3-day G2E Asia, Asian IR Expo kicks off

The Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) and the Asian IR Expo kicked off at The Venetian Macao yesterday, with the joint event set to welcome over 8,000 industry professionals from 80 countries and regions during its three-day period.The expo is organised by RX (Reed Exhibitions) and presented by the American Gaming Association (AGA). G2E Asia, which marks its 15th anniversary, offers a platform “driving business diversification and gaining expert insights into Macau’s latest economic

June 5, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Hengqin MNN secondary school project starts

Construction of the secondary school in the Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island has got off the ground, Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) has announced.The company has also announced that shops in the MNN commercial space are now scheduled to gradually open from next month.The current school campus completed last year in the MNN neighbourhood will be used for kindergarten and primary school education.The school with kindergarten and primary school

June 5, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau-Anhui-Fujian art exchange shows paintings, calligraphy

An arts event titled “Mountains and Rivers Bring us Together – Macau-Anhui-Fujian art exchange”, featuring calligraphers and painters from the three places, was held in Anhui from May 25 until Sunday, according to a statement released by the event organiser last week.According to the statement, Ung Si Meng, the honorary chairman of the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong, its name in Cantonese), on May 25 led a group of calligraphers and painters

June 5, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Region draws strength from Asian values

China Daily Editorial        Instead of serving to strengthen the solidarity of the Asia-Pacific in the security realm by promoting exchanges among relevant stakeholders, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on the weekend has only exposed how divided the region has become.As was evident at the gathering, it is the friction caused by the United States’ confrontational approach to competition with China that has created the division, as the US tolerates little space for

June 5, 2024 | BY admin

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IAS receives 21 gambling disorder requests for help in Q1

Macau’s Central Registry System of Individuals with Gambling Disorder received in the first six months of this year a total of 21 requests for help, fewer than in the same period last year, Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) Drug Addiction and Rehabilitation Department Chief Richard Cheang Io Tat told reporters yesterday.Yale Medicine defines gambling disorder as a condition in which gambling becomes an addiction and interferes with a person’s daily life.The bureau did not say how many requests it

June 4, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Matthew Bourne’s Romeo & Juliet on for 4 shows at CCM

Award winning British choreographer Matthew Bourne’s contemporary take on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is set to be staged at the Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Grand Auditorium for four shows from July 11 to 14.The reimagining of the well-known tragedy about the star-crossed lovers, which is set in a mental hospital for troubled youngsters called the Verona Institute, features a skilful cast, “young energy”, and a striking set and costume designs, according to a Friday

June 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Gongbei Customs seizes 90 live ‘vampire crabs’ from local woman

Gongbei Customs said in a statement yesterday that its officers recently intercepted a woman from Macau at Zhuhai’s Gongbei checkpoint, as they found she was carrying 90 live “vampire crabs” in her handbag when entering Zhuhai through the “nothing to declare” channel.According to the statement, the 90 live crabs seized from her included six kinds of vampire crabs, all wrapped in three food bags, each containing a number of transparent plastic tubs carrying one small live crab

June 4, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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‘The Fury of My Thoughts’ falls short for local audience

Review by William Chan       The 34th Macao Arts Festival featured a play titled “The Fury of My Thoughts” at the Macau Cultural Centre’s Grand Auditorium on Friday and Saturday. The play delves into the world and writings of Nelly Arcan (1973-2009), a female novelist from Canada who based her work on her experiences in the sex industry.The play was structured with separate rooms on stage, each occupied by an actress performing a monologue in French, presumably taken

June 4, 2024 | BY admin

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‘All Things Bloom’ exhibition presents 15 sculptures, 19 oils

Young mainland Chinese artist Geng Defa is presenting his recent works in his first solo exhibition in Macau entitled “All Things Bloom”, which comprises 15 hand-painted sculptures and 19 oils, at the Humarish Club in Lisboeta Macau H853 Fun Factory in Cotai.Born in 1986 in Lanling county, Shandong province, Geng is an artist who has won different awards while his works have been collected by individuals and art museums, according to a recent statement from the Humarish Club. He is the

June 4, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Cultural Development Fund’s 2 new subsidy schemes open for application from today

The Cultural Development Fund is launching two subsidy schemes for local cultural activities and the fashion industry, which can be applied for from today to July 12, the government-run fund said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the “2024 Cultural Performances – Brand Promoting Funding Scheme” aims to support local performance and associations to carry out commercial performances outside Macau, including traditional Chinese opera, drama, dance, and music.Applicants

June 4, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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2 drunken drivers caught after causing traffic accidents: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested, respectively, last Friday and on Sunday a local woman and a local man for drunk driving, in which the latter who was banned from driving crashed into a pavement barrier in Rua das Estalagens while the former crashed into a car parked in a passenger loading and unloading area in Taipa, according to a regular police press conference yesterday.The Public Security Police received at about 7 a.m. on Sunday a report about a driver sleeping in his car near

June 4, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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3 nabbed for loan-sharking, falsely imprisoning victim: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) busted a casino loan-sharking gang last week, arresting three mainlanders, PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said at a special press conference yesterday.The three suspects, aged between 23 and 36, told the police that they’re a salesman, a construction worker and a chef respectively.According to Cheong, the police received a report on Saturday from a man saying that his friend had borrowed money from a loan shark for gambling and was subsequently confined by them against

June 4, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Mainlander extorts local student for cash & sex, steals her phone

A man with a history of sexual offences in the mainland has been arrested in Dongguan for deceiving a local high-school student into sending a nude photo of her to him, blackmailing her and successfully demanding sex, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a special press conference yesterday.Cheong did not reveal the age of the student.The 31-year-old suspect surnamed Chen told the police that he’s jobless. Dongguan is one of the nine cities in the Greater Bay Area (GBA)

June 4, 2024 | BY William Chan

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Macau wins 2025 Culture City of East Asia for China, first non-mainland city

Macau has been chosen as one of the two Chinese 2025 Culture Cities of East Asia (CCEA).The Office of Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U (GSASC) announced in a statement yesterday that after final evaluations carried out by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) in Beijing, Macau has been designated as 2025 Culture City of East Asia.According to mainland news reports yesterday, Huzhou city in Zhejiang province has been chosen as the other 2025 Culture City of East

June 4, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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