MUST industry-academia collaboration focuses on AI-based medical engineering

MUST LIU’s Innovation and Technology Centre, a facility for industry-academia-research collaboration jointly run by the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the local Liu’s Commerce and Industry Limited, has presented three medical engineering projects that have transformed scientific achievements into practical applications, which the university says have injected new impetus into Macau’s industrial diversification drive.The industry-academia-research facility

March 3, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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IAM urges public to avoid part of Guia Hill wooded area over vine removal

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has announced that it will begin vine removal and woodland stewardship* at Guia Hill Municipal Park starting on March 18, with the first phase to involve clearing vines and removing wilted or dangerous trees, urging the public to avoid the area during the about 90-day project period.According to an IAM statement on Friday, the seemingly green and wooded area of Guia Hill Municipal Park is in fact plagued by a high incidence of brown root disease, with its

March 3, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police warn public of BOC phishing scams

The Judiciary Police (PJ) warned members of the public of a new kind of phishing SMS scam in a statement on Saturday, which exploit victims through fake Bank of China (BOC) SMS messages containing phishing links, telling the victims that they could redeem e-coupons by paying one pataca using their credit card, according to a statement issued by Judiciary Police (PJ) on Saturday.The fraud requires victims to log into a purported BOC website and provide their credit card details to redeem

March 3, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Lawmaker urges govt to clarify legal basis for granting work permits for film crews

Concerning a recent filming accident involving a mainland film crew which resulted in injuries to 12 actors and actresses aged between five and 61, four of which were children, legislator Ron Lam U Tou submitted on Friday a written interpellation requesting the government to clarify the legal basis for the requirements that the granting of a filming permit do not include the need to apply for a work permit, as well as to reveal the progress of amending regulations governing the procedures for

March 3, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Italy-made ‘ZOVIRAX IV INFUSION INJ 250MG’ recalled: pharma bureau

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) said in a statement on Friday that Batch No. RN3T of antiviral drug “ZOVIRAX IV INFUSION INJ 250MG”, manufactured by Italy-based GlaxoSmithKline Limited has been recalled from the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre after being found to contain glass particles in one of its bottles.The product is a prescription medication used to treat simple herpes and varicella shingles infections, the statement noted.According to

March 3, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Graeme McDowell to play at Int’l Series Macau presented by Wynn

Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell is set to compete at the upcoming International Series Macau presented by Wynn, according to a recent statement by the organisers.The Macau leg of the tournament is set to take place from March 20-23 at the Macau Golf and Country Club in Coloane, being the second of 10 stops on the Asia Tour calendar. It is part of The Open Qualifying Series, the statement said. Among the players recently confirmed are last year’s winner John Catlin from the US, Fireballs

March 3, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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IAM to host 44th Macao Green Week from March 15-23

The 44th Macao Green Week will be held from March 15 to 23 at various locations around the city, according to a statement by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), with this year’s theme, “Passing on the love of nature to build a beautiful city together,” aiming to promote environmental awareness and community involvement in greening efforts.The statement noted that the festivities will kick off with a carnival on March 15 and 16 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Avenida da Praia in Taipa, with its

March 3, 2025 | BY Adrian Vallesteros

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Temperature in spring to be normal to high, rainfall to be normal to low: SMG

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) released its spring weather forecast on Friday, which predicts that the average temperature for March to May in Macau will be normal to high, and the cumulative rainfall will be normal to low, with the normal climate range for spring temperatures in Macau from 21.9°C to 22.6°C and rainfall ranging from 380 to 640 millimetres.According to the local observatory, at the beginning of the spring season, Macau will be mainly affected by an easterly

March 3, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Cheongsams on display at Albergue SCM

A total of 16 cheongsams*, a tight-fitting Chinese formal woman’s dress, are on display at Albergue SCM’s Gallery A2 until March 16.Albergue SCM** is located at Igreja de S. Lázaro (瘋堂斜巷).Organised by the CAC – Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau (“Circle of the Friends of Macau’s Culture”) and presented by the Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI), the exhibition is entitled “An Alluring Inheritance of Beauty: Chinese Cheongsam Exhibition” and features a variety

March 3, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Editorial: Ne Zha – China’s soft power answer to Mickey Mouse

Finally, I found time on Saturday night to see “Ne Zha 2” at a local cinema, China’s record-breaking animated fantasy adventure film which is now ranked 7th on the all-time global box office chart, with a total office revenue surpassing that of “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, according to cinema ticketing platforms cited by Xinhua. The film has been shown by seven cineplexes in Macau in Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles since February 22. However, many locals have been

March 3, 2025 | BY Harald Brüning

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Western media’s skepticism toward China’s visa-free policy is misplaced

BEIJING – As China moves forward with an unprecedented expansion of its unilateral visa-free policy, some Western media have rushed to downplay the significance of this effort for greater global openness.In a recent report, Bloomberg called the visa-free policy a bid “falling flat” and “well short of the near full recovery Beijing would have been hoping for.” However, a closer look at China’s latest efforts to advance its opening-up strategy reveals a different picture.For more than

March 3, 2025 | BY Analysis by Xinhua writer Chen Wangqi

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Casino receipts rise 6.8 pct last month, up 0.5 pct in Jan-Feb

   Macau’s 30 casinos generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of 19.744 billion patacas (US$2.46 billion) last month, a year-on-year growth of 6.8 percent, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has announced today.    Month on month, GGR was up by 8.16 percent from the 18.254  billion patacas recorded in December 2024. In January, GGR fell by 5.6 percent year on year.    In the first two months, GGR increased by 0.5 percent year on year

March 1, 2025 | BY Staff Reporter

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GDP rises 8.8 pct in 2024, reaches US$73,154 per capita

  Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 8.8 percent year-on-year in real terms to 403.3 billion patacas last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a DSEC statement yesterday,  the overall economic output returned to 86.4 percent of the level in pre-pandemic 2019. Macau recorded its first COVID-19 case in January 2020.  Exports of services and domestic demand (including private consumption expenditure, government final

March 1, 2025 | BY Staff Reporter

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Sands China holds ‘Concert of Love in Seoul’

Integrated resort (IR) operator Sands China held the “Concert of Love in Seoul” at The Venetian Theatre in Cotai on February 15, the event being the most recent highlight of the “Sands China Performing Arts Programme” which featured three renowned musicians from South Korea.Organised in collaboration with the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and the Macao Orchestra (OM), the statement noted that the first half of the concert saw soprano Lee Myung-Joo, who recently made her debut in the

February 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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