Wynn becomes Macau’s official venue partner for Black Pearl Restaurant Guide’s events

Wynn Resorts said in a recent statement that as an official venue partner in Macau, the company recently co-hosted the first in a series of “Seeking Mountain and Sea to Rediscover the Flavours of China” events in cooperation with the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide and in partnership with Hennessy, which is one of the “big four” cognac houses and has been the world’s leading exporter of brandy since 1840.Launched in 2018 by Meituan, the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide aims to create a

April 14, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Man hurt after being hit by car at Ocean Gardens

A 66-year-old local man was injured after being hit by a car outside Poplar Court in Ocean Gardens in Taipa yesterday, the authorities announced.According to a statement from the Fire Services Bureau (CB), the man was rushed to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre after the accident which occurred at around 10 a.m.There were no updates about his condition as of last night. 

April 14, 2023 | BY admin

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Extra 10 pct off on all purchases during MUJI week

Japanese retail giant Muji said in a statement on Wednesday that there will be an extra 10 percent off all purchases for MUJI passport members and Macau store e-Newsletter members during MUJI week, which is being held from today through next Sunday.MUJI week is held in all Hong Kong stores, the Macau store at The Venetian Macao and the official online shop. The statement noted that throughout the promotion period, MUJI passport (Hong Kong version) app members and Macau store e-Newsletter

April 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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DSAT condemns passenger violence against bus drivers

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday that it “solemnly condemns” any violent behaviour by passengers against bus drivers, adding that it will “fully cooperate” with any police investigation of such cases.According to the statement, at about 5 p.m. yesterday, at the bus stop of Hotel Lisboa, a passenger got into an argument with a TCM (Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos de Macau) bus driver over a fare issue, during which the passenger pushed the driver, who had got

April 14, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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772 fined for illegal smoking in Q1, up 55.3 pct

Anti-smoking inspectors fined 772 people for illegally puffing away in the first three months of the year, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday.The 772 cases of smoking illegally recorded in the first quarter of this year represented a year-on-year increase of 55.3 percent from the same period of last year, when 497 cases were reported.The number of 497 cases recorded in the first quarter of 2022 was announced in an SSM statement in April last year.In Macau, smoking is barred

April 14, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt launches certification programme for tech firms

The Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) announced in a statement yesterday that it has launched a certification programme for local tech companies, with the aim of boosting the development of the city’s high-tech industry.According to the statement, the programme aims to help highly-qualified companies engaging in technological innovation expand their businesses through the bureau’s granting of official certification to them.Local tech companies meeting the criteria can

April 14, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Tap Siac Market in Spring to open on Thursday

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that its Tap Siac Craft Market in Spring will be inaugurated on Thursday and go on until April 23, as well as from April 27-30, in Praça do Tap Seac.“Tap Siac” is the bureau’s alternate spelling for “Tap Seac”. The statement noted that the number of stalls has “significantly increased” in the craft market, while creative stalls from Hong Kong have also been added. Over 220 handicraft and creative gastronomy

April 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macron’s call for strategic autonomy testifies to Europe’s discomfort at being US vassals

China Daily Editorial        On his way back from a three-day visit to China with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in a Sunday interview with Politico and Les Echos, French President Emmanuel Macron again underlined the importance of European “strategic autonomy”, arguing the EU should reduce its dependency on the United States and avoid getting dragged into a confrontation between China and the US over the Taiwan question. “The great risk” Europe

April 14, 2023 | BY admin

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Japan recklessly shunning its responsibilities

China Daily Editorial        On April 13, 2021, despite fierce opposition both at home and abroad, Japan announced its decision to discharge contaminated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-devastated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea.The operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), said that it would take two years for the release to start. Now the operation of equipment needed for its nuclear-contaminated wastewater dumping plan has

April 14, 2023 | BY admin

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More China-Brazil cooperation expected in clean energy and e-cars: Paul Feldmann

Interview     At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday, is visiting China until tomorrow.He is leading a large delegation of over 200 members to visit Shanghai and Beijing.“President Lula is visiting the important trade partners of Brazil and has the major Brazilian companies to visit China with him,” Paulo Feldmann, professor of Economics at the University of São Paulo and author of

April 13, 2023 | BY admin

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Civic leader urges IAM to set up pet adoption whitelist

Responding to a civic leader’s appeal during yesterday’s regular closed-door meeting to set up a “whitelist for the adoption of cats and dogs”, Wu Hang San, deputy convener of the government-appointed Central District Community Service Consultative Council quoted two Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) officials, who agreed with the civic leader’s appeal, as saying that the bureau will try its best to launch such a list, hoping to expand the scope of pet adoption and the number of

April 13, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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UM Choir & MPU Music Programme Choir present joint spring concert tomorrow

Interview by William Chan        University of Macau Choir (UM Choir) conductor Willson Lo Pui Kwan told The Macau Post Daily in a recent interview that the UM Choir and Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) Music Programme Choir will present a spring concert tomorrow on the UM campus in Hengqin.The interview was held in a café on Avenida de Horta e Costa.The UM Choir was established in 2004 with the goal of enriching the music culture on campus and promoting chorus music. Led

April 13, 2023 | BY admin

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CCM to present Shanghai Ballet’s ‘The Lady of the Camellias’

A dance adaptation of literary classic “The Lady of the Camellias” is slated to be shown at the Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Grand Auditorium from June 9-10, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday.The production is set in France in the 19th century and will, according to the statement, feature an “exuberant choreographic display, brimming with physical prowess”, with the adaptation created by British celebrity dancer and Shanghai ballet’s artistic director

April 13, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police nab 4 Mongolian hotel mall shoplifters

Four Mongolians have been arrested for stealing cosmetics and other products, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.The four suspects, two men and two women, are aged between 21 and 35. They told the police that they’re jobless.According to Wong, the police received reports last month from seven different shop managers in a hotel shopping mall in Cotai that goods worth around a total of 160,000 patacas had been stolen. Police

April 13, 2023 | BY William Chan

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