Local art event encourages visitors to pause, appreciate art

Interview by William Chan        Local art organisation Myland Culture and diverse art hub ASCE are hosting “SLOW DOWN PARTY”, a two-month public art event held at Galeries Lafayette Macau in Nam Van, local curator Pal Lok Chok (Lok) and Taiwan-based Macau artist Kawo a.k.a. Sushijojo (Kawo) told the Post at the venue last week.The event includes exhibition, public art installation engagement, artist live painting, cross-disciplinary performances, and curated creative

June 19, 2024 | BY admin

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3-day 15th IIICF starts today

The three-day 15th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) starts today at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo.Details of the forum, themed “Green Innovative Digital Connectivity, were announced by Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) President Vincent U U Sang and China International Contractors Association Chairman Fang Qiuchen during a press conference yesterday at Cotai Expo.The event’s exhibition area this year covers 8,000 square metres

June 19, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police fine 9 men for poker gambling in Luís de Camões Garden

The Public Security Police (PSP) have fined nine local men for gambling on games of poker being played on two stone tables in Luís de Camões Garden last week.The case, which occurred on Wednesday last week, was announced in a statement on Monday night.The nine men are aged between 57 and 78, the PSP statement said.The statement said that when PSP officers were patrolling Luís de Camões Garden on Wednesday last week, they saw the nine men playing poker for money on two tables next to each

June 19, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Lawmakers pass bill on street vendor stalls

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill regulating the operation of the city’s street vendor stalls, which proposes that licences to operate the stalls will be granted through public tender, a change from the current practice in which available stalls are simply allocated through lucky draws.Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon introduced the outline of the bill during a plenary session in the legislature’s

June 19, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau logs this year’s 3rd imported dengue case: housewife back from Thailand

Macau recorded this year’s third imported case of dengue fever yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night.According to the statement, the patient is a 30-year-old local housewife who lives in Tong Seng Building on Rua Nova à Guia, located near Hotel Royal and Vasco da Gama Garden.The woman visited Thailand with her friends between June 1 and 4. After returning to Macau, the statement said, she came down with a fever and headache on Tuesday last week, after which

June 19, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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‘Macau Kart Grand Prix’ to make post-COVID comeback tomorrow

Having been suspended since the three-year COVID-19 pandemic hit Macau in early 2020, the “2024 Macau Kart Grand Prix” will take place at Coloane Karting Track for four days starting tomorrow, during which 10 local racers will compete with riders from eight countries and regions, namely mainland China, Austria, Italy, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the US.The “Macau Kart Grand Prix” started in 2010.According to a press conference yesterday, the tournament, co-organised

June 19, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Timor-Leste students urge govt to take actions against child labour

AILEU, Timor-Leste – “It is very sad to see the reality that many children my age could not go to school like me and have to sell vegetables in the market or lift goods to sell on the roadside,” Ferdicson Bere Moi Mota, a student from the Catholic Secondary School of São Pedro São Paulo (Cospepal), in Timor-Leste’s municipality of Aileu, said last week.Ferdicson was one of the students who participated in this year’s commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) which

June 19, 2024 | BY admin

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Polishing Macau’s ‘golden business card’ needs residents’ joint efforts: Ho

Senior central government and Communist Party of China (CPC) official Xia Baolong emphasised during his seven-day fact-finding visit to Macau last month the need to make concerted efforts to polish the city’s “golden business card” as an international metropolis so that it will shine even brighter, and Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng pointed out yesterday that polishing the golden business card was never just by talk but by action and required the joint efforts of Macau residents, adding that

June 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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25 watercolours on display at ‘Little Secrets’ exhibition

Works by local artist Chiang Wai Lan are being showcased at the Creative Macau gallery for her solo exhibition “Little Secrets”, presenting the artist’s perspective as she reflects on various moments in her life. The exhibition displays a total of 25 works and mainly comprises watercolours and installations, but also features work that incorporates digital art, graphite, and the use of colour pencils. Moreover, books showcasing Chiang’s previous works are also available for

June 18, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Potential candidates for CE election committee seats can sign up until July 2

Those who intend to run in the election of the Chief Executive Election Committee members, which will be held in August, can register with the Chief Executive Electoral Affairs Commission (CAECE) from today until July 2.The election of the chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) is held every five years. The head of the MSAR is elected by the 400-member Chief Executive Election Committee.Current Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng’s five-year term at the helm of the MSAR

June 18, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Lorry flips on its side on UTM campus

A lorry flipped on its side when it was reversing on the Mong Ha campus of the Macao University of Tourism (UTM) on the peninsula yesterday, the authorities said.The driver, a 61-year-old local man, sustained slight injuries and was taken to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre for treatment.According to statements by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and the Public Security Police (PSP), the accident occurred outside a building on the campus at around 11 a.m. yesterday when the

June 18, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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‘ISF World School Basketball Championship 2024’ to start Sunday

The ISF World School Basketball Championship will be held in Macau for the first time, with nearly 600 secondary school students from 20 countries and regions competing at the Sports Complex of the University of Macau (UM), Mong Ha Sports Centre and Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion to play a total of 117 matches between this Sunday and July 3, according to a press conference yesterday.The ISF World School Basketball Championship, organised by the International School Sport Federation (ISF) and

June 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Int’l gastronomy forum gathers participants for themed discussions

The “International Gastronomy Forum, Macao”, one of the three highlights of the ongoing International Cities of Gastronomy Fest, Macao, took place yesterday at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf Convention and Exhibition Centre, gathering participants for discussions under the theme “Holistic Gastronomy: Eat well, live well”.The one-day forum gathered delegates from 29 Creative Cities of Gastronomy around the world and seven Chinese member cities of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), as

June 18, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Macau Open-Air Performance Venue’ to be built in Cotai

Located at the junction of Avenida do Aeroporto and Rua de Ténis in Cotai, the government plot, covering an area of 94,000 square metres with Rua de Ténis to the north and Avenida do Aeroporto to the northeast, has been selected by the government as the temporary “Macau Open-Air Performance Venue”, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday, adding that the facility was expected to start operating next year.The site lies near the Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) and Lisboeta resorts as

June 18, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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