Summer-themed fun fair to take place at Macau New Neighbourhood in Hengqin

The “Neighbourhood Fun Fair: Seize the Summer” Family Carnival is scheduled to take place this Saturday in the Macau New Neighbourhood” (MNN) Lotus Square in Hengqin, being set to feature summer-themed activities for members of the public, according to a statement by Macau-government owned Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) on Thursday.The upcoming fair will take place from noon to 6 p.m., featuring two highlights: “Summer Bubble Show” and the “Summer Water Park”, each presenting

July 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Home-alone boy falls from kitchen window – mother & maid arrested for abandonment

A boy fell to the street from his family’s flat earlier this month when he was left alone at home, for which his mother and a domestic helper from Indonesia working for the family have been arrested, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok announced during a regular press conference on Friday.The police discovered that before the case, which occurred on July 15, the boy had been left unattended at home twice.Ho did not mention when exactly the two women were arrested.The boy, whose age was

July 28, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Mainlander grabs gold chain from local jewellery, nabbed in Zhuhai 3 hours later

A man from the mainland grabbed a gold chain from a jewellery shop in the city centre on Saturday morning, after which he was caught by Zhuhai police near the Gongbei border checkpoint less than three hours later, Macau Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok announced during a special press conference on Saturday evening.The jewellery shop is located on Travessa do Mastro (爐石塘巷), a short street between Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, the city’s main thoroughfare, and Rua da

July 28, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Editorial: EU should ‘rebalance’ its mindset towards China

During last week’s 25th China-EU Summit in Beijing, which celebrated the half-century mark of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two sides, President Xi Jinping put forward three propositions for the future development of China-EU relations that I – an EU citizen who has lived and worked in China for nearly half a century – found realistically attainable, assuming both sides share a committed mindset. And that remains the challenge.The summit was co-chaired by Premier Li

July 28, 2025 | BY admin

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Project aims to cultivate talents in cultural & artistic fields in Macau

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) held an opening ceremony yesterday titled “2025 Arts and Culture for Macau Youth Project”, aiming to cultivate talents in cultural and artistic fields.The one-day ceremony was held at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Zape.During the ceremony, IC President Deland Leong Wai Man said that since 2023 the project has successfully trained two cohorts of dedicated “Cultural Ambassadors” through an immersive curriculum featuring interactive workshops, field

July 28, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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‘Picasso: Beauty and Drama’ presents over 140 works by legendary artist at Macau's Grand Lisboa Palace

Interview by Rui Pastorin        Art lovers and the general public keen on learning about Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and exploring his important works, along with how his creations evolved throughout his career, can now do so in an ongoing exhibition dedicated to one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.  Located at Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) in Cotai and presented by SJM Resorts in collaboration with Museo Casa Natal Picasso (“Picasso’s

July 28, 2025 | BY admin

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Coffee-fest in Coloane Village aims to reshape Macau’s identity

Interviews by Armindo Neves        The three-day “2nd Coloane Coffee Festival x One Little Day Handicraft Market” concluded successfully last night, with organisers expressing hopes that the event would help reshape Macau’s casino-dominated image and showcase its diverse cultural and creative lifestyle.This event was held in Largo Eduardo Marques in Coloane Village.“We want to inject new energy into Macau’s local coffee culture,” William Koi (瞿偉剛), the main

July 28, 2025 | BY admin

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Guangdong-Macau fair attracts 100,000 visitors: organisers

The 2025 “Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair (GMBPF)” ended yesterday, with over 100,000 visitors attending, with the first day of the expo, “Trade Buyer Day “, having drawn more than 2,000 businesspeople, including buyers, according to a statement released by the organisers yesterday evening.The fair took place at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo Hall D, co-organised by the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong

July 28, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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2 non-local bottled water brands exceed bacterial standards: Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM)

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement on Friday that 2 bottled water brands from the Chinese mainland and Australia, were found to exceed bacterial standards.According to the IAM statement, its inspectors recently conducted a food and beverage safety check targeting non-locally produced packaged drinking water, testing 240 samples for microbiological contamination, which identified a potable water container product and a bottled water product as substandard.The bureau prompted

July 28, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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TechFront event in Macau aims to promote nation’s independent technology

Aiming to demonstrate the strength of the nation’s independent technology, inject new vitality into Macau and its digital economy, and lay the foundation for future development, the first “JOS iTEA TechFront 2025” event was successfully held on Thursday.The one-day event, which took place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Macau, was organised by Hong Kong Broadband Network Jardine OneSolution (HKBN JOS) (Macau).At the event, representatives from BytePlus, ByteDance’s AI cloud service

July 28, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Macau Health Bureau confirms 2 more imported cases of chikungunya, raising total to 4

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement on Friday that Macau had recorded two more imported cases of chikungunya*.According to the statement, a 48-year-old male non-local worker living in Sio Cheong Building, 10 Beco do Gonçalo (江沙路里), and working at Block 4, Nova Park, Avenida de Kwong Tung (廣東大馬路), Taipa, visited the Philippines with his family from July 6 to 19. On July 24, he returned to Macau and developed fever and muscle pain, when he sought treatment at the

July 28, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Brewing friendship: beer culture connects Qingdao with world

QINGDAO –  Zhu Junhai, assistant to the president of Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd., presented an old photograph from 1991 that captured the inaugural Qingdao International Beer Festival. This moment was shared at an industry meeting held during the ongoing international beer festival in Qingdao, a coastal city in easternShandong Province.Back then, the festival only showcased around 40 to 50 domestic beer varieties alongside a handful of international brands, but it was enough to amaze both

July 28, 2025 | BY admin

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Portugal’s Douro Valley winemakers struggle amid US tariffs, export uncertainty

LISBON – In the height of summer, Portugal’s Douro Valley, which is renowned for its terraced vineyards and the production of Port wine, basks in brilliant sunshine, with the scent of fermenting grapes gently drifting through the air.Favaios, perched nearly 600 meters above sea level in the valley, is sun-drenched and poor in nutrients, but ideal for cultivating Moscatel Galego, Portugal’s most fragrant, sweetest, and most delicate grape variety. For decades, viticulture has steadily

July 28, 2025 | BY admin

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China hands over maternity ward building project in Cape Verde

PRAIA – A China-aided maternity ward building has been handed over to local authorities in Mindelo, on Cape Verde’s São Vincente Island.Cape Verdean Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva and Chinese Ambassador to Cape Verde Zhang Yang attended the handover ceremony last Tuesday at Dr. Baptista de Sousa Hospital.In his remarks, Silva praised the cooperation between Cape Verde and China, noting that the project is the largest medical infrastructure project in Cape Verde since its

July 28, 2025 | BY admin

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