Macau gifts Chinese documentary series to Portuguese TV stations

The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) presented the China-produced Portuguese-language documentary “Remarkable Construction” (Season 2) to television stations of Portuguese-speaking countries on Friday.Hosted by public broadcaster TDM, the ceremony to present the series was held at Macau Forum in Zape on Friday, with diplomats and media representatives from Angola, Portugal and Mozambique in

November 11, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Hengqin MNN health station starts operating today

The Macau Health Bureau’s (SSM) health station in the Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island will open this morning, after it was inaugurated by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng on Saturday.The Macau government amended the Health Bureau’s organisational structure in September, statutorily enabling the bureau to set up, manage and operate health stations in the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, serving Macau residents living there.An SSM

November 11, 2024 | BY Tony Wong

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15 Macau brands present products at Galaxy Macau pop-up

A total of 15 Macau fashion brands are presenting and selling their products at the “Macao Fashion Pop-Up Store” at Galaxy Macau’s Promenade East in Cotai, which is on until next Monday.The pop-up kicked off on Saturday with an opening and toasting ceremony, according to a statement released on the same day by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), which organised the event with the support of Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG). The statement noted that the pop-up aims to promote local original

November 11, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Wynn, MGP museum unveil ‘special chocolate F1’ exhibition

The Wynn Special Chocolate F1 exhibtion opened on Friday at the Macau Grand Prix (MGP) Museum, showcasing the streamlined racecar handcrafted by master pastry artist Bob Tay, according to a statement by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) on the same day.Displayed until January 20, the statement noted that the exhibit, which is 2.5-metres long and weighs 100 kg, was moulded using couverture (meaning “covering” in French) chocolate and is presented by the museum in conjunction with

November 11, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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World Heritage-listed St Paul’s Ruins set to get lightning rod next year: IC chief

The government-appointed Cultural Heritage Committee on Friday held a plenary meeting to introduce preliminary proposals on the feasibility of installing an additional lightning protection device on the UNESCO World Heritage listed Ruins of St Paul’s, and Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Deland Leong Wai Man told the media during a post-meeting press conference that “we are endeavouring to commence the installation of the device at the beginning of next year”.According to Leong, a

November 11, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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15th National Games starts one-year countdown

The 15th National Games, which will be held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau on November 9-21 next year, started its one-year countdown on Saturday.The ceremony of the one-year countdown to the 15th National Games was held in Largo do Senado (議慤癸품뒈) on Saturday, and a fun walk activity was held as well, with the participation of about 650 locals including young local athletes as well as local volunteers.The walk started from the city’s main square, Largo do Senado, passed by the

November 11, 2024 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Macau, HK, GD police bust prostitution gang, arrest 7 locals

Gang earned at least 8.3 million patacasPolice in Macau, Hong Kong and Guangdong on Thursday together cracked down on a cross-border criminal gang using a website promoting prostitution, resulting in the arrest of 19 gang members, among five men and two women who were nabbed in various local districts by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on suspicion of organised crime membership and pimping.The local suspects allegedly posted prostitution-related notices on the website, delivered prostitution

November 11, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Editorial: China, US ought to get along for good of wider world

President Xi Jinping chose the right words when he congratulated Donald Trump on his election as the 47th president of the United States by urging both sides “to find the right way to get along in the new era, so as to benefit both countries and the wider world.”Xi’s choice of words was sober, practical and, last but not least, realistic, namely in comparison with some of the effusive congratulations by other heads of state or government, such as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s

November 11, 2024 | BY Harald Brüning

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NRWs rise but Vietnamese drop ‘drastically’: civic leaders

Alliance for Common People Building Up Macau (API) Vice President Hoi Long Tong said yesterday that the number of non-resident workers (NRWs) in Macau is growing again after the three-year COVID-19 pandemic, now totalling about 180,000, of whom more than 60,000 are from Southeast Asia – however, Overseas Vietnamese Association in Macau President Duong Trung Duc said that the number of Vietnamese NRWs has dropped significantly compared to pre-pandemic 2019 from more than 26,000 to around 9,500

November 11, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau hoists Strong Wind Signal No.3 as Super Typhoon Yinxing moves west across S China Sea

   Macau’s observatory has hoisted Strong Wind Signal No.3 (T3) at 11 p.m. today. According to a statement by the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), T3 is expected to remain hoisted at least until dawn.The bureau said that winds were expected to strengthen gradually. It urged motorists to pay close attention to traffic safety, adding that motorcyclists should travel between Macau Peninsula and Taipa Island through the motorcycle lanes on Sai Van Bridge or Macau

November 9, 2024 | BY Staff Reporter

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Homegrown C919 jet makes debut flight to Macau

Macau welcomed yesterday for the first time the nation’s homegrown passenger aircraft C919, with the jet arriving at the local airport in the morning and being greeted with a “ceremonial water salute” – the highest form of aviation etiquette symbolising respect of and recognition for a pilot’s career and contributions to aviation.Adorned with the five-star red flag, the plane landed smoothly at Macau International Airport at 10:05 a.m. yesterday.At the invitation of the organiser of

November 8, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police warn youngsters of danger & criminal liability for ‘3 seconds of death’

A game known as “dream back to Tang Dynasty” or “three seconds of death” has recently re-emerged on social media platforms, in which the players squat against a wall, take a deep breath, hold their breath, and then someone else vigorously presses on their chest so that the player can reach the state of asphyxiation and lack of oxygen, and a Judiciary Police (PJ) statement yesterday urged teenagers to refrain from taking part in such games endangering the life of those participating in

November 8, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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Tap Siac Craft Market kicks off next week

The Tap Siac Craft Market in Autumn will again be held on two weekends, slated to kick off next Thursday at 6 p.m. in Praça do Tap Seac.The craft market will be held from November 14 to 17 and November 21 to 24, according to a Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) statement last night, this year featuring over 220 handicraft and creative gastronomy stalls, 64 creative handicraft workshops and a total of 47 music performances.The statement said that the stalls will be run by cultural and creative

November 8, 2024 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Man defrauds couple out of HK$4,000 with ‘iPhone’: police

A mainland man defrauded in mid-August a local couple walking in Cotai of HK$4,000 by using a bogus “iPhone” on the pretext that he had lost all his money gambling in a casino and needed cash urgently, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said yesterday.Speaking during yesterday’s regular press conference, Lai added that the Public Security Police only were able to intercept the suspect at the Barrier Gate checkpoint at the end of last month.According to the PSP

November 8, 2024 | BY Yuki Lei

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