Briefs | Games themed stamp issued today

Given the upcoming Rio Olympic Games and other sports events, the Macau Post is today issuing a postal stamp themed “Games 2016.” The issuing includes a set of four stamps, each symbolizing, in a dynamic styling, a different nation of the athletes. The four stamps together form a globe, in turn symbolizing the family that all people belong to despite the differences that distinguish them. The new stamps will be available for purchase at the Macau Post Headquarters, the Communications Museum, the Maritime Ferry Terminal Post Office and the Airport Post Office. The price varies from 6.5 to 60 patacas, depending on the chosen philatelic products.

Local orchestra ends concert season with ‘Così fan tutte’

The Macao Orchestra will present its 2015-16 season closing concert, “Così fan tutte,” on Saturday at the Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. Six renowned young singers from mainland China and Hong Kong, each with their own solo, will play the six characters of this opera, said the Bureau in a statement. “Così fan tutte” is among Mozart’s best known operas, alongside “The Marriage of Figaro” and “Don Giovanni”. “Così fan tutte” portrays the story of two brothers who, in order to prove their loved ones’ devotion, make a bet and appear to each other’s brides in disguise in an attempt to seduce them. According to a press release issued by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, this opera is increasingly hailed by the critics as one of Mozart’s masterpieces. The concert will be led by the Orchestra’s principal conductor, Lü Jia.

Beef festival to kick off next week

The 6th Beef Cuisine Festival, organized by the Association of Macau Small and Medium Enterprises of Catering (AMMEC), will kick off on August 6 at Rotunda de Carlos da Maia. According to a statement released by the association, the event is expected to attract a large crowd, in the hopes of supporting local medium- and small-sized restaurants. In the first half of 2016, the association organized a beef-themed festival to assist the city’s ‘community tourism’ purpose of promoting local restaurants. Food brochures were sent out and a cowboy parade was organized in order to encourage tourists and residents to discover the city’s community tourism resources and food.