lease of a plot of land from Zhuhai “in the near future” so that Macau’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) East Line could be extended to the Qingmao checkpoint.Rosário made the remarks during yesterday’s one-day Q&A session in the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) hemicycle about his portfolio’s

November 30, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Overseas Chinese community plays key role in ‘two-way exchanges’ between China and the world: Ho

The “China Macao World Stage  – Overseas Chinese Contributions to the High-Quality Development of the Belt and Road Initiative Conference”, jointly organised by the Association of Returned Overseas Chinese Macau and All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC), was held on Monday at Macau Tower, having attracted more than 500 participants including delegates of overseas Chinese associations from more than 60 countries, according to a statement released on Tuesday by the

November 30, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Govt ready to open more public charging stations for e-vehicles if needed: Rosário

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said there are currently about 2,200 public charging stations in Macau, of which only half are operational, but the government was, nevertheless, ready to open more public charging stations at any time if there was public demand for them.Rosário made the remarks during yesterday’s one-day Q&A session in the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) hemicycle about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Rosário noted that there

November 30, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police nab man for stealing, reselling structural aluminium frames

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man last Friday for stealing and reselling 15 structural aluminium frames which were used by an engineering company to build a working platform in Taipa, PSP spokesman Lam Keong said at a regular press conference yesterday.Lam said that the police received a report from the company last Friday that the aluminium frames, covered with tarpaulin and placed under a footbridge on Avenida da Nave Desportiva, had vanished, reporting a loss of 15,000

November 30, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Man with sexual conviction record touches women’s breasts: police

A local man with a criminal record for sexual harassment and exhibitionism was arrested in Rua de Cinco de Outubro on Sunday for sexually harassing two females in their twenties by touching their breasts earlier that day, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said at a regular press conference yesterday.Upon receiving a report from the two local victims on Sunday, the Public Security Police identified the suspect as a 55-year-old surnamed Wong through the city’s CCTV system. Wong

November 30, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Mobile phone imports drop 53 pct in Jan-Oct

Macau’s mobile phone imports fell by 53.5 percent year on year to 4.37 billion patacas in the first 10 months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.However, gold jewellery imports rose by 52.4 percent to 11.98 billion patacas, while food-and-beverage imports grew by 28.6 percent to 19.89 billion patacas. F&B and gold jewellery imports were Macau’s top import items between January and October.Imports of beauty, cosmetic and skincare products decreased

November 30, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau-Jakarta direct flight route starts after month-long delay

After being held up for four weeks, the inaugural flight from Macau to Jakarta took off on Tuesday afternoon.According to the official website of Air Macau, three return flights a week to the Indonesian capital are scheduled – on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. The outbound flights depart from Macau at 12:25 p.m. and arrive at 4:20 p.m. local time, while the departure time from Jakarta is 5:20 p.m. local time and the arrival time in Macau is 11:10 p.m.The flight time of the Macau-Jakarta

November 30, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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