Macau logs 850,000 visitors during May Day holiday, up 40 pct

Average daily exceeds 2019 levelMacau recorded some 850,000 visitor arrivals during the mainland’s five-day Labour Day holiday, which started on Thursday last week and ended on Monday this week, or a daily average of about 170,000, an increase of 40.7 percent from last year’s corresponding period, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced in a statement yesterday.Last year’s Labour Day holiday also lasted five days.The statement noted that the average daily number of some

May 7, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau company’s bond listings exceed 909 billion patacas

The Chongwa (Macao) Financial Asset Exchange Co. Ltd. (MOX) said yesterday that as of April 30, the total value of bonds issued and listed on MOX had reached 909.253 billion patacas.Among them, approximately 377.504 billion patacas worth of bonds was denominated in renminbi (RMB), and green bonds accounted for around 158.389 billion patacas.According to MOX, since the beginning of this year, the mainland economy has steadily developed, and fiscal policies have continued to play a strong role,

May 7, 2025 | BY admin

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Xi’s upcoming visit to deepen China-Russia ties

Analysis        BEIJING – At the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia from today to Saturday and attend in Moscow the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War.More than 80 years ago, the peoples of China, the Soviet Union and other countries fought side by side and secured victory in the World Anti-Fascist War, opening a new chapter in human

May 7, 2025 | BY admin

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Leong Kit Man presents flower-and-bird painting ‘Embracing Love’

Interview by William Chan        Local artist Leong Kit Man, an assistant professor in the Fine Arts Programme at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), has unveiled her latest large-scale work, Embrace of Love, which was created as a commission for the China National Arts Fund (Young Artistic Creation Talent) Support Programme 2024. The exhibition, now open on the 4th floor of MUST’s Tower R, marks a milestone in Leong’s career as one of only three local

May 6, 2025 | BY admin

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May Day visitors rise 42 pct in first 4 days

Macau recorded 757,251 visitor arrivals in the first four days of the mainland’s five-day Labour Day holiday, an increase of 42.3 percent from last year’s corresponding period, according to data released by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) on its website yesterday.This year’s Labour Day holiday in the mainland started on Thursday last week and ended yesterday.Last year’s Labour Day holiday also lasted five days.In the first four days, between Thursday and Sunday, of this

May 6, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt mulls expanding smoking ban to more outdoor areas: health chief

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Alvis Lo Iek Long says that the government is studying the feasibility of a legal ban on smoking in more outdoor areas such as designated areas outside schools and crèches.Dr Lo made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the Mong Ha campus of the public Macao University of Tourism (UTM) in the peninsula on Sunday on the sidelines of a public event there.In Macau, smoking is banned in all indoor public venues and facilities, except smoking lounges in casinos

May 6, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Finalists announced for USJ’s poetry contest

The list of finalists for the University of Saint Joseph’s (USJ) upcoming “Macao-wide English Poetry Writing and Recital Contest 2025” was recently announced on their website.This year’s contest, which marks its fourth edition* and again sees students vying for top prizes, is themed “Mini me in a wide wide world” and was open for entries in three categories: “Elementary School”, “Secondary School”, and “University”, with submissions received between March 17 and April

May 6, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Customs nabs man illegally entering Macau with swimming kickboard

A 48-year-old man from the mainland was caught red-handed on Thursday while attempting to illegally enter Macau using an electronic swimming kickboard, according to a statement from the Macau Customs Service (SA) on Saturday.In response to International Workers’ Day, the Macau Customs Service strengthened its maritime and coastal operations to prevent and combat illegal activities. On Thursday, a customs patrol boat in Cheoc Van (竹灣) spotted the man as he was attempting to swim toward the

May 6, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Customs busts 14 smuggling cases, seizing 594 items

From April 21 to May 1, local customs officers separately intercepted 14 individuals, including a 16-year-old student, at the Barrier Gate and Qingmao checkpoints for attempting to smuggle a total of 152 used computer processors, 362 used mobile phones, and 80 used computer memory modules by hiding them under their clothing, according to a statement from the Macau Customs Service (SA) on Friday.According to the statement, on the afternoon of April 23, customs officers noticed a suspicious

May 6, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Over 4,000 free bottles of beer, 3,000 ‘Blessing Buns’ distributed at Tam Kung Festival

The traditional Tam Kung Festival*, held on eighth day of the fourth lunar month**, was held in Coloane Village yesterday.More than 30 performance groups paraded and performed around Coloane Village yesterday, coinciding with Buddha’s Birthday, a public holiday.After the parade, over 3,000 roast pork “Blessing Buns” and vegetarian peanut sweets were distributed to public.Blessing Buns are a type of traditional Chinese steamed bun, often enjoyed during festivals, celebrations, and special

May 6, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Galaxy Music Gala to offer ‘Musical Journey from Monaco to Macau’

Integrated resort operator Galaxy Macau is presenting the classical music concert “Galaxy Music Gala: A Musical Journey from Monaco to Macau” on May 21, with the one-night event celebrating the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Monaco.According to a recent statement from the company, the concert featuring the Monaco Zhangomusiq Concertmasters Orchestra will start at 8 p.m. at the Galaxy Auditorium at Galaxy International Convention Centre (GICC) in Cotai.The

May 6, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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IC seeks exhibition proposals for ‘Art Macao 2025’

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has announced an open call for exhibition proposals for the Collateral Exhibitions of “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2025” in a recent statement.The selected proposals will be promoted as part of “Art Macao 2025”, with the aim of  “increasing the visibility of local exhibitions on the international stage”, the statement noted.The call welcomes proposals for the Collateral Exhibitions to be inaugurated between July 19 and October

May 6, 2025 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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Editorial: Statistics – a vital tool for understanding Macau

I spent part of the long Workers’ Day weekend holiday in Zhuhai but still found some time to comb through a bundle of recent statistical economic reports and projections concerning Macau. Perhaps not the most relaxing way to spend one’s holidays, but I’ve been a statistics buff since my university years back in the 1970s.According to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest “World Economic Outlook: A Critical Juncture Amid Policy Shifts”, published last month, forecasts

May 6, 2025 | BY admin

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How Gen-Z reshapes China’s holiday tourism scenes

Analysis        BEIJING – A DIY flower-studded gradient dress, a vast lawn packed with people, the smell of famous local dishes and the sound waves of a pop concert.Mismatched as they may sound, such are the things that Zhu, a high school student from Guangzhou, was surrounded by at the concert of Chinese pop star Hua Chenyu during the five-day May Day holiday in south China’s city of Foshan.“I have never been to such a theme park-style concert, where you can stand,

May 6, 2025 | BY admin

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