Melco to present 2nd WAVEFest at Studio City Water Park tomorrow

Melco Resorts & Entertainment will present the second round of its music festival WAVEFest at the Studio City Water Park Event Garden tomorrow, with Hong Kong singers Hins Cheung King-hin (張敬軒), Vincy Chan (泳兒), Dark Wong (黃明德), as well as Hong Kong pop bands ToNick and girl group VIVA, according to a statement released earlier this week.Following the first WAVEFest last Saturday which featured Hong Kong singers MC Cheung Tin-fu (張天賦), pop bands Dear Jane and Zpecial,

June 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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IC calls for proposals for local performing arts productions

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is holding an open call for local commissioned productions, with submissions open until September 8, according to a statement from the bureau yesterday.The bureau aims to “promote the production of outstanding artistic works in Macau and foster the development of local performing arts” through the project, which is entitled “Commissioning Performing Arts Productions”, the statement noted.The statement said that proposals for brand-new productions,

June 28, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Giant pandas Jian Jian & Kang Kang are 8 years old

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that local giant panda twins Jian Jian (健健) and Kang Kang (康康) celebrated their eighth birthday on Wednesday, and the bureau presented each of the male twins an ice cake made with fresh fruit and vegetables.The statement said that to celebrate Jian Jian and Kang Kang’s birthday, the bureau invited about 30 teachers and students from Escola Oficial de Seac Pai Van to the Giant Panda Pavilion in Seac Pai Van Park in

June 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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DSAT to merge ‘Macau Smart Go’ & ‘Traffic Information Centre’

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) will merge two of its current mobile apps - “Macau Smart Go” and “Traffic Information Centre” - into one, starting from the midnight tomorrow, with all the functions of “Traffic Information Centre” being merged with the “Macau Smart Go”, making the latter a 2.0 beta version, according to the bureau’s statement yesterday.The statement said that the “Traffic Information Centre” will be removed from app stores after August 16.The bureau launched a

June 28, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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2 public bus operators make 52.8 million pataca profit in 2023

Macau’s two public bus operators recorded a profit last year, the first post-pandemic year, after both recorded a loss for two consecutive years, in 2021 and 2022.Macau was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic for three years from early 2020 through 2022.The two public bus companies each recorded a profit in 2020.The two companies published their respective 2023 financial reports in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, according to which TCM recorded an after-tax profit of 13.96 million patacas,

June 27, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Over 107,000 attend MGTO’s 10-day int’l gastronomy-fest

The Macao Government Tourism Office’s (MGTO) “International Cities of Gastronomy Fest, Macao” concluded on Sunday, with the event attracting over 107,000 participants during its 10-day run at Fisherman’s Wharf, MGTO said in a statement yesterday.The event was the largest international event of gastronomic culture that MGTO has organised over the years, the statement noted.The statement said that the event’s “International Gastronomy Promenade”, which had seats for 700 and 168

June 27, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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15th ‘Forum on Arts between the Two Sides of the Straits, HK & Macau’ started yesterday

The two-day “Forum on Arts between the Two Sides of the Straits, Hong Kong and Macau”, organised by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Federation of Associations of Cultural Sectors of Macau, and the Macau Foundation (FM), held its inauguration ceremony yesterday morning at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.According to a statement released by the organisers, the forum brings together art experts and scholars from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau to discuss the

June 27, 2024 | BY William Chan

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6 feel unwell after blaze in flat in Areia Preta: CB

A fire broke out in a flat in Tong Wa San Chun Building (東華新邨) in Areia Preta district at around 6 p.m. yesterday, resulting in the evacuation of 46 residents of the building, six of whom felt unwell after inhaling smoke were taken to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said in a statement yesterday.The statement said that a malfunctioning charging device in a room in the flat was the possible cause of the fire.According to the statement,

June 27, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Shoppes at Londoner mall wins ‘Retail Development of the Year’ award

The Shoppes at Londoner mall in Cotai has recently won the ‘Retail Development of the Year – Macau’ award during the Real Estate Asia Awards 2024 in Singapore.The shopping centre, which spans over 600,000 square feet (55,740 square metres) and houses over 150 international brands such as Gucci and Rolex, is the first and only shopping mall in Macau to receive the award, according to a recent statement by Shoppes at Londoner. It also marks the second award that the mall has received since

June 27, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Cop grabs woman’s hair, police say incident handled ‘inappropriately’

A clip of a Public Security Police (PSP) officer chasing a woman and grabbing her hair at Hengqin border checkpoint was circulating online yesterday, and a PSP statement said that the way the police officer handled the incident was “inappropriate”, and that they will launch an investigation into the incident.Yesterday’s statement noted that the investigation will look into the circumstances leading up to and following the incident, and if any irregularities are found, the officer will be

June 27, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local man cheats 10 ‘blue card’ seekers out of 267,700 patacas

A local man has been arrested for defrauding 10 people out of 267,700 patacas by claiming that he could help them get local work permits (colloquially known as “blue cards”) for their friends and family members, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a special press conference yesterday.The 58-year-old suspect is surnamed Lai. He told the police that he’s jobless.According to Ho, the 10 victims, comprising one local man and nine men from the mainland, in February had been

June 27, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Local man empties dead friend’s bank account

A local man has been arrested for stealing 140,000 patacas from his dead friend’s bank account, emptying it completely, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said in a special press conference yesterday.The 44-year-old suspect surnamed Chan works as a security guard.According to Chan, a woman reported to the police last year that a total of 140,000 patacas had vanished from her dead husband’s bank account.Under investigation, the police discovered that the money was transferred to

June 27, 2024 | BY William Chan

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‘Jet rat’ nabbed for stealing cash from 3 victims

A mainlander has been arrested for allegedly stealing valuables from three victims, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a special press conference yesterday.Thieves who steal property while travelling on a plane are colloquially known in Cantonese as “jet rats” (“feigei louhsyu”).The 52-year-old suspect surnamed Chai told the police that he’s jobless.According to Ho, on Saturday night during a flight from Singapore to Macau, a male passenger witnessed Chai attempting

June 27, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Gongbei Customs seizes 27 live hermit crabs from mainland woman

Gongbei Customs said in a statement yesterday that its officers have recently intercepted a mainland woman at Zhuhai’s Gongbei checkpoint, as they found she was carrying 27 live hermit crabs in her handbag when entering Zhuhai through the “nothing to declare” channel.According to the statement, customs officers intercepted the woman acting suspiciously while walking past the X-ray machine for baggage inspection on June 5.The 27 live crabs found in white-coloured mesh bags in her handbag

June 27, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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