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Macao Forum
Macau Forum (, pt, Forum de Macau) is a venue connected to the adjacent Macao Polytechnic University Multisport Pavilion and Media Centre located at Avenida de Marciano Baptista, in Sé, Macau, China. Macao Forum used to be the largest indoor venue in Macau before the completion of the Macao East Asian Games Dome. It comprises two pavilions: The main pavilion has a capacity of up to 4,000 and offers a competition area of 45 metres by 25 metres with a ceiling height of 12 metres; The second pavilion can accommodate over 300 people with theatre-style-seating format and offers a performing area of 30 metres by 15 metres, which is suitable for different spectator sports and shows. Macao Forum has been one of the venues for the annual FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix series since 1994 and successfully held the Final in 2001 (suspended in 2003 and 2004 due to major overhaul for the 2005 East Asian Games The 4th East Asian Games was an international multi-sport event for countries in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forum Macao
Forum Macao, officially the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-Operation Between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries, is a multi-lateral economic cooperation forum established in 2003 by China's Ministry of Commerce. Structure and format Forum Macao's objective is to increase economic ties between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries. As of 2023, the members of Forum Macao are: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, China, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste. Forum Macao has a permanent secretariat located in China's Macao Special Administrative Region. Macao was a colony of Portugal, and Portuguese continues to be one of its official languages. As a result, China views Macao as an ideal location for coordination with the Portuguese-speaking countries. Member countries have permanent representatives to the Forum who are also located in Macao. Forum members discuss, and typically issue a post-meeting action plan covering, economic topics s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macao Polytechnic University Multisport Pavilion
The Macao Polytechnic University Multisport Pavilion (formerly named Macao Polytechnic Institute Multisport Pavilion) is part of the Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) in Macau, People's Republic of China. It covers a total area of over and has a seating capacity of 3,800. This modern pavilion is ideal for indoor sports such as basketball, assorted ball games, and volleyball. It is connected to the adjacent Macao Forum via a footbridge and a short underground passage. On March 1, 2022, the Macao Polytechnic Institute was officially renamed as Macao Polytechnic University, and the Multisport Pavilion has been renamed simultaneously. See also * Sports in Macau * Macao Polytechnic University References Indoor arenas in Macau Sports venues in Macau {{Macau-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sé, Macau
Sé is a southeast Freguesia (Macau), civil parish ( pt, freguesia) in the Macau Peninsula of Macau. It is the second largest peninsular district in Macau after the civil parish of Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima (Macau), Nossa Senhora de Fátima. The parish area is named for the Igreja da Sé (Macau), Igreja da Sé. This parish was one of five in the former Municipality of Macau, one of Macau's two municipalities that were abolished on 31 December 2001 by Law No. 17/2001, following the 1999 transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to China. While their administrative functions have since been removed, these parishes are still retained nominally. Its western part is the historic financial center of Macau. Praia Grande Central Business District () is in the south-central part of the district. All banks (over 20) in Macau have offices here. There are numerous quality restaurants, 4-star and 5-star hotels in this district. High-rise buildings exist on the eastern ZAPE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a population of about 680,000 and an area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal as a trading post by the Ming dynasty in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty until 1887. Portugal later gained perpetual colonial rights in the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until 1999, when it was transferred to China. Macau is a special administrative region of China, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of " one country, two systems".. The unique blend of Portuguese and Chinese arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macau East Asian Games Dome
, fullname = Macau East Asian Games Dome , former_names = , image = Nave Desportiva Dos Jogos Da Ásia Oriental De Macau.JPG , image_size = 250px , location = Cotai, Macau, China , coordinates = , broke_ground = , opened = , owner = , operator = , capacity = 9,000 The East Asian Games Dome (; pt, Domo dos Jogos da Ásia Oriental) is an indoor sporting arena located in Cotai, Macau, China. Description The venue was one of the major venues of the 2005 East Asian Games and also hosted some events for the 2007 Asian Indoor Games. The Macau East Asian Games Dome is the largest indoor sporting facility in the city. It comprises a three-story multi-purpose sporting complex covering a total area of 45,000 m2 with two separate functional indoor pavilions, which is ideal for different types of indoor sports and activities. It also consists of a large exhibition hall that can accommodate up to 2,000 people. Pavilion 1: With a total seating capacity of almost 7,000, one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe"). Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows technical terminology, classification into genres, and many of its themes, stock characters, and plot elements. Theatre artist Patrice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called FIVB Volleyball World League, World League. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitions, the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, World Championship, the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, World Cup and the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, World Grand Champions Cup. From 2018, the World Grand Prix was replaced by the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League and FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup, Challenger Cup. History Origins World Grand Prix was created in 1993 as part of the FIVB's marketing strategy to promote the sport of volleyball by establishing annual international competitions. It was modelled after the FIVB Volleyball World League, World League, a successful event for men that had been introduced three years before. The Grand Prix made women's volleyball very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 East Asian Games
The 4th East Asian Games was an international multi-sport event for countries in East Asia which was held in Macau from October 29 to November 6, 2005. Host city At the 11th EAGA Council Meeting held in Guam in March 1996, Macau, then a Portuguese colony was awarded the right and honour to host the 4th East Asian Games. Venues * Estádio Campo Desportivo ** Macau Stadium - Opening ceremony, Athletics, Football ** Macau Hockey Centre - Hockey ** Macau Olympic Aquatic Centre - Aquatics (Diving, Swimming, Synchronised swimming) ** Macau Stadium Pavilion - Weightlifting * Macau East Asian Games Dome ** Theatre - Dance sport ** Arena - Closing ceremony, Gymnastics * Macau University of Science and Technology ** Sports Field - Football * Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion - Basketball * Bowling Centre - Bowling * Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre - Dragon boat, Rowing * IPM Multi-sport Pavilion - Karate * Macau International Shooting Range - Shooting * Tennis Academy - Soft tennis, Tennis * Macau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2012 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold was the fourteenth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2012 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Macau Forum, Macau from November 27, until December 2, 2012 and had a total purse of $120,000. Men's singles Seeds # Lee Chong Wei ''(withdrew)'' # Kenichi Tago ''(first round)'' # Taufik Hidayat ''(third round)'' # Hu Yun ''(second round)'' # Wong Wing Ki ''(quarter-final)'' # Kashyap Parupalli ''(first round)'' # Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka ''(third round)'' # Tommy Sugiarto ''(first round)'' # Alamsyah Yunus ''(first round)'' # Sourabh Varma ''(withdrew)'' # Vladimir Ivanov ''(second round)'' # Rajah Menuri Venkata Gurusaidutt ''(semi-final)'' # Suppanyu Avihingsanon ''(second round)'' # Andre Kurniawan Tedjono ''(second round)'' # Hsueh Hsuan-yi ''(first round)'' # Ashton Chen Yong Zhao ''(third round)'' Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2013 Macau Open Grand Prix Open was the seventieth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2013 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Macau Forum, Macau November 26 – December 1, 2013 and had a total purse of $120,000. Men's singles Seeds # Kenichi Tago ''(first round)'' # Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk ''(withdrew)'' # Hu Yun ''(second round)'' # Marc Zwiebler ''(withdrew)'' # Wong Wing Ki ''(third round)'' # Rajah Menuri Venkata Gurusaidutt ''(withdrew)'' # Kento Momota ''(second round)'' # Anand Pawar ''(withdrew)'' # Hsu Jen-hao ''(semi-final)'' # Sai Praneeth ''(first round)'' # Vladimir Ivanov ''(quarter-final)'' # Prannoy Kumar ''(second round)'' # Suppanyu Avihingsanon ''(first round)'' # Tan Chun Seang ''(third round)'' # Chan Yan Kit ''(second round)'' # Vladimir Malkov ''(third round)'' Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
