Ferry service between Kowloon & Taipa to resume tomorrow

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday that ferry operations between the China Ferry Terminal in Kowloon and Pac On Ferry Terminal will resume tomorrow, providing cross-border transport services for residents and tourists travelling between the two special administrative regions.According to the statement, two round-trip sailings will be operated daily, with the ferry departing from Pac On Ferry Terminal every day at 1:15 p.m. and 5 p.m., while the ferry will depart

November 30, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Filmmakers to showcase talent & variety at 14th int’l short film fest

Interview by Rui Pastorin        The Macau International Short Film Festival will showcase films with a wide range of genres and themes starting next Tuesday for its 14th edition.From Algeria to Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan to Serbia, and the US to Macau, among others, selected finalists will be showcasing their films and competing for 17 different prizes, which include cash prizes and prestigious awards such as trophies and certificates for different categories, according to a

November 30, 2023 | BY admin

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Palestine-made ‘Isofen 400mg tablets’ recalled: pharma bureau

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) said in a statement yesterday that Batch No. 53062 of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug “Isofen 400mg tablets”, produced by Palestine-based Beit Jala Pharmaceutical Company, has been recalled from the local market.The product is used to treat fever, pain, and inflammation. Its disintegration time was found not to meet the pharmacopoeia standards, the statement noted.The bureau urged local pharmacies to stop selling it, the

November 30, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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5 Japanese artists exhibit works at Lisboeta

Japanese contemporary artists Eguchi Ayane, Ogino Yuna, Ohata Shintaro, Namonaki Sanemasa and Mizuno Rina are making their Macau debut in a collective exhibition titled “Perception and Sensibility” at the Humarish Club gallery in Lisboeta Macau H853 Fun Factory, which opened on Tuesday and runs until January 12.The exhibition is a collaboration between the Mizuma Art Gallery in Japan and the Humarish Club. With the theme of sensibility and perception, a recent statement provided by the

November 30, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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FM Commissioner Liu presents documentary on nation’s ‘remarkable’ infrastructure devt to PSCs

A presentation ceremony, jointly hosted by the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), the local government and Macau’s public broadcaster TDM, was held yesterday at the TDM Forum II Studio in Zape, where the Portuguese-dubbed Chinese documentary film “Remarkable Construction” (Season 1), which focuses on China’s “remarkable” infrastructure development, was symbolically

November 29, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Marathon runners can collect their number bibs from today

Runners competing in this Sunday’s 2023 Galaxy Entertainment Macao International Marathon can collect their number bibs and information documents on the mezzanine floor of Broadway Macau in Cotai starting today, the Sports Bureau (ID) said in a statement yesterday.The bib collection period will run from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. between today and Friday, and between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Saturday, the statement noted. Runners can collect the items by presenting their registration receipt and ID.The

November 29, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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1st day of MNN home sales ‘met with great enthusiasm’: MUR

Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) said in a statement yesterday that the first day of home sales for its Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate in Zhuhai’s Hengqin island was “met with great enthusiasm” as it had received over 500 applications to buy an MNN flat as of 3 p.m. yesterday after the home sales started yesterday morning.The MNN neighbourhood consists of 27 residential towers with 19 to 26 floors each. The estate comprises around 4,000 units for purchase and over 200

November 29, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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21 of 40 bids for 10 taxi-operating company licences accepted, highest bid at 3.8 million patacas

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) has announced that it has accepted 21 bids out of the 40 bids submitted for its public tender for the granting of 10 eight-year company licences each of which will be allowed to operate up to 50 common taxis.According to the announcement, the prices offered by the 21 accepted bids range between 2.5 million and 3.8 million patacas. The government set the minimum bid at 2.5 million patacas.The 40 submitted bids were unsealed by DSAT officials in a meeting on Friday,

November 29, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Revitalisation scheme reaches govt expectations: IC chief

Cultural Development Consultative Committee Vice President Leong Wai Man said yesterday that the 150,000 and 59,000 visitors who descended on the Mount Fortress and Rua da Felicidade areas, respectively, during the six-day Macau Grand Prix on November 11-12 and November 16-19 showed that the effectiveness of the events held in the two areas reached the government’s expectations.According to Leong, who heads the Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), the number of visitors to the pedestrianised

November 29, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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‘Macao Science 1’ twin satellite comes into use

The local government and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) have jointly launched a series of activities to mark the commissioning of China’s space exploration satellite “Macao Science 1”, the opening ceremony of which was held yesterday at the Macau Science Centre (MSC).The “Macao Science1” satellite was launched in May.According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), it is the first space satellite programme jointly developed by mainland and

November 29, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Student conned out of 3.5 million patacas in ‘fake police’ scam

A local male university student studying abroad has been defrauded out of 3.5 million patacas in a phone scam by fraudsters who claimed to be from the mainland’s police, a Judiciary Police (PJ) statement said yesterday.The victim’s father told the police that his son received a call from the mainland’s “Public Security Bureau”, where the scammers claimed that the victim was suspected of money laundering, the statement said.According to the statement, the scammers requested the victim

November 29, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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‘Father of Modern Semiconductor Packaging’ to speak at UM

Electronic engineering scholar Prof. Wong Ching-ping (aka C.P. Wong) will give a lecture entitled “Polymers and Nano Materials for Electronic Application” on Saturday for the University of Macau’s (UM) “Doctor honoris causa Lecture”, the public university said in a statement yesterday.Honoris causa is Latin meaning “for the sake of the honour”.The statement noted that during the on-campus English lecture, Prof. Wong, a Regents Professor and the Charles Smithgall Institute Endowed

November 29, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Express’ public bus route to connect LRT Barra station with Barrier Gate

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday that with the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Taipa-Barra section to open on Friday next week, an “express” public bus route will be operated connecting the Barra Public Transport Interchange, which is located next to the LRT Barra station, with the Barrier Gate border checkpoint.According to the statement, the new express route, No. 61, will be jointly operated by the city’s two public bus operators, namely TCM and Transmac.The No. 61

November 29, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Hotel guests in Oct rise 151.8 pct to 1.2 million

 Macau’s 137 hotels recorded 1.2 million guests in October, a year-on-year growth of 151.8 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Guests from the Chinese mainland (904,000), Hong Kong (187,000) and Taiwan (28,000) rose by 131.2 percent, 787.0 percent and 503.1 percent respectively. Guests from the three Chinese regions accounted for 89.7 percent of the total number of guests last month.The number of local staycationers dropped by 34.0 percent to 46,000 in

November 29, 2023 | BY admin

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