Uniqlo to open biggest Macau store on Sept 30

Japanese casual-wear apparel company Uniqlo will open its biggest Macau shop on September 30 close to the Ruins of St Paul’s that will for the first time in Hong Kong and Macau feature a UTme design-your-own T-shirt service.The company made the announcement in a statement yesterday.It will be the casual wear brand’s second store in Macau. Its first shop in the city is located at the Venetian mall in Cotai.The statement said that the location of the new store is in the heart of the city’s

September 4, 2020 | BY admin

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Quartet nabbed in fake HK$100,000 casino chip case

Four local men – one of them a dealer – were arrested on Monday for their alleged involvement in a fake HK$100,000 casino chip case, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a regular press conference on Wednesday.The four suspects are a 28-year-old casino dealer surnamed Pun; a 30-year-old man surnamed Man who told the police that he’s a real estate agent; a 56-year-old businessman surnamed Lok; and a 66-year-old retiree surnamed Wong.According to Lei, the security

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Govt proposes Macau be divided into 18 districts in urban master plan

The government launches a two-month public consultation today on its draft of the city’s official urban master plan, according to which the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) will be divided into 18 districts in its total area of 36.8 square kilometres.The draft urban master plan for 2020 to 2040 is based on the government’s estimate of Macau’s population at 808,000 in 2040.The government’s draft urban master plan is based on Macau’s desired position as a world tourism and

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CTM holds smart solutions competition based on 5G technology

CTM is calling for local talent to develop smart solutions based on 5G technology in a competition as part of the telecom operator’s effort to encourage the public to participate in the development of “Digital Macau”.The “CTM 5G•Smart Solutions Competition” aims to motivate local talents to develop smart solutions based on 5G technology that creates more relevancies with local residents’ work, livelihoods and entertainment patterns.The competition is open to all Macau residents to

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GEG holds family fitness tour, sustainable facilities tour

GEG and Sheng Kung Hui Macau Social Services Coordination Office (SKH) recently organised a family fitness tour and sustainability DIY workshop as part of the company’s effort in promoting environmental protection and raise staff members’ environmental awareness.The “green” activities also included a guided tour for GEG staff members to see the different sustainability facilities located at the Grand Resort Deck and back-of-house areas at Galaxy Macau, and be inspired to strengthen

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Melco, CPTTM hold facemask design contest

Melco Resorts & Entertainment and Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) are organising a facemask design contest, after which the winning designs will be produced by local small- and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs).Submission for the designs is open from now until September 30, and the winning masks’ designs will be made by local SMEs to support SMEs and creative development in Macau.The competition has three award categories –Media Selection Award, Public Selection

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CCM opens audition for choreographer, dancers for new show

The Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) is opening an audition for a local choreographer and four dancers for a new performance under the guidance of internationally acclaimed Chinese choreographer Sang Jijia.The audition is part of the “Art in Residence and Cultural Exchange Project” of CCM in collaboration with Hong Kong’s City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) which will be the nurturing ground for a brand new performance to be staged in September 2021.The audition will take place on October

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The Macanese Chronicles: A History of Luso-Asians in a Global Economy

This is a historical account of Luso (Portuguese) Asians and their role in establishing and maintaining the first global economy connecting Europe and Asia.Part 1 describes their early settlements across the Portuguese Overseas Empire, beginning with Goa in 1511, through migrations to Malacca, Indonesia, Siam, Macau, Hong Kong, and Shanghai up to the end of the Opium Wars in 1860.Part 2 focuses on the largest group of Luso-Asians from Macau, the “Macanese”, who settled from 1842 in Hong

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Cherish peace, guard against evil

Commentary SHANGHAI – As the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, humanity should guard against the return of evil and darkness from the ashes of history.The victory has saved succeeding generations from the scourge of war.The best commemorations will be recalling the human solidarity and mutual help among nations during that war and working together to maintain a world order built on fairness, justice and progress for all.The world today faces

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Cinematheque Passion will screen “Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles” on Sept 26-27 at 9:30 p.m. Online ticketing (Mpay required): http://www.cinematheque-passion.mo/programmeThe Spanish animated 80-minute film by Salvador Simó will be shown in the original Spanish and French languages with Chinese and English subtitles.Synopsis: Paris, 1930. Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel are already the main figures of the Surrealist movement. Unexpectedly, Buñuel is left moneyless after the

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Macau, Zhuhai seize parallel trading haul worth 3.8 million patacas

A haul of about 3,000 items worth about 3.8 million patacas, such as second-hand laptops and cosmetic products, were seized in Macau and Zhuhai on Tuesday after the two cities’ law enforcement agencies jointly busted an illegal parallel trading racket, the Macau Customs Service said in a statement last night.According to the statement, some 2,200 of the about 3,000 goods were confiscated by Macau customs officers in a shop near the Barrier Gate checkpoint, while the remainder was seized by

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9 locals nabbed for cheating bank out of HK$900,000 for bogus car loans

Nine local men were arrested on Tuesday for conspiring to provide forged documents to defraud a local bank by applying for bogus car loans, two of which totalling HK$900,000 (926,862 patacas) were paid to the applicants, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a special press conference yesterday.The nine suspects comprise a 38-year-old real-estate agent surnamed Ng who is the alleged kingpin of the gang; a 32-year-old man surnamed Cheng who owns a car dealership; a 31-year-old

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2 junctions in Avenida do Coronel Mesquita to get traffic lights

The zebra crossings on two junctions in the busy Avenida do Coronel Mesquita will be replaced by traffic light-controlled crossings from Saturday, with the aim of ensuring the safety of pedestrians, schoolchildren in particular, the Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement yesterday.The two junctions are outside São João de Brito School in Rua de Pedro Coutinho, and in front of Dom Bosco (Yuet Wah) College in Rua de São João Bosco. Each of the two junctions currently has two zebra

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People with disabilities join disinfecting service team

People with disabilities have been receiving training from Macau Gentlemen Limited which is now offering a disinfecting service where part of the income from the sales of the company’s disinfectant will be donated to Fuhong Society of Macau.Fuhong said in a statement on Tuesday that Macau Gentlemen has recently disinfected the association’s rehabilitation centres, offices and buses, covering about 8,000 square metres of space, free of charge.The statement said that the company and Fuhong

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