3-day 2025 MIECF starts tomorrow

The 2025 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (2025MIECF) is slated to take place from tomorrow through Saturday at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo, with details for the three-day event announced during yesterday’s press conference at the venue.Spanning over 12,000 square metres and featuring five exhibition areas, the Macau government-hosted event, this year themed “Innovation and Green Development – Solutions to Build Beautiful Cities”, aims to

March 26, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Sam to attend Boao Forum tomorrow

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai will lead a delegation, including Secretary for Economy and Finance Anton Tai Kin Ip, today to attend tomorrow morning’s opening plenary of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2025, in Hainan Province.Today and tomorrow, during Sam’s absence from Macau, Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon will serve as the Acting Chief Executive.According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday, the annual forum

March 26, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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CAM issues reminders for in-flight power bank usage

    Macau International Airport Co. Ltd (CAM) announced in a statement yesterday the latest guidelines and reminders for in-flight power banks.The statement said that most airlines operating at the local airport are “gradually revising and implementing regulations” on carrying and using power banks next month to ensure aviation safety.According to the statement, power banks must not be used during flights. In terms of storage, the statement said that they should remain in

March 26, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Customs seizes frozen beef tripe worth 20,000 patacas from parallel-trading den

Macau Customs Service officers raided a parallel-trading den in the peninsula’s northern district on Monday where they seized 450 kilogrammes of frozen beef tripe worth around 20,000 patacas in total.According to a statement on Monday night, the officers caught a 63-year-old local woman who operated the den and hired parallel traders to smuggle frozen beef tripe and other goods to the mainland.The statement noted that the Macau Customs Service will fine the woman in compliance with the

March 26, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Plot P ‘home swap’ housing project completed: MUR

Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) said in a statement yesterday that its “home swap” housing project comprising six towers on Plot P in Areia Preta district has been completed, while its final survey inspection is underway for formal acceptance.The statement noted that the six home swap housing towers provide a total of 2,064 flats, while each tower is equipped with four lifts.According to the statement, the home swap housing estate’s carpark provides 1,873 parking spaces for cars and 490

March 26, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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US attempts to curb China doomed to fail, says US economist

Interview        BEIJING – US attempts to curb China are doomed to fail, said US economist Jeffrey Sachs.Sachs, an economics professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, is critical of US protectionist policies, particularly the widespread tariffs imposed in the first two months of US President Donald Trump’s administration.“Tariffs cannot solve the fiscal crisis. They cannot close the budget deficit,” given that US imports

March 26, 2025 | BY admin

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China constructs, protects submarine cable system in inclusive internet quest

Commentary        BEIJING – Chinese companies have become an up-and-coming major builder of global submarine cable systems, providing new and reliable options for countries to enhance connectivity and share dividends provided by the internet.International communication submarine cables carry approximately 99 percent of international data traffic. The global public infrastructure is crucial for countries’ participation in global economic and social activities in an era of

March 26, 2025 | BY admin

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Traditional wet markets face fierce competition from supermarkets

Interview by Yuki Lei        In recent years, the government has been revitalising the city’s wet markets one after another, but fierce competition from supermarkets, coupled with changes in consumer habits, has impacted municipal markets – and a stallholder who has been selling pork at the Horta da Mitra Municipal Market for over 40 years told the Post last week that competition from supermarkets has led to a drop in foot traffic in the traditional wet market, which in

March 25, 2025 | BY admin

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Police nab local man for drunk driving

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man on Saturday for drunk driving, with his blood alcohol concentration standing at 1.61 grams per litre, PSP spokesman Lei Chan Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect, surnamed Leong, is in his thirties and works as a shuttle bus driver.According to Lei, the Public Security Police (PSP) received a report on Saturday afternoon about a shuttle bus that hit the exterior wall of the employee entrance to a construction

March 25, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police arrest 5 illegal currency exchange dealers

The Judiciary Police arrested five men from the mainland on Thursday for engaging in illegal currency exchange deals, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The five suspects, a 34-year-old male surnamed Wang, a 37-year-old male surnamed Du, a 33-year-old male surnamed Du, and a 31-year-old male surnamed Wang all claimed to be jobless. The 38-year-old suspect surnamed Wu is a construction worker.Chong did not reveal if the Wangs or the

March 25, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police bust mainland duo for loansharking

The Judiciary Police have arrested two men from the mainland for engaging in loansharking activities, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a regular press conference yesterday.The 46-year-old man surnamed Wang and the 40-year-old man surnamed Ma told the police that they are jobless.According to Chong, the police received a report on Saturday from a middle-aged man from the mainland who was unable to recover the collateral he had provided for a high-interest gambling

March 25, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Local SMEs eager for online marketing, brand building: CPTTM

The public Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) yesterday summarised the ongoing implementation of the government’s financial support programme launched last year offering a subsidy to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to digitalise their operations, saying that feedback from beneficiaries of the programme indicate that local SMEs nowadays need stronger support to help them launch online marketing campaigns and create their own brands through the better use of

March 25, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Sam vows closer cooperation with Heilongjiang

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai met with Communist Party of China (CPC) Heilongjiang Provincial Committee Secretary Xu Qin yesterday at Government Headquarters where they engaged in in-depth discussions on deepening exchanges and cooperation in various fields between the two sides, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) last night.Yesterday’s meeting came after their meeting in the northeastern province when Sam paid a three-day visit to its capital Harbin last

March 25, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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BROWN & FRIENDS CAFÉ & BISTRO marks 1st anniversary, launches new American menu

“BROWN & FRIENDS CAFÉ & BISTRO”, the world’s first LINE FRIENDS*-themed restaurant, is celebrating its first anniversary with the launch of an American-themed menu, according to a recent statement by Cotai’s integrated resort operator Lisboeta Macau.The statement noted that to commemorate this milestone, the café, which is located inside the H853 Fun Factory at Lisboeta Macau, is introducing a selection of classic American dishes designed to provide an authentic dining

March 25, 2025 | BY Adrian Vallesteros

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