Macau: ‘Amaze Star & Mak Mak’ aim to boost business in Taipa

The “Amaze Star & Mak Mak – National Day Fair – Mid-Autumn Lantern Night” event aims to boost business for the area’s merchants, and inject new vitality into the holiday economy, according to a statement released by the organiser. The market, which opened on National Day, runs through Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily in Taipa’s Garden of Flower City, except next Monday when it will open from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. – the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival public

October 3, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Macau police nab duo for illegal currency exchange involving fake casino chips

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two mainlanders for illegal currency exchange involving fake casino chips and organised crime on Tuesday, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspects as 31- and 23-year-old males surnamed Zhao and Li, who told police that they own an express delivery station and work as a delivery worker, respectively.According to Cheong, around 11 p.m. on August 25, the Judiciary Police received a report from a

October 3, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau Customs Service seizes 2.5 tonnes of frozen chicken feet worth 65,000 patacas

Macau Customs Service officers raided a parallel-trading den in the peninsula’s northern district on Tuesday where they seized 2,500 kilogrammes of frozen chicken feet worth around 65,000 patacas in total, according to Wednesday’s statement.On Tuesday, the statement said, customs officers caught two local females aged 45- and 36-years-old who ran the den and had hired a number of parallel traders to smuggle frozen chicken feet from Macau to the mainland.The duo face a fine in compliance

October 3, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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University of Macau (UM) study warns AI not a lasting answer to loneliness

The University of Macau (UM) announced in a Tuesday statement that a joint study published in the international journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences concluded that artificial-intelligence (AI) is unlikely to provide a long-term solution to human loneliness.According to the Wikipedia, Trends in Cognitive Sciences is a monthly peer-reviewed review journal published by Cell Press. It is one of 14 journals in the Trends seriesThe research was conducted by Christian Montag, associate director of

October 3, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Dance theatre show ‘Selfish Selfie’ to premiere at Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) next month

A new dance theatre production titled “Selfish Selfie” will be presented from November 14 to 16 at the Macao Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Black Box II, according to a recent statement from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).The piece is a selected project of the IC’s “Commissioning Performing Arts Productions 2024-2026” programme. Directed by local choreographer Alexis Kam (金曉霖) and produced by the Lam Dance Theatre, the work explores a realm where artificial intelligence (AI)

October 3, 2025 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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POP MART MACAO CITYWALK draws 720,000 visitors

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced in a statement on Wednesday that the cultural tourism project POP MART MACAO CITYWALK, jointly organised with POP MART between June and September, attracted more than 720,000 visitors and generated significant local consumption.From June 6 to September 21, installations of popular POP MART characters “Baby Molly”, “Crybaby”, “Dimoo” and Labubu were displayed at Calçada da Igreja de São Lázaro, Largo de Camões, Largo de Santo

October 3, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau Transport Bureau (DSAT) launches city’s first roadworks with integrated pipe & cable laying

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced in a statement yesterday that in response to the laying of underground pipes and cables for four new buildings in the Rua dos Mercadores (營地大街) and Rua Oeste do Mercado de S. Domingos (公局新市西街) area, in order to avoid repeated road excavations, the DSAT roadwork coordination team has coordinated construction companies and public utilities to carry out, for the first time, the city’s first roadworks with integrated pipe and cable laying,

October 3, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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130 years on, China’s first modern university remains a steadfast contributor to innovation, social progress

TIANJIN – Tianjin University, China’s first modern university, marked the eve of its 130th founding anniversary on Wednesday with a dazzling drone show, where 2,000 synchronized units formed luminous symbols in the night sky over the campus.With a history spanning three centuries, Tianjin University has witnessed China’s journey from poverty and weakness to prosperity and modernization. Today, the university in the northern port city of Tianjin continues to push the frontiers of science

October 3, 2025 | BY admin

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Cape Verde signs financing agreement with China for 3rd phase of ‘Safe City’ project

PRAIA – Cape Verde and China have signed an agreement on financing for the third phase of the “Safe City” project, which aims to establish new command centers in different Cape Verdean cities.The agreement was signed on Wednesday in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde.In the third phase, the command and data centers in Praia and Mindelo, a port city in northern Cape Verde, will also be expanded, Cape Verdean Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Miryan Vieira said at the

October 3, 2025 | BY admin

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Speech by Macao SAR Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai at National Day Reception in Celebration of PRC’s 76th Anniversary

     Speech by Macao Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai at National Day Reception in Celebration of PRC’s 76th AnniversaryNational Day Reception in Celebration of the 76th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at Forum Macao, Oct. 1, 2025  Honourable Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Mr [Edmund] Ho Hau Wah, Director of the Liaison Office of the

October 1, 2025 | BY GCS/MPD

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Macau casino receipts drop 17 pct last month

        Macau’s casinos generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of 18.289 billion patacas (US$2.28 billion) last month, a month-on-month decline of 17.4 per cent from the 22.15 billion patacas in August, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced today. YYear-on-year, GGR in September rose by 6.0 per cent.Late last month, Macau’s casinos were closed for nearly 1½ days due to Super Typhoon Ragasa. August’s GGR had reached a post-pandemic record.

October 1, 2025 | BY Staff Reporter

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National Day Macau Holiday Notice

This is to inform our readers that we will be taking a day off today to join all of you in celebrating National Day, which marks the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). We wish everyone a meaningful and pleasant holiday. Our team will be back to work tomorrow, so the Post’s next print edition will be published on Friday. However, our website, as always, will be updated 24/7.

October 1, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau Govt Headquarters to hold Open Day this weekend

The Macau SAR Government Headquarters Open Day will be held on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., according to a statement released by the Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday.The statement said that this year’s floral arrangements for the two-day event are themed “15th National Games”, and landscaping has used a wide array of flowers and plants, aiming to create a festive and vibrant atmosphere, and encourage public engagement with the upcoming National Games, and

October 1, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Macau police nab local woman for stealing 2 smartphones

A local woman was arrested on Friday for stealing two smartphones, worth 12,400 patacas in total, from a shop, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.Kong identified the suspect as a female in her forties, surnamed Ng, who told the police that she’s jobless.According to Kong, the police received a report on June 18 from the owner of a shop on Rua Três do Bairro Va Tai (華大新村第三街). The owner told the police that he

October 1, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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