‘Vitória, Vitória’ offers readers light-hearted approach to pivotal moment in Macau history

Interview by Rui Pastorin         The bilingual book “Vitória, Vitória” was launched on Thursday during the 2025 Autumn Book Festival at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion, with the publication taking on an important moment in Macau’s history while doing so in a funny and light-hearted approach. Written in Portuguese and Chinese, “Vitória, Vitória”, or “Victory, Victory” in English, was launched by the International Institute of Macau (IIM) in

December 9, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau's new Zone A library slated for next year

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Deland Leong Wai Man said in a speech during the opening ceremony of “Macau Reading Festival” on Friday that the bureau plans to open a public library in Zone A – officially known as “Eastern District 2” –next year, alongside updates to services and facilities at existing libraries,aiming to further enhance readers’ user experience.Zone A is a large land reclamation residential building development area off the northeastern coast of the Macau

December 9, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) suspends tinned food import application

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) announced in a statement on Friday that it had suspended a tinned food import application.According to the statement, the bureau, during import inspection and quarantine procedures, detected excessive levels of the veterinary drug residue sulfamethazine in a batch of tinned food samples that were transhipped to Macau via Hong Kong. The bureau underlined that the affected product did not enter the local market. The statement said that the bureau has

December 9, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Zhuhai's Gongbei customs seizes 23 tonnes of frozen beef & chicken feet

Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs announced in a statement on Friday that its officers seized 17.7 tonnes of frozen beef and 5.530 tonnes of frozen chicken feet at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) on November 15.According to the statement, on that day, customs officers inspecting a cross-border goods vehicle at the cross-delta bridge Zhuhai Port (checkpoint) Inbound Cargo Inspection Zone discovered that a shipment declared as “Random Copolymer Polypropylene (PP-R) Pipe Fittings” was

December 9, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau police bust local trio of illegal currency exchange dealers

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested three local men on Thursday for engaging in illegal currency exchange activities, PJ spokesman Chao Teng Hin said during a special press conference on Friday.Chao identified the suspects as a 44-year-old driver surnamed Un, a 54-year-old construction worker surnamed Wong, and a 27-year-old man surnamed Lei who claimed to be jobless.According to Chao, the police received a tip-off about a car that was repeatedly entering and exiting casino car parks in Cotai,

December 9, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Macau's olice nab mainlander for robbing gambler of HK$200,000 in chips

A man from the Chinese mainland was arrested on Friday for robbing a middle-aged mainland woman of HK$200,000 (206,000 patacas) in chips, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chao Teng Hin said during a special press conference on Sunday.Chao identified the suspect as a 31-year-old male surnamed Luo who claimed to be jobless.According to Chao, the victim was gambling at a casino in Cotai early Friday morning when Luo approached her and invited her to his hotel guestroom “for tea and a chat”, to

December 9, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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New stalls start selling light meals, cultural products at Macau's Taipa Market

Newly set up stalls selling light meals or cultural and creative products, the operators of which were chosen by a public tender earlier this year, in Taipa Market started their trial operations yesterday, after the completion of the wet market’s revamp.The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), the public entity tasked with managing the city’s wet markets, says that all of the new stalls are scheduled to officially open in the second half of this month.Before yesterday, Taipa Market was a

December 9, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau ping-pong team clinches 3 gold, 3 silver & 6 bronze medals at NSOG

The Macau Special Olympics announced on its Facebook page between Sunday and yesterday that the local team has clinched three gold, three silver and six bronze medals in the 9th National Special Olympics Games between Saturday and yesterday.The eight-day 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and 9th National Special Olympic Games, held not just in Guangdong but also in Hong Kong and Macau, ends next Monday. The first day of the Games was yesterday. Due to the deadly inferno in

December 9, 2025 | BY admin

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Ethiopia’s Senay, Kenya’s Kipchirchir win 44th GEG Macao Int’l Marathon

Kenya’s Victor Kipchirchir broke the men’s local race record and Ethiopia’s Mastewal Birhanu Senay won the women’s race of the 2025 Galaxy Entertainment Macao International Marathon on Sunday. According to a Sports Bureau (ID) statement on Sunday, the marathon was organised by the bureau in conjunction with the General Association of Athletics of Macau (AGAM) and, as in previous years, local integrated resort operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG).The event marked the 44th

December 9, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai vows to review upcoming tasks for promoting Hengqin’s development

Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai has “recently” convened and chaired the third meeting of the Leadership Group for Promoting the Development of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, urging local officials with responsibility for the zone’s matters to conduct a comprehensive review of their upcoming tasks related to the zone’s development, advance key projects in an orderly and systematic manner, and continue to deploy their most capable civil servants to participate

December 9, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) chief expects ‘Light up Macao 2025’ to boost night-time economy

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said in a speech on Saturday during the opening ceremony she expected that “Light up Macao 2025” will encourage both residents and visitors to explore local neighbourhood communities more deeply, support local businesses, stimulate economic opportunities, and further promote community tourism, and the night-time economy.The opening ceremony for the monthlong illumination festival was held at Nam Van Lake

December 9, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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IPIM promotes business matching at AIE Macau-Zhuhai expo

The Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said in a Saturday statement that it aimed to strengthen its “Exhibition + Inspection + Matching” model during the very first Global Artificial Intelligence Machines and Electronics Expo (AIE), which ran from Thursday to Saturday in Macau and Zhuhai as a “Dual City Event”.According to the statement, the model aimed to extend the impact of Macau’s major exhibitions, improve matching efficiency during event periods, and accelerate

December 9, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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‘At the Threshold’ exhibition kicks off at Macau's Albergue SCM heritage compound

Interview by Rui Pastorin         Portuguese artist and researcher Mariana Maia Rocha is showcasing her works in Macau for the first time in an exhibition titled “At the Threshold of Memory”, using art to give her take on Macau using pieces created during a near month-long residency in Macau.Kicking off last night at the D1 Gallery of Albergue SCM*, the exhibition is a collaborative project between Cerveira Art Biennal Foundation and CAC - “Territories without

December 9, 2025 | BY admin

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Wang Yi calls on China, Germany to shoulder responsibilities as major countries for more stable bilateral policy framework

BEIJING – China and Germany, as major countries, should shoulder their responsibilities, uphold mutual respect, transcend differences in social systems, historical backgrounds and cultures, and build a more mature model of positive interaction and a more stable bilateral policy framework, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said yesterday in Beijing.Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, told German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul that it is hoped

December 9, 2025 | BY admin

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