5th edition of ‘929 Challenge’ start-up contest applications open

Applications for the fifth edition of the 929 Challenge formally started yesterday during a press conference held at the Forum Macau Complex, with the start-up competition again providing a platform for contestants to present their ideas and compete for funding and mentorship.929 refers to Guangdong’s nine Greater Bay Area (GBA) cities, the two special administrative regions (SARs) in the GBA (Hong Kong and Macau), and the world’s nine Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs).Featuring two

June 27, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau’s 147 hotels log 6 million guests in Jan-May, down 2.1 pct

A total of 6 million guests checked into Macau’ 147 hotels in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year decrease of 2.1 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. Guests’ average length of stay remained at 1.7 nights. In the first five months, hotels’ average guest room occupancy rate stood at 89.2 percent, up by 5.0 percentage points year-on-year. The number of available guest rooms stood at 45,000 at the end of May, a year-on-year

June 27, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau-Guangdong Union list submits political platform, its 2 current lawmakers not seeking re-election

The Macau-Guangdong Union (UMG) electoral list submitted its list of candidates and political platform for the upcoming direct legislative election to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) yesterday.Yesterday was the deadline for electoral lists to submit their respective lists of candidates and political platforms. The UMG list was the last one out of the eight electoral lists that will compete for the 14 seats at stake in the 2025 direct election submitting its list of

June 27, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Gongbei Customs nabs man for smuggling 2,880 TF cards

Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs has announced in a statement that its officers have caught a man attempting to smuggle 2,880 TransFlash cards* (TF cards) from Macau into the mainland at the Qingmao pedestrian border checkpoint.Gongbei Customs announced the case, which was detected last Friday, in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, a traveller wearing a grey short-sleeved shirt entered the mainland via the green channel at the checkpoint. Officers noted that he failed to submit his

June 27, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Sands China puts together 3,000 kits for Caritas Macau

Integrated resort operator Sands China said in a statement on Wednesday that over 300 volunteers from the company, Caritas Macau’s “Longevity” Special Care Centre and Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) assembled 3,000 food kits for those in need.The event, which took place at The Venetian Macao in Cotai that day, was for the fourth annual Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build initiative.The statement said that the 3,000 kits, weighing a total of 30 tonnes, comprised 16 items each such as

June 27, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Wynn Macau, Wynn Palace to host Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 Awards

Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace will host the awards ceremony for Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 on July 15, the integrated resort operator announced in a recent statement, while there will also be a series of events at both properties leading up to the event.The statement said that the integrated resort operator is the “Official Host Partner” of Asia’s 50 Best Bars, with Macau hosting the event for the first time. The statement added that the annual awards ceremony this year marks its 10th

June 27, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGM's ‘Macau 2049’ receives Weibo Cultural Tourism IP Award

Integrated resort operator MGM’s residency “Macau 2049” recently won the 2024 Weibo Cultural Tourism IP Award at the 2025 “Weibo Travel Night” hosted by Sina Weibo, the company said in a statement yesterday.The 2025 “Weibo Travel Night” focused on “cultural tourismcommunication power” and “IP content power”, the statement noted, adding that it is an annual flagship event of China’s cultural tourism content.Blending tradition and modernity, the show was co-created with

June 27, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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SJM hosts sugar-blowing, rod puppet experience workshops

SJM Resorts recently hosted a sugar-blowing and rod puppet workshop experiences at “GLP Arte” at Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) in Cotai.The integrated resort operator said in a recent statement that the sugar-blowing workshop was led by Hong Kong artist To Wun, aka “Sugarman”, who is dedicated to preserving and modernising the traditional art, which has a history of over 600 years and was inscribed on the Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong in 2014. He pioneered the use

June 27, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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China-Mozambique cooperation bears fruit after 50 years of diplomatic ties

MAPUTO – Over the 50 years since the establishment of their diplomatic ties, China and Mozambique have forged a strong and reliable partnership rooted in mutual trust and support. The cooperation has brought improvements to local development and the livelihoods of the people.For Silva Jacinto Magaia, one of the people who built the Maputo-Katembe Bridge, the project holds deep personal significance. Completed in 2018, the bridge has dramatically improved traffic flow and strengthened

June 27, 2025 | BY admin

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Mozambique marks 50th anniversary of independence with call for economic independence

MAPUTO – Mozambique held a grand ceremony on Wednesday at Machava Stadium in Matola, Maputo Province, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the country’s independence from Portuguese colonial rule.Mozambican President Daniel Chapo lit the flame of national unity and delivered a keynote speech at the ceremony. He reviewed the progress Mozambique has made since gaining independence, highlighting remarkable achievements in education, healthcare, infrastructure, and gender equality.Chapo

June 27, 2025 | BY admin

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Customs seizes 1.375 tonnes of beef tongue at parallel-trading den

Macau Customs Service officers raided a parallel trading den in the peninsula’s northern district on Monday where they seized 1,375 kilogrammes of frozen beef tongue worth around 50,000 patacas in total.According to a Macau Customs Service statement on Tuesday, that afternoon officers caught a 33-year-old local man in charge of the den who hired parallel traders to smuggle frozen beef tongue from Macau to the mainland.The suspect will be fined in compliance with the relevant provisions listed

June 26, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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‘Relatively low’ probability of Strong Wind Signal No.3 today: observatory

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said on its website last night that there was only a “relatively low” probability for the Strong Wind Signal No.3 to be hoisted today.The bureau hoisted the Standby Signal No.1 at 16:30 p.m. yesterday and said that at that time the tropical cyclone remained about 410 kilometres from Macau in the South China Sea.Depending on its location and strength, Macau’s observatory classifies a tropical cyclone into tropical depression, tropical storm,

June 26, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Police nab 2 locals for drunk driving

The Public Security Police (PSP) separately arrested a local man and a local woman on Saturday and Monday respectively for drunk driving, with their blood alcohol concentration standing at 1.91 grams per litre and 1.79 grams per litre respectively, PSP spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.In the first case, Lai identified the male suspect as a local university student in his twenties surnamed Sousa.According to Lai, the Public Security Police (PSP) received a

June 26, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Gongbei Customs busts 2 drivers smuggling 60 used mobile phones

Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs officers at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge have recently arrested two male bus drivers separately for smuggling 60 used mobile phones in total from Macau to the mainland, according to a statement from the Gongbei Customs.The statement noted that last Tuesday, Gongbei customs officers at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge checkpoint in Zhuhai noticed that the driver of a Macau single-plate bus acting strangely and stood out because of his bulky frame. Upon

June 26, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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