Lio Man Cheong is one of Macao’s most renowned painters, having designed award-winning postage stamps and exhibited internationally. His works are owned by private collectors in mainland China and Japan.
Year: 2016
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On praised on Sunday the “indispensable” role of the Macanese community as a “bridge of communication and exchanges between different cultures”.
The Executive Council (ExCo) has finished discussing the government’s draft of an amendment bill on sex crimes listed in the Macau Penal Code, according to a statement by the government’s top advisory body on Friday.
Addressing a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle on Thursday, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said that a more diversified economy would help young local people enjoy better career choices.
Reported extortion cases related to online nude chat rooms rose 61.5 per cent in the first nine months year-on-year, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday. Wong revealed the figure during a press conference about the city’s crime figures in the first three quarters.
A scheme for free-sailing yachts journeying between Zhongshan city and Macau was officially inaugurated on Wednesday. The new scheme shortens the traveling time between the two cities to approximately 45 minutes. Customs on both sides will take altogether 10 minutes to complete all custom checking procedures. In Zhongshan, yachts covered by the new scheme are allowed […]
Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose 1.6 per cent year-on-year and 10.4 per cent month-on-month to 2.67 million in October, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Wednesday. A DSEC statement attributed the two-digit month-on-month increase to the National Day “Golden Week” holiday in the first week of last month. Overnight visitors rose 12.1 per […]
Rui Leão is a Portuguese architect and co-founder of LBA, Arquitectura e Planeamento Lda, with Francesca Carlotta Bruni. He is also President of the International Council of Portuguese Speaking Architects (CIALP).
Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) has finally snapped a two-year contraction amid a recovery in casino receipts. GDP grew 4 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the third quarter, the first positive quarterly growth recorded over the past two years, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. The bureau attributed the return to […]