Organisers postpone Macau-Qingdao beer & cultural festival opening

The opening for the “2nd Macau-Qingdao Beer & Cultural Festival and the 1st Macau-Qingdao Week” has been postponed to Friday, according to a recent statement from the organisers.Originally slated to take place on Wednesday on the lawn adjacent to the Wynn Palace South Entrance, the event was postponed after “comprehensive consideration”, the statement noted. The event will open to the public from 6 p.m. on the newly scheduled date.The beer-fest is slated to end on New Year’s

December 5, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Maintaining healthy habits is important – but life can get in the way

We all know that we should live a healthy lifestyle and the things we should do to maintain it, but nowadays work and school commitments make it difficult to do. It didn’t used to be like that did it?In the fast-paced life that most of us live today we all know that we should take care of our health to counteract the effects of pollution, the plastics that can be ingested the food we eat, the long working hours and many hours that school homework and studying take up, but sticking to the

December 5, 2022 | BY Lesley Wells

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Why walking daily is a great healthy habit

On Saturday, I logged a total of 23,882 steps on the step counter app on my phone. Though some may not deem it impressive, beating my daily average of 16,000 steps was my goal and to conquer that, I walked everywhere I went throughout the day, regardless of the distance or the time it took to get to a destination.To say that I was exhausted by the end is an understatement, but I enjoyed every step, just as I had since I made it a daily habit to walk at least 30 minutes a day since 2014. From my

December 5, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Trip.com Group holds summit in Macau

Trip.com Group, one of the nation’s top travel service providers, held its 2022 Global Partner Summit at the Venetian on Friday.According to a statement by the travel giant, the event was attended by tourism boards, international airlines, hotel groups and industry representatives from across the travel industry. The local government was represented by Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong whose portfolio includes the tourism industry.  The statement pointed out that

December 5, 2022 | BY admin

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Mainlander swims to Macau, steals motorbike & licence plates: police

A male from the mainland who had entered Macau illegally by swimming was arrested last Monday for stealing a motorbike and the licence plates of another motorcycle earlier last month, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said during a regular press conference on Friday.According to the spokesperson, the 40-year-old suspect, surnamed Lu, entered Macau illegally by swimming on November 20.The spokesperson said that the Public Security Police received a report from a resident last Saturday

December 5, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Short film-fest postpones tomorrow’s session & award ceremony

The film screening sessions scheduled tomorrow for the Macau International Short Film Festival has been postponed from tomorrow to Thursday, while the award ceremony has been moved to Friday at 5:30 p.m., the organisers of the festival said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the postponement was made in respect for the national memorial meeting to be held for former president Jiang Zemin tomorrow.The statement noted that the festival’s programme remains unchanged. For more

December 5, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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USJ rector meets with Vatican’s head of culture & education

The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) said in a recent statement that its Rector Rev. Prof. Stephen Morgan was in Rome to attend the Executive and Administrative Board of the International Federation of Catholic Universities where he, along with representatives from regional associations of Catholic universities worldwide, also met with the Vatican’s Head of Culture and Education, Cardinal Tolentino Mendonça.Prof. Morgan, who is also a vice president of the board, was in Rome from November 28

December 5, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Filipino couple with criminal record busted picking up drug parcel: police

A Filipino couple who both have a criminal record were arrested after they collected a parcel sent through the post which contained a total of 0.3 kilogrammes of methamphetamine (commonly known as ice) with an estimated street value of one million patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference on Friday.Chan said that the 30-year-old male suspect is surnamed Larios, while the female suspect is a 28-year-old surnamed Lopez, adding that both worked as

December 5, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Jiang to be remembered for role in China’s reform, opening-up: biographer

Interview        NEW YORK – Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who passed away on Wednesday, played a key role in China’s reform and opening-up, a leading US expert on China says.“Future historians, looking back, will point to the term of Jiang’s leadership as the time when China solidified and made permanent the country’s reform and opening-up commitment,” said Robert Lawrence Kuhn, author of a 2005 biography, “The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of

December 5, 2022 | BY admin

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People-first should be guide for any adjustment of COVID policy

China Daily Editorial        “We are much closer to being able to say that the emergency phase of the pandemic is over – but we’re not there yet.”That’s the core message World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus conveyed to the world in a media briefing on Friday. Rather than being outdated, the virus control measures China carries out is a responsible answer to the call of the times, if not the urgent needs to protect people’s

December 5, 2022 | BY admin

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People mourn Jiang, gain inspiration from his legacy

BEIJING – Over recent days, people from across the nation have continued to mourn Jiang Zemin, who passed away on Wednesday in Shanghai at the age of 96.They said Jiang will always inspire them on the way forward.“Comrade Jiang Zemin always stressed that reform and opening-up constitute the path to a stronger China, and he unswervingly promoted reform in all aspects,” said Shen Chuanliang, a researcher at the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.Shen said

December 5, 2022 | BY admin

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Ho raises 5 aspects about sharing spirit of CPC‘s 20th National Congress

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng raised yesterday five aspects in a seminar about sharing the spirit of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) 20th National Congress, which was held in Beijing in October. The one-day seminar, which consisted of a morning and an afternoon session for different participants, was held at the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Commercial and Trade Service Platform Complex. According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), at the joint

December 2, 2022 | BY admin

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Ritz-Carlton brings festive flavours

The Ritz-Carlton, Macau is bringing festive flavours with special menus to its eateries, according to a recent statement from the hotel.The statement noted that the Ritz-Carlton Café is introducing four festive menus. The Festive Brunch, available until January 1, offers a variety of global flavours and holiday classics, with free flow packages for various drinks. The brunch is priced from 788 patacas to 2,988 patacas per adult depending on the package and 298 patacas for children aged

December 2, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Lisboeta Macau supports 39th Walk for a Million

Lisboeta Macau said in a statement on Tuesday that it is continuing to support the 39th Walk for a Million, with its team visiting the Charity Fund from the Readers of Macao Daily News, the event’s organiser, with a 28,000 pataca donation.The statement noted that the visit was led by Lisboeta Macau Director Connie Kong (江陽) on Tuesday to carry out a cheque presentation ceremony. The cheque, the statement said, was received by the charity fund’s president, Ho Teng Iat, and senior

December 2, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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