MGM int’l regatta to kick off today

The five-day 2025 MGM Macao International Regatta kicks off this morning, with the event featuring 270 top sailors from 22 countries and regions competing.This year’s competitions comprise the “World Match Racing Tour – Macao Match Cup”, which starts today and is the opening event of the 2025 season; the Lotus Cup Regatta (IRC category) and the “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area [GBA] Cup Regatta” (IRC category). Both the Lotus and GBA cups will kick off tomorrow.According

January 8, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Tsang Tseng Tseng presents ‘Chinese Ink Rhythms of Saint Paul’s Church’

Local artist Tsang Tseng Tseng (曾貞貞) is showcasing her art exhibition titled “Chinese Ink Rhythms of Saint Paul’s Church” (三巴墨韻國畫展) at the Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC). The opening ceremony took place yesterday evening.Co-organised by the FRC, the Macau Youth Art Association (澳門青年美術協會), and the Macau Artists Society (澳門美術協會), the exhibition features approximately 40 Chinese ink paintings of various sizes, ranging from large-scale pieces to

January 8, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Washington’s ‘national security’ farce undermines global trade and its own interests

Commentary        BEIJING – Washington, once an architect of the global economic order, now seems intent on dismantling it, one “national security” excuse at a time.For US politicians, foreign investment and economic competition have been conveniently labeled as “threats” to national security. That is how the White House recently justified its blocking of Japan’s Nippon Steel from acquiring US Steel.While the US protectionist tactics against Chinese companies

January 8, 2025 | BY admin

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2024 airport passengers rise 48 pct

The Macau International Airport recorded a total of 7.64 million passengers in 2024, an increase of 48 percent from 2023, airport operator CAM announced in a statement yesterday.The statement underlined that last year’s number of passengers was the highest over recent years.The statement also said that the local airport recorded over 59,000 aircraft movements in 2024, a growth of 41 percent from 2023.The number of airport passengers has been gradually recovering since early 2023 after the

January 7, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Sewer cleaning of Plot P temporary housing project one source of stench: govt

The government said yesterday that the ongoing cleaning of sewer pipes under the site of the newly completed temporary housing project on Plot P in Areia Preta district has been identified as one of the sources of the ongoing stench affecting the neighbourhood near the peninsula’s northern waterfront.The government has meanwhile ordered the cleaning contractor to implement special measures to remedy the situation.Yesterday’s government announcement also underlined that the waterfront

January 7, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Student hurt after ‘falling’ from school building: police

Concerning the case of someone “falling” from a building on Rua Nova à Guia (東望洋新街), the Public Security Police (PSP) confirmed last night with the Post that the victim is a 16-year-old female student.According to a PSP spokeswoman, the Public Security Police responded to the case at 3:30 p.m. at Santa Rosa de Lima Secondary School, where the girl “fell” from the building and was rushed to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre for emergency treatment. The

January 7, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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MGTO busts 17 bogus tour guides in 2024

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced yesterday that, in collaboration with the Public Security Police (PSP), it caught 17 suspected unlicensed tour guides last year.Macau recorded 34.93 million visitor arrivals in 2024, the statement pointed out.According to the statement, in total, 1,615 inspections were conducted at various entry and exit points, tourist attractions, and shopping areas, which included random checks of tour groups and monitoring of tourism professionals.Last

January 7, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Lawmaker urges enterprises to take up social responsibility over mouse infestation

Recently, some local supermarkets and a restaurant have been found to be infested with mice, and there are also allegations that the number of street mice has increased significantly as well, concerning which lawmaker-cum-civil engineer Leong Hong Sai has underlined the importance for enterprises to take up social responsibility regarding hygiene on their premises.After the discovery of a mouse infestation at Royal Supermarket, a local supermarket chain with more than 30 outlets, the three

January 7, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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IAM to prune 2 sick candlenut trees

Two candlenut trees affected by brown root rot disease in Guia Hill Municipal Park will undergo height-control pruning by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) from today in order to continue to monitor their health conditions, the bureau said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the two sick trees were found to be infected with brown root rot disease recently. Therefore, the bureau invited dendrologists from the Guangzhou Institute of Forestry and Landscape Architecture to conduct

January 7, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police nab illegal currency exchange dealer for fake employment

A woman from the mainland and a local couple have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a fake employment case, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.Kong said that the mainland woman surnamed Wang is in her fifties, while the local man is surnamed Tang and his wife is surnamed Tin. Both Tang and Tin are in their sixties. In 2023, Tin got to know Wang at a casino. Wang, hoping to frequently come to Macau and gamble,

January 7, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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MGM presents ‘Art-Zoo Splashes of Joy’ family experience in Barra

A giant inflatable playground titled “Art-Zoo Splashes of Joy” World of Wonders has been set up at the Barra Kitchen until February 17.Created by Singaporean artist Jackson Tan* and measuring at 27 metres with a width of 6 metres, the free-admission playground and installation is themed marine environmental protection, according to a recent statement by integrated resort operator MGM, and comprises the “Sunlit Zone”, “Twilight Zone” and “Midnight Zone”, all inspired by ocean

January 7, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Strong winter monsoon set to hit Macau, mercury to drop to 10°C over weekend: SMG

The latest forecast from the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) indicates that a strong winter monsoon is expected to lower the local temperature to 10 degrees Celsius or even below this weekend, urging members of the public to pay close attention to the latest weather forecast so that they are ready for the possibly drastic temperature drop.According to a statement by the bureau yesterday, as the air pressure in central China is gradually rising, the winter monsoon is expected to move

January 7, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Man burgles ex-boss’s shop

A local man and his accomplice have been arrested for allegedly breaking into his ex-employer’s trading firm and stealing HK$48,000 in cash, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said at a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the local duo as a 29-year-old man surnamed Kam, who told the police that he’s jobless, and a 33-year-old man surnamed Chin, who works in a recycling shop.According to Cheong, the duo hired a locksmith, misleading him by claiming that they

January 7, 2025 | BY William Chan

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AACM ensures flight safety after jet from Vietnam has smoke incident

In the wake of a recent jet accident in South Korea that raised global alarm about aviation safety, the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) reaffirmed yesterday its commitment to maintaining high safety standards for Macau’s air-transport sector, after VietJet Air, a Vietnamese airline, on route to Macau returned to Cam Ranh International Airport in Vietnam due to smoke coming from the tail section of the cabin during its flight on Friday.The incident involving VietJet Air occurred while

January 7, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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