From adversity to artistry: How ‘stepping back’ propelled Gride’s artistic journey

Interview and review by Kio Leong        Just last month local artist and creator of GrideToys Gride Chan Wang Hou presented his toy art at ART TOY CON Macau 2023 in the Tap Seac Commercial Centre, also called Tap Seac Glasshouse, and at Toy Academy’s “GAME ON” POP-UP STORE at the Venetian Macao Cotai Expo Hall D, but it turns out it was neither the artist’s toy art debut – not on the market at least – nor his artistic debut. An exclusive online interview

September 12, 2023 | BY admin

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Health Bureau sets up websites for mental health info

The Health Bureau (SSM) has launched a “Mental Health Information website” in Chinese, while a Portuguese version of the page will be launched within a month, and members of the public can visit https://www.ssm.gov.mo/apps1/mentalhealth/ch.aspx#clg28356 for mental health information, according to an SSM statement on Saturday.According to the statement, the website was set up in connection with Sunday’s “World Suicide Prevention Day”, aiming to eliminate the public’s

September 12, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Macau & Zhuhai sport general associations join hands

In alignment with the central government’s promotion of developing sports exchanges in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), facilitating the development of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, and further promoting exchanges and cooperation among sports associations in the GBA, the Federation of Macau-China Sport General Associations and the Zhuhai Sport General Associations signed yesterday a renewed Framework Agreement on Sports Exchange and Cooperation

September 12, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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‘hush! Beach Concerts x Urban Yo~ga Wellfest’ to combine music & yoga: IC

The “hush! Beach Concerts x Urban Yo~ga Wellfest 2023” will be held from October 27 to November 5 in the peninsula and Hac Sa Beach in Coloane, bringing together an array of concerts and themed performances for residents and tourists, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday during a press conference at the MGM MACAU integrated resort in Nape.Admission to the “hush! Beach Concerts” is free. More information on local musicians and programmes will be announced in due

September 12, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Local man found dead at home: police

A 41-year-old man was found dead yesterday morning at his home in a residential building on Avenida de Lok Koi in Coloane, according to a Judiciary Police (PJ) statement.PJ spokesman Lou Chan Fai said in the statement that the police were notified by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) of the death at 1:20 p.m. yesterday. Lou said that the case has preliminarily been classified as a dead body found.The statement quoted the security guard of the building as saying that as he had not seen the victim

September 12, 2023 | BY William Chan

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3 pyramid scheme fugitives returned by mainland: police

Three people who had fled to the mainland after being charged with involvement in a pyramid scheme in Macau were apprehended by mainland police some time ago and transferred to the Judiciary Police (PJ) early yesterday morning, PJ spokesman Lou Chan Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.The three suspects from the mainland comprise two men surnamed Li, aged 74 and 45 respectively, and a woman surnamed Chen, aged 66. They all claimed to be jobless.According to Lou, four people

September 12, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Nonagenarian with history of theft caught stealing again

A local man in his nineties with a previous theft arrest in August has been arrested again for stealing 3,000 patacas in coins from a vehicle, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said at a regular press conference yesterday.The 91-year-old suspect is surnamed Chan. According to Lam, the male victim reported to the police that a bag containing 3,000 patacas in coins went missing from his car left unlocked, which was parked on Rua Um do Bairro da Concórdia last

September 12, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Macau residents able to apply for ID services in Hengqin: ID bureau

The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) announced yesterday that self-service kiosks for “Easy Macau Identification Services” are now available at the Government Affairs Service Centre in the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, providing a 24-hour self-service in the field of identification, namely, in the processing of travel documents and certificates so as to further promote the integration and development of people’s livelihoods between Hengqin and Macau.According

September 12, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Security Forces Academy expels 2 cadets for ‘indecent acts’, 1 for filming them

Two students who engaged in “indecent acts” have been expelled from the Macau Public Security Forces Academy (ESFSM) for “misconduct”, the Secretariat for Security (GSS) announced on its website yesterday.In addition, according to yesterday’s announcement, another student who filmed the duo engaging in the indecent acts has also been expelled from the academy.The academy first confirmed in a statement on Thursday last week that two of its students had engaged in indecent acts, as

September 12, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Venezuela ready to work with China to build community of shared future: Maduro

Interview        CARACAS – China and Venezuela, enjoying friendly ties and sharing “a common destiny,” are both committed to peace, development, and cooperation, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said.“Between China and Venezuela, there is an exemplary relationship,” Maduro told Xinhua in an exclusive interview ahead of his state visit to China.At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Maduro is on a state visit to China. The visit began last Friday and will

September 12, 2023 | BY admin

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Prosecutor, lawyer among 4 charged with graft: MP

Macau’s Public Prosecutions Office (MP) has charged four suspects, including a senior public prosecutor and a lawyer, with a range of serious crimes.A statement by the office released on Saturday identified the four suspects by their surnames as Kong, an assistant prosecutor general, and Kuan, a lawyer, as well as Choi and Ng. The occupations of the latter two were not revealed. The statement said that the case has been transferred to the Court of Second Instance (TSI) for

September 11, 2023 | BY admin

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Caritas Macau’s candlelight vigil marks World Suicide Prevention Day

A candlelight vigil hosted by Caritas Macau’s Hoi Fai Life Education Resource Centre under the theme of “Creating Hope Through Action” was held yesterday evening at Teatro Clementina Leitão Ho Brito on Avenida de Artur Tamagnini Barbosa, as part of the centre’s ongoing effort to raise public awareness of its suicide campaign, in recognition of yesterday’s World Suicide Prevention Day.World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) was jointly established in 2003 by the World Health Organisation

September 11, 2023 | BY Gabriel Tam

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TurboJET & Cotai Water Jet to raise fares on HK-Macau ferry routes

Ferry operator TurboJET and Cotai Water Jet announced fare increases for Hong Kong-Macau routes from this Friday, which marks the first fare adjustment for Turbojet in five years since 2017, according to the ferry operator’s official websites.Following the adjustment, the average economy class Macau/Taipa-Hong Kong Route ticket will cost 175 patacas for weekdays, 190 patacas for weekends and public holidays, and 220 patacas at night, according to the two ferry operators’ official

September 11, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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34 pct of those with respiratory symptoms recently infected with COVID-19

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Alvis Lo Iek Long said yesterday that official data has indicated that 34 percent of those seeking treatment for respiratory symptoms at hospitals in recent days have been diagnosed with COVID-19.Dr Lo made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the Studio City casino-hotel resort in Cotai after attending the opening ceremony of a healthcare academic conference.The health chief said that 21 percent of respiratory-tract samples taken from patients seeking

September 11, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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