Macau CE Sam Hou Fai reshuffles cabinet, appoints lawmakers

Policy secretary to become legislatorThe State Council, based on the nomination by Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai, has appointed Wong Sio Chak, the current secretary for security of the MSAR government, as the secretary for administration and justice, effective from October 16, replacing André Cheong Weng Chon, who has meanwhile been appointed by Sam as a member of the new, eighth term of the MSAR’s Legislative Assembly (AL), which will start on

September 30, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Spokesperson for Foreign Ministry’s Commissioner’s Office in Macao: Macao’s Development and Prosperity Must Not Be Undermined

September, 28, 2025In response to the US Department of State’s release of the 2025 Country Investment Climate Report, which deliberately undermines the rule of law in Macao, attacks Macao’s investment environment, and discredits Macao’s unique practice of “One Country, Two Systems,” as well as grossly interfers in Macao’s affairs and China’s internal matters, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office in Macao has expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition.Macao possesses

September 30, 2025 | BY admin

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MIMF, SJM to present ‘Carmen’ at Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) this week

The 37th Macau International Music Festival (MIMF) will showcase “Carmen”, an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet (1838-1875), starting at 7:30 p.m. this Friday and Saturday, at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Nape, co-hosted by MIMF and integrated resort operator SJM Holdings Limited (SJM), according to a press conference held at the centre yesterday. Directed by German-born Andreas Homoki, the production, co-produced with Switzerland’s Opernhaus Zürich (Zürich

September 30, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau integrated resort operator SJM kicks off ‘Culture City of East Asia Lantern Festival’ at GLP

The “SJM Presents: Culture City of East Asia Lantern Festival” kicked off last night at Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) in Cotai, presenting lantern installations created by four artists from Culture Cities of Asia, namely Macau, Huzhou in Zhejiang Province, Kamakura in Japan, and Anseong in South Korea.Presented by SJM Resorts in conjunction with the Macau Artist Society, the exhibition marks its fourth year, with the festival being a programme of the “Culture City of East Asia 2025 – Macao,

September 30, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Oktoberfest Macau at MGM 2025 to kick off Oct 23

The 11-night Oktoberfest Macau at MGM will be held from October 23 through November 2 on the Roof Terrace of MGM COTAI, with tickets now on sale and again bringing Munich’s Oktoberfest to the city.MGM’s annual signature event, which will mark its 15th year, has welcomed over 190,000 attendees over the years. Its return will again see Oktoberfest hallmarks including large beer tents, traditional long wooden tables, and performers in Bavarian dirndls, according to a statement by the

September 30, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau student loses HK$3.5 million in ‘fake police scam’

A young local woman has fallen victim to a “fake police scam”, losing a total of HK$3.5 million (3.6 million patacas), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, a local student received a call on July 28 from someone claiming to be a “staff member from the Kunming Prosecutor’s Office in Yunnan”. The caller alleged that her mainland bank account was involved in multiple telecommunications fraud cases and

September 30, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Macau police nab HK man, 2 Malaysians for trafficking 31.7 kg of cannabis buds worth 31.7 million patacas

Largest cannabis smuggling case in local historyThe Judiciary Police (PJ) busted the largest marijuana smuggling case in Macau’s history on Sunday, apprehending a man from Hong Kong and two men from Malaysia, seizing 31.77 kilogrammes of cannabis buds valued at 31.77 million patacas, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspects as a 33-year-old Hong Kong resident surnamed Wan, a key member of the drug-trafficking gang who

September 30, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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‘Macao Grand Prix Museum x Wynn Chocolate Supercar Exhibition’ opens

The “Macao Grand Prix Museum x Wynn Chocolate Supercar Exhibition” was inaugurated at the Macau Grand Prix Museum in Zape yesterday, showcasing a piece sculpted by award-winning pastry artist Bob Tay and features the signature art of Swiss artist and influencer Saiff Vasarhelyi, a motorsports fan.On display at the museum’s basement exhibition hall until November 16, the chocolate supercar spans 2.9 metres and follows last year’s “Wynn Special Chocolate F1” also sculpted by Tay.The

September 30, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau's ‘Fringe Chat’ participants reflect on festival

Review by William Chan        The 23rd Macao City Fringe Festival concluded on Sunday with its final event, “Fringe Chat,” at Universal Gallery & Bookstore in Praça do Tap Seac, where around 20 attendees, including critics, show organisers, artists, and members of the public gave their insights. The session fostered meaningful dialogue about the unique features and highlights of this year’s edition. “Fringe Chat,” a decade-long tradition of the Macau

September 30, 2025 | BY admin

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Key takeaways from Xi’s pivotal trip to Xinjiang

Analysis        URUMQI – In the golden autumn of late September, the streets of Urumqi were adorned with bright banners and fresh flowers in celebration of the 70th founding anniversary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.Amid the festive atmosphere, Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a three-day trip to the regional capital last week. Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military

September 30, 2025 | BY admin

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Two Xi documentary series premiere in Macau

Sam vows locals will ‘tell China’s stories well’Two documentary series on President Xi Jinping, namely “Xi Jinping’s Cultural Story” and “Xi Jinping’s Economic Thought Series Lectures”, premiered in Macau yesterday, marked by a ceremony hosted by the local government, where Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai said in a speech that the debut of the two documentary series has created an opportunity to draw the attention of Macau compatriots and people at home and abroad to Xi Jinping

September 29, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau again receives ‘Best BT-MICE City’ award

Macau again received the “Best BT-MICE City”* award during the TTG Travel Awards 2025 ceremony in Bangkok on Thursday, according to a Friday statement by the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM).The statement noted that the award was accepted by IPIM representatives. It marks the fourth award in the exhibition sector that Macau has received this year and the third consecutive year that the city has won an international award following its recognition as “Best Convention City

September 29, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau govt vows to gradually implement AI education for schools

The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) reaffirmed in a statement yesterday that local schools will gradually adopt artificial intelligence (AI) education in the near future.The majority of schools in Macau are privately run, by community associations, religious groups and other non-governmental organisations, with only a relatively small number of schools being run by the government.The statement noted that the government last year amended the officially required education

September 29, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau Band Directors Association (MBDA) to hold Xian Xinghai concert

Interview by William Chan        Organised by the Macau Band Directors Association (MBDA), the concert “Song of Resistance: Xian Xinghai and the Classic of Mountains and Seas – Clarinet Commemorative Concert” (抗戰凱歌˙冼星海與山海經─單簧管專場紀念音樂會) will be held this Saturday, October 4, at 7:45 p.m. in the small auditorium of the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM).MBDA organiser Kelly Chau spoke to the Post about the concert in an online

September 29, 2025 | BY admin

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