Over 95,000 enrol in Continuing Education Development Plan: DSEDJ

Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council Deputy Convener Wong Leong Kuan quoted officials of the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) as saying yesterday that more than 95,000 people have enrolled in the fourth phase of the government’s continuing education development plan that was launched in 2020, with “a relatively large” number attending courses such as vocational and life-skills training, as well as examinationsAccording to the government, local residents

April 5, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau Tourist Guide Association chief says more visitors from HK join local tour groups

Interview by Yuki Lei        Macau Tourist Guide Association President Wu Wai Fong shared her observations on changes in Macau’s tourism sector with The Macau Post Daily in a recent phone interview.Wu pointed out that during the post-COVID-19 period, there are more Hongkongers visiting Macau in tour groups, and vice versa, adding she believed that the changes came about with the respective government’s local tour programmes, such as the “Stay, Dine and See Macao”

April 5, 2023 | BY admin

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Black Box Theatre construction completed

The construction of the Black Box Theatre next to the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) has been completed, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) has announced.The new facility’s opening date is yet to be announced by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).The Public Works Bureau announced in a statement on Friday that the construction of the Black Box Theatre, which got off the ground in November 2021, had been “smoothly” completed earlier that day.According to the DSOP website, the Black Box Theatre cost

April 5, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Mainlander falls to his death from 3rd floor of casino

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said in a statement yesterday that a 59-year-old man from the mainland was confirmed dead after “falling” from the third floor of a casino in Zape.Lou did not name the casino.According to the statement, the Judiciary Police were informed by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) at 8:30 a.m. yesterday that a man was suspected to have fallen from a height onto Avenida de Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho.The man was rushed to the public Conde de S. Januário

April 5, 2023 | BY William Chan

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HK woman nabbed for swapping gold necklace with fake one: police

A Hong Kong woman has been arrested for switching a genuine necklace with a fake one at a jewellery shop in the city centre, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai said at a regular press conference on Monday.The suspect, surnamed Chow, is a 34-year-old clinic employee.According to Lou, on March 12 the police received a report from the person in charge of the jewellery shop, saying that a gold necklace worth 37,300 patacas had been swapped with a fake one.After checking the CCTV footage,

April 5, 2023 | BY William Chan

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2 prepacked products found to contain excessive neotame: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that two prepacked food products sold locally – “Chong Kong Macau Preserved Clausena Lansium” and “Pak Fa Fui Candied Prune” – were found to contain excessive neotame, a non-caloric artificial sweetener, urging the public to stop eating them.According to the statement, 84.8 mg and 885 mg of neotame per kilogramme were found in the “Chong Kong Macau Preserved Clausena Lansium” product, with a net weight of 150

April 5, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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IFTM to launch digital marketing master’s and post-grad programmes

The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) will launch two new programmes for the 2023/2024 academic year, which are the Master of Science in Digital Marketing and Analytics, as well as its corresponding Postgraduate Diploma.The statement noted that the new programmes, which will be taught in English, will come into effect once they are published in the Macau Special Administration Region (MSAR) Gazette. The new programmes will focus on “core areas of marketing and high-end retail

April 5, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau Vocal Association hosts its 9th festival

The Macau Vocal Association (MVA) held the association’s annual activity – Macau Vocal Festival – for the ninth-year last week, featuring vocalist recitals, opera excerpts, and a talk about operas.The association was founded in 2010 by Lei Siu Hong, a baritone singer, and his adult students from the Macau Conservatory. Since then, the association has frequently organised recitals, concerts, talks, and opera performances in Macau.The Macau Post Daily published an exclusive interview with

April 5, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Macao Chinese Orchestra presents ‘Silk Road Rhapsody’

The Macao Chinese Orchestra (OCHM) performed in the Grand Auditorium of the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) on Sunday, featuring three pieces of music “The Silk Road Fantasia Suite Concerto for Soprano Saxophone”, “Postcard from Macao” and “Marimba and Chinese Orchestra ‘Prism Rhapsody’”.The Macau Post Daily published two exclusive interviews separately with saxophone player Timothy Sun who played solo in “Silk Road” on March 15, and with OCHM’s principal guest conductor and

April 5, 2023 | BY William Chan

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UM to launch 6 new master’s degrees

The University of Macau (UM) is slated to launch six new master’s degree programmes in the 2023/2024 academic year, the public tertiary education institution said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the university aims to nurture more “high-quality professionals” for Macau to support the development of emerging industries and assist the city in its “economic transformation”.The degrees to be launched are in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and

April 5, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Thai Buddhist master Luang Ta Siri holds meditation seminar in Macau

A seminar titled “Meditation, a key to Mindfulness” by elderly master and monk Luang Ta Siri Indasiri was held yesterday in Casa Garden.According to an introduction to the speaker at the start of the seminar, “Luang Ta” is a “very respectful name” for a master.The 79-year-old from Thailand was described in a written statement provided at the event as a “master of meditation and a great teacher of dharma”.The seminar was held at the head office of the local branch of Portugal’s

April 5, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Eco-bureau receives 1,822 applications for e-motorcycle subsidies

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement yesterday that it had received 1,822 applications for its scheme that offered a subsidy to owners to replace their old motorcycles with new electric ones, since its launch in March last year.The subsidy scheme’s application period, which started on March 1 last year, was initially scheduled to end on December 31 last year. However, the bureau extended the application period for three months to Friday March 31, last week.Each

April 5, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt doesn’t wish to expand access to ART services: lawmaker

The government has made it clear that the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) services should be limited to a specific situation, and it does not wish to expand its use, lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Andrew Chan Chak Mo, who heads the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) 2nd  Standing Committee, told reporters yesterday.Chan made the remarks after chairing a closed-door meeting of the committee, which is reviewing in detail a government-initiated bill regulating ART services, adding that if

April 5, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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What the future holds for EU-China ties

Commentary by Ann Buel*        China is becoming an increasingly important player on the global stage. Speaking on the digital and single market of the European Union in the European Parliament recently, Margrethe Vestager, executive vice-president of the European Commission, said the world has changed over the past few years, and China has grown in global ambitions and is much different from what it was five years ago. The EU has changed as well, as has the United States,

April 5, 2023 | BY admin

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