Macau Red Cross marks 105th anniversary

A reception was held yesterday at the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center to mark the 105th anniversary of the Macau Red Cross.Addressing the celebratory event, Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai said the local government and the Macau Red Cross had long worked hand-in-hand to advance emergency relief, humanitarian assistance, and the protection of life and human dignity.He praised the organisation’s courage and compassion in disaster response and daily service, encouraging the Macau Red

October 16, 2025 | BY admin

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Art Macao host ‘Since it is•The Future: Media Art Exhibition’

On Saturday evening, the opening ceremony of the Art Macao Collateral Exhibition, titled “Since it is•The Future: Media Art Exhibition,” was held at the Cardinal Newman Centre for Culture and Arts Performance of Macau (CCCN).Part of “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2025”, the exhibition is co-curated by local curators Willa Chan (陳穎藍) and Ha Tin Cheong (夏天翔). It brings together the works of four local artists under the narrative framework of “post-apocalyptic

October 16, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Macau police bust cross-border, Taiwan-based ‘scam factory’ gang, arrest 6 local members

    The Judiciary Police (PJ) have dismantled a cross-border “scam factory”* syndicate that lured locals to Taiwan with the promise of high salaries to engage in telecom fraud, arresting six local members for recruiting at least nine locals to participate in the Taiwan-based fraudulent activities, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspects as a 22-year-old male night-school student surnamed Ao Ieong and a 37-year-old

October 16, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police nab non-local worker for sexually harassing tourist

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a male non-resident worker (NRW) from the Chinese mainland on Friday for sexually harassing a female tourist at the Barrier Gate Plaza, PSP spokesman Lei Chan Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspect as a 40-year-old male surnamed Leung who works as a handyman. The victim is a tourist from the mainland who is in her twenties.According to Lei, the police received a report last Thursday from the victim who said that

October 16, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Baritone Thomas Hampson to perform Mahler recital at Macau Cultural Centre (CCM)

US baritone Thomas Hampson will perform for the first time today at the Macau International Music Festival (MIMF), aiming to bring a programme dedicated to Austro-Bohemian composer Gustav Mahler’s (1860-1911) evocative lieder* in collaboration with German pianist Wolfram Rieger at the Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Grand Auditorium in Nape.Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), the concert “Thomas Hampson sings Mahler” will feature selections from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”

October 16, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Gender pay gap narrows to within 5 pct: Macau Social Welfare Bureau (IAM) chief

      Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) President–cum–Women and Children Affairs Committee Vice President Wilson Hon Wai told reporters yesterday that Macau’s gender pay gap* has narrowed to within five percent. He did not elaborate. Hon made remarks during a discussion on achievements at a meeting at the Macau Science Centre (MSC) in Nape.Yesterday’s meeting was also attended by Jiang Zhenyu, deputy director of the Social Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the

October 16, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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G-Bear, NBA collaboration sees 40 themed statues on display in Macau

The Londoner’s “No.1 Ambassador and Chief Experience Officer G Bear” has teamed up with the NBA for an exhibition featuring 40 themed statues at key locations of The Venetian Macao and The Londoner Macao until October 31.Among them, 30 reflect G Bear’s love of the game, two are large-scale inflatables, and eight “capture his stylish personality and interests”, according to a Sands China statement on Tuesday.The exhibition is among the highlights of the integrated resort operator’s

October 16, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Mathematicians to explore role of maths in modern world at University of Macau (UM) tomorrow

The University of Macau (UM) will host a special session of its University Lecture Series tomorrow, featuring Fields Medal laureate Efim Zelmanov and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) academician Zhang Jiping, who will give insights into the influence and applications of mathematics in today’s world, according to a UM statement on Tuesday.Zelmanov, chair professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, will deliver a talk titled “Welcome to the New

October 16, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau Transport Bureau (DSAT) gets new chief

The government has appointed Chiang Ngoc Vai, who had been a deputy director of the Transport Bureau (DSAT) since its establishment in 2008, as the bureau’s director effective from yesterday.Chiang’s one-year appointment has been formalised through an executive order by Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raymond Tam Vai Man published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday. Tam signed the order on October 3.The bureau has two deputy directors in its organisational structure.Since

October 16, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Flu cases rising: Macau Health Bureau

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement last night that according to its latest monitoring data, influenza viruses in Macau have been becoming increasingly active since last month, urging residents to strengthen their vigilance against influenza.Since the middle of last month, the statement said, the number of patients seeking hospital treatment for influenza-like illnesses has been rising, with a more noticeable increase in adults’ cases. The weekly number of patients seeking treatment

October 16, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Kai Fong to host Flag Day in Macau this Sunday

The Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (UGAMM – widely known as Kai Fong, its short name in Cantonese) held a press conference yesterday about a Flag Day for elderly people living alone this Sunday.The press conference was held at the Kai Fong headquarters in Toi San district.According to Kai Fong Vice President Chao I Sam, the fundraising will be held this Sunday, with 175 donation boxes to be set up across Macau and approximately 2,500 volunteers mobilised for street

October 16, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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CAC encourages Macau kids to showcase creativity in drawing contest

CAC – Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau (“Circle of the Friends of Macau’s Culture”) is calling on Macau’s children to submit works for a drawing contest it is hosting titled “Vision of the World”, with submissions accepted until October 31.Open to Macau students aged between four and 12, participants will take on the theme “In my eyes”, with a CAC statement released on its Facebook page last Thursday noting that they are “encouraged to express their unique

October 16, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Bacillus cereus found again in bottled fermented bean curd: Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM)

The Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) announced in a statement on Tuesday that it has been informed by the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety that a certain brand of bottled spicy fermented bean curd with chili oil contains excessive levels of Bacillus cereus*.According to the statement, the bureau has immediately issued a food alert to the local food industry and dispatched personnel to conduct market inspections to prevent the affected batch from circulating. The bureau urged citizens

October 16, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Clickers present works at ‘Halftone Exhibition ‘25’ in Macau

A total of 23 of the HALFTONE Photographic Association’s members are showcasing their works in an exhibition at the Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) gallery, which kicked off on Tuesday evening.The collective exhibition, titled “Halftone Exhibition ‘25”, commemorates the association’s fourth anniversary and allows exhibitiongoers to look through the lenses of the participating photographers specialising in different disciplines, each presenting their own styles and approaches to the art

October 16, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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