Sam meets with central govt official, Boao forum’s vice-chairman in Hainan

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai, who attended yesterday morning’s opening plenary session of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2025 in Hainan Province, met with a vice-chairman of the State Council’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), Gou Ping, as well as the forum’s vice-chairman Zhou Xiaochuan, who is also a former governor of the People’s Bank of China, in the island province yesterday, according to a statement by the Macau Government

March 28, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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IAS orders ‘Smart Nursery’ to close due to ‘lack of consensus’

Recently, parents of children at “Smart Nursery” have expressed concern through various channels, such as social media, after suddenly receiving a call from the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) saying that the crèche would be closing soon and that they needed to find alternative arrangements for their kids – and the bureau responded yesterday that it decided to terminate financial assistance for the nursery after August 26 due to the “inability to reach a consensus” on some basic

March 28, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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‘Global Carbon Credit Market Development Forum’ offers platform for dialogue

The Global Carbon Credit Market Development Forum, a parallel activity of the Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum and Exhibition (2025MIECF), took place yesterday afternoon at The Venetian Macao in Cotai, which was geared towards providing a platform to facilitate dialogue between governments and enterprises.A previous statement by the MIECF organisers noted that the one-day event also aimed to deepen carbon market exchanges and contribute to diversified industrial

March 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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2025MIECF: Tam says govt fully dedicated to supporting nation’s ‘dual carbon’ goals

The 2025 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (2025MIECF) opened yesterday morning at The Venetian Macao in Cotai, marking the first day of the three-day event that runs through tomorrow.2025MIECF’s opening ceremony was attended by officials such as Acting Chief Executive André Cheong Weng Chon; Deputy Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and Director of

March 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Local economy facing various challenges: Cheong

Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon said yesterday that Macau’s economic development is still facing various challenges, while he pledged that the government will adhere to its people-centred approach, strengthen its efforts to improve residents’ well-being, continuously enhance their sense of gain, and create a “Happy Macau”.Cheong made the remarks when delivering a speech during a reception at Macau Tower marking the 41st anniversary of the establishment

March 28, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Portuguese FM Rangel ending China trip in Macau & HK today

Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel will end his four-day official visit to China with a tour of Macau and Hong Kong today, Portugal’s Consulate-General in Macau, which is also accredited in Hong Kong, announced in a statement earlier this week. According to the statement, Rangel’s Macau and Hong Kong leg of his China visit starts at 9 a.m. today with a working breakfast with the members of the consular jurisdiction’s Consultative Council at the consul-general’s Bela Vista

March 28, 2025 | BY admin

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FM spokesperson praises Macau’s role as ‘important platform’ between China, PSCs

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun has praised Macau’s role as an “important platform between China and the world’s nine Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs). Guo made the remarks during a regular press conference by the ministry in Beijing on Wednesday when asked by a China News Service (CNS) journalist about Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel’s ongoing four-day visit to China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and its significance for the further

March 28, 2025 | BY admin

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IPIM chief confident about Macau as ‘debut economy’ platform for mainland firms

The first “Debut@Macao – Project Launch x Innovation Matching Session” was held yesterday at the “2025 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition” (2025MIECF), on the sidelines of which Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) President Vincent U U Sang told reporters that the debut economy* is one of the key components of this year’s fair, adding he believes that with multiple advantages, Macau can become a platform for the overseas launch of

March 28, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Zou Li’s 30 Gongbi artworks on display at Rui Cunha Foundation

Mainland Chinese artist Zou Li’s (鄒莉) Gongbi artworks are on display in an exhibition at the Rui Cuna Foundation (FRC) gallery, with exhibitiongoers able to admire them until next Saturday.Zou is described by a statement from the gallery as being a highly respected artist who has over 50 years of experience, having produced over a thousand works. Her art mainly focuses on themes related to the history of Chinese women. The works on display at her latest exhibition, entitled

March 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Boao forum sends reassuring message to unstable, uncertain world

Analysis        BOAO, Hainan – As crises flare across global hotspots – from geopolitical conflicts to rising protectionism – a strikingly different scene unfolded in the coastal town of Boao in southern Chinese province of Hainan.Amid the tranquility of the small town, the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference opened with a timely theme: “Asia in the Changing World: Towards a Shared Future,” offering a rare space for cooperation and dialogue in an

March 28, 2025 | BY admin

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2025 subsidy scheme for SMEs’ digital transformation to offer 1,500 places

The government’s financial support programme offering a subsidy to local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to digitalise their operations will be launched for the third time this year, with the number of places to “significantly” increase to 1,500 from the 900 provided by last year’s edition – up by 66.66 percent. Announcing this year’s programme yesterday, the Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) said that the government would even consider further

March 27, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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IAM returns Coloane Market site to SAR

In announcing the permanent closure of Coloane Market, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) indicated late last year that it would begin a study on the positioning of the in-situ development of the market – however, according to an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, the bureau notified the Secretariat for Public Works and Transport by letter in September last year of its intention to relinquish the plot of land used by the wet market, returning the land as

March 27, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Most ‘mousers’ adopted from Jockey Club are ill, 2 dead: ANIMA

Local animal protection group ANIMA says it will continue to follow up on the health status of the nearly two dozen “mousers” adopted from the Macau Jockey Club (MJC) site in Taipa – and in a statement on Tuesday, ANIMA pointed out that among the 22 “working cats” adopted by the public, eight have meanwhile been diagnosed with feline distemper, resulting in the deaths of two of the cats, while the MJC had delayed its promise of a 5,000-pataca medical allowance for each adopter until

March 27, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police arrest knife attacker for attempted murder

Concerning a knife attack that occurred on Monday, a local man has been arrested for attempted murder and bodily harm, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leong Kuok Hei said during a regular press conference yesterday.The attacker is a 41-year-old man surnamed Tong.According to Leong, Tong entered Macau through the Qingmao checkpoint on Monday at 1:30 p.m. He then wandered aimlessly through several districts before arriving in Rua do Campo (水坑尾街). Ten minutes before the attack, he randomly

March 27, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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