Macau's ‘My Library’ app now features more payment tools

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement on Friday that more e-payment methods for the “My Library” app have been introduced in addition to the payment tools currently available.The statement noted that Alipay (Macau, the Chinese mainland), BNU App, CGB Pay, ICBC e-Payment, Luso Pay, Tai Fung Pay, UnionPay App and WeChat Pay, among others, are now available for making online payments. This supplements BOC Pay of Bank of China (Macau) and MPay. The added methods are aimed at

February 24, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Man, 89, becomes Macau's 1st Legionnaires’ disease patient this year

Macau recorded this year’s first case of Legionnaires’ disease yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night.According to the statement, the patient is an 89-year-old local man with a history of chronic illness, smoking, and a long-standing cough. During the incubation period, the statement said, he had a history of living in both Macau and neighbouring Guangdong Province’s Zhongshan City.While in Zhongshan, the statement said, the man came down with hoarseness

February 24, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau's FRC gallery rings in Year of the Horse with CNY exhibition

The Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) gallery continues to celebrate the Chinese New Year (CNY) and ring in the Year of the Horse with an ongoing exhibition that features a display of chosen artworks from the FRC Collection.Titled “Riding the Year of the Fire Horse” and having kicked off a few days before the start of the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, members of the public dropping into the free-admission gallery in the city centre will find a variety of works of different disciplines. Among

February 24, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) tries to rescue 2 sick banyan trees near waterfront Kun Iam Statue

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that its tree maintenance workers are trying to rescue two Chinese banyan trees, scientifically known as Ficus microcarpa, infected with brown root rot disease in the Kun Iam Statue Waterfront Leisure Area in Nape.The statement said that during a routine inspection of trees’ conditions across the city last year, IAM tree maintenance workers observed that the two banyan trees in the recreational area, located between the Macau

February 24, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Superintelligence development: Better slow than sorry

Analysis by Jin Ding/China Daily        Editor’s note: As tech giants and research institutes across the world are racing to develop artificial general intelligence and even aiming to usher in the future of superintelligence, an open letter issued months ago and calling for temporary “prohibition” on the development of superintelligence has garnered support from some scientists, including artificial intelligence pioneers. Zeng Yi, a researcher at the Institute of

February 24, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau’s CNY visitors exceed 1.2 million in 7 days

Macau recorded some 1.21 million visitor arrivals during the first seven days of the Chinese mainland’s nine-day Chinese New Year (CNY) “Golden Week” holiday period this year, representing a daily average of 173,212, according to data released by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) yesterday.This year, the Chinese mainland’s Spring Festival holiday period lasts nine days for the first time, beginning on February 15, the day before the eve of the Chinese New Year of the Horse.The

February 23, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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CNY holidays lead to mixed reactions: Macau vox pop

Yesterday, the sixth day of the Year of the Horse, the Post interviewed three locals and a foreign tourist to gauge whether their expectations of the holiday period matched reality.While visitor numbers appeared to be very strong across major tourist areas, spending patterns and crowd distribution told a more nuanced story.The Chinese New Year (CNY) began last Tuesday. The Chinese mainland’s nine-day CNY public holiday ends tonight. Macau’s three-day CNY public holiday lasted between

February 23, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau police apprehend mainland woman for exchanging fake banknotes

The Judiciary Police (PJ) apprehended a woman from the Chinese mainland for exchanging fake banknotes on the first day of the Year of Horse, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a special press conference on Wednesday.Cheong identified the suspect as a 30-year-old woman surnamed Yan who claimed to be jobless.Around midnight on Tuesday, a gambler at a casino in Cotai wanted to exchange 29 HK$1,000 banknotes into gaming chips at a gaming table. Cheong said that the table’s dealer noticed

February 23, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau police bust mainlander for stealing, gambling away girlfriend’s money

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the Chinese mainland for stealing and gambling away his girlfriend’s money on Chinese New Year’s Eve, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a special press conference on Wednesday.Cheong identified the suspect as a 44-year-old man surnamed Wu who claimed to be jobless.Cheong said that on Valentine’s Day, February 14, a mainland woman and her boyfriend, Wu, checked into a hotel guestroom in Cotai and put HK$500,000 in cash into the in-room

February 23, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau police bust mainland man for drug-trafficking & drug-taking

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the Chinese mainland for drug-trafficking and drug-taking last Monday, Chinese New Year’s Eve, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a special press conference on Wednesday.Cheong identified the suspect as 39-year-old man surnamed Wu who claimed to be jobless.On February 16, Cheong said that PJ officers received a report from a hotel in Cotai that a hotel employee had discovered suspected drug paraphernalia while cleaning a guestroom. Upon

February 23, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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‘Flowing Memory’ exhibition at Creative Macau presents 40 oils

Interview by Rui Pastorin         Christopher Lei Weng Kuong is continuing to showcase a raft of oil paintings in his exhibition “Flowing Memory: The Artistic DNA of Macau in the Eyes of a Painter”, which is now entering its final six days at Creative Macau in Nape.With 40 paintings on show, each piece was created over a period of around four years until 2025, most presenting layers for observers to peel back and take a closer look. Having opened earlier this

February 23, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai visits shops, public facilities during CNY

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai paid fact-finding visits to a raft of businesses and public facilities across the city on Friday, i.e., the fourth day of the Year of the Horse, according to a statement released by the Government Information Bureau (GCS) on that day, which quoted Sam as saying that the local government is committed to maintaining public order and safeguarding the lives and property of residents and visitors.The statement also quoted Sam’s commitment to supporting local small- and

February 23, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau Tower’s CNY Charity Walk draws over 2,000 people

The Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre’s 15th edition of its CNY (Chinese New Year) Charity Tower Walk took place on Thursday, with the event this year gathering over 2,000 participants.According to a Macau Tower statement released on that day, the event, which raised funds for the Macau Red Cross, kicked off with the full-course 1,298 step “Strike it Rich”, which started from the ground floor all the way up to the 61st floor, in the morning. First-timer Timothy Ho Chun

February 23, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau's CNY car parade features nearly 60 classic cars

The annual Chinese New Year (CNY) motorcycle and classic car parade took place yesterday, featuring 24 motorcycles and 32 classic cars, starting from the Macau Grand Prix (MPG) Building, travelling through the Macau peninsula and Cotai, and returning to the peninsula, ending in front of the Macau Science Centre in Nape for public display. The one-day event was co-organised by the Sports Bureau (ID) and Automobile General Association of Macao-China (AAMC).Macau Vintage Vehicle Culture

February 23, 2026 | BY Ida Cheong

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