Symposium explores modern finance trends

The “3rd Macau-Hengqin Modern Finance Development Trend and Financial Technology Seminar” was held yesterday afternoon at the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) in Zape, with the event exploring fintech (financial technology) trends and opportunities in the Greater Bay Area (GBA).Co-organised with the Macau Economic and Livelihood Alliance and featuring four invited experts from the mainland and Hong Kong as keynote speakers, the one-day event explored fintech

January 24, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Guangdong-Macau cross-border ambulance service to start this year

The governments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau signed in June last year a framework agreement on setting up a government-led cooperation mechanism for emergency response measures, and Fire Services Bureau (CB) Commissioner Leong Iok Sam said yesterday that the relevant discussions have nearly reached completion, expecting that the five local ambulances and three fire engines licensed for use in Guangdong would start operating later this year. Leong made the remarks during yesterday’s

January 24, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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32 artists present works at ‘Good Time’ exhibition

Amagao Gallery’s latest exhibition “Good Time” is showcasing a raft of works by 32 artists of different nationalities until March 17.The free-admission gallery, managed by Galeria 57 (Macau) and located at Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau hotel, showcases a total of 38 works by artists from Brazil, the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, as well as France, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Italy, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Thailand, and the US. Among the artworks that exhibitiongoers will

January 24, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Last year logs 5 traffic fatalities in 15,511 accidents: police

Macau recorded 15,511 road traffic accidents last year, including five fatalities, marking the highest number of accidents in the past nine years, according to information released by the Public Security Police (PSP) on their official website this week.Road traffic statistics by the Public Security Police showed that last year’s total of more than 15,000 traffic accidents was nearly 2,000 more than in 2023, with an increase of 14.36 percent year on year. This figure was the third highest

January 24, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Foreign visitors need home-like convenience

Commentary by Kang BingThe National Immigration Administration’s new immigration-friendly policies for foreign visitors announced in December are set to prompt more foreigners to visit China. The policies show China’s determination to advance high-quality opening-up at a time when some countries are resorting to protectionism and isolationism.The new policies extend the duration of visa-free visits by foreigners to 10 days, and add 21 new ports of entry to the existing list. Since the

January 24, 2025 | BY Commentary by Kang Bing

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Indonesian couple busted for selling drugs worth 210,000 patacas

The Judiciary Police (PJ) on Tuesday arrested an Indonesian couple in San Kio district for drug abuse and trafficking, with 105 grammes of cocaine and 0.73 grammes of methamphetamine (aka ice) worth 210,000 patacas seized, according to a special press conference yesterday.PJ spokesman Chao Teng Hin identified the two suspects during the press conference – the male, aged 45, is surnamed Edi, while the female, aged 39, is surnamed Muchidatun. The two told the police that they work as a cleaner

January 24, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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China-Africa win-win cooperation should be advanced for modernization and sustainability

Commentary by Arkebe OqubayChina-Africa cooperation is the largest and most dynamic form of South-South cooperation. It is comprehensive, cooperative and strategic. It is based on mutual respect and the principle of win-win cooperation. China and Africa share common aspirations for development and prosperity.Both are committed to developing a fair global governance system and represent the solidarity spirit of the Global South.It is the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Forum on

January 24, 2025 | BY Commentary by Arkebe Oqubay

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Raymond Tam vows to enhance Macau’s public infrastructure facilities

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raymond Tam Wai Man met Xia Baolong, director of both the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, in Beijing yesterday, during which he undertook to make every effort to enhance the construction of public infrastructure facilities in areas such as transportation, energy, environmental protection, telecommunication and urban safety, in line with

January 24, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Beijing underscores need for countries to keep to the right path for inclusive development

In his address to the World Economic Forum Virtual Event of the Davos Agenda in 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out that the problems facing the world are intricate and complex, and that no country can solve them alone or just to their own advantage. There must be global action, a global response and global cooperation, he stressed. A cold war, hot war, trade war or tech war, antagonism and confrontation are misguided approaches that eventually hurt all countries’ interests and

January 24, 2025 | BY China Daily Editorial

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Sam says Portuguese- & English-language media are ‘bridge for int’l communication’

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai said yesterday that Macau’s Portuguese- and English-language media “as an important embodiment of the MSAR’s multiculturalism and internationalisation will, in the new year, continue to function as a bridge for international communication.” Sam, who was sworn in as Macau’s fourth chief executive by President Xi Jinping during the latter’s three-day inspection tour of the SAR last month, made the remarks in a speech during last night’s Chinese New

January 23, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau’s investment budget increases by 760 million patacas for Q3 2024

The Legislative Assembly’s Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs has reported a significant boost to Macau’s investment budget for the third quarter of 2024, rising from an initial 17.42 billion patacas to 18.18 billion patacas – an increase of 760 million patacas, while the actual expenditure reached 12.82 billion patacas, reflecting a budget execution rate of 70.5 percent.Committee Chairwoman Wong Kit Cheng noted that the information provided by the government indicated changes

January 23, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MGTO urges residents to travel safely during CNY

As the Chinese New Year holidays approach, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is advising residents to take all the necessary precautions before embarking on their trips, according to an MGTO statement yesterday.With many locals expected to travel during the holiday, MGTO emphasised the importance of thorough preparation, including purchasing travel insurance and enhancing safety awareness to mitigate potential risks.Residents are encouraged to choose safe travel destinations and plan

January 23, 2025 | BY admin

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Last Macau governor dies in Lisbon: reports

Macau’s last Portuguese governor, Vasco Rocha Vieira, died yesterday at the Armed Forces Hospital in Lisbon, aged 85, Portuguese media reported last night. The reports quoted the Portuguese Army. Rocha Vieira, an engineer by profession, held a raft of senior military posts before he was appointed by Portuguese president Mário Soares governor of Macau in April 1991. He remained at the helm of Macau’s Portuguese administration until midnight on December 19, 1999, when Portugal

January 23, 2025 | BY admin

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SSM suggests getting post-flu jab to protect against different virus

Leong Iek Hou, who heads the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Division, suggested yesterday that people who have recently been infected with influenza should still get their flu jab to prevent them from contracting different influenza viruses.Leong made the remarks in a phone-in programme hosted by public broadcaster TDM’s Chinese-language radio station, Ou Mun Tin Toi, which discussed the fight against respiratory diseases.Leong said that the current

January 23, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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