Locals find Zhuhai eateries ‘better than those in Macau’: MUST survey

The private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) released its “2025 Macau Consumer Satisfaction Index” at a press conference on Monday, which revealed that local residents are more satisfied with restaurants and other kinds of eateries* in Zhuhai than those in Macau.The Macau Consumer Satisfaction Index is funded by the Macau Foundation (FM) and carried out by MUST’s Sustainable Development Research Institute.According to an MUST statement, the index comprises four categories

June 18, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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‘Dance Drama: Dragon Boat’ is highly creative, refreshing & well-crafted

Review by William Chan        The large-scale contemporary stage production “Dance Drama: Dragon Boat”, created by the Guangzhou Song and Dance Theatre, held two performances over the weekend at The Venetian Theatre. I attended the premiere on Saturday and was completely captivated by its innovative approach.Last year, I had the chance to view several patriotic works celebrating Macau’s 25th Anniversary of its return to the motherland. Unfortunately, many of them

June 18, 2025 | BY admin

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Zhuhai checkpoints leading to Macau, HK log 100 million trips

GUANGZHOU – A total of 100 million inbound and outbound passenger trips were recorded in 2025 via checkpoints in Zhuhai connecting to Macau and Hong Kong by Sunday, 22 days earlier than last year, official data show.These checkpoints in Zhuhai include those of Gongbei, Hengqin, Qingmao and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.According to the Zhuhai exit-entry inspection station, surging cross-border travel of mainland, Hong Kong and Macau residents has been fueled by a variety of favorable

June 18, 2025 | BY admin

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DSEDT aims to attract visitors to Zape in wake of closure of satellite casinos by year-end

Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) Director Yau Yun Wah told reporters at the Macau Science Centre (MSC) in Nape yesterday that a raft of measures will be implemented in Zape district, with the aim of attracting visitors and improving the area’s business environment, due to the fact that five of the 11 satellite casinos slated to close by the end of this year are located there.Zape is the Portuguese initialism for Outer Harbour Land Reclamation Zone. Nape is the initialism

June 18, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Amap ride-hailing services now cover Macau's 'black taxis'

Mainland web-mapping giant Amap, known as Gaode (高德) in Chinese, said in a statement yesterday that it has launched its taxi ride-hailing services in Macau where smartphone users can use the services via both the Amap mapping app and the MPay app.MPay is the mobile payment app run by Macau Pass.The statement said that “the first batch of” common taxis, commonly known as black taxis, in Macau has joined the Amap taxi ride-hailing services. The statement did not say how many black taxis

June 18, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Govt confirms validity of 8 direct election candidacy nomination lists, rejects 1

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) announced yesterday that it has finally confirmed the validity of the candidacy nominations of eight electoral lists for the upcoming direct legislative election while it has rejected the validity of one list’s candidacy.The officially required maximum is 500 candidacy nomination signatures of registered voters while the minimum number is 300. Each registered voter can only endorse one candidacy list.The commission said yesterday

June 17, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Police arrest 3 currency exchange dealers for falsely imprisoning fellow dealers

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two men and a woman from the mainland on Sunday for falsely imprisoning two male mainlanders, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said at a special press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspects as a 27-year-old male restaurant owner surnamed Xin, his 28-year-old wife surnamed Zou, who claimed to be jobless, and a 32-year-old male surnamed Song, who also told the police that he’s jobless.According to Cheong, the Judiciary Police (PJ) received a referral

June 17, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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23 locals fall victim to Alipay scams, losing 1.88 million patacas: police

According to a statement from the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday, they dismantled two fraudulent “Alipay customer service” call centres in Macau in late April and mid-May respectively.However, since the beginning of this month, the Judiciary Police (PJ) have received numerous reports from citizens indicating that similar scams have occurred, resulting in at least 23 locals being deceived, with total losses amounting to 1.88 million patacas. Additionally, over 160 citizens have reported

June 17, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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5 Gulf states’ visitors to get visa-free entry next month

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai has issued a directive stating that citizens from five Gulf states will be allowed to enter Macau without a visa or prior entry authorisation from July 16, according to yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO). While Sam signed the directive on June 5, it was gazetted yesterday and will take effect 30 days after its gazettal.  According to the gazette, citizens of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and

June 17, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Police nab local man for stealing thermos

A local man was arrested on Wednesday for stealing a thermos worth 140 patacas from a shop staff member, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.Kong identified the suspect as a male surnamed Leong, who is in his forties and told the police that he is jobless.According to Kong, the staff member of a shop in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (新馬路) reported on June 6 that his thermos flask worth 140 patacas had gone missing.

June 17, 2025 | BY admin

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‘Objects with Soul’ exhibition features Portuguese puppets

The art of puppets and Portuguese puppetry is being showcased through an exhibition titled “Objects With Soul: Portuguese Puppets” at the Fundação Oriente (FO) headquarters in Casa Garden.The headquarters is located beside Jardim de Luís de Camões (白鴿巢公園), with the exhibition held on the basement.Having kicked off earlier this month and continuing until June 29, the puppets presented in the exhibition were curated by Portuguese artist Elisa Vilaça from her private collection,

June 17, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Tales of leaving home

Interviews and commentary by Rui Pastorin         A little boy’s feet dangled from his seat as he sat opposite me during a bus ride. He was a talkative, smart looking boy of about four and from what I gathered, he had just finished a long day at kindergarten. Given his small stature, I wouldn’t have been wrong in thinking that perhaps just one sharp turn would send the boy flying from his seat, but that wasn’t likely as he had someone who was going to make sure

June 17, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau’s 1st youth leadership programme ends on high note: Toastmasters

The Macau Toastmasters Club and Colégio Diocesano de São José 5ª concluded their inaugural Youth Leadership Programme with a final competition on June 7. According to a recent statement from the co-organisers, the eight-month initiative aimed to “develop confident communicators and inspiring leaders” among 21 participating students from F1 to F3 through training in public speaking and teamwork.  The event featured contests in three categories, with Thomas Cheong Hio Hin

June 17, 2025 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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Govt proposes 50 as maximum entry age for public servants

The Legislative Assembly’s (AL) 2nd Standing Committee met with government officials yesterday to discuss details of the government’s proposed amendments to the Macau Public Administration Staff Statute, such as that 50 would become the maximum entry age for public servants. Legislators and officials discussed the amendment bill during a closed-door meeting at the legislature in Nam Van In a meeting with the media after the meeting, the chairman of the committee,

June 17, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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