Police nab couple for telecom scams – 46 victims lose HK$2.6 million
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a couple from the mainland yesterday for their involvement in 46 recent telecom scams. PJ spokesman Lei Chi Wai from the I.T. and Telecommunications Coordination Division said during a special press conference in Praça das Portas do Cerco (關閘廣場) near the crime scene.Lei identified the suspects as a 48-year-old woman surnamed Duan, who works as a cleaner, and her 43-year-old boyfriend surnamed Li, a salesman. Both are non-resident workers (NRWs). They
April 30, 2025
‘A Time for Poetry, A Time for Living’ Youth Literature Salon hosted by Pen of Macau
Interview and review by William Chan Macau’s oldest Chinese literary association, Pen of Macau, held its 5th Youth Literature Salon on Friday evening at Wine Macau near the Ruins of St. Paul. titled “A Time for Poetry, A Time for Living” (“詩歌有時，生活有時”), the event showcased three emerging local poets – known by their Chinese pennames as 祁紫 (Qí Zǐ) 、雪堇 (Xuě Jǐn) 、鳴弦 (Míng Xián) — alongside commentator Huo Chaoqun,
April 30, 2025
‘Life of Pi’ makes East Asia debut with Macau show
Review by Rui Pastorin Admittedly, I am not much of a theatre guy, but when I made the last-minute decision to buy a ticket to watch the fully booked “Life of Pi” on Saturday, the opening performance for this year’s Macao Arts Festival (MAF), I did not regret it. Marking its East Asian premiere, the play was staged during the MAF’s grand opening on Friday and at the weekend. It is based on Canadian author Yann Martel’s acclaimed best-selling book*
April 30, 2025
Over 100 enterprises get ISO awards
This year’s International Management Certification Recognition Ceremony for Macau Enterprises was held by the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) in Macau Science Centre’s conference hall yesterday.The event marked its second edition since its local inception last year.In order to commend outstanding local enterprises that have obtained ISO* international standard certification for six consecutive years, 118 enterprises from different industries, mainly focused on food
April 30, 2025
Police nab couple for telecom scams – 46 victims lose HK$2.6 million
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a couple from the mainland yesterday for their involvement in 46 recent telecom scams. PJ spokesman Lei Chi Wai from the I.T. and Telecommunications Coordination Division said during a special press conference in Praça das Portas do Cerco (關閘廣場) near the crime scene.Lei identified the suspects as a 48-year-old woman surnamed Duan, who works as a cleaner, and her 43-year-old boyfriend surnamed Li, a salesman. Both are non-resident workers (NRWs). They
April 30, 2025
‘A Time for Poetry, A Time for Living’ Youth Literature Salon hosted by Pen of Macau
Interview and review by William Chan Macau’s oldest Chinese literary association, Pen of Macau, held its 5th Youth Literature Salon on Friday evening at Wine Macau near the Ruins of St. Paul. titled “A Time for Poetry, A Time for Living” (“詩歌有時，生活有時”), the event showcased three emerging local poets – known by their Chinese pennames as 祁紫 (Qí Zǐ) 、雪堇 (Xuě Jǐn) 、鳴弦 (Míng Xián) — alongside commentator Huo Chaoqun,
April 30, 2025
‘Life of Pi’ makes East Asia debut with Macau show
Review by Rui Pastorin Admittedly, I am not much of a theatre guy, but when I made the last-minute decision to buy a ticket to watch the fully booked “Life of Pi” on Saturday, the opening performance for this year’s Macao Arts Festival (MAF), I did not regret it. Marking its East Asian premiere, the play was staged during the MAF’s grand opening on Friday and at the weekend. It is based on Canadian author Yann Martel’s acclaimed best-selling book*
April 30, 2025
Over 100 enterprises get ISO awards
This year’s International Management Certification Recognition Ceremony for Macau Enterprises was held by the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) in Macau Science Centre’s conference hall yesterday.The event marked its second edition since its local inception last year.In order to commend outstanding local enterprises that have obtained ISO* international standard certification for six consecutive years, 118 enterprises from different industries, mainly focused on food
April 30, 2025
Tap Siac Craft Market to continue with new offerings
According to a recent statement from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), the Tap Siac Craft Market will be open again from Thursday (May Day) through Sunday, showcasing an array of cultural and creative products, with over 90 percent of the stall operators different to the previous week.The statement highlighted that this two-weekend edition of the market features more than 200 stalls, offering “distinctive handicrafts and creative gastronomy” from cultural practitioners across Macau, the
April 30, 2025
MGTO promotes Macau at Arabian Travel Market 2025
The Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2025 is being held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until tomorrow, with the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) participating and setting up an “Experience Macao” themed booth to promote Macau to the Middle Eastern market.According to an MGTO statement, the four-day fair, which started on Tuesday, is the largest annual international travel trade show held in the Middle East. The statement said that MGTO’s booth is promoting Macau’s
April 30, 2025
Underground parking area near LRT Jockey Club Station to provide parking for cars
The underground parking area near the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Jockey Club Station, which has only been used for heavy passenger vehicles since its opening in 2022, will also provide parking spaces for cars from tomorrow, its operator announced in a statement yesterday.Heavy passenger vehicles refer to buses and tourist coaches.The underground parking area is part of the Estrada Governador Albano de Oliveira Public Transport Interchange located next to the LRT Jockey Club Station.Different to
April 30, 2025
MGTO relaunches free ferry & bus tickets for foreign Macau-bound visitors arriving in HK
The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will once again launch its programme providing free one-way ferry and direct bus tickets to Macau for foreign visitors arriving in Hong Kong, according to an MGTO statement yesterday.The programme will start tomorrow. The free one-way tickets will be available until the end of the year.Yesterday’s statement noted that MGTO launched for the first time last year a programme providing free one-way ferry and direct bus tickets to Macau for foreign
April 30, 2025
Beach swimming season to start with safeguards tomorrow: DSAMA
This year’s swimming season will begin with the usual safeguards tomorrow and end on October 31, the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the bureau deploys lifeguards and paramedics to Hac Sa (“Black Sand”) and Cheoc Van (“Bamboo Bay”) during the swimming season. The duty hours of lifeguards and paramedics will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday as well as public holidays, while
April 30, 2025
Editorial: Bazooka may be needed to avoid economic nuclear winter
US President Donald Trump is well known for his bombastic style but his unashamedly hegemonic tariff policy announcement last week surpasses all that he has done so far on the global stage. In Macau, Trump’s “Liberation Day” – what a misnomer! – statement on April 2 – hard on the heels of All Fool’s Day pranks – was initially met with sheer bewilderment but quickly turned into great concern that even our tiny territory, which as a special administrative region (SAR), free
April 9, 2025
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Editorial: Bazooka may be needed to avoid economic nuclear winter
US President Donald Trump is well known for his bombastic style but his unashamedly hegemonic tariff policy announcement last week surpasses all that he has done so far on the global stage. In Macau, Trump’s “Liberation Day” – what a misnomer! – statement on April 2 – hard on the heels of All Fool’s Day pranks – was initially met with sheer bewilderment but quickly turned into great concern that even our tiny territory, which as a special administrative region (SAR), free
April 9, 2025
‘A Time for Poetry, A Time for Living’ Youth Literature Salon hosted by Pen of Macau
Interview and review by William Chan Macau’s oldest Chinese literary association, Pen of Macau, held its 5th Youth Literature Salon on Friday evening at Wine Macau near the Ruins of St. Paul. titled “A Time for Poetry, A Time for Living” (“詩歌有時，生活有時”), the event showcased three emerging local poets – known by their Chinese pennames as 祁紫 (Qí Zǐ) 、雪堇 (Xuě Jǐn) 、鳴弦 (Míng Xián) — alongside commentator Huo Chaoqun,
April 30, 2025
To ban or not to ban?
Examining the regulation of smart devices in schoolsThe Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) announced last month that it would introduce guidelines for schools to regulate students’ use of smartphones and electronic devices on campus in the next academic year. In response, a team of student journalists from Pui Ching Middle School interviewed their peers, teachers, and parents to gather their perspectives on the issue. Here are their findings:A
April 18, 2025
Why China won’t waver in its open-door resolve, rain or shine
Analysis BEIJING – Against a global economic backdrop of rising protectionism and fragmentation, will the world’s second-largest economy – China – still be dedicated to opening up and championing economic globalization?The message China has made is loud and clear: instead of retreating into a closed economy amid external uncertainties, the country will walk its talk in becoming more and more open.This message is backed up by both the country’s track record
April 8, 2025
It’s time to strengthen Global South cooperation amid US tariff hike: Bangladesh economist
Interview by Xinhua writer Sun Nan DHAKA – The United States’ decision to impose “reciprocal tariffs” has the potential to seriously undermine the international trading system and exacerbate global inequality, a Bangladeshi economist has said.In an exclusive interview with Xinhua recently, Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, professor in the Department of Development Studies at the University of Dhaka, said the decision is a mistake in economics.Titumir, also the
April 8, 2025
US already reaping the whirlwind of administration’s ill-judged tariffs
China Daily Editorial In the mind of the current president of the United States, it seems that all that it takes to revitalize US manufacturing and its economy is to raise tariffs on countries so that they will come for talks on new deals.Yet, after launching his weaponized tariff attacks on the US’ trading partners on Wednesday, what the US leader has reaped are landslide falls in the US markets, a chaotic buying spree sweeping the country, and nationwide protests
April 8, 2025
Hotel guests drop 7.8 pct to 1.12 million in February
Macau's 147 hotels received 1.127 million guests in February, a 7.8 percent year-on-year drop, the Macau Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Chinese New Year (CNY) this year fell on January 29. It fell on February 10 last year. The Chinese mainland’s week-long CNY holiday is one of Macau’s peak tourism seasons. According to a DSEC statement on Thursday, whereas guests from mainland China (863,000) recorded a 7.6 percent decrease, foreign guests (86,000) rose 17.5
April 5, 2025
US accounts for 4.6 pct of Macau’s external trade in Jan-Feb
The United States, the world’s largest importer before China and Germany and the world's second largest exporter after China and before Germany, accounted for merely 4.6 percent of Macau’s external merchandise trade in the first two months of this year, according to the latest data released by the Macau Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) last week.According to DSEC statistics, Macau’s total merchandise trade (exports + imports of goods) with the US amounted
April 5, 2025
Ching Ming Festival holiday notice
Due to it being the traditional Ching Ming (spelt “Qingming” in Putonghua pinyin) Festival, a public holiday, today, The Macau Post Daily will take a weekend break and also be off on Sunday. We will return to work on Monday so the print edition of Macau’s oldest English-language newspaper will be out again on Tuesday morning. However, our digital edition on our website https://www.macaupostdaily.com/ will be updated round-the-clock. Our local news and editorials as well as commentary by
April 4, 2025
New Macau-Madrid cargo route aims to facilitate e-commerce trade for GBA, Europe, S America
A regular cargo route between Macau and Madrid, operated by Ethiopian Airlines, was launched yesterday, with two round-trip flights operating every week, marked by an inaugural ceremony at the local airport yesterday morning when a freighter operating the route was greeted by an aircraft water salute.The cargo route is expected to provide a round-trip capacity of 400 tonnes of freight every week, with over 20,000 tonnes in total anticipated for a year.After the Boeing 777F cargo aircraft
April 4, 2025
Macao Medical Center of PUMCH expands medical services in first 6 months
The Macao Medical Center of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) has expanded its medical services within the first six months of operation, with the number of specialty outpatient clinics expanded to 52 by the end of February, while daily appointments have increased by 50 percent since opening, the hospital said in a statement yesterday.The hospital’s full name is “Islands Healthcare Complex – Macao Medical Center of Peking Union Medical College Hospital”, but it is commonly
April 4, 2025