Macau visitor arrivals rise 8 pct to 24.4 million in Jan–July

     Macau recorded 24.48 million visitor arrivals in the first seven months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 8.0 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today.Same-day visitors grew by 13.9 percent to 14.99 million, while overnight visitors dipped by 0.3 percent to 9.49 million.Foreign visitors rose by 5.1 percent to 1.59 million, accounting for 6.5 percent of the total number of visitor arrivals. Overnight visitors stayed, on average, for 2.3 days (55

August 21, 2026 | BY Staff Reporter

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54 students honoured at Macao Student Fashion Creativity Competitions

A total of 54 students from 22 schools took part in the “2026 Macao Student Fashion Creativity Competitions”, with the award ceremony held yesterday at the Seac Pai Van Vocational and Technical Education Activity Centre in Coloane, where students were recognised for their skills and creativity across four competition categories.Organised by the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) in conjunction with the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ), the competitions

August 21, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau Customs seizes 100 smuggled prescription pills from HK man

A Hong Kong man was intercepted by Macau Customs officers at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge checkpoint for smuggling controlled pharmaceutical products containing Zopiclone into Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Ka Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho identified the 51-year-old suspect as a Hongkonger surnamed Chan, who claimed to be a construction worker.The case has been transferred to the Judiciary Police for further investigation.According to Ho, customs

August 21, 2026 | BY Ida Cheong

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Local female loses 460,000 patacas in online dating scam: Macau police

A middle-aged local female has fallen victim to an online romance scam, losing 460,000 patacas after being duped into a fraudulent crypto-investment scheme, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Ka Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the victim met a man on a social media platform in mid-May. The man claimed to be a soldier in the Chinese mainland nearing retirement, and they quickly entered a romantic relationship online.The man later alleged that a metal

August 21, 2026 | BY Ida Cheong

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Macau's Yoho Gold Coast Hotel to soft-launch in Taipa in November

Yoho Group announced in a statement yesterday that the Yoho Gold Coast Hotel, operated by the group, will launch its first-phase opening in November.The Yoho Gold Coast Hotel site in Taipa was originally the New Century Hotel. Its owners appointed Yoho Group through an open tender last July to carry out renovation works and launch hotel operations. The project has proven more challenging and required greater investment than initially expected, and is now anticipated to be fully completed by

August 21, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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University of Macau (UM) to host world universities public speaking championship next week

The public University of Macau (UM) will host the World Universities Public Speaking Invitational Championship 2026 on August 28–29 as part of its 45th anniversary celebrations, bringing together students from 26 leading universities worldwide for an international English public speaking competition, according to a UM statement yesterday.The statement said that the two-day championship will take place at the UM University Hall (N2), with the semi-finals scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on August 28

August 21, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Exhibition in Macau aims to guide students on core life values: curator

An exhibition featuring award-winning entries from the “10th Xu Beihong Cup International Arts Competition for Youth & Children (Macau Division)” aims to guide students on core life values.Funded by the China Red Cross Foundation Liao Jingwen Charity Fund, the exhibition is being hosted at the Chun Cao Tong Exhibition Hall in Lou Lim Ioc Garden.Curator Liang Jiajie said the event aims to guide students towards appreciating the core values of “truth, goodness, and beauty.”According

August 21, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macao SAR CE Sam Hou Fai rallies civil society behind 3rd 5-Year Plan

In an interview with state broadcaster CCTV, Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai has underlined that the local government has drawn up Macau’s 3rd Five-Year Plan in close alignment with the nation’s 15th Five-Year Plan, pledging its commitment to accomplishing the tasks and goals listed in the 3rd Five-Year Plan as scheduled.The Macau government announced and published the final version of the 3rd Five-Year Plan on Tuesday.The Macao Special Administrative Region’s (MSAR) 3rd Five-Year Plan,

August 21, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau commentary: A love for reading needs fostering — and it starts at home

Commentary by Rui Pastorin        He quietly sat on the floor reading after choosing from the sea of books on display. It was a busy bookshop, rife with activity even early on a weekday afternoon.Opening his newfound book, he started reading as if he were right at home, fully engrossed in the literary world unfolding before him as I walked past.Eventually, he stood up. The search was over, and he made his way to join others at an efficient, quick moving

August 21, 2026 | BY admin

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2 Macau artists to present paintings at co-creation initiative

Local artists Alley Leong (梁天兒) and Sin U Lam will be presenting their paintings at the inaugural edition of Art For All Society Macau’s (AFA) “The Collaboration Project - AFA Young Artist Development Programme” , which opens next Thursday at Casa Garden, the Macau headquarters of the Lisbon-based Orient Foundation (FO).The upcoming exhibition is titled “Soft Bodies, Hard Structures – Alley Leong x Sin U Lam”.According to an AFA statement yesterday, the co-creation initiative,

August 21, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Chinese rocket team prepares to strive for more reuses after successful land recovery

Interview        BEIJING – For the team behind LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 reusable rocket, the recent successful land recovery of the rocket’s first stage was just the opening act. The real challenge lies ahead: building a comprehensive inspection and reuse system from scratch, one that can turn a recovered booster into a reliable, multi-flight workhorse.Zhuque-3 blasted off on Wednesday at 7:35 a.m. from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot

August 21, 2026 | BY admin

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Macao’s new 5-year plan charts course for high-quality development

Commentary        Macao’s new development plan for the 2026–2030 period marks another key step in the successful practice of “One Country, Two Systems” with Macao characteristics and is significant for advancing its appropriate economic diversification.The Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) government on Tuesday released its Third Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the MSAR (2026–2030) – a roadmap for the MSAR to

August 20, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau's fiscal reserves grow 5.6 pct in 6 months

The fiscal reserves of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) reached a record high of 704.34 billion patacas at the end of June, according to a notice published by the Macao Monetary Authority (AMCM) in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The fiscal reserves of 704.34 billion patacas (about 0.7 trillion patacas) consisted of basic reserves of 163.60 billion patacas and extraordinary reserves of 540.73 billion patacas.The 704.34 billion patacas represented an increase of 0.3 percent

August 20, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Mainland couple arrested for defrauding friend: Macau police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a couple from the Chinese mainland on Monday for defrauding a friend, PJ spokesman Ho Ka Weng announced during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspects as a 33-year-old businessman surnamed Min and a 32-year-old unemployed woman surnamed Wu.The victim is a middle-aged mainland man. According to Ho, the victim contacted the Judiciary Police on January 24, reporting that he had arranged to gamble jointly with Min at a casino in Cotai, with

August 20, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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