Artist Lu Pingyuan exhibits work at ‘Untitled (Artist)’

Contemporary mainland Chinese artist Lu Pingyuan is exhibiting his works in his first solo exhibition in Macau, “Untitled (Artist)”, at the Humarish Club gallery in Lisboeta Macau’s H853 Fun Factory.According to a statement from the gallery, the exhibition is presented in conjunction with the MadeIn Gallery from Shanghai. It contains a series of paintings, drawings and sculptures from Lu’s recent exhibitions and research. “Look! I’m Picasso!” and “Nature Noir” are among the

March 21, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Dr Sun Yat-sen Municipal Park opens 24/7

Dr Sun Yat-sen Municipal Park is now open 24/7, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) announced in a statement yesterday.Before today, the park was open from 6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. daily.Dr Sun Yat-sen Municipal Park is located between the Barrier Gate checkpoint and the Qingmao border checkpoint in Ilha Verde district.The construction of the Macau-Zhuhai Qingmao checkpoint, which came into operation in September 2021, reclaimed a part of the Duck Channel near Dr Sun Yat-sen Municipal Park. The Duck

March 21, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Police ask public not to believe online rumours of ‘ecstasy gang’

The Judiciary Police (PJ) urged the public not to believe a rumour that there is a “ecstasy gang”(迷魂黨) in Macau that could disorientate people and make them reveal their bank account passwords, according to a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the Judiciary Police (PJ) discovered a message recently circulating on internet social platforms claiming that there is a local “ecstasy gang” that makes passers-by reveal their ATM card passwords and hand the money the victims

March 21, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police arrest 10 prostitutes, man renting flat to sex workers

Police arrested a man and 10 prostitutes on Thursday about their alleged involvement in prostitution, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheong Heon Fan said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 59-year-old male suspect, identified as Chio, told the police that he’s jobless.According to Cheong, Chio was seen on Thursday by police officers approaching pedestrians and enquiring whether they required the services of a prostitute in Ian Hon district. When he saw the police, he

March 21, 2023 | BY William Chan

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UM Career & Internship Fair slated for March 23-24

The University of Macau (UM) will host its “2023 UM Career and Internship Fair” on Thursday and Friday, offering more than 3,000 job vacancies in over 110 companies and organisations from different industries, according to a UM statement yesterday.The statement noted that the two-day fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the UM Guest House’s (N1) Room G008, with the last entry at 4:30 p.m.The statement underlined that UM students and alumni who are interested in participating in

March 21, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Democracy a tool for US to keep hegemony, incite division

Commentary        BEIJING – Despite its high-sounding rhetoric or manipulations in various forms, it is increasingly clear that democracy has become a tool of the United States to maintain its hegemony and instigate division.In 2022, democratic pretensions, dysfunctional politics, and a divided society continued in the United States. Problems such as money politics, identity politics, social rifts, and the gulf between the rich and poor worsened, according to a report

March 21, 2023 | BY admin

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COVID-19 impact lowers 2022 population by 10,400

Macau’s total population fell by 1.5 percent, or 10,400 people, year on year to 672,800 at the end of last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. A DSEC statement on Friday said the decline was “mainly due to a fall in the number of non-resident workers [NRWs] living in Macau.” Observers said the decline in NRWs was mainly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local economy.Females accounted for 53.2 of the total population. The proportion of the elderly

March 20, 2023 | BY admin

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Ho visits Jiangxi, vowing to boost ties

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng visited Jiangxi on Saturday and yesterday, and during his meeting with top officials of the south-eastern province he suggested that both sides strengthen cooperation in various spheres such as tourism, high-tech, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement last night.Yesterday’s statement did not mention on which day Ho’s meeting with the province’s top officials were held during the two-day working

March 20, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Acts of kindness are good for you

Have you ever felt great when you have acted kindly to someone? Of course, you have.According to the BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/54921787, acts of kindness are: good for your heart, are contagious, slow ageing, give us energy, make you feel happy, reduce stress and anxiety, support your immune system and reduce pain. Amazing benefits for something that costs nothing and also makes the recipient feel good too.Some people are naturally kind and think nothing of helping someone out

March 20, 2023 | BY Lesley Wells

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A splash of pure kindness

An act of kindness can do a lot for someone. It can make both the doer and the recipient feel good, as well as even change the course of someone else’s life. Maybe it can even lift a person up, with the doer having no clue just how much their act means. One January afternoon this year, I experienced an act of kindness, one that is unforgettable and perhaps done in its purest form.Some might be familiar with the term “January blues”, which, according to PsychCentral, is “a common period

March 20, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police, Customs bust ‘snakehead’ gang, nab illegal immigrant

The Judiciary Police (PJ), in conjunction with the Macau Customs Service (SA), busted on Friday evening a people-smuggling gang using a fishing vessel to carry a mainland woman illegally into Macau via the Inner Harbour, PJ spokesman Chong Kam Leong told reporters after inviting the media to witness the joint operation in the wee hours of Saturday.According to a tip-off that the Judiciary Police had received recently, the gang, which was believed to have been operating for about a month, was

March 20, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Kenyans win Sands 10K, set new race records

Kenyans Edwin Soi and Winrose Chepkorir won first place in the 10K race’s men and women’s categories at yesterday’s 2023 Sands China Macao International 10K, where they also set new race records, the Sports Bureau (ID) said in a statement.The men and women’s race winners’ prize money for the 10K’s general classification is US$10,000 each, while those who break the official course record can win US$15,000 – which was the case yesterday.The statement noted that Soi, ahead of

March 20, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Local man cheats ex-colleague out of 620,000 patacas: police

A 73-year-old man was arrested on Thursday in a flat in the northern district for cheating a former colleague out of 620,000 patacas last year, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a regular press conference on Friday.Chong pointed out that the local suspect, surnamed Cheng, is currently jobless, while the 59-year-old local victim works as a security guard.According to Chong, in January 2020, Cheng told the victim that he had won a contract for an airport expansion

March 20, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Woman, 36, hangs herself in family flat: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) were notified by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) at 6 p.m. on Friday that a 36-year-old local woman had hanged herself at her family flat in a residential building on Avenida de Horta e Costa, PJ spokesman Chong Kam Leong said in a statement that day.According to the statement, a preliminary investigation conducted by PJ officers at the scene confirmed that the victim surnamed Lei committed suicide by hanging herself from a metal support in her bedroom’s walk-in

March 20, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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