Group draws art map to trace city’s architecture styles

Over a year and a half, Ms Lei and her fellows of local group the Root Planning studied 32 modern buildings in the city and featured them in hand-drawn illustrations

Tourism | Package tour visitor arrivals soar by 51pct

The number of visitors who have arrived as part of package tours soared by 51 percent year-on-year to 1,165,000 last month, as shown by information released by the Statistics and

ARTS | Red sandalwood carvers showcase traditional arts in MGM

Adding to the red sandalwood replicas of two ancient Beijing buildings that are exhibited at the MGM’s Art Space, several master wood carvers from the old capital have demonstrated their

Briefs: Visitors entry increases by 8 pct over Christmas

Immigration authorities recorded a total of 3.95 million people who crossed the seven immigration checkpoints of Macau during the Christmas holiday period - between December 20 and 28 - with

Person of the Year | Andrew W. Scott The taxi player

Maybe when our membership gets up to 1,000 people or something, we can go to the responsible department in the government,” a bluffing Mr Scott told Macau Daily Times back

HONORABLE MENTION | ALEXIS TAM | A rising figure on the region’s political scene

In March, after visiting the camping site and giving assurances to the owners he ended the embarrassing sleep-in protest by the Sin Fong Garden residents which had lasted for around

Honorable Mention | Lionel Leong The gaming boss 2.0

Recently appointed Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Leong takes over from Francis Tam and in a year of retraction after mind-boggling growth, the supervision of the gaming industry. His

THE EVENT | May protests: No longer silent

In reaction to the proposal, an earnest crowd composed mainly of young people marched downtown on May 25 wearing white shirts emblazoned with “White-for-Withdrawal.” Protesters crossed their arms above their

The case | academic freedom at stake Stilwell’s law

“As a Church institution, a Catholic university must be clear about where it stands. It must respect the autonomy of the political sphere, if it expects the political sphere to

2014 Year in Review

JANUARY • Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, who became affectionately known as the Black Panther, died aged 71. He was known for his athletic prowess and clinical finishing that made him one

CRIME | Man detained for ‘sextorting’ teen girls over thousands of nude photos

The Judiciary Police (PJ) will hand a 22 year-old- man to the Public Prosecution Office today after he was alleged to have extorted multiple local teenage girls after obtaining pictures of

Two-month ‘Thunderbolt 14’ operation concluded

The Unitary Police Service (SPU) has concluded the two-month long anti-crime operation “Thunderbolt 14”, with 539 people being handed to the Public Prosecution Office (MP). The operation - jointly organized by

ExCo greenlights domestic violence as public crime, excluding ‘minor cases’

  The Executive Council (ExCo) gave the green light to listing domestic violence as a public crime in a long-awaited bill now due to be submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL).

MSAR 15th ANNIVERSARY | Professional sports could be further developed

The community’s willingness to play sports might have increased, but involvement in professional sports can still be further developed, experts suggest.  Following a review of the past 15 years and

Projection | Casinos 30 pct down in Dec, 2.5 over the year

Data collected from Sands China and Galaxy Resorts between December 1 and 26 estimates that the casinos will have takings of between MOP22.7 billion and MOP23.3 billion. If this estimation is

Barra public interchange budget reaches MOP1.23b

According to a notice published in the Official Gazette yesterday, Zhen Hwa Harbour Construction Company Limited and China State Construction (Macau) were jointly awarded the contract. The government will be

Breaking News: Casinos 30pct down in December, 2.5pct over the year – report

Macau’s casinos are going to end December with a year-on-year fall of somewhere between 30% and 32% and an annual drop of about 2.5% compared with 2013, operator data collected

37 percent of the social housing applicants rejected

  The Housing Bureau has released the list of residents granted social housing units, having approved over 3,800 applications. However, about 37 percent of the applications were not approved. Applicants who

New heads of PJ and PSP take office

New heads of the Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Public Security Police Force (PSP) were sworn in on Friday. Chau Wai Kuong moved from the PJ deputy director to the

Xi demands MSAR prepare for the unexpected

  The Chinese President Xi Jinping said that he wants the Chief Executive Chui Sai On and the new MSAR administrative team to bear responsibilities and prepare for the unexpected. Meanwhile,

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