Macau’s water supply increased by 5.6 percent last year compared to 2023, while pumpage is estimated to grow by around 3 percent this year, Macao Water Executive Director Nacky Kuan Sio Peng told reporters yesterday.Kuan made the remarks during an interview prior to the start of yesterday’s 2025 Media Spring Luncheon and the kick-off ceremony for the 90th Anniversary Celebrations hosted at the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre.Kuan further elaborated on the increase during her
A local artist named Kris Chan (陳鑫) is displaying her works at the 10 Fantasia Gallery on Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro (瘋堂斜巷), aiming to enable exhibitiongoers to understand how complex family dynamics can impact a person’s physical and mental state and personality, along with how certain memories can be unforgettable, according to a statement from the gallery’s website.The statement noted that Chan, a high school senior graduate who is passionate about art and sees painting
Chief Executive (CE) Sam Hou Fai yesterday chaired for the first time a plenary meeting of the Economic Development Council, during which he remarked that Macau’s key economic indicators have remained on an “upward” trend over the past year, but in the face of rapid changes in the international situation, the city was still facing significant pressures in the development of its diversified industries and innovative capacity, urging the councillors to capitalise on the opportunities
China’s mega-blockbuster animated film “Ne Zha 2” premiered in Macau yesterday, on the sidelines of which a representative of the film’s co-distributors in Hong Kong and Macau, David Ding Kai, general manager of Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd., told reporters that the film will be released in seven local cinemas from Saturday, with about 50 showings that day.“There’s no specific end-day [set for the film run in local cinemas]; we’ll continue to show it as long as there’s
Macau’s water supply increased by 5.6 percent last year compared to 2023, while pumpage is estimated to grow by around 3 percent this year, Macao Water Executive Director Nacky Kuan Sio Peng told reporters yesterday.Kuan made the remarks during an interview prior to the start of yesterday’s 2025 Media Spring Luncheon and the kick-off ceremony for the 90th Anniversary Celebrations hosted at the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre.Kuan further elaborated on the increase during her
A local artist named Kris Chan (陳鑫) is displaying her works at the 10 Fantasia Gallery on Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro (瘋堂斜巷), aiming to enable exhibitiongoers to understand how complex family dynamics can impact a person’s physical and mental state and personality, along with how certain memories can be unforgettable, according to a statement from the gallery’s website.The statement noted that Chan, a high school senior graduate who is passionate about art and sees painting
Chief Executive (CE) Sam Hou Fai yesterday chaired for the first time a plenary meeting of the Economic Development Council, during which he remarked that Macau’s key economic indicators have remained on an “upward” trend over the past year, but in the face of rapid changes in the international situation, the city was still facing significant pressures in the development of its diversified industries and innovative capacity, urging the councillors to capitalise on the opportunities
China’s mega-blockbuster animated film “Ne Zha 2” premiered in Macau yesterday, on the sidelines of which a representative of the film’s co-distributors in Hong Kong and Macau, David Ding Kai, general manager of Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd., told reporters that the film will be released in seven local cinemas from Saturday, with about 50 showings that day.“There’s no specific end-day [set for the film run in local cinemas]; we’ll continue to show it as long as there’s
In a recent surge of online investment scams, the Judiciary Police (PJ) have discovered a new scheme involving fraudulent advertisements on social media platforms that endorse certain investment platforms which promise substantial returns to lure victims into clicking on embedded links, according to a PJ statement yesterday.These ads, which mimic legitimate news articles, feature interviews with well-known local celebrities and claim that the celebrities have endorsed certain investment
A local middle-aged woman has lost HK$110,000 in a purported proxy order to buy paint, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Sio Keong said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, a female staff member of a security staff company received an online call on Monday from someone who claimed to be a “staff member of a secondary school” in Macau.The caller told the staff member that the school wanted the company to provide security services and switched to WhatsApp to call
The Public Security Police (PSP) transferred a Philippine man to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for his theft-by-finding charge on Monday, involving a mobile phone worth around 10,000 patacas and 100 patacas in cash, a PSP spokesperson said yesterday in a regular press conference.The suspect in his fifties is a Philippine domestic helper working in Macau, the spokesperson said.According to the spokesperson, PSP officers received a report on Sunday that the victim’s phone worth about
The Permanent Secretariat of Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) held a Spring Festival reception yesterday where Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai pledged in a speech that the local government will continue to fully leverage Macau’s unique advantages to ensure its important role as a bridge between the two sides.The Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries is known as Forum Macao for
A man from the mainland was arrested on Tuesday for pretending to be a police officer and scamming a male mainlander out of HK$60,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Sio Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.The 22-year-old suspect surnamed Tang works as an e-commerce entrepreneur.According to Cheong, Tang approached a man from the mainland on Tuesday in a smoking lounge at a casino in Cotai, offering the man a favourable illegal currency exchange deal. The man showed
Wang Yi, one of the world’s most experienced foreign ministers, gave last week’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) a healthy dose of pragmatic and erudite advice on how to handle international relations. And, incidentally, he also promoted China’s brand-new DeepSeek chatbot, which was released to the amazement of the whole world just about a month ago to much acclaim. Of course, I am already its regular user, alongside Quora’s Poe chatbot which, no surprise, includes
Wang Yi, one of the world’s most experienced foreign ministers, gave last week’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) a healthy dose of pragmatic and erudite advice on how to handle international relations. And, incidentally, he also promoted China’s brand-new DeepSeek chatbot, which was released to the amazement of the whole world just about a month ago to much acclaim. Of course, I am already its regular user, alongside Quora’s Poe chatbot which, no surprise, includes
A local artist named Kris Chan (陳鑫) is displaying her works at the 10 Fantasia Gallery on Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro (瘋堂斜巷), aiming to enable exhibitiongoers to understand how complex family dynamics can impact a person’s physical and mental state and personality, along with how certain memories can be unforgettable, according to a statement from the gallery’s website.The statement noted that Chan, a high school senior graduate who is passionate about art and sees painting
A 13-year-old local artist and secondary school student named Lam Ieng San is showcasing his love for art through a variety of watercolours themed on China’s 24 solar terms* (二十四節氣) in an exhibition presented at the 10 Fantasia gallery’s room B05 on Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro (瘋堂斜巷)On until February 28 and comprising 15 works, the free-admission exhibition is entitled “Chinese twenty-four solar terms - Art Exhibition by Lam Ieng San”. While visiting,
In a recent surge of online investment scams, the Judiciary Police (PJ) have discovered a new scheme involving fraudulent advertisements on social media platforms that endorse certain investment platforms which promise substantial returns to lure victims into clicking on embedded links, according to a PJ statement yesterday.These ads, which mimic legitimate news articles, feature interviews with well-known local celebrities and claim that the celebrities have endorsed certain investment
A local middle-aged woman has lost HK$110,000 in a purported proxy order to buy paint, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Sio Keong said in a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, a female staff member of a security staff company received an online call on Monday from someone who claimed to be a “staff member of a secondary school” in Macau.The caller told the staff member that the school wanted the company to provide security services and switched to WhatsApp to call
The Public Security Police (PSP) transferred a Philippine man to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for his theft-by-finding charge on Monday, involving a mobile phone worth around 10,000 patacas and 100 patacas in cash, a PSP spokesperson said yesterday in a regular press conference.The suspect in his fifties is a Philippine domestic helper working in Macau, the spokesperson said.According to the spokesperson, PSP officers received a report on Sunday that the victim’s phone worth about
The Permanent Secretariat of Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) held a Spring Festival reception yesterday where Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai pledged in a speech that the local government will continue to fully leverage Macau’s unique advantages to ensure its important role as a bridge between the two sides.The Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries is known as Forum Macao for
A man from the mainland was arrested on Tuesday for pretending to be a police officer and scamming a male mainlander out of HK$60,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Sio Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.The 22-year-old suspect surnamed Tang works as an e-commerce entrepreneur.According to Cheong, Tang approached a man from the mainland on Tuesday in a smoking lounge at a casino in Cotai, offering the man a favourable illegal currency exchange deal. The man showed
Macau’s water supply increased by 5.6 percent last year compared to 2023, while pumpage is estimated to grow by around 3 percent this year, Macao Water Executive Director Nacky Kuan Sio Peng told reporters yesterday.Kuan made the remarks during an interview prior to the start of yesterday’s 2025 Media Spring Luncheon and the kick-off ceremony for the 90th Anniversary Celebrations hosted at the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre.Kuan further elaborated on the increase during her
A local artist named Kris Chan (陳鑫) is displaying her works at the 10 Fantasia Gallery on Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro (瘋堂斜巷), aiming to enable exhibitiongoers to understand how complex family dynamics can impact a person’s physical and mental state and personality, along with how certain memories can be unforgettable, according to a statement from the gallery’s website.The statement noted that Chan, a high school senior graduate who is passionate about art and sees painting
Chief Executive (CE) Sam Hou Fai yesterday chaired for the first time a plenary meeting of the Economic Development Council, during which he remarked that Macau’s key economic indicators have remained on an “upward” trend over the past year, but in the face of rapid changes in the international situation, the city was still facing significant pressures in the development of its diversified industries and innovative capacity, urging the councillors to capitalise on the opportunities