National Geographic Shoots Documentary on Local Culture
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Ground fighting erupted in multiple provinces within minutes of the start of 78 athletes represent Macau at the the unilateral cease-fire late Sunday. P3 More on backpage Los Angeles Special Olympics 28.07.2015 tue th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 it at noon. It was still yet to be built before the event started this morning,” she complained, Gem fair exhibitors display also saying the staff stationed on the site failed to give proper directions. mixed feelings about sales Tony Ho, a local assisting a Zhuhai exhibitor, believed that the exhibition should be EWELRY exhibitors from “Primarily we touched them held in the evening to allow Jmore than 15 countries pla- with our services as one of the more local potential custo- ced their glittering products on conditions about Macau is its mers who worked during the sale at a four-day fair at the Ve- small size that makes it ea- daytime on workdays to at- netian Macao, showcasing uni- sier to communicate and set tend. He also felt pessimistic que Asian gems and accessories arrangements in place,” she about their business in the for approximately 900 profes- added. next few days, citing similar sional buyers from China and However, some of the firms distance reasons. Southeast Asia. expressed their discontent over Lokesh Gupta, from the Thai Officials from the Macau Tra- part of the exhibition arrange- Manufacturer Co., who aimed de and Investment Promotion ments, chiefly regarding securi- for mainland Chinese custo- Institute (IPIM) extolled the ty, staff training and opening mers, echoed the above two region’s MICE facilities yester- hours. exhibitors’ pessimism about day morning after an inaugural Vanessa Chung, sales executi- the fair: “I had hope in parti- ceremony for the International ve at Hong Kong-based La Vie cipating here. We hoped there Gem Fair, organized by three Premium admittedly disclo- would be many visitors,” he Hong Kong groups. sed that she was not optimis- said. “But I didn’t expect it to “Our spacious venues and tic about sales performance in be like this. However, let’s see concentration of rooms is the upcoming three days given how it goes later.” Nonetheless, one selling point,” said Irene the faraway venue of the fair, he was satisfied with the event’s Lau, one of IPIM’s executive saying their involvement this arrangement. directors. “There are around time was merely an “experien- Staff from Hong Kong’s Le- 20,000 rooms here, and we ce.” Additionally, she criticized gar Co. told the Times that welcomed 9,000 guests last the event’s logistics as “incom- most of the visitors to their week. There is no other place plete.” booth were non-professional that can hold that many peo- “We stayed up until 12:00 buyers, one of whom was even ple, they don’t even need a Lau said that the region’s who already promised to return a.m. last night because no one caught by the police for alle- shuttle bus to commute for a “world-known” hardware and to the city in the following two had built our booth even thou- gedly committing theft at ano- meeting,” she added. service pleased the organizers, years for another exhibition. gh we had asked them to build ther counter. Staff reporter CRIME Forum focuses on ‘judicial Man arrested for system impartiality’ indecent exposure HE president of the Court of Fi- HE Public Security ts near the Three Lamps Judiciary Police (PJ), was Tnal Appeal, Sam Hou Fai, has said TPolice Force arrested Districts by police agen- said to have entered the that China’s law reform has invaria- a local man for allegedly ts, who subsequently region illegally in April. bly captured the attention of Macau, publicly exposing himself stopped him. His identity During the past three Hong Kong and Taiwan. Hence, the over 100 times to female was later confirmed by months, he carried out the third Cross-Strait High Level Forum passersby, during their one of his victims, who crimes either on his own on the legal affairs of Macau, Hong regular anti-crime opera- had earlier reported him or with his other accom- Kong and Taiwan, which is being tions on Sunday. to the authorities. plices. Receiving repor- held here for the first time today, is The 42-year-old insu- The man confessed that ts by the duped victims committed to “ensuring the judicial rance agent was also said he began to make the vi- earlier, the PJ authorities system’s impartiality.” to have a fetish for female deos in 2010 and started pinpointed the suspect af- At the forum’s opening ceremony buttocks as the police au- showing his genitals in ter investigation. yesterday, Mr Sam recalled that the thorities found more than public one year later. The They finally took action three regions will be discussing how 40 video clips on the sus- police believed that there against the mainlander to further cooperation on legal af- pect’s cellphone capturing were still many other vic- while he was reported to fairs, while debating topics ranging women’s lower parts. On tims yet to come forward. be gambling in a casino in from human resources and judicial top of that, the three me- In a separate case, three the NAPE district. Arou- organization, to courts’ budgetary mory cards discovered in local pawn stores have nd 200 grams of phony matters or the current legal affairs his apartment contained a lost a total of MOP1.16 diamonds were discove- situation of each region. total of 1,600 pictures and million to an illegal immi- red inside the suspect’s Furthermore, the forum will enab- me hurdles and fix similar system 310 videos also featuring grant from the mainland, home, also in that area. le the three jurisdictions to provide issues, while working toward “the that body part. where the suspect frau- It was estimated that the further details on the operations of development of the civilization of Two days ago, the sus- dulently exchanged bogus counterfeits had a street their particular judicial systems. Chinese Rule of Law.” pect was seen on the tiny diamonds for cash. value amounting to over Mr Sam stressed in his speech that The forum ends today with the closing prowl staring at female The 36-year-old man, MOP1.4 million if sold as the three regions will be able to learn ceremony being held at 11.30 a.m. pedestrians in the stree- already arrested by the genuine. Staff reporter from each other, aiming to overco- at the MGM. 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