Tap Siac Craft Market kicks off, with the return of HK vendors

The Tap Siac Craft Market in Spring was inaugurated yesterday in Praça do Tap Seac. Hong Kong stallholders told The Macau Post Daily that they found the atmosphere of the market “very appealing” and were pleased with the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) arrangements and support for the stallholders.“Tap Siac” is the bureau’s alternate spelling for “Tap Seac”. The craft market is being held from yesterday through Sunday, and from next Thursday to April 30.The craft market features

April 21, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Macau logs 38 ‘very hot’ days last year: DSEC

Macau recorded 38 “very hot” days last year, nearly seven more than in 2021, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, Macau’s maximum temperature in July last year reached 37.4 ºC, an increase of 1.6º C over the record for 2021.The statement noted last year recorded 38 days with a maximum temperature of 33º C or above and 43 days with a minimum temperature of 12º C or below, 6.7 and 3.9 days more than the climatological norm

April 21, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Macau hosts tripartite meeting on preventing & controlling communicable diseases

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Alvis Lo Iek Long said in a speech yesterday that the COVID-19 prevention and control work has entered a new normal with a new mode adopted, and the emergency response mechanism in control and prevention must be continuously improved and optimised to meet future challenges, adding that although the phase of emergency prevention and control has passed, the novel coronavirus has not yet disappeared, and there will still be periodic pandemic peaks in the future.Dr Lo

April 21, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Around 200 SMEs participate in 2023 Sands China Local Supplier Open Day

The 2023 Sands China Local Supplier Open Day was held yesterday at The Venetian Macao with around 220 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) participating.According to a statement provided by the gaming resort operator at yesterday’s event, the company recorded a gross procurement amount of 5.9 billion patacas last year, with 89 percent, or 5.28 billion patacas, going to Macau enterprises and 25 percent going to local SMEs.The one-day event, which was co-organised with the Macau Chamber of

April 21, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Jurisdiction over permanent vehicle inspection channels at Hengqin checkpoint transferred to Macau

The jurisdiction over an area of the Hengqin joint border checkpoint to be used for permanent vehicle inspection channels was transferred yesterday from Guangdong to the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced in a statement.Consequently, Macau’s laws and regulations have been applicable in the area since yesterday. However, the channels’ operational start is yet to be announced.The Macau government said early this year that

April 21, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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EU risks leaving itself at mercy of White House

China Daily Editorial        In an apparent attempt at crisis control, EU officials are going to great lengths to present an image of unity after cracks appeared in the façade following French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks on his China trip.In his opening remarks at a European Parliament plenary session on Tuesday, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell urged nations to “align positions” and to speak “as a

April 21, 2023 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass bill banning alcohol sale to minors

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill that will ban the sale of alcoholic drinks to minors, i.e., those under the age of 18.The bill will become law 180 days after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO) soon. Currently, while there is a legal ban on the sale of cigarettes to those under the age of 18 in Macau, there is no legal ban on selling them alcoholic beverages.The bill’s outline was passed during a plenary session of the legislature in

April 20, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Uni student conned out of 1.2 million yuan in ‘fake police’ scam

A female university student from the mainland studying in Macau has been defrauded out of 1.2 million yuan (1.4 million patacas) in a phone scam by fraudsters who claimed to be from the mainland’s police, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said in a press conference yesterday.The victim told the police that she received a call from a “courier company staff member” on March 20 saying that prohibited items had been found in a package she had sent to the mainland. The call was

April 20, 2023 | BY William Chan

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2 men nabbed for supermarket chain thefts: police

Two mainlanders have been arrested for shoplifting in three branches of a supermarket chain multiple times within three hours, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said in a regular press conference yesterday.The suspects are a 25-year-old man surnamed Zhang and a 35-year-old man surnamed Xu. They entered Macau as visitors, and both told the police that they’re jobless.According to Cheong, the duo first stole a large amount of goods worth 4,161 patacas

April 20, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Cultural & creative brands participate in int’l licensing show: IC

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that it has set up a “Macao Creative Pavilion” and arranged the participation of local cultural and creative entities for the first time at one of Asia’s licensing-focused exhibitions, the Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2023.The statement noted that the licensing show, which is held in Hong Kong and organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, runs until tomorrow, adding that the pavilion aims to promote

April 20, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Bonds of Hato’ aims to revive youth interest in Cantonese opera

A multimedia full-length Cantonese opera entitled “Bonds of Hato” under the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) 33rd Macao Arts Festival (MAF) will be staged at Sands Theatre in Nape next Saturday and Sunday (April 29-30).The festival, which is slated to take place from next Friday to May 28, features 20 programmes that cover theatre and visual arts, among others.The two-day show, produced by the Zhen Hua Sing Cantonese Opera Association, will be performed in Cantonese, with subtitles in both

April 20, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Ogihara Fuka presents 35 works in 1st Macau solo exhibition

Japanese contemporary artist Ogihara Fuka is showcasing a series of 35 works in “Life is but a Dream” at the Humarish Club in Lisboeta Macau H853 Fun Factory.The exhibition is jointly presented by 294 Inc. from Tokyo and the Humarish Club, and displays a series of paintings and drawings from the artist’s recent exhibitions and studies.Traditional Chinese painting is at the exhibition’s core, the statement noted, with Fuka’s work integrating Southern Dynasty Song paintings with

April 20, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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China’s Ma, Chen advance in WTT Champions Macao

Chinese star paddlers Ma Long and Chen Meng put their names into the men’s and women’s singles quarterfinals at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao yesterday, the third day of the weeklong tournament.In the men’s singles round of 16, Ma Long saw off Britain’s Liam Pitchford 3-1 (12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4) despite having to fight a bitter first game and losing the second.“Pitchford could strike several good ones in a row. I told myself not to give up and fight for each point. He

April 20, 2023 | BY admin

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Over 50 disabled residents benefit from IAS schemes: official

The Social Welfare Bureau’s (IAS) Social Solidarity Department Chief Choi Sio Un said yesterday that his bureau has launched three social enterprise funding programmes, adding that among Macau’s four subsidised or formerly funded social enterprises, two companies, which Fuhong Society of Macau has been operating for many years, have provided jobs for more than 50 disabled residents, more than half of whom have meanwhile entered the open job market.Choi stressed: “The programmes worked out

April 20, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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