Macau Health Bureau (SSM) offers free HIV & Hepatitis C tests Sunday

In order to raise public awareness of HIV prevention and promote safer sexual practices, the Health Bureau (SSM) will host a World AIDS Day thematic event on Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Tap Seac Health Centre, providing free, anonymous and rapid antibody testing for both HIV and Hepatitis C, requiring only a small finger-prick blood sample, according to an SSM statement on Tuesday.World AIDS Day takes place on December 1 every year, and this year’s global day is themed “Overcoming

November 28, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Macau police nab 13 suspects for blackmailing 10 ‘cross-hand’ cheats

The Judiciary Police (PJ) nabbed on Wednesday 13 suspects for blackmailing 10 suspected fraudsters, PJ spokesman Ho Wai Lok said during a special press conference yesterday.Ho said the 13 suspects are aged between 52 and 82, comprising mainlanders, Hongkongers and locals, all of them claiming that they are unemployed.According to Ho, the gang’s kingpin is surnamed Wong. Ho also said that all 10 “victims” are local residents.According to Ho, in June, while investigating a fraud case

November 28, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau police arrest local man for stealing helmet to give friend a lift

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a local man for stealing a helmet so that he could give his friend a lift, PSP spokesman Lei Chan Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lei did not disclose the friend’s gender. Lei identified the suspect as a senior business development manager in his 40s surnamed Tse.According to Lei, PSP officers received a report from the male victim last Friday that when he had parked his motorcycle on Rua de Lagos in Taipa last Thursday he

November 28, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Ticket refunds available from today for Peking opera performance: Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC)

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that refunds for tickets for the Peking opera performance “A Meeting of Heroes. Invoking the East Wind”, which was scheduled to be performed last night but was cancelled due to programme adjustments are available from today.The performance at the Macau Cultural Centre’s Grand Auditorium was integrated in the “1st Chinese Culture Performances Season.Tickets bought through the Enjoy Macao Ticketing online platform will be

November 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Business Sustainability Indices recognises Macau integrated resort operator Sands China as ‘Exemplar’ in 5 indices

Integrated resort operator Sands China said in a statement yesterday that it was named an “Exemplar” in five categories of the 2025 Business Sustainability Indices (BSI) by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).The statement said that the company garnered four Top 3 rankings, namely in “Global (Asia-Pacific) Business Sustainability Index”, “Greater China Business Sustainability Index”, “Greater Bay Area Business Sustainability Index” and “Hong Kong Business Sustainability

November 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Hengqin hosts SJM ‘Tennis Clinic’ ahead of Macau tournament

A “Tennis Clinic” was held on November 19 at Hengqin School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School, according to a statement recently provided by SJM Resorts.The event featured close to 40 students and teachers, preceding the upcoming 2025 CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals, scheduled to take place from December 1 (next Monday) to 7 at the Macau Tennis Academy in Cotai.In Hengqin, the statement noted, professional coaches led participants through training exercises and group activities

November 28, 2025 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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Positive hotel occupancy outlook for Dec: Macau hotel executive Rutger Verschuren

Macau Hotel Association (MHA) Vice President Rutger Verschuren told English-language reporters yesterday that he was upbeat about the hotel occupancy figures for December, noting that as a whole, they are looking at a “positive year”.Verschuren made the remarks to the media after the unveiling and lighting event of their 5.0-metre Christmas Tree at Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau in Nape.However, with satellite casinos closing on the peninsula, Verschuren said that they are “very anxious” with

November 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau's ‘House of Dancing Water’ wins int’l marketing awards

The House of Dancing Water’s Premiere project has won two top international awards, Melco Resorts & Entertainment said in a Monday statement.The show’s premiere project won a Platinum Award for Best Brand Awareness Campaign and a Gold Award for Best Integrated Marketing Campaign at the 2025 TITAN Brand Awards. The statement said the awards recognise the company’s work to position Macau as a “World Centre of Tourism and Leisure”.The House of Dancing Water is an aquatic show that

November 28, 2025 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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China eyes improved supply-demand alignment to unlock consumption potential

Analysis        BEIJING – China has unveiled a comprehensive plan to improve the alignment of the supply and demand of consumer goods, in its latest move to tap the potential of its super-large market and provide sustained momentum for the world’s second-largest economy.The plan, which was unveiled by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and five other government departments, outlines measures that include those to foster new consumption sectors

November 28, 2025 | BY admin

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HK fire death toll climbs to 55, nearly 280 missing

HK fire death toll climbs to 55, nearly 280 missingThe death toll in a devastating fire that engulfed seven residential high-rises in Hong Kong’s Tai Po District rose to 55 this afternoon, the authorities have announced, as police arrested three men linked to a contractor carrying out renovation work at the estate on suspicion of manslaughter.Fire service officials told a news conference that 51 died at the scene, while four died in hospital.Among the dead was a 37-year-old firefighter, who

November 27, 2025 | BY Staff Reporters and newswires

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Xi extends condolences over HK building fire, urges all-out rescue efforts to minimize losses

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping yesterday extended condolences over a deadly residential building fire in Hong Kong/*Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, expressed sympathy to the families of the victims and those affected by the disaster. He urged all-out efforts to extinguish the fire and minimize casualties and losses.In the wake of the fire, Xi attached great importance to the accident and

November 27, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau govt to draft bill on Committee for Safeguarding National Security: Secretary for Security Chan Tsz King

Secretary for Security Chan Tsz King said yesterday that the local government will draft a bill regulating the operation of the Macau Special Administrative Region’s (MSAR) Committee for Safeguarding National Security, the organisational structure and operation of which are currently governed by an administrative regulation (bylaw). Chan made the remarks during yesterday’s one-day Q&A session in the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) hemicycle about his portfolio’s policy guidelines

November 27, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau's Kam Pek Paradise Casino in Zape to shut for good on Monday night: govt

Kam Pek Paradise Casino in Zape, one of the city’s remaining five “satellite casinos”, will close for good after midnight on Monday next week, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced in a statement yesterday.“Kam Pek” means “Golden Jade”. The government announced in June that in compliance with the three-year transition period stipulated by the new legislation amending the gaming law, all of the city’s then 11 satellite casinos had decided to close

November 27, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Seminar to explore Macau poetry & literary identity

The Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau (CAC – “Circle of the Friends of Macau’s Culture”) will host a seminar titled “Fonte do Lilau: A Dive into Poetry in Portuguese and in Dóci Papiaçam of Macau” according to a statement from the cultural association yesterday.The free-admission, Portuguese-language event, supported by the Macau Foundation (FM), will feature Jorge Manuel de Abreu Arrimar as the keynote speaker. The statement said the seminar is scheduled for next Tuesday

November 27, 2025 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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