‘NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week’ gets underway in Macau

Integrated resort operator Sands China officially launched its five-day “NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week” yesterday at The Venetian Arena, during which students also got to interact with players from the Phoenix Suns and Brooklyn Nets through a basketball clinic and the assembling of goodie bags and hygiene kits.Yesterday’s activities had around 100 attendees and followed Wednesday’s visit to Lou Hau High School by NBA legend Mitch Richmond.Students got to listen to

October 10, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Construction of Macau's new central library to cost up to 440 million patacas, w/o internal decoration

Construction of the government’s new central library, not including the building’s internal decoration, will cost between 377.78 million patacas and 440.31 million patacas, according to calculations based on its announcements released yesterday and previously.The new central library is being built on the site where the long-defunct Hotel Estoril once stood, opposite Praça do Tap Seac.The project is being caried out in two phases. The first phase got off the ground in June last year,

October 10, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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3 locals lose 4,878 patacas in online ‘hairy crab’ scam: Macau police

Three local residents have separately fallen victim to online “hairy crab” shopping scams recently, losing a total of 4,878 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chao Teng Hin said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chao, the three victims browsed a fake seafood store’s Facebook page claiming to sell various seafood products at discounted prices. The victims then contacted the “seller” through the page. After both parties agreed on a price, the scammer

October 10, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau customs seizes frozen cooked pork tripe worth 65,000 patacas

     Macau Customs Service officers raided a parallel-trading den in the peninsula’s northern district on Wednesday where they seized 650 kilogrammes of frozen cooked pork tripe worth around 65,000 patacas in total.According to a statement yesterday, on Wednesday night the officers caught a 55-year-old local man who ran the business and hired parallel traders to smuggle frozen cooked pork tripe from Macau to the mainland.The man will be fined in compliance with the relevant

October 10, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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2 students lose HK$1.6 million in ‘fake police’ scam in Macau

A young female from the Chinese mainland and a young male from Hong Kong have separately fallen victim to “fake police” scams, losing a total of HK$1.6 million (1,648,000 patacas), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chao Teng Hin said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chao, both victims are students enrolled in local education institutions. The female received a call on July 11 from someone who claimed to be a “staff member of the local Immigration Department.” The

October 10, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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University of Macau (UM) ranks 145th globally: THE

The public University of Macau (UM) placed 145th  in the World University Rankings 2026 released by Times Higher Education yesterday. Times Higher Education (THE) is a British magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education.According to the magazine’s website https://www.timeshighereducation.com/, UM’s global position in 2025 was 180th, while it stood at 34th in the Asia Rankings 2025. Meanwhile, the Macau University of Science and Technology

October 10, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Economic & Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) supports Macau brands to expand into European market

The Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) has supported Macau’s cross-border e-commerce sector and local brands in participating in the 11th Bonjour Brand Forum in Paris to boost international visibility and explore business opportunities in Europe, according to a statement from the bureau yesterday.With DSEDT’s backing, representatives of Macau’s cross-border e-commerce industry and the Douyin Group* joined the Bonjour Brand Forum and related events held from September 24

October 10, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macao Int'l Trade & Investment Fair (MIF) to mark 30th edition

The 30th Macao International Trade & Investment Fair (MIF) is slated to take place from October 22 to 25 at Cotai Expo of The Venetian Macao, aiming to bring together participants from over 40 countries and regions to foster global cooperation and economic diversification, according to a statement from the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) yesterday.Organised under the theme “Macao, Gateway to Global Business,” this year’s MIF continues to serve as a key platform

October 10, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macao Polytechnic University (MPU), University of Coimbra (UC) open AI Joint Laboratory for Healthy Longevity in Coimbra

The Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) and Portugal’s University of Coimbra (UC) inaugurated the “Artificial Intelligence Joint Laboratory for Healthy Longevity” in Coimbra on Monday, aiming to strengthen cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) in research and higher education, according to a Wednesday statement by MPU.The opening ceremony was presided over by MPU Rector Marcus Im Sio Kei and UC Rector Amílcar Falcão, who unveiled the laboratory’s plaque and

October 10, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau logs this year’s 23rd imported chikungunya case, 2-year-old boy

Macau has recorded this year’s 23rd imported case of chikungunya fever, a two-year-old local boy, the Health Bureau (SSM) has announced.The case was reported on Wednesday.According to an SSM statement on Wednesday night, the boy lives in Kam Weng Building on Avenida do Ouvidor Arriaga.The boy visited Foshan City in Guangdong Province with his family members between Tuesday last week and Tuesday this week. He came down with a rash on Tuesday morning, after which his family members brought him

October 10, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Orbis Macau’s 2025 Action for Sight kicks off

The 2025 Orbis Action for Sight (AFS) kicked off yesterday with a ceremony at the Planetarium of the Macau Science Centre (MSC) in Nape, with the near two-month long campaign this year being themed “Discover a Different Kind of Cuteness” and running through December 5.Yesterday marked “World Sight Day”, which is annually observed on the second Thursday of October and aims to raise awareness about blindness and vision impairment. The annual advocacy and fund-raising campaign, which

October 10, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘She power’ on the rise across China’s sci-tech landscape

Analysis        BEIJING – The life of Wang Haoze, who is the third Chinese woman to embark on a manned space mission, has been marked by grueling training: desert survival drills with extreme temperature swings, claustrophobic psychological adaptability tests, and maritime exercises involving sea spray that she described as “cutting my ears like knives.”In her words, what drives her forward is the urge to contribute more to the cause of Chinese science, and to help the

October 10, 2025 | BY admin

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5-day NBA House opens at The Venetian Macao

The five-day NBA House is taking place at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo, with the free admission fan event featuring various basketball-themed activities and experiences, as well as opportunities to interact with NBA legends.Kicking off ahead of The NBA China Games 2025 presented by Taobao 88 VIP slated for Friday and Sunday, the 14,000-square-metre NBA House marks its inaugural edition in Macau, having been previously held in Brazil, Canada, France, India, Mexico, the UK and the US,

October 9, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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NBA legend Mitch Richmond visits Macau's Lou Hau High School

NBA legend Mitch Richmond along with NBA coaches paid a visit to Lou Hau High School (澳門勞校中學) in Fai Chi Kei (筷子基) yesterday for a youth basketball exchange as the first event of “NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week”, with the former pro basketball player greeted with loud cheers as he entered the venue.A six-time NBA All-Star, Richmond competed in the NBA from 1988 to 2002, playing for the Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Washington Wizards, and the Los

October 9, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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