ILCM Charity Bazaar

The annual International Ladies’ Club of Macau (ILCM) Charity Bazaar and Family Fun Day are being held at the Grand Coloane Resort on Sunday, November 29. According to organizers, the Charity Bazaar will offer visitors the chance to secure early Christmas present bargains from a number of local sellers. A raffle will be a main event  with over 60 prizes to be won, including hotel and spa vouchers, gourmet products, artwork, jewelry, and more. There will also be international food and beverage booths, and entertainment activities for children, including three local kids’ groups who will perform in the afternoon. All of the proceeds from the table rental fees, raffle ticket takings and all donated items will go to the ILCM Charity Fund, which helps support over twenty charities in Macau.

SCMP to print Int’l New York Times

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement to print the International New York Times (INYT) for mainland China and Hong Kong markets. Robin Hu, CEO of SCMP Group, said that they are delighted to be awarded the contract, and added, “Given its [INYT’s] loyal base of on-the-go high-achieving subscribers, there can be no compromise when it comes to quality and reliability.” The deal follows the SCMP’s first contract printing agreement in 2013 to print “am730”, a free Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong. The printing of INYT by the SCMP will commence in February 2016.

Thousands join airline running event

Nearly ten thousand people participated in an athletics event on Saturday held by TigerairTaiwan in the hope of winning free tickets from the airline. TigerairTaiwan, a joint-venture between Taiwan’s China Airlines and Singapore’s Tiger Airways, offered race-finishers the chance to win one of 100 tickets to fly to Macau, Osaka or Tokyo from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. In addition to the ticket draw, all event participants received a discount coupon that can be used when purchasing any flight through the airline. The athletics event, called the “Tiger Run”, attracted more than 6,000 applicants from the moment online registration opened on September 9, according to the airline. TigerairTaiwan is the first Taiwanese low-cost carrier to operate a cross-strait route to China, having recently opened its latest route connecting Taoyuan and Zhangjiajie.