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Year: 2016

Macau Polytechnic Institute to launch Portuguese teacher training courses

Macau Polytechnic Institute to launch Portuguese teacher training courses

Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) President Lei Heong Iok said the tertiary education institution would launch Portuguese-language teacher training courses soon. Lei made the announcement on the sidelines of a graduation ceremony for IPM students of the academic year 2015-2016. Lei said that after the launch of a new bachelor’s programme in International Chinese Language Education […]
Pansy Ho says MGM Cotai, Macau, project going smoothly

Pansy Ho says MGM Cotai, Macau, project going smoothly

The construction of MGM China’s casino-hotel resort in Cotai is going smoothly, Pansy Ho Chiu King, co-chairperson and executive director of the gaming company, said, adding she believed it will open in the first quarter of next year. The US-based brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein said last week there was a possibility that the opening of […]
Macau government hopes panda cubs will meet public in 6 months

Macau government hopes panda cubs will meet public in 6 months

Macau’s first panda cubs, born in Coloane on Sunday afternoon, will hopefully make their first public appearance with their mother Sam Sam in six months’ time, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Administrative Committee Member Leong Kun Fong told reporters on Monday. Coloane’s Macau Giant Panda Pavilion, which houses the four-member panda family, will be […]
Science & techno week to show ‘Intelligent Life’ in Macau

Science & techno week to show ‘Intelligent Life’ in Macau

The annual Science and Technology Week by the government-run Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) will start next week. The week is themed ‘Intelligent Life’. According to a press conference held on Monday, this year’s science and technology week will focus on “Intelligent life – Our Future”. The meeting will take place from next Wednesday […]
Wynn Palace to open in Cotai, Macau on Aug 22

Wynn Palace to open in Cotai, Macau on Aug 22

Wynn Macau will open its new integrated resort, Wynn Palace, in Cotai on August 22, the US gaming company said in a statement on Monday. The USD 4 billion (32 billion patacas) property features 1,706 rooms, restaurants, cable car rides around the resort, a water fountain show and a luxury shopping centre, as well as […]
Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes

Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes

Born and bred in Macao, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes has been Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) since December 2012, fluent in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Portuguese.
First-ever ‘made in Macau’ pandas born

First-ever ‘made in Macau’ pandas born

For the first time a giant panda gave birth in Macau – and it was double happiness on Sunday as not just one cub but twins were born – and both were locally conceived. The “lovely giant panda twins” were born to eight-year-old Sam Sam and her mate Hoi Hoi, who is seven years old, […]
Wushu gathering in Macau to cost 10-20 million patacas

Wushu gathering in Macau to cost 10-20 million patacas

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said on Sunday that he estimated the budget for the city’s Wushu Grand Gathering to range between 10 million and 20 million patacas, adding that the exact figure will be announced by the Sports Bureau (ID) in the near future. Tam made the remarks on […]
Macau government forecasts Brexit impact will be ‘limited’

Macau government forecasts Brexit impact will be ‘limited’

The impact of Great Britain’s referendum to leave the European Union (EU) will have a “relatively limited” impact on Macau, a statement by the office of Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac predicts. According to the statement issued on Friday, Leong held a meeting with the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) on Friday […]
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