Archive for April 4, 2008

Possible regulations on local television services: telecom director

Friday, April 4, 2008
Issue 303, Page 3
Word count: 386
Published in: Macau Daily Times

By Poyi (Natalie) Leung

Specific regulations for the public antenna and cable television services might be set out by the government under the current framework of the telecommunications law, head of the regulation department said yesterday. … continue reading this entry.

Peter Greenaway: the creator of controversy

Friday, April 4, 2008
Issue 303, Page 6
Word count: 895
Published in: Macau Daily Times

By Poyi (Natalie) Leung

Peter Greenaway, the director of “Nightwatching” which was screened last night as part of the Macau International Film and Video Festival at the Cultural Centre, told reporters that “creating controversy” was the mission of artists.

Mr Greenaway’s cinema is renowned for the heavy influence of Renaissance painting and Flemish painting in particular.

Notably in scenic composition and illumination, the concomitant contrasts of costume and nudity and sexual pleasure and painful death have created debates of the 65-year-old Welsh-born’s production. … continue reading this entry.