Briefs | Macanese painter wins prize in London

Filipe Miguel das Dores with Andy Wood, the president of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours

A young Macanese painter has received an award in London from the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. Filipe Miguel das Dores, aged 25, won the prize with a painting entitled “Mario Night,” which portrays a landscape at night in Macau. The accolade was awarded recently in a ceremony held at the London Arts Center. “It was a surprise to win a prize that constitutes an incentive to keep working and taking part in exhibitions both in and outside of Macau,” commented Filipe Miguel das Dores, who is still studying visual arts at the Macau Polytechnic Institute.

Bus 71X to begin operating

A new bus route connecting the University of Macau’s (UM) Hengqin Campus with the Taipa downtown area, 71X, will begin operating tomorrow. The bus route will run every 15 minutes from Monday to Friday in two time periods: one between 7.30 a.m. and 10 a.m.; the other between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. It will only stop on the campus and at Taipa’s Edf. Chun Luen and Avenida Olímpica. The Transport Bureau said that such an arrangement is intended to ease the passenger flow during the peak hours. The route will be operated by the Macau New Era Public Bus Company. Currently, the 37U is the only public bus route that connects the UM with Taipa, while the 71 and MT3U connect the campus with the Macau peninsula. The MT3U extends to the North District. The new bus route will replace the university’s shuttle bus, which runs through the campus and Taipa.

Sports ground near    Sai Van Lake to open

A new free sports ground located next to the Sai Van Lake will be open to the public from tomorrow. It will be open every day from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. The sports ground consists of a standard badminton court, a standard basketball court, a basketball shooting area, as well as outdoor fitness equipment. According to the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), the construction of the new sports ground was aimed at optimizing the Sai Van Lake’s lakeside recreation area, which is situated at the Avenida Panorâmica do Lago Sai Van beside the Sai Van Bridge.  From tomorrow, the sports ground next to the Barra Bus Terminal at Barra will be closed due to demolition work. There are currently 15 free sports grounds administered by the IACM, with 11 of these located on the Macau peninsula and four in Taipa and Coloane.