Sam visits Zhuhai, meets with CPC Zhuhai Municipal Committee Secretary Chen

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai is leading a delegation of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) government on a two-day visit to three cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) – Zhuhai, Zhongshan, and Jiangmen, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement last night. The working visit began yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, the delegation departed for Zhuhai, where they met with Communist Party of China (CPC) Zhuhai Municipal Committee

April 28, 2025 | BY admin

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Border crossers can pass Hengqin checkpoint without travel documents from October: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak says that eligible border crossers will be able to pass border controls at the Macau-mainland joint checkpoint on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island without having to present travel documents when using e-channels where they will only have to pass fingerprint scans and facial recognition, adding that the new measure is expected to get off the ground in October.Wong made the remarks during a one-day Q&A session in the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) hemicycle on

April 28, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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MITE promotes combining tourism & sports

The three-day 13th Macau International Travel (Industry) Expo (MITE), which ended at the Venetian Macau’s Cotai Expo yesterday, featured a sports-themed session called “Champions”.Addressing yesterday’s session, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes noted that the 15th National Games will be held in November. As a co-host city, Macau will stage five competitions—table tennis, 3x3 basketball, men’s U18 basketball, women’s volleyball, and

April 28, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Sam says Hengqin is crucial to Macao’s progress

Wu Kunling in Hong Kong and Atlas Shao in Macao        Chief Executive Sam Hou-fai said yesterday that Macao will continue to accelerate development of the Hengqin In-Depth Cooperation Zone to diversify its economy, strengthen global collaboration and boost links with other cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.He spoke at a meeting with a group of some 100 media representatives from across the country touring the Greater Bay Area (GBA) to explore the

April 28, 2025 | BY admin

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Journalists explore Macao’s opportunities

William Xu in Hong Kong        About 100 journalists from various parts of the country continued their weeklong tour of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) yesterday to study the region’s industrial momentum and social progress, with a focus on the Macao Special Administrative Region’s (MSAR) economic vitality, tourism appeal and youth development initiatives.On the third leg of their journey after visiting Shenzhen and Hong Kong, the media group’s

April 28, 2025 | BY admin

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Govt to renovate square outside Catholic Cathedral from next week

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has announced that it will start a project next week to repair and renovate the fountain in the square outside the city’s Catholic Cathedral, as well as its surrounding facilities, as they are worn out after having been in use for over 20 years.The bureau said that the whole project, which will be carried out in three phases, is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year.The area outside the Catholic Cathedral is officially known as Largo

April 28, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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27th Myanmar water festival gathers revellers at ‘Three Lamps’

The skies were grey yesterday, but nothing could have taken away the vibrance brought on by the festive atmosphere at Rotunda de Carlos da Maia, colloquially known as the Three Lamps (三盞燈) rotunda, as the celebration of the 27th Macao Myanmar Overseas Chinese Water Festival took place.The annual event, hosted by the General Association of Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese, kicked off on Saturday and celebrates the traditional Myanmar New Year, known as Thingyan, that usually occurs in the

April 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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4•23 World Book Day winners’ creations go on display

To celebrate 4•23 World Book Day, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), in collaboration with public libraries across Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, hosted the 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao “4•23 World Book Day Creative Competition.”  The annual event’s regional awards ceremony was held at the Macau Cultural Centre Plaza yesterday, honouring 65 students and presenting commemorative trophies to 22 winning schools.  The winners’ creations for the “4•23 World Book Day

April 28, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Artyzen, IC2 Association celebrate ‘World Earth Day’

Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau and Macau IC2 Association jointly hosted the “World Earth Day” yesterday afternoon with the theme “From Pulp to Planet, Love Recycled”.IC2 stands for “I Can Too” and is a non-profit group that, according to their Facebook page, is committed to promoting, advocating and enhancing the rights of people with disabilities. The group, according to multiple media outlets, is comprised of neurodivergent individuals.Held for the fifth consecutive year, the Earth Day*

April 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Xinhua News Agency opens branch in Guinea-Bissau

BISSAU – Xinhua News Agency inaugurated its Bissau branch on Friday, with the approval of the government of Guinea-Bissau.At the unveiling ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Yang Renhuo said that during the state visit of President Umaro Sissoco Embaló to China last July, President Xi Jinping and President Embaló reached an important consensus on deepening cultural and people-to-people exchanges and media cooperation between the two countries, providing strategic guidance for

April 28, 2025 | BY admin

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'Destination Macao' by Paul French - a good read

Brief book review      I have just finished reading “Destination Macao” by Paul French. Of course, I bought the book at Macau's Livraria Portuguesa (Portuguese Bookshop). Generally speaking, it’s a good read and replete with interesting information. The best chapters are those not concerning Macau directly but those about people and events rather indirectly involving Macau, one way or the other, such as the ones about Josef von Sternberg and Maurice Dekobra. The

April 27, 2025 | BY admin

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IC chief opens Tap Siac Craft Market in Spring

The annual Tap Siac Craft Market in Spring, organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), opened yesterday and will take place in two segments, from yesterday through Sunday and from May 1 to May 4 in the eponymous square.It was announced during the opening ceremony that there are over 200 handicraft and gastronomy stalls operated by cultural and creative industry entities from Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, China’s Taiwan region, Macau, the mainland and Hong Kong showcasing and

April 25, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Radio taxi company’s ride-hailing app to cover black taxis

Common taxis will soon join the mobile ride-hailing app for the city’s current radio taxi company, Macau Radio Taxi Services Limited, a senior representative overseeing the app’s operation, Sunny Wang Pei Shen, said yesterday.Wang made the remarks while speaking to reporters at The Plaza Restaurant after a ceremony marking the establishment of a new association representing taxi drivers and other employees in the industry, San Ieng Taxi Employees Association of Macau, of which Wang is the

April 25, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau emergency medical team heads to Myanmar for post-quake support

At the invitation of the World Health Organization (WHO), the China International Medical Emergency Team (Macao) departed for Myanmar yesterday to carry out a 14-day mission focused on post-earthquake emergency medical coordination and technical support.On March 28, a 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, causing mass destruction. According to Macau’s Health Bureau, the deployment of the medical team was made at the invitation of the WHO, with the consent from the Hong Kong and Macao

April 25, 2025 | BY admin

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