Nova Mall, Pop Mart launch CNY campaign

The “Let’s Celebrate Chinese New Year [CNY] with POP MART at NOVA Mall” has recently been launched in the Taipa shopping, dining and entertainment centre, with its Atrium currently featuring a pop-up store and photo spots for the CNY-themed “POP into Prosperity” joint campaign that runs until March 2.The Hong Kong-listed mainland Chinese toy company, according to its website, has seven shops in Macau, most of which are located within the city’s integrated resorts (IR). The website

February 3, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Areia Preta skywalk project to start after CNY holiday: govt

The government has announced that its project to build a covered skywalk along Avenida do Nordeste (東北大馬路) in the peninsula’s Areia Preta district will finally get off the ground after the ongoing Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday.The Public Works Bureau (DSOP) and the Transport Bureau (DSAT) made the announcement in a joint statement on Tuesday last week, which came after the government initially scheduled to get the project off the ground in the second quarter of last year.Last

February 3, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Birth rate expected to decrease to 3,500 newborns in 2025: SSM vice chief

Macau’s birth rate is forecast to continue to decrease, according to Health Bureau (SSM) Deputy Director Kuok Cheong U, who said that if the number of newborns reaches 3,500 this year, “we can consider it a very optimistic outcome”.According to Kuok, who made the remarks when speaking to the media on Wednesday, as of January 27 there had been 284 births in the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre and private Kiang Wu Hospital since the beginning of the year, a slight decrease of

February 3, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau sets post-COVID-19 single-day record of 219,000 visitors during CNY

     The Public Security Police (PSP) reported yesterday that the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday has brought a post-pandemic record high in visitor arrivals. On January 31 (the third day of CNY),  Macau’s checkpoints recorded a total of 219,000 visitor arrivals, surpassing the previous single-day record of 217,000 set on February 12, 2024 (also the third day of CNY).The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement that on the fourth day of the Chinese New Year

February 3, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Govt vows to keep increase in crime under 6 pct this year: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said on Wednesday that as criminal methods continue to evolve, property-related crimes, telecommunications fraud and cybercrimes are expected to remain prevalent this year, and the security sector will further optimise policing strategies and implement more targeted measures to prevent and combat crime, aiming to keep the increase in the number of crimes below 6 percent this year.Addressing a current affairs phone-in programme, Ou Mun Gwong Cheung, hosted by

February 3, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Chinese New Year becomes worldwide celebrated festival: Croatian sinologist

Interview        ZAGREB – The vibrancy of Chinese New Year celebrations is one of the most striking cultural phenomena worldwide, a Croatian sinologist has said, highlighting the festival’s deep-rooted family values and growing global influence.“The experience is really amazing. The excitement is palpable in the days leading up to the New Year as train stations and airports are packed with millions eager to reunite with their families. The energy is overwhelming,”

February 3, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau's merchandise exports rise, imports fall in 2024

    Macau's merchandise exports rose by 1.1 percent to 13.48 billion patacas year on year but its imports of goods dropped by 9.0 percent to 128.66 billion patacas last year, resulting in an external merchandise trade deficit of 115.18 billion patacas,  the city's Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.    Imports accounted for 90.5 percent of Macau's external merchandise trade in 2024.   According to DSEC data released last week,

February 2, 2025 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau casino takings dip 5.6 pct last month to 18.25 billion patacas

         Macau’s 30 casinos generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of 18.254 billion patacas (US$2.27 billion) last month, a year-on-year decline of 5.6 percent, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has announced today.   Month on month, GGR was up by 0.28 percent from the 18.202  billion patacas recorded in December 2024.   Macau’s government-concessioned gaming industry is run by six rival integrated resort (IR) operators –

February 1, 2025 | BY Staff Reporter

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai delivers Chinese New Year Message for the Year of the Snake

Macau CE Sam Hou Fai’s Chinese New Year Message for the Year of the Snake Composing a glorious chapter - Striving for a vibrant future Dear fellow Macau residents, friends,Happy New Year!As we welcome the Year of the Snake, we are ready to embrace our blessings and fortune of the new year. On this joyous occasion when our families gather together to ring out the old and ring in the new, on behalf of the government of the Macau Special Administrative Region, I would like to extend my

January 29, 2025 | BY admin

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Prince Kung’s Palace Museum CNY painting collection on display in Barra

The “MGM X Prince Kung’s Palace Museum Exhibition and Workshop” is being hosted at the Former Barra Slaughterhouse Site in Barra district and features a collection of works presented in Macau for the first time.Prince Kung’s Palace Museum*, aka Prince Gong’s Mansion and Prince Kung Mansion, is a tourist attraction in Beijing’s Xicheng District. It is a national first-class museum, according to an MGM statement provided on Sunday.The exhibition and workshops are event highlights of

January 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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CNY parades participants are raring to go: MGTO chief

The Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Snake will take place between January 31 and February 16, including two float parades this Friday and next Saturday, i.e., on the third and 11th day of the Chinese New Year (CNY), and Macau’s veteran tourism chief said yesterday that most of the performance troupes have arrived in Macau and “everyone is ready for [the parade]”.Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes made the remarks during yesterday’s

January 28, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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MGM hosts ‘Barra Lucky Blessing Market’ for CNY

Integrated resort (IR) operator MGM held an opening ceremony for its “Barra Lucky Blessing Market” on Sunday at the Former Barra Slaughterhouse as part of its “MGM Barra District CNY [Chinese New Year] series, with various activities and events on offer throughout its run.Located in Barra district, the pet-friendly event sees collaborations with Prince Kung’s Palace Museum, Japanese illustrator Shinri Murakami as well as local creative retail brand “Bookand.” for activities such as

January 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Businesses have mixed bag of expectations for CNY turnover: vox pop

The Chinese New Year (CNY) is nigh and Macau’s tourist hotspots are already attracting huge crowds, with some shops and eateries reporting long queues.The Post yesterday spoke with several local business operators in the city centre and Taipa to gauge their expectations about CNY visitors’ spending habits and the business environment in general, some describing the situation as “many visitors but not much spending”, while others said that “it’s busier than normal”.The

January 28, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei and Rui Pastorin

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Xi lauds China’s solid progress despite challenges in Year of Dragon

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping yesterday noted solid progress the country has made in advancing Chinese modernization amid “complex and challenging” situations over the past twelve months at a high-level reception to ring in the Chinese New Year.“In the Year of the Dragon, we demonstrated vitality and a can-do spirit. We endured storms and saw the rainbow,” said Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central

January 28, 2025 | BY admin

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