Parent-Child Sports Day slated for June 11

The Sports Bureau’s (ID) Sports Development Department Chief Chao Kuok Wai announced yesterday that the Parent-Child Sports Day, organised by his bureau in conjunction with the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ), Macau General Association of Neighbourhood Unions (Kai Fung), Women’s General Association of Macau (Fu Luen) and Macau Federation of Trade Unions (Gung Luen), will take place on June 11 at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion.Chao made the remarks during a press conference

May 12, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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MGTO hosts ‘new mega familiarisation delegation’

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement yesterday that it is hosting a “new mega familiarisation delegation” to visit Macau that comprises over 50 travel trade representatives from Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.The delegation’s five-day familiarisation and networking trip ends tomorrow.In order to organise the delegation, MGTO liaised with the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS), the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) and

May 12, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Celebrate Mother’s Day at Nova Mall

NOVA Mall has collaborated with its shops to offer exclusive Mother’s Day privileges until Sunday, according to a recent statement from the mall.The statement said that customers can choose from a range of “heartwarming gifts to express their love of and gratitude to their mothers”, as well as explore a raft of Mother’s Day rewards and offers with their loved ones.Nova Mall General Manager Paul Lee Yan Kwong was quoted in the statement as saying that the mall has prepared various

May 12, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Celebrate French GourMay at MGM MACAU’s Aux Beaux Arts

Gaming resort operator MGM said in a recent statement that it is presenting two “quintessentially French art d’ vivre indulgences” this month to welcome the return of the French GourMay, with Aux Beaux Arts at MGM MACAU preparing a menu to go with this year’s “French bubbles” theme, while the “Bubble Up” Tipsy Party is slated for May 20.The statement noted that French GourMay, which comes under the annual French May Programme, is the only large-scale cross-city festival in Hong

May 12, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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SJM organises floral workshop at GLP for Mother’s Day

SJM Resorts said in a statement earlier this week that it has recently organised a Mother’s Day Parent-Children Floral Arrangement Workshop at the GLP Art Workshops at Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) in Cotai.According to the statement, the event participants were families from The Women’s General Association of Macau (Fu Luen). They created floral arrangements under the guidance of professional florists, with the workshop also encouraging “quality family time”, interaction and inspiring

May 12, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Sands China supports ARTM’s Therapeutic Garden

Resort operator Sands China said in a statement earlier this week that it is sponsoring a first-of-its-kind farming project in Macau called the “Therapeutic Garden”, a 520-square-metre garden on the Association for Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers of Macau (ARTM) service centre’s rooftop.According to the statement, the project is pioneered by the Manna* for People Association and aims to promote sustainability while providing “a healing experience” for ARTM members.The statement noted

May 12, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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China presents opportunities to EU, it does not pose risks or challenges

China Daily Editorial        German Chancellor Olaf Scholz should certainly be commended for his clearly stated opposition to Germany and Europe decoupling from China, though his call for a “smart de-risking” echoing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen foretells bilateral engagement will not be entirely smooth-sailing in the time ahead.In a speech before the European Parliament on Tuesday, Scholz pointed to what he perceived was increased “rivalry and

May 12, 2023 | BY admin

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Truss’ Taiwan trip risks ruining repair work

China Daily Editorial        Western politicians wanting some attention have developed a penchant for popping up in Taiwan and throwing their weight behind its pro-independence authorities so they can buff up their image as principled politicians.The upcoming visit to the Chinese island announced by Liz Truss, the former UK leader, who has the dubious distinction of being the country’s shortest-serving prime minister, being a case in point.Although such visits are intended

May 12, 2023 | BY admin

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Govt strives to attract IT talent: Ho

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that the local government is “striving” to hone its innovative technology system, optimise the environment for technological development, encourage innovative technology talent to work in Macau and promote the application of technology in the city, so as to upgrade and transform traditional industries.According to Ho, advanced technology is a “crucial” factor in advocating the government’s “1+4” appropriate economic diversification

May 11, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Man cuts wrists, hangs himself on tour coach

The Judiciary Police (PJ) were notified by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) at 10:20 a.m. yesterday that a man had committed suicide by cutting his wrists and hanging himself on a tour coach in the parking area of the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, the PJ spokesman said in a statement.The deceased was a local man surnamed Loi aged 42.According to the statement, a tour coach driver found the deceased hanging with electric wires from the luggage rack above the coach seats when passing by the idle

May 11, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Local man loses 3.2 million patacas in credit-for-sex scam

A local man in his thirties fell victim to a credit-for-sex scam at the weekend, losing a total of 3.2 million patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said in a regular press conference yesterday.Chan said that the man met a woman on a website on Saturday who claimed to provide sexual services. After chatting with the woman, the man paid 50 yuan (58 patacas) to become a member of the website and received a refund of 60 yuan afterwards. The website’s “customer service” then

May 11, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Police nab 3 Mongolian hotel mall shoplifters

In two separate cases, a Mongolian couple and a male have been arrested for stealing clothes in a hotel resort mall in Cotai, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.The couple are in their thirties, while the other male suspect is in his fifties. They told the police that they’re jobless.According to Wong, on Saturday afternoon when police officers were on patrol in the mall, they saw a suspicious-looking man and woman come out of

May 11, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Gun licences to drop after weapons bill passes: Chan

Lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Andrew Chan Chak Mo, who chairs the Legislative Assembly’s 2nd Standing Committee, said yesterday that the government expected the number of licence holders who can use guns as self-defence weapons for special reasons to decrease after the bill is passed by the legislature.Addressing a press briefing after yesterday’s closed-door meeting reviewing the government’s weapons bill, Chan said this was due to the bill proposing to impose a string of obligations and

May 11, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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HK-Macau ferry frequency up 4-fold from January: DSAT

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) says the Hong Kong-Macau route now operates about 76 trips a day, with about four trips per hour, an increase of nearly four times when the service resumed earlier this year.The bureau made the statement in a formal reply to a written interpellation by legislator-cum-civil engineer Leong Hong Sai made in March, asking the government when the ferry service will resume its frequency to the level before the COVID-19 pandemic. A copy of the reply was released to the

May 11, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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