MGM hosts intangible cultural heritage fashion event

Integrated resort (IR) operator MGM yesterday hosted the one-day “Eastern Elegance: Timeless Tale” Intangible Cultural Heritage Fashion Series, an event held in collaboration with Prince Kung’s Palace Museum*.Held at MGM COTAI’s Vista and co-organised with well-known mainland fashion designer Laurence Xu’s (许建树) “Laurence · Xu Studio”, the one-day event gathered fashion enthusiasts, industry professionals and students from around the Greater Bay Area (GBA).Those attending

October 21, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Oxfam TowerRun recognised as major sports tourism event in Macau

The 11th Oxfam TowerRun fundraising sporting event took place yesterday at Macau Tower, during which Michael Wong Ho-ming, director of Fundraising and Communications at Oxfam Hong Kong, expressed special gratitude to the runners: “Every step they took contributes to Oxfam’s poverty alleviation project and policy advocacy, making a meaningful impact on the lives of the less fortunate”.Now in its 11th year, more than 300 participants signed up for the Half Tower 31-floor race, Full-Tower

October 21, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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29th MIF, 2024MFE log growth in trade visitors

The 29th Macao International Trade & Investment Fair (29th MIF) and the simultaneously held Macao Franchise Expo 2024 (2024MFE) wrapped up on Saturday, with the four-day event having drawn 66,000 visitors, of which over 9,600 were trade visitors, a 14 percent increase from last year, the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said in a statement on the same day.According to the statement, the event, which had over 1,300 exhibitors from 18 countries and regions, recorded an

October 21, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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JACOB & CO. boutique makes Macau debut

US privately held jewellery and luxury watch brand JACOB & CO. in partnership with Singapore-based luxury watch retailer Cortina Watch, recently had the grand opening of its first Macau boutique according to a recent joint statement.The boutique is located at Shoppes at Venetian at The Venetian Macao in Cotai, for which a media preview event was recently held.Cortina Holdings Limited Regional General Manager Benny Chong was quoted by the statement as saying: “This partnership exemplifies

October 21, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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PATA Macau Chapter Student Club visits MGTO

A total of 55 students from the Student Club of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Macau Chapter paid their first courtesy visit to the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) on Friday, which featured a full-day programme prepared for them.According to the statement, PATA is a “non-profit membership association dedicated to building responsible development of the Asia-Pacific travel and tourism industry”.The statement noted that the students are studying in tourism-related

October 21, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Why BRICS becomes increasingly appealing to Global South?

Analysis        BEIJING – The 16th BRICS Summit will be held from tomorrow to Thursday in Kazan, Russia, the first such gathering after the bloc’s expansion, which has drawn extensive global attention.Initially a shorthand for major emerging markets with considerable economic potential, BRICS began with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and has now evolved into an influential international cooperation mechanism with an expanded membership.Other than the

October 21, 2024 | BY admin

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Song calls for setting up Macau-Hengqin collective court

The opening ceremony of the new judicial year 2024/2025 was held yesterday at the Macau Cultural Centre in Nape, during which Song Man Lei delivered a speech for the first time in her current capacity as acting president of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI), revealing the local courts’ plans for their future work, including the implementation of a pilot scheme for the appointment of non-permanent judges from Macau to the People’s Court of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in

October 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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MPU scholar among ‘World’s Top 2% Scientists’ for 4th year

Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) Faculty of Languages and Translation (FLT) Associate Professor Mark Teng Feng was again listed in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” annual impact rankings, marking his fourth consecutive year on the list for his field, according to a statement yesterday from the public university.The list, the rankings website noted, is compiled by Standford University and Elsevier, showing which scientists have had the “biggest impacts on their field”, while adding

October 18, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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China-PSCs Cultural Week kicks off

     The four-day 16th edition of the Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) kicked off yesterday at the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf, retaining some of the most popular attractions of the previous editions, Forum Macao’s Permanent Secretariat Secretary General Ji Xianzheng said yesterday.The Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau) is also known as Forum Macao.Ji made the remarks during the opening

October 18, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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GBA Cultural Heritage Forum guided tours, family workshop applications open now

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that applications for its guided tours to revitalised historic buildings and family workshops, both of which are among the activities of the “Greater Bay Area Cultural Heritage Forum”, opens to members of the public today.The around two-hour guided tours include sailing and walking tours, and are presented in Cantonese, Putonghua, Portuguese and English by professional docents, according to the statement.A statement on the event

October 18, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police seize cocaine worth 15,000 patacas from Tanzanian trio

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested three Tanzanians for drug trafficking and have seized 4.52 grams of cocaine from them, with an estimated street value of 15,000 patacas, a PJ spokesperson said at a regular press conference yesterday.According to the spokesperson, the three suspects are a 34-year-old man surnamed Sanga, a 42-year-old man surnamed Kituta and a 27-year-old woman surnamed Kabongo, who arrived in Macau in August. The trio tested negative for drugs when they were arrested on

October 18, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police bust 3 street deception cases, suspect nabbed after 7 years on run

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have uncovered three street deception cases involving the use of so-called high-tech electronic components to defraud passers-by, resulting in the arrest of three mainland men, including a fugitive who cheated a female senior citizen out of HK$55,000 in 2017.PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong announced yesterday the arrest of the three suspects – a 60-year-old surnamed Zeng; a 58-year-old surnamed Wei; and a 58-year-old surnamed Zu. According to Cheong, Zeng had persuaded

October 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Couple caught red-handed reselling Mark Six tickets: police

A local couple was caught red-handed reselling Mark Six lottery tickets in the northern district, Public Security Police spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said during a regular press conference yesterday.During a search of the duo’s grocery shop on Avenida da Longevidade (長壽大馬路) on Sunday, the Public Security Police seized 58 Mark Six lottery tickets and 1,960 patacas believed to be proceeds from reselling the tickets.Cheong identified the two suspects as local residents, both surnamed

October 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Health Bureau logs 14th imported dengue fever case

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced yesterday that one more dengue fever case has been reported, involving a 31-year-old female non-resident worker (NRW) from the Philippines, making her the 14th imported dengue cases in Macau this year.The statement said that the patient lives in Seng Kon Building (勝光大廈) on Rua de Tomé Pires (道咩卑利士街) and works near Estrada do Visconde de S. Januario (若憲馬路).According to an SSM statement, the female patient, who stayed in the

October 18, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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