Percussionists, Chinese calligrapher to offer mixed experiences at concert

Yukie Lai U Kei, vice director of the Macao Percussion Association (MPA), told The Macau Post Daily in an exclusive interview last week that her association will collaborate with Chinese calligrapher Elvis Mok (邢悅) and multimedia artist Raymond Nogueira to perform the association’s 16th anniversary concert on November 26.Established in 2004, the Macao Percussion Association is the first local non-profit percussion society which strives to provide musical training and performing

November 8, 2022 | BY William Chan

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Group holds seminar on Chinese Traditional Culture & Political Ethics

The Chinese Cultural Exchange Association (CCEA) held its 2022 Celebrity Public Seminar on Chinese Traditional Culture and Political Ethics yesterday at the one-day seminar’s main venue at Hou Kong Middle School and five sub-venues, the Macau Women’s General Association’s headquarters, Pui Ching Middle School, Keang Peng School, Sheng Kung Hui Choi Kou School (Macau), and Tung Sin Tong Secondary School.The association invited Prof. Wang Jie from the Philosophy Department of the Party

November 8, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Over 50 pct of families have debts: survey

The Sheng Kung Hui Macau Gambling Counselling and Family Wellness Centre has announced that according to the findings of its recent survey about the impact of financial attitudes on marital relationships over 70 percent of the more than half of the survey’s 372 respondents who are indebted said that they have debts accounting for more than 30 percent of their total household income, indicating that their debt stress is causing  imbalances in their lives.The Anglican Church centre hosted

November 8, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Shared commitment to openness can ensure bright future for world

China Daily Editorial        The 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE) opened in Shanghai on Friday, with President Xi Jinping delivering the opening remarks. That he has done so at all five of the expos that have been held since 2018 conveys the great significance the country attaches to the event.The CIIE has developed into an international platform and global public good promoting economic and trade cooperation and a major stage for multilateralism.As the first major

November 8, 2022 | BY admin

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Mozambican environmentalist builds house with 200,000 recycled bottles

MAPUTO – Macaneta, an underdeveloped beach resort located on the northern outskirts of Mozambique’s capital Maputo, may be less known to foreign visitors. However, one new project has recently been added to the resort’s few attractions: a house built with recycled glass bottles.It is where the temperamental Incomati River meets the Indian Ocean.  For visitors who come specifically for the house and look at it from a distance, it seems to be unremarkable, blending in with the

November 8, 2022 | BY admin

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Macau returns to normalised COVID-19 prevention after no positive results in 2nd mass testing

NAT validity for Macau-Zhuhai travellers back to 48 hoursThe local government has announced that Macau has returned to a “normalised” COVID-19 prevention and control period after no COVID-19 positive results were reported from its second mandatory citywide nucleic acid testing (NAT) drive, which was carried out from 7 a.m. on Friday to 6 p.m. on Saturday.The validity of the negative COVID-19 NAT result for those travelling between Macau and Zhuhai has now been raised back to 48 hours from

November 7, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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Court adjourns graft trial involving 2 ex-public works directors, well-known businessmen

Macau’s Court of First Instance (TJB) adjourned on Friday a corruption trial of 21 defendants, including two former directors of the now-defunct lands, public works and transport bureau (DSSOPT) and several well-known businessmen, as some of the defendants failed to show up. The court decided to postpone the trial to November 25, starting at 9:30 a.m. According to a statement by the court released through the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), 10 of the defendants are on the

November 7, 2022 | BY admin

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Police urge public to be wary of bogus ‘Health Bureau’ calls

The Judiciary Police (PJ) urged the public on Friday to be wary of phone scams in which callers purport to be officials from the Health Bureau (SSM).According to a PJ statement, residents have reported to the Judiciary Police that they received a call with the code “00” in which the caller speaking Putonghua claimed that he or she was a staff member of the Health Bureau.The statement pointed out that the “staff member” also claimed that according to the receivers’ “mainland phone

November 7, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Student rides motorbike without licence, flees after crashing into car: police

A male secondary school student was arrested on October 28 for riding his friend’s motorbike without a licence and fleeing the scene after hitting a car parked in Rua de Tomé Pires, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said in a regular press conference on Friday.According to the spokesperson, the suspect under 18 is surnamed Mak.The spokesperson said that on October 23, the car owner told the police that he or she had parked his or her car in Rua de Tomé Pires on the evening of

November 7, 2022 | BY admin

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‘China and Portuguese-speaking Countries Film Festival’ kicks off

The China and Portuguese-speaking Countries Film Festival kicked off on Friday, with the opening film, “Hero”, screened on the same day at Galaxy Cinemas, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said.An IC statement noted that the festival is part of the 4th “Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries” activities, themed “All Rivers Flow to the Sea”.The festival will present nearly 30 outstanding films from China and

November 7, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Grand Prix Museum displays photo submissions to Dec 12

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement on Friday that 13 award-winning photos and other entries in the Photo Collection Activity for the Macau Grand Prix are on display at the Grand Prix Museum until December 12.The activity called for submissions of old photos of the Macau Grand Prix and was organised by MGTO from April to June. An award ceremony for winners of the first, second and third prizes, as well as five merit awards and five finalist awards was held on

November 7, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Total lunar eclipse to appear tomorrow

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement yesterday that the Moon will appear an unusual coppery red during a “total lunar eclipse” in the skies above Macau tomorrow evening.According to the statement, despite cloud cover, people in Macau will still be able to watch part of the total lunar eclipse.The bureau recommended viewing the “mysterious red Moon” with the naked eye or through a telescope in a relatively open place facing east.The statement pointed out

November 7, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Dialogue across the table is indispensable

Editorial        I am convinced that dialogue across the table is not just indispensable in personal but also in international relations. The direct impact of a face-to-face, eye-to-eye meeting in the same locale within a short distance from one other, perhaps with just a glass of water or a cup of coffee or tea and a few dainty morsels on the table between the interlocutors, is irreplaceable. Anyone who has attended a webinar knows that. Online video conferencing has

November 7, 2022 | BY admin

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Areia Preta-Zone A flyover to open on Wednesday

The government has announced that a flyover connecting the peninsula’s Areia Preta district and the Zone A land reclamation area – which lies off the north-eastern coast of the peninsula – will come into use on Wednesday.The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) and the Transport Bureau (DSAT) made the announcement in a joint statement on Friday.The one-way flyover runs – by crossing over the busy Oriental Pearl roundabout (Rotunda da Amizade) – from Avenida do Nordeste to Zone A, as well as to

November 7, 2022 | BY Tony Wong

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