Macau Customs Service seizes 51 kg of cooked food at Hengqin checkpoint

The Macau Customs Service announced in a statement on Saturday that its officers seized 51 kg of cooked food at Hengqin border checkpoint last Wednesday.Customs identified the smuggler as a 35-year-old local man. The statement also said that he admitted to attempting to smuggle the non-quarantined food into Macau.According to the statement, customs officers at the checkpoint’s entry vehicle lane intercepted a car, based on an alert from the cross-border Risk Management System. A follow-up

April 27, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) steps up rubbish clearance plan for typhoon season

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement on Friday that it has rolled out a series of contingency measures ahead of the approaching typhoon and rainy season, with a special focus on strengthening rubbish clearance and community coordination to minimise post-disaster impact. According to the bureau, an annual “disaster prevention and mitigation emergency plan” has been put in place before the start of the typhoon season, aimed at ensuring the swift restoration of

April 27, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Brick-and-mortar bookstores turn to digital tools to reconnect with readers

Analysis        JINAN – China’s brick-and-mortar bookshops, once under pressure from the growth of online reading and e-commerce, are now adopting digital tools in an effort to reconnect with readers.Founded in 2014 in Binzhou, Shandong Province, Puhe Reading Space began as a small traditional bookshop reliant on book sales. When online competition squeezed margins, it moved away from price wars and began using digital platforms to cultivate reader communities.“Online

April 27, 2026 | BY admin

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In China, a quiet sense of safety shapes visitors’ travel experience

Analysis        SHANGHAI – About 30 minutes after leaving a restaurant in downtown Shanghai, German tourist Lukas Schmidt realized he had left his phone behind. He turned back.Restaurant staff had already set the device aside. After confirming it was his, they returned it without fuss.The brief episode left a lasting impression. It makes people worry less about losing things, Schmidt said, adding that he finds it simply part of everyday life in China.It is not the kind of

April 27, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai visits Macao Economic and Trade Office to EU in Brussels

     Macau Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai visited the Macao Economic and Trade Office to the European Union in Brussels yesterday to familiarise himself with its operations and give instructions for its future work, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement today. Lúcia Abrantes dos Santos, who heads the office, accompanied Sam on a tour of the premises and briefed him on its work. Sam exchanged views with the office staff to

April 26, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai meets head of Chinese Mission to EU Ambassador Cai Run

        Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Cai Run, head of the Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) in Brussels yesterday, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) has announced in a statement. According to the statement, Sam and Cai exchanged views on supporting Macau in strengthening economic, trade, and cultural cooperation with the EU, and on promoting the stable

April 26, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai meets European Parliament Vice President Younous Omarjee in Brussels

Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai met with European Parliament Vice-President Younous Omarjee in Brussels yesterday, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) has announced in a statement.  According to the statement, both exchanged views on further consolidating and expanding Macau's economic and trade partnership with the EU, increasing cultural exchanges between the two sides, and better leveraging Macau's platform advantages to

April 26, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai meets Chinese Ambassador to Belgium Fei Shengchao in Brussels

 Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai met with the Chinese Ambassador to Belgium Fei Shengchao in Brussels yesterday, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) has announced in a statement.   According to the statement, both exchanged views on deepening economic and trade cooperation and tourism ties between Macau and Belgium, as well as expanding collaboration in emerging industries.Sam expressed his gratitude to Fei and the Chinese embassy for their strong support in facilitating

April 26, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai meets Belgian Deputy Prime Minister David Clarinval in Brussels

   Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai, on the final leg of his four-nation European tour, visited the Belgian capital of Brussels and met yesterday with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Employment, Economy and Agriculture David Clarinval, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement today.According to the statement, Sam and Clarinval exchanged views on deepening cooperation between Macau and Belgium in multiple fields such as economic and trade matters,

April 25, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai meets Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs of EU’s European External Action Service Olof Skoog in Brussels

    Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai met with Olof Skoog, deputy secretary general for Political Affairs of the European Union’s European External Action Service, at the EU headquarters in Brussels yesterday, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced in a statement today. According to the statement, Sam and Skoog exchanged views on topics such as further consolidating and expanding the two sides’ economic and trade partnership, and the synergistic development of

April 25, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai meets with China's Permanent Representative Amb. Jia Guide in Geneva

     Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai met on Thursday with the permanent representative of China to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other international organisations in Switzerland, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Jia Guide, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement. According to the statement, Sam and Jia exchanged views on further strengthening bilateral ties, enhancing platform alignment, and

April 25, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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11.2 million visit Macau in Q1, up 13.7 pct

         Macau recorded 11.2 million visitor arrivals in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year increase of 13.7 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today.The daily average of visitor arrivals in the first three months stood at 124,598.Same-day visitors (7.0 million) and overnight visitors (4.2 million) rose by 20.3 percent and 4.1 percent respectively.The average length of stay for overnight visitors remained unchanged year-on-year

April 24, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai meets with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Geneva

Okonjo-Iweala lauds Macau’s achievements Staff Reporter Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday afternoon as the third stop on his four-nation European tour, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) this morning.His first engagement in Geneva was a meeting at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) with Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian economist who has headed the

April 24, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai, Spain's 2nd deputy PM vow deeper cooperation

Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai, who was on the last day of his three-day working visit to Spain yesterday, paid a courtesy call on Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Labour and Social Economy Yolanda Díaz Pérez in Madrid yesterday morning, where both sides exchanged views on expanding cooperation between Macau and Spain in the economy and trade, tourism, education, and science and technology, according to a statement released by the Macau

April 24, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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