From practice to podium: Macau's Pui Ching Middle School robotics team marks global success in Brazil

S1C Angel Lin Sin Chi (連善知)Instructors: Sandra U Cheng Man, Kelly Ka Ka Chong, Rachel Tou Wing SzeThe Robotics Team from Pui Ching Middle School won third prize in the RoboCup 2025* competition held in Brazil in July last year, making history as the first high school in the world to receive this award.Competing against around 2,000 participants from more than 40 countries, including university students and researchers, the robotics team from Pui Ching Middle School was one of the youngest

March 9, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau youths’ creativity, talent showcased in 2 exhibitions

The creativity and talents of youths from different schools are being showcased in two exhibitions, namely the Exhibition of Works for the 70th Anniversary of Escola Estrela do Mar, and a display of the winning entries from the recently concluded “CEM Clean Energy City Challenge (4th Edition)”.The exhibition by Escola Estrela do Mar (“Sea Star School”) runs through Saturday and presents a varied selection of works at the Education and Youth Development Bureau’s (DSEDJ) Centre of

March 3, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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From LAB to LIFE: Macau Teenagers Develop Protein-Based Flame Retardant Coating: Pui Ching Middle School Students' Research

Analysis by iGEM team of Pui Ching Middle School        Pui Ching–Macau, the city’s first high-school iGEM team, has explored an eco-friendly, safe, and sustainable biological flame-retardant coating. Their work has been published in the international journal Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology and earned them a Gold Medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition.* A flame can only form when three essential elements are present:

February 3, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau's traditional Tap Siac Craft Market in Autumn draws fairgoers to shop, play, learn & eat

Macau has, to say the least, been busy with events from the recently concluded 15th National Games and the 72nd Macau Grand Prix (MGP) to the ongoing and ever-packed 25th Macau Food Festival. And now, with the onset of cooler weather, has come another event to draw Macau’s crowds: the annual Tap Siac Craft Market in Autumn, which opened on Thursday.Running for a total of eight days broken up into two consecutive weeks, the craft market, which has been annually held in the spring and the

November 24, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Local teacher highlights art of calligraphy at Macau exhibition

Interview by Rui Pastorin         The calligraphy of local primary school teacher Wong Hei U is being showcased at the Pavilion of Exhibitions and Artistic Shows for Young People in Praça do Tap Siac (塔石廣場), hoping not only to introduce more youngsters to the art, but inspiring them to pick it up as well. Presenting 40 works created over the past few years, the “Mok hoi ching kam [‘墨海青襟’]* Personal Calligraphy Exhibition” kicked off last

November 10, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau's Pui Ching Middle School students explore blind box craze

What’s behind the global craze of blind boxes?Zaira Wong Ieok Lam (S5D) & Jacinta Lei In Chi (S6C)What’s the new trend that influencers, households, and even BLACKPINK’s Lisa are embracing? You guessed it – it’s none other than blind boxes! Resellers queue for hours to flip these mysterious figures at “skyrocketing” prices. But what’s behind the appeal of this global craze?Blind boxes are collectibles sold in sealed packaging, hiding their contents. Buyers love the thrill of

November 4, 2025 | BY admin

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Halloween in Macau: A not so scary story about being present

“What do you want to be for Halloween this year?”My five-year-old goddaughter looked up from her iPad as she heard my question, a shy, yet playful smile forming across her face that signified that a decision had long been made.This was the third year that I would be accompanying her, her family and her favourite aunt to go around celebrating Halloween* at Albergue SCM** in what has become an annual tradition that we all look forward to. And while she was ardent about becoming a bright

October 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) students showcase their works at Creative Macau exhibition

Students from the Macao Polytechnic University’s (MPU) Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts programme are presenting a raft of works in an exhibition titled “Prototype” at the CREATIVE MACAU – Centre for Creative Industries gallery in Nape until November 8.Having opened on Thursday, the works by students comprising those studying in their first, second and third years showcase their creativity through game design, 3D modelling, animation, and interactive art.“Through hands-on assignments

October 20, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau teens showcase creativity through over 200 works at youth pavilion

Various works created by teens are being showcased at the Pavilion of Exhibitions and Artistic Shows for Young People in Praça do Tap Seac (塔石廣場), with exhibitiongoers able to view them until Sunday.From sketches and digital illustrations to photography and fashion pieces and accessories, the “Teen Fashion Creativity Exhibition 2025” features over 200 artworks on display, according to a statement from the pavilion’s website.Each were created by students from creative fashion

September 22, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau Young Post: What can we do once AI outperforms us?

Hoi Sio Hong, Form 4, Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College         The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is a competition where every year the most talented high school students from around the world come together to tackle extremely tough maths problems. Preparing for the prestigious competition demands enormous time and effort - so much so that, in 2025, only about half of the 630 contestants won a medal, and just 72 earned gold. Yet AI is closing the gap.

August 18, 2025 | BY admin

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From first clippers to career dream: Macau-Filipino Dan’s journey in barbering

At 23 years, Danielle Estanislao – known to most as Dan or Danny – has turned what began as a high school passion into a fully-fledged career. Born and raised in Macau as a local Filipino, Dan told the Post that barbering has become his livelihood and future ambition.Dan recalled two major inspirations that led him into barbering: his former barber Tim, who, according to Dan, “lent him a lot of his stuff” and introduced him to the barber culture, and a YouTube duo called “FUNG

August 12, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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A biological mystery in the 50s

Name: Kuok Cheok Fai (郭卓暉)   School: Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help CollegeIn the 1950s, the central region of the United States experienced a catastrophe. Mosquitoes reproduced in local ponds and rivers, spreading diseases such as malaria and typhus through their bites. A solution was proposed by experts: adding DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) to the ponds, a colourless, tasteless, and odourless insecticide. They anticipated that this method would suppress mosquito

August 4, 2025 | BY admin

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‘You don’t have to be sorry’: a gentle reminder, from me (and Harry Styles) to you

Have you ever listened to a song and thought ‘Wow, I wish I wrote that.’It’s what goes through my head every time ‘Matilda’ by Harry Styles* comes on. A dear friend of mine showed me the song years ago. We related to it differently but bonded over the similar emotions it brought out in us.The song is Harry singing to ‘Matilda’ (likely based on Roald Dahl’s fictional character ‘Matilda’), empathising with her while gently encouraging her to choose her own path and to build a

July 14, 2025 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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Talking art with youngster Chelsia Ng

Interview by Rui Pastorin         Art has long been a part of Chelsia Ng Cheok Ieng’s life. Since she was a small child to now being a 17-year-old Form 5 student, Ng has continued to learn and create through drawing and painting, having a continuous passion that has also become one of her sources of calm. A self-motivated youngster who likes learning about different types of artforms including ballet and music, the talented artist, who was interviewed by The

June 30, 2025 | BY admin

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