34th Macao Arts Festival kicks off

The 34th Macao Arts Festival kicked off on Friday with an opening ceremony at the Macao Cultural Centre (CCM), while “The Grand Opening: Jungle Book reimagined”, which was produced by British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan and his team, was also staged, the Cultural Affairs Bureau said in a statement released on the same day.This year’s festival, the statement noted, comprises 19 programmes ranging from theatre to visual arts and is themed “Wondrous Encounters”.The statement

May 6, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau breaks maximum, minimum & mean temperatures in April: SMG

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement on Friday that Macau broke the records of the “Monthly Mean Temperature” last month that had stood since 1952, as well as the “Monthly Mean Maximum Temperature” and the “Monthly Mean Minimum Temperature”.According to the observatory, the “Monthly Mean Temperature” in April recorded at the Taipa Grande Meteorological Observation Station was 25.3 degrees Celsius, the highest in April since 1952.Meanwhile, both the

May 6, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt invites bids for building high rise for seniors in Zone A

The government has launched a public tender for the construction of a high-rise building to be primarily used for senior care homes in the Zone A land reclamation area, according to announcements published in the Official Gazette (BO) and on the website of the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) last week.According to an announcement in the gazette on Thursday, potential bidders are required to submit their quotations by June 11. The bureau will unseal the submitted bids the next day.The winner will be

May 6, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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2 batches of Honpo Seirogan Pills are recalled: Pharma-bureau

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) said in a statement on Thursday that two batches of Honpo Seirogan Pills under a licensed drug wholesaler, namely Leepharm Enterprises Limited, have been recalled from the local market due to potential quality issues.The product, containing creosote, Phellodendron bark, sophora root and Citrus unshiu, is an over-the-counter medicine indicated for relief of occasional diarrhoea, the statement said, adding that the problematic

May 6, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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New library lead architect Nuno Fontarra to deliver lecture

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement on Thursday that a free-admission lecture by Nuno Fontarra, the lead architect of the architectural design team of the New Macao Central Library and a partner of Mecanoo Architecten BV from The Netherlands, is slated to take place at Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) on May 17.The lecture, titled “From Concept to Construction: Deciphering Mecanoo’s Design Process”, will be in English, with simultaneous translation in Cantonese and Portuguese.

May 6, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Heavy rain changes consumption patterns over May Day holiday: civic leaders

Statistics supplied by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday show that the number of entries and exits at the city’s nine border checkpoints during the mainland’s Labour Day “Golden Week” from Wednesday to Saturday totalled about 2.43 million, and Industry and Commerce Federation of Macau Central and Southern District President Lei Cheok Kuan pointed out that the tourism district’s business takings had dropped by 30 to 40 percent compared to “normal days”, but Industry and

May 6, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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To plan or to go with the flow? Middle school students ponder fate & life

Continuing to explore the subject of whether it is better to tackle life with a plan or to just go with the flow, The Young Post is again presenting the best lines and opinions from the remaining essays submitted by Secondary 6 (S6) students from Pui Ching Middle School in this final edition about the topic.From highlighting the importance of striking a balance between planning and going with the flow, to why either one might be the best route to take in life, readers can read the works of more

May 6, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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German carmakers cast vote of confidence in Chinese NEV market

Analysis        SHENYANG – German carmakers are casting a vote of confidence in China’s promising auto market amid the country’s rapid growth in electric mobility.Among the major global players ramping up their investments in the Chinese market is BMW, which in late April announced an additional investment of 20 billion yuan in its production base in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province.“The planned upgrades and expansions will also make Shenyang ready for the

May 6, 2024 | BY admin

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China’s modernization contributes to building better future for humanity

Commentary        PARIS – China’s modernization, which has realized an economic miracle and improved the well-being of its people, illustrates an innovative approach to solving humanity’s most pressing problems.This view is echoed and well elaborated in the latest report released on Saturday at a China-France forum on developing people-to-people and cultural exchanges in Paris.“Chinese Modernization: The Way Forward” offers an authoritative interpretation of

May 6, 2024 | BY admin

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‘Overcapacity’ claims Washington’s latest offensive in its misinformation campaign

China Daily Editorial        US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s claims about China’s “overcapacity” in her interview on the US economy with the media on Thursday should be seen as the US side’s latest stance on Beijing’s rebuttal of the unfounded allegations Yellen made in this regard during her visit to China early this month.Yellen intentionally turned a deaf ear to Beijing’s reasonable and objective countering of her “overcapacity” blame game. Instead,

May 6, 2024 | BY admin

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Tam Kung Festival to take place in Coloane mid-May

The annual Tam Kung Festival will once again be held in Coloane on May 15, with an array of Tam Kung’s birthday celebratory events featuring a dancing dragon, gongs and drums, dancers and a parade, as well as a charity bazaar and beer carnival.The birthday of Tam Kung, a sea deity who can control the weather, falls on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, i.e., on May 15 this year, coinciding with Buddha’s birthday, a public holiday.Tam Kung became a divinity as a boy

May 3, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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E-car charging fees lowered by 10.2-24.4 pct

The fees for charging e-cars in public carparks or at street parking spaces equipped with charging piles have been reduced by up to 24.4 percent, which took effect on Wednesday.Initially, e-car drivers did not have to pay any fee for charging their vehicles in public carparks or at parking spaces on public roads. However, from July 28, 2022 they have to pay. The reduced fees for charging e-cars, which started on Wednesday, were announced by a chief executive order published in the Official

May 3, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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IC to present Shen Wei’s ‘Dongpo: Life in Poems’

New York- based choreographer Shen Wei’s “Dongpo: Life in Poems” is set to take to the stage for two shows on June 21 and 22 at Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Grand Auditorium, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the lyrical contemporary dance show has been inspired by the life and writings of Song Dynasty (960–1279) poet Su Dongpo (1037-1101).In addition to being a poet, Wikipedia notes that Sū Shì, whose courtesy name was

May 3, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Trio display their collections at Taipa art space

Artist and scholar Guilherme Ung Vai Meng, O.BS Arquitectos co-founder and principal architect Irene Ó, as well as Margarida Saraiva, a researcher, curator and educator, are showcasing their art collections in an exhibition at Taipa Village Art Space, which is on until June 15.Titled “Show-Off 2.0” and presented by the Taipa Village Cultural Association, the free-admission exhibition comprises Chinese ancestral portraits, paintings and photography accumulated by the three collectors over

May 3, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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