Health Bureau warns locals travelling abroad of bed bugs

Macau people should look out for bed bugs when travelling abroad, as bed bug infestations have recently been spreading rapidly in parts of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, other parts of Europe and Korea, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.Bed bugs are small parasitic insects that feed solely on the blood of warm-blooded animals, the statement said, adding that individual responses to bites vary, ranging from no visible effect at all to small red spots, to more

November 10, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Observatory forecasts ‘significant’ temperature drop next week

The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement yesterday that Macau was expected to usher in the first significant temperature drop in the second half of this year, with next Monday’s lowest temperature forecast to drop to about 19 degrees Celsius, and next Tuesday it is predicted to further drop to about 17 degrees Celsius.The statement attributed the expected fall in temperature to a northeastern monsoon that is affecting Macau.The observatory predicted that the

November 10, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Grand Prix auto show at Tap Seac opens today

The Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee (MGPOC) is holding an auto show in Praça do Tap Seac from today through Sunday that features both the cars and motorcycles that will race on the Guia Circuit in the six-day 70th Macau Grand Prix (MGP), according to a joint statement yesterday from the organising committee and the Sports Bureau (ID).The racing event will take place tomorrow and on Sunday, and then continue from next Thursday through next Sunday. The detailed race schedule can be found

November 10, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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105-year-old ‘A Vencedora’ closes its doors today

“A Vencedora”, one of the city’s oldest restaurants, will be pulling down the shutters for the last time today, after over a century of serving Macau-style Portuguese food.Located on Rua do Campo, the restaurant was founded and is owned by a local Chinese family but serves mainly Portuguese and Macanese dishes such as “minchi” (a dish based on minced or ground meat) and “bacalhau” (salt cod fritters).This week, the announcement of the owners’ retirement has prompted massive

November 10, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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Coach crashes as driver feels unwell

A tourist coach crashed in Zape yesterday afternoon as the driver “suddenly felt unwell” while driving, the authorities said.None of the passengers was injured during the accident, which occurred outside the San On Garden residential estate on Rua de Nagasaki at around 1 p.m. yesterday, according to statements from the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and the Public Security Police (PSP).Firefighters and paramedics arriving at the scene were unable to detect the 57-year-old coach driver’s

November 10, 2023 | BY admin

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Sports Bureau gets new vice-chief

The government has appointed Luís Gomes, who had headed the Non-Tertiary Education Department of the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ), as a vice-president of the Sports Bureau (ID), succeeding Allen Lau Cho Un.Gomes’s one-year appointment, which started yesterday, was made through an executive order by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U, who oversees both bureaus, published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Wednesday. Ao Ieong signed the executive order on

November 10, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau yacht show takes place in Coloane

The four-day 13th China Macau International Yacht Import & Export Fair, co-organised by Nam Kwong Logistics Company Limited, China National Machinery Industry Corporation (SINOMACH) and the Macao Convention & Exhibition Association, in conjunction with China National Machinery Industry International Company Limited (SINOMACHINT), started yesterday at the Coloane Yacht Berthing Area, showcasing over 40 boats from all over the world in the 55,000-square-metre exhibition area.According to

November 10, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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IAS vows to strengthen protection of creche kids

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) vowed in a statement yesterday that it will strengthen protection of local nurseries and the children entrusted to them, in response to the “significant” requests by those in charge of the creches and family members calling for the installation of video surveillance systems on the premises.According to the statement, in light of the recent death of a baby girl at Fong Chong (Taipa) Nursery, the bureau has carried out an “effective” review of the

November 10, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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SJM hosts wushu experience camp with UM

SJM Resorts hosted a free-of-charge “SJM x UM Wushu Experience Camp” on October 28 at the University of Macau’s (UM) sports complex, which was joined by 10 local secondary school students and led by UM martial art practitioners, according to an SJM statement on Wednesday.The statement noted that the camp, which was held for the first time and was hosted in collaboration with UM’s Office of Sports Affairs, aimed to promote “the essence of traditional Chinese culture”, and gathered an

November 10, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Broadway Macau Hotpot Festival returns

The Broadway Macau Hotpot Festival is back and is on until March 31, with the 150-metre-long Broadway Food Street transformed into the “most diverse and largest” hotpot street in the city, integrated resort operator Galaxy Macau said in a recent statement.The statement noted that the food street’s restaurants will offer over 50 hotpot and clay pot dishes, with highlights such as Cantonese-style hotpots including traditional Braised Lamb Brisket Casserole and Taiwanese Fish Head and

November 10, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGM garners 19 wine awards from 3 top global entities

MGM’s beverage team and its six signature restaurants across MGM MACAU and MGM COTAI have garnered 19 wine awards from China’s Wine List of The Year Awards, US based Wine Spectator’s Restaurant Awards, and Star Wine List of the Year from Sweden, the integrated resort (IR) operator said in a statement earlier this week.The statement noted that the Imperial Court restaurant, a Black Pearl One-diamond award recipient, and Aux Beaux Arts at MGM MACAU, along with Chún and Grill 58 at MGM

November 10, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Conrad Macao raises over 35k patacas for Pink Inspired Campaign

Integrated Resort (IR) operator Conrad Macao said in a statement yesterday that it has raised over 35,000 patacas during its annual month-long Pink Inspired Campaign, which ran throughout last month.The statement noted that the campaign is held in support of Hong Kong Cancer Fund’s breast cancer awareness campaign and the local charity Associação de Feliz Paraíso (“Happy Paradise Association”). This year also marked the ninth year that the resort has taken part in the campaign and is

November 10, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Over 10 fall for phishing scam, 130,000-pataca total loss: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that more than a dozen members of the public fell victim to a phishing scam, incurring a total loss of about 130,000 patacas.The statement pointed out that the victims reported their cases to the police separately this month, pointing out that they had received a text message from a bogus “local telecommunications company”, asking them to log into a fake website which needed to obtain their personal and credit card information on the

November 10, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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IAM vows to optimise more barrier-free facilities next year

The Northern District Community Service Consultative Council held yesterday a regular closed-door meeting about the city’s barrier-free facilities, during which Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) officials pointed out that the bureau will prioritise the optimisation of barrier-free facilities at public toilets, wet markets, parks and service centres in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van public housing estate, as well as in the peninsula’s Nape and Zape neighbourhoods next year, according to the

November 10, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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