Macau records year’s 3rd imported malaria case: Health Bureau

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement that Macau yesterday confirmed its third imported case of malaria so far this year.The bureau said it received a report confirming the case from the private Kiang Wu Hospital earlier yesterday.The bureau identified the patient as a 39-year-old female non-resident-worker (NRW). She arrived in Macau from Myanmar via Thailand on June 2. On July 19, she developed a fever and sought medical attention at a local healthcare facility. As symptoms

July 22, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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3 locals lose HK$1.7 million in investment scams: police

Two young local men and a young local woman have separately fallen victim to online investment scams, resulting in a total loss of HK$1.72 million (1.77 million patacas), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the two young men came across an advertisement for stock investment on social media in April. After clicking on the link for more information, they were added to a chat group where members discussed stock

July 22, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police nab mainland woman for theft by finding

A woman from the mainland was arrested on Friday for theft by finding after stealing a phone worth 4,400 patacas that had been left in a shopping mall, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lam identified the suspect as a 31-year-old female surnamed Hu who claimed to be jobless.According to Lam, the Public Security Police (PSP) received a report on Thursday evening from a mainland woman who said she had dropped her phone, valued at

July 22, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Gongbei Customs nabs man trying to smuggle HK$ 1.4 million in cash to mainland

Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs has announced that its officers have caught a male mainlander attempting to smuggle HK$1,445,000 (1,485,815 patacas) in undeclared cash from Macau to the mainland at Gongbei checkpoint, exceeding the official maximum amount of cash that a traveller is permitted to carry when entering the mainland.Gongbei Customs announced the case, which was detected on July 9, in a statement yesterday, adding that the smuggler did not submit a customs declaration when entering the

July 22, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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AI artist cAI™ presents interactive exhibition at MGM Macau

Contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang and his custom-developed AI creation cAI™ have launched their new exhibition “cAI™ Lab 2.0 - Is It Your Gaze that Meets Mine, or Mine that Seeks Yours?” at MGM MACAU’s Fantasy Box in Nape.The free-admission exhibition is presented by the artist in partnership with integrated resort operator MGM. According to a recent statement on MGM’s website, this represents the AI’s first artist residency following its 2024 debut exhibition “Soul Scan”.The

July 22, 2025 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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Macanese food book enjoys success at HK Book Fair

            At the Hong Kong Book Fair 2025 on Wednesday, the Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) hosted a book launch  for the Chinese edition of “The Making of Macau’s Fusion Cuisine:  From Family Table to World Stage” – complete with a sharing session about the book and related topics such as food, memory and identity, hosted by Hong Kong-based British food writer Annabel Jackson, who wrote the book, and  translators Swallow Xu and

July 22, 2025 | BY Review by Rachel T.

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Galaxy Macau to put on summer events

Integrated resort (IR) operator Galaxy Macau will be hosting a raft of activities for guests over the summer.In a statement yesterday, the company said that among them is the “Summer Colourful Parade”, which will feature acrobats, stilt walkers and dancers for performances at the Cotai integrated resort’s Galaxy Promenade in three daily sessions, namely at 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and at 7 p.m. The 5 p.m. session will also feature a special appearance by Galaxy Kidz mascot Wavey the

July 22, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Young local woman loses 1 million patacas in ‘fake police’ scam

A young local woman has fallen victim to a “fake police” scam, losing one million patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Cheong, the local woman received a call on Thursday morning from someone speaking Putonghua, who claimed to be a “mainland police officer.” The caller accused her of sending numerous scam messages from her mainland-registered phone number. Following the caller’s instructions, she

July 22, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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CAC to hold advanced lantern-making workshops next month

Lantern-making workshops will kick off next month at Albergue SCM, continuing the aim of organiser CAC – Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau (“Circle of the Friends of Macau’s Culture”) to provide a platform for learning the Chinese craft and preserving it for future generations.The lantern-making workshops, which are free, have been held since 2010.Held in English with Cantonese translation, the upcoming “Macau Creative Lantern Workshop – Part 25 [Advance]” will be an

July 22, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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China has over 1.12 billion internet users, boosting prowess in culture, AI

Analysis        BEIJING – China has made significant strides in internet development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), with the internet becoming more inclusive and fueling the rise of the digital economy.As of June 2025, there were more than 1.12 billion internet users, and internet penetration in China reached 79.7 percent, an increase of 1.1 percentage points compared with December 2024, according to a report released by the China Internet Network

July 22, 2025 | BY admin

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Cooperation is the most correct choice for China-US relations: scholar

Analysis        BEIJING – As China and the United States navigate an increasingly complex global landscape, a senior Chinese scholar has emphasized that cooperation remains the most appropriate and sensible path for the world’s two largest economies.“Looking back at the history of China-US exchanges since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, we are deeply convinced that peace is the cornerstone of bilateral ties, cooperation is the most correct choice for

July 22, 2025 | BY admin

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Notice to Our Readers

This is to apologise to our readers that, in the wake of Typhoon “Wipha,” which resulted in the hoisting of tropical cyclone warning signals ranging from No. 8 to No. 10 between 4 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. yesterday, the print edition of your favourite newspaper will not be published today. The temporary suspension of public transport services and the closure of several border checkpoints for most of the day made it impossible for some of our staff members to arrive for work on time. Customarily,

July 21, 2025 | BY Harald Brüning

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Typhoon 'Wipha' largely spares Macau, after hitting it almost head-on

      Typhoon “Wipha”, which threatened Macau over the weekend and triggered the hoisting of the special administrative region's highest Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal, No.10, between 12:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. today, has largely spared the city after all. The local observatory replaced Signal No.8 with Signal No.3 at 10:30 p.m., pointing out in a statement that the severe tropical storm “continues to move westward and will gradually move away from Macau and

July 20, 2025 | BY Harald Brüning

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Macau observatory mulls lowering tropical cyclone warning signal to No.3 tonight

 Macau’s Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement this afternoon that it is considering to lower Tropical Cyclone Signal No.8 to No.3 between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. today.“Locally, winds are expected to weaken gradually,” the observatory said. Signal No.3 indicates, according to the SMG website, that “under the influence of a tropical cyclone, winds with a sustained speed of 41 to 62 km/h are expected or blowing, and gusts may exceed 110 km/h in Macau.”

July 20, 2025 | BY Harald Brüning

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