1,000 sign up for tourism & leisure industry vocational skills contest

Macau Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM) Vice-Chairman Fong Ka Fai told a press conference at the federation’s headquarters on Rua da Ribeira do Patane about the one-day “6th Macao Integrated Tourism and Leisure Enterprise Vocational Skills Competition 2024” that the contest will be held next Thursday at Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) in Cotai.The Macau Federation of Trade Unions (MFTU) is known as Gung Luen in Cantonese.Fong said that the competition is co-hosted by the Labour Affairs Bureau

June 20, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Man loses HK$1 million after friend lures him into mortgaging flat: police

A local man was lured by a friend whom he had known for more than 20 years into mortgaging his flat to raise HK$1 million for investing in a fake “contracting project”, the full amount of which, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said yesterday, his friend gambled away.According to a PJ investigation, Cheong noted, a 37-year-old local cabbie, surnamed Lam, had convinced the victim in April 2022 to mortgage the flat where the victim lives, to a financial firm for HK$1 million so

June 20, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Cooling shelter opens due to hot weather alert: IAS

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) announced yesterday that its cooling shelter at the Ilha Verde Refuge Centre opened to the public yesterday in response to the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) issuing the Yellow hot weather alert earlier in the day.According to the SMG website, the Yellow alert means that it will be “very hot” in Macau. It is the lower of a two-level hot weather warning system. The Orange alert means that it will be “extremely hot” in Macau.The average

June 20, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Cultural Centre to stage ‘Dongpo: life in poems’, performers discuss show

The contemporary operatic dance “Dongpo: Life in Poems” is set to take to the stage tomorrow and on Saturday at the Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Grand Auditorium, presenting a show based on the life and poetry of renowned Northern Song Dynasty poet Sū Shì (aka Zizhan).The show will be performed by the China Oriental Performing Arts Group (COPAG).Dongpo Jushi was the pseudonym of Sū Shì, who was a writer, calligrapher and painter who lived from 1037 to 1101. He wrote over 2,400 poems,

June 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Studio City Cinema set for June 26 opening

The Studio City Cinema is scheduled to have its grand opening on June 26, with the cinema complex, which has 770 seats across nine halls, having the first Dolby Cinema in both Macau and Hong Kong, integrated resort (IR) operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment announced in a statement earlier this week.The nine-house cineplex also includes five VIP suites and a screening house with “exclusively paired seating”, according to the statement.The statement noted that the largest cinema in the

June 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Currency exchange dealer’ cheats gambler out of 65,000 yuan: police

A mainland woman purporting to be an illegal currency exchange dealer cheated on Monday a male gambler out of about 65,000 yuan (about 72,050 patacas) at a casino in Cotai, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The incident happened at about 1 p.m. on Monday, when the suspect, aged 41, surnamed Wu, pushed the middle-aged victim to exchange yuan into Hong Kong dollars, during which the victim transferred 65,520 yuan to her bank account

June 20, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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15th IIICF holds 10th China, PSCs infrastructure cooperation forum

The three-day 15th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF), themed “Green Innovative Digital Connectivity, started yesterday at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo.The IIICF, co-organised by the China International Contractors Association and the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), yesterday afternoon hosted the two-hour “10th Forum of Infrastructure Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries & Business Meeting of

June 20, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Exhibition presents works with Portuguese sardines as its theme

A collective exhibition is currently on at Casa de Vidro (“Glass House”) in Praça do Tap Seac, presenting works by a number of artists centred around Portuguese sardines.On display until June 30, the exhibition, titled “Portuguese Sardines”, organised by Casa de Portugal Em Macau (“Portugal’s House in Macau”) displays the works of 32 artists, which comprises students who attended workshops at its “School of Arts and Crafts” alongside local and foreign artists, according to a

June 20, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Macau Open-Air Performance Venue’ may stage trial show at year-end: Ao Ieong

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced on Monday the location of the future “Macau Open-Air Performance Venue” in Cotai, and Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said yesterday that the government aims to hold a trial show there at the end of the year to test various aspects such as crowd control, traffic arrangements and security management, expecting the first fully-fledged performance to be held at the facility in the first two months of next year.The government

June 19, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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IAS hosts raising drug awareness campaign

Commemorating the annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), in conjunction with 15 community associations, has organised a raft of activities under the theme of “Healthy Living” to raise public awareness of and concern about drug use, aiming to spread their anti-drug message.The public awareness campaign, which kicked off yesterday at the Macau Science Centre (MSC) in Nape and will last for two months, includes the Macau

June 19, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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One more HK suspect nabbed for collecting ‘guess who I am’ scam proceeds: police

One more Hongkonger was arrested for assisting a gang in collecting fraudulently obtained money through “guess who I am” phone scams in Macau, in which the 30-year-old man pretending to be a “lawyer” received a total of 280,000 patacas from two local female senior citizens between June 14 and June 16 in the city centre and the northern district respectively, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said yesterday.According to yesterday’s special press conference about the case,

June 19, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab mainland overstayer, Filipina maid for theft

The Public Security Police (PSP) announced two theft cases during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, PSP spokesman Wong Wai Chon identified the 40-year-old suspect as a man surnamed Jin, who told the police he’s jobless.According to Wong, two taxi drivers reported to the police on Sunday that cash had been stolen from their taxis. They told the police separately that their taxis were parked in the underground carpark of Taipa Central Garden, and they had left the doors

June 19, 2024 | BY William Chan

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IC calls for submission of photos of revitalised historic buildings

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is calling for the submission of photos by Macau residents for the “Greater Bay Area Cultural Heritage Forum – Exhibition of Selected Works from the Call for Submission of Photographs of Revitalised Historic Buildings”, with entries accepted until August 18, the bureau said in a statement yesterday.The initiative is part of a series of outreach activities in its “Greater Bay Area Cultural Heritage Forum” in late October.Divided into “student” and

June 19, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Pun says man who died at Olympic Sports Centre ‘did not drown’

Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun told reporters that the announcement by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) of a suspected drowning case in which a man at the Aquatic Centre of the Olympic Sports Centre died yesterday morning was wrong because the deceased did not enter the swimming pool.Pun made the remarks on the sidelines of a public event at Galaxy Macau in Cotai, adding that he was saddened by the incident and offered his condolences to the man’s family.The Fire Services Bureau (CB)

June 19, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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