Sands China supports BEYOND Expo 2024

BEYOND Expo 2024 is on until tomorrow at The Venetian Macao, with the tech event having Sands China as a supporting partner, according to a statement from the integrated resort operator yesterday.This year’s expo, themed “Embracing the Uncertainties”, started on Wednesday and focuses on “international technology advancements and fostering a culture of tech and innovation in Asia”, the statement noted.Sands Global Ambassador David Beckham and Sands China CEO and Executive Director

May 24, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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SJM Holdings announces 2 strategic acquisitions

SJM Holdings Limited said in a statement earlier this week that it has announced two “strategic acquisitions” that aim to enhance the group’s culinary leadership and strengthen its mass market presence.The statement noted that the group has acquired the three-storey Kam Pek Community Centre on Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro from Macau’s former casino monopoly concessionaire STDM for a total consideration of HK$166 million, with payments structured in three stages and all funded through

May 24, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Melco hosts 'meet Macao Orchestra musicians' event

Integrated resort (IR) operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment held the “Macao Orchestra Meet the Musicians” event at Studio City on May 14, which invited members of the public to meet the orchestra’s key musicians, the company said in a recent statement.The outreach event followed Melco’s Violin Prodigy Christian Li concert and subsequent special performance and meet-up event last month.The statement noted that the event was joined by students, professors, teachers and beneficiaries

May 24, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Hengqin MNN parking-space sales starts today

Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) announced in a statement yesterday that the sale of about 3,300 car parking spaces in the Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island will start today.MUR said last year that the MNN neighbourhood would have around 4,000 car parking spaces, but the company said last month that the neighbourhood will have about 3,300 car parking spaces, on the ground floor and in the basement level, with “ownership rights” for sale.According

May 24, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Man, 80, becomes this year’s 5th Legionnaires’ disease patient

Macau recorded this year’s fifth case of Legionnaires’ disease yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night.According to the statement, the patient is an 80-year-old local man. He came down with a fever and cough on Wednesday last week, after which he sought treatment at a public health centre.As his symptoms persisted and he began to develop shortness of breath, the statement said, he sought treatment at the private Kiang Wu Hospital on Tuesday where he was

May 24, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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Frances Yip to perform with Macao Chinese Orchestra tomorrow

Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), Hong Kong’s veteran English pop and Cantopop singer Frances Yip Lai-yee and the Macao Chinese Orchestra (MCO) will perform at The Londoner Theatre tomorrow night. The performance is a part of the 34th Macao Arts Festival. The bureau held a “meet-the-press” event at The Londoner Macao yesterday, attended by Frances Yip – known as Asia’s “Queen of Songs”, Hong Kong singer Bo Luk and MCO Concertmaster Zhang Yueru. Frances

May 24, 2024 | BY admin

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Retail sales drop 12.5 pct to 20.7 billion patacas in Q1

Macau’s retail sales decreased by 12.5 percent year on year to 20.7 billion patacas in the first quarter of this year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. A DSEC statement said the decline was “mainly due to the high comparison base in the same quarter of last year resulting from an upsurge in demand amid the resumption of local economic activity” at that time.This year’s first-quarter figure represented an increase of 1.2 percent compared with the first

May 24, 2024 | BY admin

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Sports Bureau confirms MGP change from F3 to FR World Cup

The Macau Sports Bureau (ID) confirmed last night that from this year the Macau Grand Prix (MGP) will feature the Formula Regional (FR) World Cup in lieu of the Formula 3 (F3) races, held here since 1983. The confirmation came a day after the Paris-based Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) had announced the change. The bureau said in a statement that “in order to comply with the development direction of the FIA, the FIA will change the car models used by Formula 3 in

May 24, 2024 | BY admin

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2 locals, 1 non-resident worker nabbed for fake employment: police

Two local women and a non-resident male worker (NRW) from the mainland have been arrested for their alleged involvement in fake employment, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said in a regular press conference yesterday.The local suspects involved in this case are a female doctor in her thirties and a clinic clerk suspected of being an intermediary in the fake employment scam, the spokesperson said, adding that the female doctor is the licence holder of a clinic near Rua da

May 24, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Local creatives join Macau pavilion at industry fair in Shenzhen

The 20th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair (ICIF) kicked off yesterday at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Centre and is on until Monday, with the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) organising the participation of Macau’s relevant departments and cultural and creative entities at the bureau’s “Macao Creative Pavilion”, the bureau said in a statement yesterday.There are nine participating exhibitors from Macau.The statement noted the around 210 square metre

May 24, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Female NRW cheats colleagues out of HK$188,800: police

A 27-year-old female non-resident worker (NRW) was arrested on Wednesday for cheating 13 colleagues out of HK$188,800 in a joint currency exchange deal, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.The spokesperson pointed out that the suspect, surnamed Lu, worked as a health care assistant in a residential care home, while the victims are 12 females and one male, all of whom are middle-aged NRWs.According to the spokesperson, Lu told the victims last

May 24, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Hospital outpatient consultations reach 1.9 million last year

Macau’s outpatient consultation rose by 1.3 percent year on year to 1.95 million last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. At the end of last year, Macau’s population stood at 683,700, according to official demographics. Chinese medicine had the largest number of consultations (242,000, +8.3 percent), accounting for 12.4 percent, followed by Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation (237,000, similar to 2022), and Internal Medicine (225,000, +4.3

May 24, 2024 | BY admin

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Formula Regional to replace F3 at MGP: FIA

The Macau Grand Prix (MGP) will feature Formula Regional from this year onwards, replacing Formula 3, the Paris-based Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) announced in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, “Formula Regional cars are set to debut in the FIA’s most prestigious single-event competition in junior single-seater racing, the FIA FR World Cup, traditionally held at the renowned Guia Circuit as part of the Macau Grand Prix.”The statement stressed

May 23, 2024 | BY admin

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20 sculptures on display for Ren Zhe’s 1st Macau solo exhibition

Integrated resort operator MGM is presenting the works of contemporary Chinese sculptor Ren Zhe in his first Macau solo exhibition “MGM X Ren Zhe – ‘Legends of Chivalry’ Selling Exhibition”, which features around 20 sculptures, including the first officially authorised sculptures of classic characters of wuxia (“martial arts and chivalry”) novelist Jin Yong* and works from Ren’s warrior series.The exhibition, which is located at MGM COTAI’s M Art Gallery, is on year-round. It

May 23, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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