Melco’s ‘House of Dancing Water’ team garners Macau's Medal of Merit - Tourism

Melco Resorts & Entertainment’s “House of Dancing Water” team was honoured with the “Medal of Merit – Tourism” during the 2025 Decorations, Medals and Certificates of Merit Awards Ceremony of the Macao SAR on Friday at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM), the integrated resort operator said in a statement later that day.The award was given in recognition of its “significant contribution to the promotion and development of the local tourism sector”, the statement said.The show

February 2, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Foreign firms boost AI-powered investment strategies for China

Analysis        BEIJING – In the past, foreign institutions investing in China relied on experienced “China hands” familiar with the country’s economic policies and market dynamics, but the industry is now turning to new solutions.Several international asset management firms have started integrating AI into their investment research processes for the Chinese market.For example, hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates recently posted a job opening for a “Chinese

February 2, 2026 | BY admin

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Casino receipts rise 24 pct to 22.6 billion in January

     Macau’s casinos generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of 22.633 billion patacas (US$2.79 billion) last month, marking a year-on-year increase of 24.0 percent, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced today. Month-on-month, GGR rose by 8.35 percent.Macau’s government-concessioned gaming industry is operated by six competing integrated resort (IR) operators: Sands, Galaxy, SJM, Melco Crown, Wynn, and MGM. Under their concession agreements with the

February 1, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Ex-FM commissioner in Macao, Liu Xianfa, appointed China’s special representative for Africa

    The Central People’s Government has appointed Liu Xianfa as China’s Special Representative on African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun announced at a regular press conference in Beijing yesterday.Guo pointed out that Liu "is an experienced senior diplomat well-versed in African affairs", having previously served as the Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Lagos, Nigeria, as well as China’s Ambassador to Kenya, and

January 31, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Bian Lixin assumes post of FM Commissioner in Macao SAR

    Commissioner Bian Lixin of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) assumed office yesterday, as announced by the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the MSAR on its official website.Bian, a former head of the ministry’s Personnel Department, succeeds Liu Xianfa at the helm of the Commissioner’s Office. Liu concluded his five-year tenure in Macao on

January 31, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau re-exports rise, imports drop in 2025

    Macau’s re-exports rose by 3.8 percent year-on-year to 12.46 billion patacas last year, while its merchandise imports dropped by 3.0 percent year-on-year to 124.79 billion patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. Domestic exports fell by 1.8 percent to 1.46 billion patacas.Re-exports accounted for 89.5 percent of total exports. In 2025, Macau’s external merchandise trade and merchandise trade deficit totalled 138.71 billion patacas and 110.86 billion

January 30, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau hotel guests rise 1 pct to record 14.56 million in 2025

    Macau’s 147 hotels, with a total of 45,000 guestrooms, welcomed a record 14.56 million guests last year, representing a year-on-year growth of 1.0 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today.The previous record stood at 14.42 million hotel guests, which Macau's then 146 hotels achieved in 2024. Guests from the Chinese mainland increased by 1.4 percent to 10.73 million, accounting for 73.7 percent of the total number. Guests from Hong Kong decreased

January 30, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau GDP rises 4.7 pct in 2025: preliminary data

     Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 4.7 percent year-on-year in real terms to 417.28 billion patacas (US$51.91 billion) last year, according to preliminary figures announced today by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC).A DSEC statement noted that last year’s GDP corresponded to 89.6 percent of that in 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the local economy for three consecutive years (January 2020 - December 2022).In the fourth quarter of

January 30, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Edmund Ho calls for Macau-Hengqin development’s alignment with central authorities’ deployments

The management committee and the executive committee of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin held two separate meetings in Macau earlier this week, one with Macau deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) on Tuesday and one with Macau members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Wednesday, gathering their opinions and suggestions concerning fresh policies and measures aiming to ensure the full

January 30, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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HK Customs seizes HK$56 million in Macau-bound smuggled goods

HONG KONG – Customs officers announced yesterday that they seized smuggled goods worth more than HK$56 million last week on a Macau-bound vessel at Black Point near Tuen Mun.Officers said after carrying out the appropriate analysis and risk assessment, the vessel departing from Hong Kong for Macau was selected for inspection on January 21.Upon examination of the boat, customs officers found a large batch of suspected smuggled goods, including suspected pharmaceutical products, cosmetic

January 30, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai addresses luncheon reception hosted for Portuguese- and English-language media

Hello, representatives of the Portuguese- and English-language media!It is a great pleasure to be here with my new and old friends today. At the beginning of 2026, with the Chinese Spring Festival approaching, I extend my sincere New Year greetings to you all, and to all our friends in the media. I wish everyone good health, happiness with your family, and career advancements; and may all your wishes come true in the Year of the Horse.Last year marked the full commencement of the

January 30, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai stresses protection of press freedom

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai hosted a lunch reception yesterday afternoon at MGM MACAU for Macau-based Portuguese- and English-language media enterprises. At the start of the reception, Sam delivered a speech in Portuguese in which he reaffirmed that “freedom of the press in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) is fully protected by the Basic Law of the MSAR and the Press Law.” On the other hand, Sam urged the Portuguese- and English-language media “to report and promote

January 30, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau govt urges healthcare workers to be vigilant against Nipah

During a special meeting on Wednesday, Health Bureau (SSM) Director Alvis Lo Iek Long urged private medical institutions to step up their vigilance against the threat of the Nipah* virus to Macau and enhance their ability to screen and identify potential patients.An SSM statement on Wednesday night said that in the wake of Nipah virus infection cases in India’s West Bengal, the Health Bureau convened a meeting that day to brief healthcare workers and representatives from private medical

January 30, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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UN Holocaust Memorial Day held in Hong Kong

On Tuesday evening, a commemoration ceremony for the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day was held in Hong Kong. January 27th is the day chosen to commemorate the memory of the Jewish victims murdered during the Holocaust. It was when the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland was liberated. On this day every year, the world remembers the six million lives slaughtered, simply because they were Jewish.The official representative of the Hong Kong SAR Government Mr.

January 30, 2026 | BY admin

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