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29th Macao Arts Festival opens
The 29th Macao Arts Festival (MAF), organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, was inaugurated on 27 April, at 7:40pm, in the lobby of the Macao Cultural Centre. The opening ceremony was officiated by the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao S.A.R. Government, Alexis, Tam Chon Weng; the Acting Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao S.A.R., Wang Dong; the Director of the Department of Publicity and Culture of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao S.A.R., Wan Sucheng; the President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government, Mok Ian Ian; the Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes; the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Teledifusão de Macau, S.A. (TDM), Manuel Gonçalves Pires Júnior; the Deputy General Manager of Bank of China Limited (Macau Branch), Chan Hio Peng; the Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of Air Macau Company Limited, Wen Dexin; and the Assistant Director of Community Relations of MGM, Mina Siew. This edition of the MAF presents 26 extraordinary shows and exhibitions as well as an outreach programme, in a total of over 100 activities, leading the audience to recall the core meaning of life by means of different artistic manifestations.
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UM graduates Macao’s first PhD student with thesis on Chinese-Portuguese bilingual legal translation
Lu Chi Seng, a PhD student from the Department of Portuguese, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), recently completed an oral defense for his dissertation titled ‘Sustainable Theoretical Framework of Bilingual Legal Translation Based on a Study of the Translation of Social Action Legislation of the Macao SAR’
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“HUSH!! Full Music” takes place this Sunday “Music Express” shuttle buses to Hac Sa Beach
Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and co-organised by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau and the Marine and Water Bureau, the beach concert “HUSH!! Full Music” will be staged at Hac Sa Beach from 29 April to 1 May (Sunday to Tuesday). In order to facilitate the public travelling to Hac Sa Beach, the organizer provides the shuttle service “Music Express” for the public to reach the concert venue. During the three consecutive days, the organizer invites an array of music bands from Macao and several regions in Asia to deliver a marathon music feast and launches various diversified activities such as HUSH!! GEG Silent Disco, Kill the Silence experimental music festival and music workshops, among others. Residents are welcome to participate.
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