Christopher Lei offers window to past & present at Creative Macau exhibition

The latest exhibition at Creative Macau in Nape kicked off last night, drawing gallerygoers and supporters as local artist Christopher Lei Weng Kuong unveiled his 40 oil paintings in “Flowing Memory: The Artistic DNA of Macau in the Eyes of a Painter”.Captured in Lei’s paintings are scenes offering a window to both the past and present, the East meets West found in Macau, and pieces featuring historical figures like English painter George Chinnery (1774 to 1852). Lei, who has a degree in

February 6, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘World-renowned’ magician Drummond Money-Coutts to make Macau debut

Magician and mentalist Drummond Money-Coutts (DMC) will perform in Macau for the first time later this month, according to a statement issued by SJM Resorts on Tuesday.DMC will stage a series of shows from February 19 to 24 at SJM properties, including Grand Lisboa Palace (GLP) and Grand Lisboa. According to the statement, DMC is celebrated globally for his close-up magic and masterful mentalism, with performances spanning over 50 countries. He is known to international audiences from the

February 6, 2026 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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Macau resort operator MGM receives 6 honours for talent development

MGM has been recognised with six major awards at two prominent human resources competitions, underscoring its focus on employee training and development, according to a recent statement.The integrated resort operator received three Excellence in Practice Awards from the Association for Talent Development (ATD), a leading global organisation in the field. According to the statement, MGM was the only enterprise from Macau to be honoured at the international ATD awards in Los Angeles this year,

February 6, 2026 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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Lisboeta Macau honours staff at award ceremony

Lisboeta Macau recently held an award ceremony in recognition of staff’s work performance in professional skills, service quality, teamwork and work attitude, the Macau-themed tourist destination said in a statement last week.“The Best Team Member of the Fourth Quarter of 2025” took place on January 30, with the statement noting that awardees from various departments were recognised for their dedication and performance, standing out as an inspiration and positive influence for the entire

February 6, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau power utility CEM crowns winners of 4th edition of Clean Energy City Challenge

The winning schools of the “4th edition of Clean Energy City Challenge” were honoured during an award ceremony hosted by power utility CEM on Saturday at the Macau Science Centre (MSC) in Nape.The competition, themed “Making Macau a Sustainable City”, saw over 300 students of 56 teams in representation of 21 local secondary schools enrolled for the contest, according to a recent CEM statement. It was aimed at garnering students’ interest in environmental protection and usage of clean

February 6, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Cooperation with China important for Europe’s competitiveness: Swedish university president

Interview        STOCKHOLM – Europe cannot afford to isolate itself if it wants to remain globally competitive, and cooperation with China “is essential,” says Anders Soderholm, president of Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology.Soderholm made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua. He visited Chinese universities and research institutions in mid-October 2025, together with three other Swedish university presidents.The trip aimed to gain first-hand

February 6, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau SAR's first CE, CPPCC Vice-Chairman Edmund Ho meets new FM Commissioner Bian Lixian

The newly appointed commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), Bian Lixin, yesterday paid a courtesy call, after assuming office last week, to Edmund Ho Hau Wah, Macau’s first chief executive and now a vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), where she expressed gratitude to Ho for his long-standing care and support for Macau-related diplomatic work, according to a

February 5, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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MGM HK Int’l Airport City Terminal now open in Macau

The “MGM Hong Kong International Airport City Terminal” at MGM COTAI was launched yesterday at the integrated resort and is now operational, offering its users self-service check-in, flight information and transport connections to the Hong Kong and Zhuhai airports. The city terminal extends the check-in services of HKIA and Zhuhai Airport directly to MGM COTAI and is a collaboration between the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), Zhuhai Airport, MGM, and China Travel Tours

February 5, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau int'l airport chief Simon Chan expects 8.14 million passengers this year

Simon Chan Weng Hong, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM), said yesterday that he expects 8.14 million passengers this year, which would be an increase of 8.24 percent from last year’s 7.52 passengers. Chan made his forecast in a presentation of the single-runway airport’s results last year and its plans and forecasts for this year, during a Chinese New Year (CNY) luncheon hosted by his company for dozens of media

February 5, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau Kai Fong counsellors urge public to strengthen family communication to prevent child sexual abuse

According to Macau’s total number of crimes reported in the first nine months of last year, announced by the Office of the Secretary for Security (GSS) in December, the number of child sexual abuse cases rose by 13 year-on-year to 28 cases in the same 9-month period. The cases primarily concern consensual sexual activity involving minors, the spreading of pornographic images or videos, and acts of minor sexual harassment. Among these cases, some also involved suspects who are relatives

February 5, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau observatory gives advice on spring weather

Macau marked the Beginning of Spring, known in Putonghua as “Lichun”*, the first of China’s 24 solar terms, yesterday, but the local observatory stressed the solar term does not mean that spring weather has necessarily arrived, noting that strong winter monsoon conditions remain common during the period. According to a statement by the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Lichun traditionally symbolises the beginning of growth and the revival of nature. However, the

February 5, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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UFC to return to Galaxy Macau in May

Integrated resort Galaxy Macau announced in a statement yesterday that the United States’ Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will return to Galaxy Arena in Cotai from May 28 to 30 with three consecutive days of competition, culminating in UFC Fight Night Macau.According to the statement, the May events will include a triple-header featuring UFC Fight Night and ROAD TO UFC Season 5, with Galaxy Macau also hosting the opening round of ROAD TO UFC Season 5 on May 28 and 29.Ahead of UFC Fight

February 5, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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68 artworks on show at Macau's GalaxyArt ‘Golden Fortunes’ exhibition

GalaxyArt is continuing to showcase the representative works of well-known artist Zhu Bingren in the exhibition “Golden Fortunes: the Macau Debut of Zhu Bingren’s Copper Art”. Showcased until April 12, the exhibition marks Zhu’s, a National-level Inheritor of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Copper Carving, first large-scale showcase in the city. Entering the permanent contemporary art space located within Galaxy Macau in Cotai, gallerygoers will be able to explore five zones:

February 5, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Union Hospital performs Macau’s first ‘CyberKnife’ brain tumour treatment

The Islands Healthcare Complex – Macao Medical Centre of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) said in a statement yesterday that it has recently performed Macau’s first brain tumour treatment using the “CyberKnife”* (a stereotactic radiosurgery system using X-rays) device. This marks the alignment of Macau’s radiosurgery capabilities with internationally advanced technology, the statement said.According to the statement, the CyberKnife system used in this procedure is

February 5, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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