Author: Daniel Beitler, MDT
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Sport | Football association drops the ball on tournament registration
Local football champions Benfica Macau will probably be staying at home this year when 47 other Asian clubs advance to the play-off and preliminary rounds of ... -
Culture | Ung Vai Meng steps down to devote himself to artistic work
The President of the IC, Ung Vai Meng, announced on Friday night that he would be stepping down from his role, citing a desire to return ... -
Light Rapid Transit | Gov’t admits no idea of passenger numbers, journey fares
With the Taipa Line of the Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) project planned for a 2019 launch, local transport authorities have admitted that they have no ... -
History – João Botas | ‘Old Macau’ blogger to publish Mendes biography with or without sponsors
Portuguese journalist and avid Internet blogger, João Botas, is planning to publish a biography next year about celebrated Macau polymath, Manuel da Silva Mendes. His search ... -
Gaming – Cambodia | NagaWorld VIP success may make it key challenger to Macau
NagaWorld, Phnom Penh’s only casino-hotel, is increasingly appearing as a key challenger to Macau as it reports growth in earnings that consistently outperform the MSAR’s integrated ... -
Population By-census | 17.8 percent population growth since 2011
The total population of Macau has risen over the last five years at a faster rate than the number of households in the territory, according to ... -
São Tomé and Príncipe | Breakaway from Taiwan paves way to Forum Macau
São Tomé and Príncipe has announced that it will sever formal relations with Taiwan in favor of abiding by the mainland’s “One-China” policy, in what has ... -
Heritage | ANM threaten ‘consequences’ if regulation is ignored
New Macau Association (ANM) leaders returned from a meeting with UNESCO officials in Paris last week with a stern warning for the government: Halt the construction ... -
Art | Exhibition details ‘change of times’
The inauguration evening of Eric Fok’s “Change of Times” solo exhibition was held last week at the IFT Café at “Anim’Arte Nam Van Lake.” The local ... -
Sonia Chan recommended relative to MP
Former prosecutor general, Ho Chio Meng, who is currently standing trial on accusations of corruption, has alleged that the current Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia ... -
IFFAM | Jury announces winners, festival closes
The six-day International Film Festival & Awards – Macau (IFFAM) came to a close last night with the five-member international jury announcing the 10 awards bestowed ... -
IFFAM | Festival praised by jury president as ‘uniquely Asian’
Shekhar Kapur, president of the five-member jury responsible for judging the 12 films in the competition segment of the International Film Festival & Awards – Macau ... -
This Is My City | Iconic rocker Rui Reininho headlines festival’s 10th anniversary concert
Macau-based creative festival This Is My City kicked off last Friday night with a series of live musical performances at Largo do Pagode do Bazar. This ... -
IFFAM | Meet the local directors screening alongside the big names
Standing alongside the big names taking the stage at the International Film Festival & Awards – Macao (IFFAM) are local directors Tracy Choi and Emily Chan, ... -
1-2-3 Incident – 50th anniversary | Panelists describe riots, call for remembrance
A panelist event was held yesterday afternoon in the basement of the Portuguese Bookshop, near Senado Square, where several panelists shared stories about the 1-2-3 Incident ... -
Music | Father-daughter duo set for classical recital tonight
Father and daughter duo, Mischa and Lily Maisky, are set to take the stage of the Macao Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Grand Auditorium tonight, for a recital ... -
Elections | Law revision triggers alarm over democratic prospects
A revision to Macau’s Legislative Assembly (AL) Election Law that would bar AL candidates from standing for office if they are found to have violated the territory’s ... -
Q&A – Helena de Senna Fernandes | MGTO director: Learning ‘along the way’ after festival takeover
A head of the launch of the inaugural edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) on December 8, MGTO chief Helena de Senna Fernandes ... -
Animal Welfare | Coloane cat sanctuary opens tomorrow
The opening ceremony for a new cat sanctuary operated by animal welfare group Anima (Macau) will be held tomorrow afternoon at Estrada do Campo in Coloane ... -
Gaming | Investors confident in Japan, though bill awaits approval
The long-awaited Japanese Integrated Resorts Promotion Bill, which would pry open the country to gaming investors and possibly transform Japan into one of the biggest gaming ... -
Seminar discusses banality of fraud
A seminar on fraud and ways to detect it in modern businesses and public institutions was held last week at the Master in European Studies Alumni ... -
Macau-style teashop aims to bring back love of beverage
At a new, quaint teashop in the Historic Center of Macau, Rui Rocha, the store owner and current director at the Department of Portuguese at City ... -
Education | UM professor challenges views of classroom silence
In a recent academic journal article, a University of Macau (UM) education professor has contributed to a discourse on cultural barriers in how Western teachers tailor ... -
International Film Festival & Awards Macao | Müller would ‘welcome’ legal battle as chance to ‘reveal everything’
In response to the threat of possible legal action made public yesterday during a press conference for the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM), renowned ... -
International Film Festival & Awards Macao | Mueller leaves top job over disputes with local planners
Marco Mueller (or Müller), the renowned former artistic director of the prestigious Venice Film Festival and the International Film Festival of Rome, has announced his resignation ... -
Q&A | Cátia Silva – Entrepreneur: Macau is ‘still no Las Vegas’ when it comes to weddings
Cátia Silva is the owner of local party and wedding planning company “Bad Bad Maria,” which took off about two years ago in the territory. The ... -
Tax experts: Post-Brexit scene to be more competitive
The British Business Association of Macao (BBAM) held a business breakfast meeting yesterday morning at the St. Regis Macao, where senior tax consultant for The Fry ... -
Reactions to the NPC ruling | Chiang: SAR autonomy is being reduced
Commenting on Beijing’s decision to prevent Hong Kong lawmakers from taking office, New Macau Association president Scott Chiang said that the worrying development was another sign ... -
Art | Autumn Salon opens, showcasing artists new and old alike
The inauguration of the annual “Autumn Salon” exhibition was held on Saturday night at Casa Garden, home to the Macau Delegation of the Orient Foundation, where ... -
DSAT contracts under attack | Corruption watchdog says fiscal mismanagement posed ‘huge risk to public funds’
In a report released by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) on Wednesday, the graft watchdog unveiled the systematic abuse of public contracts and fiscal mismanagement by ... -
Contemporary ‘Carmen’ dance show to play CCM this week
A dance adaptation of George Bizet’s celebrated “Carmen”, created by Swedish choreographer Johan Inger and performed by the National Dance Company of Spain (CND), will be ... -
Q&A | Liu Jianhong, UM scholar: ‘There is much to be done to make criminology more useful to Macau’
Professor Liu Jianhong, a criminology scholar at the University of Macau won the Freda Adler Distinguished Scholar Award in August from the American Society of Criminology ... -
Eduardo Leal: Photojournalist | An ‘honor’ and ‘responsibility’ to be ‘witness to our times’
Award-winning photojournalist Eduardo Leal recently delivered a public lecture at the University of Saint Joseph, where he captivated audiences with photographs of the recent Venezuelan Revolution, ... -
Old Court Building | Library-abundant Macau questions need for new project
According to the results of a survey conducted last year by the Macau Library and Information Management Association, Macau ranks as one of the most library-prolific ... -
Q&A – Clement Cheng | Interior designer: Public needs to be educated to ‘understand the value of design’
Interior designer Clement Cheng, who is also the owner of local design retailer Signum, recently opened his company’s second customer-facing store in the city, located near ...
