Liaison chief urges Macau to ‘soar higher & reach further’, raises 4 requirements
The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) hosted its annual Spring Festival reception yesterday, where Liaison Office Director Zheng Xincong raised, in his speech, four requirements for Macau, namely achieving new breakthroughs in appropriate economic diversification, taking new steps in enhancing governance effectiveness, presenting new outlooks in strengthening patriotism, and demonstrating new achievements in safeguarding
February 6, 2026
3 murder cases in Macau last year: Judiciary Police
The Judiciary Police (PJ) hosted their annual press meeting at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday, where they presented the data of their work in 2025.The one-hour meeting was chaired by PJ Director Sit Chong Meng.According to last year’s PJ data, there were three murder cases in 2025, which happened on June 13, August 18 and November 13. The causes of the cases were a family dispute between a married couple, a financial dispute between brothers, and relationship issues between two women
February 6, 2026
Macau northern district councillors worry about low birth rate
The government-appointed Northern District Community Service Consultative Council held its regular monthly meeting yesterday, where some of its members raised concerns about Macau’s persistently low birth rate*. The nearly three-hour meeting was held at the Patane Activity Centre on Avenida de Demétrio Cinatti (爹美刁施拿地大馬路).The first part of the meeting was open to the media, during which committee members raised various issues in their speeches. The meeting then
February 6, 2026
MGM national art fund exhibition opens in Macau's Barra district
Integrated resort operator MGM opens the National Art Funds-backed “Talent Training on the Cultural and Creative Design of Maritime Silk Road” exhibition in Barra district to the public today, showcasing 30 original works created by trainees after nearly a year of study and field research. The exhibition, part of the “2025 National Arts Fund” arts talent sponsorship programme, was formally inaugurated in Barra yesterday, at the site of a former abattoir. The talent training
February 6, 2026
Liaison chief urges Macau to ‘soar higher & reach further’, raises 4 requirements
The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) hosted its annual Spring Festival reception yesterday, where Liaison Office Director Zheng Xincong raised, in his speech, four requirements for Macau, namely achieving new breakthroughs in appropriate economic diversification, taking new steps in enhancing governance effectiveness, presenting new outlooks in strengthening patriotism, and demonstrating new achievements in safeguarding
February 6, 2026
3 murder cases in Macau last year: Judiciary Police
The Judiciary Police (PJ) hosted their annual press meeting at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday, where they presented the data of their work in 2025.The one-hour meeting was chaired by PJ Director Sit Chong Meng.According to last year’s PJ data, there were three murder cases in 2025, which happened on June 13, August 18 and November 13. The causes of the cases were a family dispute between a married couple, a financial dispute between brothers, and relationship issues between two women
February 6, 2026
Macau northern district councillors worry about low birth rate
The government-appointed Northern District Community Service Consultative Council held its regular monthly meeting yesterday, where some of its members raised concerns about Macau’s persistently low birth rate*. The nearly three-hour meeting was held at the Patane Activity Centre on Avenida de Demétrio Cinatti (爹美刁施拿地大馬路).The first part of the meeting was open to the media, during which committee members raised various issues in their speeches. The meeting then
February 6, 2026
MGM national art fund exhibition opens in Macau's Barra district
Integrated resort operator MGM opens the National Art Funds-backed “Talent Training on the Cultural and Creative Design of Maritime Silk Road” exhibition in Barra district to the public today, showcasing 30 original works created by trainees after nearly a year of study and field research. The exhibition, part of the “2025 National Arts Fund” arts talent sponsorship programme, was formally inaugurated in Barra yesterday, at the site of a former abattoir. The talent training
February 6, 2026
Macau's Grand Emperor Hotel removes lobby gold bricks for HK$99.7 million payoff
The Grand Emperor Hotel in Macau announced on Wednesday it had removed the real gold bricks from its distinctive lobby floor and sold them for HK$99.7 million, cashing in on the metal’s market surge.Opened in 2006 in Nam Van, the hotel was known for its opulent “golden pathway”, showcasing dozens of one-kilogram bars of gold studded into its entrance hall floor.The feature had aimed “to create a sumptuous and resplendent atmosphere”, the hotel’s Hong Kong-based parent company,
February 6, 2026
Macau govt warns 2 countries’ infant formula products contain Bacillus cereus
France’s Rappel Conso (a French government website that raises alerts for dangerous or defective products) and the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced on Monday and Tuesday respectively that they are conducting a precautionary recall of multiple batches of infant formula produced in their countries due to contamination of their raw materials with the microorganism Bacillus cereus, but the Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) and Municipal Affairs
February 6, 2026
26 tourists show gastroenteritis symptoms after meal at Macau Tower: IAM
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) issued a warning yesterday that 26 tourists from the Chinese mainland developed symptoms of gastroenteritis after having a meal at Macau Tower. According to the statement, the bureau received a report indicating that 26 members of a Hangzhou tour group, consisting of about 160 people in total, developed symptoms of gastroenteritis during their visit to Macau. The statement said that the illness may be linked to the consumption of raw seafood, such as
February 6, 2026
Nearly 45,000 residents join colorectal cancer screening programme: Macau Health Burau
The Health Bureau (SSM) announced during a press conference yesterday that since the government’s colorectal cancer screening programme was launched in 2016, a total of 44,956 residents had participated in it by last month, with 4,714 individuals (10.5 pct) testing positive in the initial faecal occult blood test. The press conference, themed “World Cancer Day - Prevention and Treatment of Colorectal Cancer”, took place at the Public Health Emergency Personnel Accommodation Building
February 6, 2026
University of Macau (UM), Heilongjiang Academy launch joint TCM lab
According to a statement provided by the University of Macau (UM) on Tuesday, the public university and the Heilongjiang Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences (HLJUCM) inaugurated a new joint laboratory on that day in order to strengthen cooperation in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) quality standards and product innovation.The statement said that UM and HLJUCM held a plaque unveiling ceremony on the UM campus to mark the establishment of the Joint Laboratory for Quality Certification and
February 6, 2026
Editorial: Xi’s spot-on New Year call: time to better integrate Macau into national development
President Xi Jinping mentioned Macau – and Hong Kong, for that matter – twice in his 2026 New Year address. Xi pointed out in his message broadcast nationwide on New Year’s Eve that “not long ago, I attended the opening ceremony of the National Games, and I was glad to see Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau coming together in unity and acting in unison”. I may add that Macau won a record three gold and two bronze medals, all in karate events, at the National
January 5, 2026
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Editorial: Xi’s spot-on New Year call: time to better integrate Macau into national development
President Xi Jinping mentioned Macau – and Hong Kong, for that matter – twice in his 2026 New Year address. Xi pointed out in his message broadcast nationwide on New Year’s Eve that “not long ago, I attended the opening ceremony of the National Games, and I was glad to see Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau coming together in unity and acting in unison”. I may add that Macau won a record three gold and two bronze medals, all in karate events, at the National
January 5, 2026
68 artworks on show at Macau's GalaxyArt ‘Golden Fortunes’ exhibition
GalaxyArt is continuing to showcase the representative works of well-known artist Zhu Bingren in the exhibition “Golden Fortunes: the Macau Debut of Zhu Bingren’s Copper Art”. Showcased until April 12, the exhibition marks Zhu’s, a National-level Inheritor of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Copper Carving, first large-scale showcase in the city. Entering the permanent contemporary art space located within Galaxy Macau in Cotai, gallerygoers will be able to explore five zones:
February 5, 2026
From LAB to LIFE: Macau Teenagers Develop Protein-Based Flame Retardant Coating: Pui Ching Middle School Students' Research
Analysis by iGEM team of Pui Ching Middle School Pui Ching–Macau, the city’s first high-school iGEM team, has explored an eco-friendly, safe, and sustainable biological flame-retardant coating. Their work has been published in the international journal Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology and earned them a Gold Medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition.* A flame can only form when three essential elements are present:
February 3, 2026
Macau's University of Saint Joseph (USJ) adopts ARC sustainability assessment
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) has become the first higher education institution in Macau to initiate the “ARC sustainability performance assessment”, adopting an international framework to evaluate and improve campus operations, according to a statement by the private university yesterday. The statement said that the ARC assessment will measure the university’s actual operational performance instead of focusing only on design-based sustainability goals. According to the
February 5, 2026
Macau police nab ex-bank manager for cheating client out of 700,000 patacas
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a female former bank manager on Tuesday for cheating a client out of 700,000 patacas, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspect as a 41-year-old local who formerly worked as a customer service manager at a bank in the northern district.According to Cheong, an elderly man first met the suspect at the bank in 2022. She claimed that making fixed deposits could yield higher interest rates than
February 5, 2026
Police nab mainland woman for stealing HK$160,000 from hotel guestroom
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a woman from the Chinese mainland yesterday for stealing HK$160,000 (164,000 patacas) in cash from a hotel guestroom, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspect as a 32-year-old female surnamed Pu who claimed to be jobless.According to Cheong, the police received a report on Monday from a middle-aged mainland man who said that his HK$160,000 in cash had been stolen from his hotel guestroom in
February 5, 2026
Macau police bust smuggler with leg disability for trafficking drugs in cane
For the first time ever, the Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local smuggler on Tuesday for trafficking drugs hidden in his cane, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspect as a 53-year-old male with a leg disability.According to Cheong, based on a tip-off, the Judiciary Police (PJ) identified the local man as a suspect smuggling drugs from across the border into Macau. The police apprehended the suspect on Tuesday as he entered
February 5, 2026
AI reshapes China’s workforce via new professions, constant learning, one-person startups
Analysis BEIJING – The widespread rise of AI is modifying China’s labor market in ways that go far beyond job replacement or creation. It has generated new professions, lowered the threshold for starting a business, and empowered employees to upgrade their skills in a bid to stay competitive.At Xunfei Healthcare’s office in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province, Hu Pingping, a former doctor specializing in stomach and gut diseases, spends her days
February 5, 2026
When will Japan atone for its past sins?
Commentary by Shao Xia There is one form of political hypocrisy that is even more corrosive than open aggression: the deliberate manipulation of memory to disguise guilt as innocence.Post-war Japan, particularly its right-wing political populists, has elevated this hypocrisy into governing tactics.Germany confronted its crimes through repentance. Japan chose denial, whitewashing, and silence. This difference is not cultural – it is political and moral.That
February 5, 2026
Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) campus lectures on Constitution, Basic Law reaches 6,000 secondary students
The public Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) said in a statement yesterday that its “One Country Two Systems” Research Centre hosted a series of campus lectures on the nation’s Constitution, the Macau SAR Basic Law and Macau’s National Security Law, reaching more than 6,000 secondary school students from nearly 30 schools last year.According to the statement, the lectures formed part of the public university’s continued support for the local government’s policy direction of
February 4, 2026
Macau police bust 5 illegal currency exchange dealers
The Judiciary Police (PJ) separately arrested four men from the Chinese mainland and a local woman on Monday for engaging in illegal currency exchange activities, PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a special press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspects as a 40-year-old male surnamed He, a 35-year-old male surnamed Cai, a 29-year-old male surnamed Li and a 27-year-old male surnamed Xiong, all of whom claimed to be jobless; and a 56-year-old local saleswoman surnamed
February 4, 2026