IC launches ‘Craft Market Booth Operator Database’

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has launched its “Craft Market Booth Operator Database” to facilitate cultural and creative industries’ applications for various types of craft and cultural and creative markets, the bureau said in a statement yesterday.The bureau, according to the statement, collects information from local cultural and creative practitioners involved in “original craft creation and cultural and creative product design”, as well as services offering “cultural and

October 25, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Catholic group presents exhibition & new book release

The Macao Catholic Cultural Association (ACCM) said in a recent statement that it is presenting “Illustratio: Macao’s Catholic Intangible Cultural Heritage & Liturgical Feast Illustration Exhibition and New Book Release”, aiming to further raise public awareness of the topics.According to Wikipedia, liturgy is defined as “the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group”. Meanwhile, according to the statement, illustration is derived from the Latin word

October 25, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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UM & 3 mainland unis establish China Tourism Education Alliance

The University of Macau (UM) said in a recent statement that it held an inauguration ceremony for the China Tourism Education-cum-Inaugural Frontiers in Hospitality and Tourism Annual Research Symposium on Friday, with the alliance started by UM, Fudan University, Nankai University, and Sun Yat-sen University.The event was held online and offline and had over 250 participants ranging from researchers, top management team members and students from the hospitality and tourism management sectors

October 25, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Construction worker dies after work accident

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement that they were notified by the public Conde de S. Januário Hospital Centre at 11 a.m. yesterday that a 35-year-old non-resident worker (NRW), who sustained a chest contusion in a work accident on the Galaxy Macau Phase 4 construction site in Cotai on Sunday, passed away after emergency treatment earlier in the day.According to the statement, the male victim is surnamed Zhou. It did not reveal the victim’s nationality.The statement noted that Zhou

October 25, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Ex-governor dies in Lisbon, aged 95

Former Macau governor Carlos Montez Melancia passed away at the age of 95 in Lisbon on Sunday, public broadcaster TDM reported yesterday. Melancia was governor of Macau – then still a territory under temporary Portuguese administration – between 1987 and 1990 when he resigned over corruption allegations which he steadfastly denied. He was acquitted of the bribe-taking charges in Portugal in 2002.Before his posting to Macau, Melancia, an engineer by profession, was a minister in two

October 25, 2022 | BY admin

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Classmates’ caring is important to those with thoughts of self-harm or suicide: Pun

Interview by Yuki Lei        The number of people attempting to commit suicide has been increasing in recent years, Caritas Macau Secretary-General Paul Pun Chi Meng told The Macau Post Daily last week, pointing out that last month there were five to six teenagers who tried to commit suicide by cutting their wrists due to different reasons, such as clinical depression, school pressure, and anxiety disorder.Pun made the remarks during an exclusive interview with The Macau

October 25, 2022 | BY admin

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Trumpeter Li Xiaochuan shares jazz experience

“Li Xiaochuan•Sound” provided a sensational experience for jazz lovers in Macau at the Taipa Houses’ Amphitheatre on October 8. The Macau Post Daily interviewed Li about his musical experience and his view on jazz development in the mainland.The exclusive interview was held at Royal Hotel earlier this month.A total of seven compositions – all written by Li – plus an encore were performed by the quintet that day: Li on trumpet, Huang Jianyi on piano, Rong Chenchu on the vibraphone,

October 25, 2022 | BY William Chan

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Common prosperity takes center stage

Commentary by Harvey Dzodin        As a keen observer of China, my attention is always riveted to the National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held every five years, for it is at the apex of the country’s whole-process people’s democracy governance model. This is especially true for the report of the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee which is the compass pointing the direction in which the country and its over 1.4 billion people are headed.The

October 25, 2022 | BY admin

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New leadership to inspire nation on modernization

China Daily Editorial        The new Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee was elected at the first plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee on Sunday.As the seven members of the Standing Committee strode into the spotlight at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday at noon, it marked the start of the next stage of China’s journey to build itself into a modern socialist country by 2035, and to

October 25, 2022 | BY admin

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Economy on more solid ground with steady Q3 growth

Analysis        BEIJING – Mainland China’s economy was on more solid ground in the third quarter with major indicators showing positive signs of stabilization, backed by the authorities’ efforts to balance epidemic control and economic and social development.Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 3.9 percent year on year to 30.76 trillion yuan in the third quarter, 3.5 percentage points higher than that in the second quarter, data from the National Bureau of Statistics

October 25, 2022 | BY admin

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Confidence in history important to achieve national rejuvenation

Commentary by Li Haiqing*        In the report he submitted to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 16, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said: “We must remain confident in our history, exhibit great historical initiative, and write an even more magnificent chapter for socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.”The Party led the people to liberate the country. It has also

October 25, 2022 | BY admin

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Xi: Always act for people and rely on them in everything we do

Xi: Always act for people and rely on them in everything we do, embrace great rejuvenation of Chinese nation through Chinese path to modernizationBEIJING – Xi Jinping, who was elected general secretary of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at its first plenary session, met with Chinese and foreign journalists who were covering the 20th CPC National Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing at midday yesterday. Along with him were Li Qiang, Zhao Leji,

October 24, 2022 | BY admin

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China’s ‘twin miracles’ of growth & stability – Editorial

Communist Party of China (CPC) General Secretary Xi Jinping’s speech during a meeting with the press in Beijing yesterday contained a raft of upbeat messages but also some broad hints – for the West in particular. Xi, who started yesterday his third five-year term at the helm of the world’s largest and one of its oldest political parties, underlined that thanks to four decades of “relentless” reform and opening-up, China “has created the twin miracles of fast economic growth

October 24, 2022 | BY admin

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‘hush! 2022 Concerts’ activities kick off

Activities for the “hush! 2022 Concerts” started on Saturday and will run until November 13, according to a statement from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).Friday’s statement noted that the first three music workshops are being held at the Macau Contemporary Art Centre – Navy Yard No. 2. The first session was held on Saturday and the next ones will be held from October 29-30.According to the statement, the “Workshop of Sound Collection Outdoors” will teach participants the

October 24, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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