2 Macau film subsidy scheme applications to start Monday

The Cultural Development Fund (CDF) announced in a statement yesterday that its two film subsidy schemes, namely “Macau Elements” and “Subsidy Programme for Cinematographic and Television Filming in Macao”, will be expanded to short-form drama projects, and applications open on Monday.Applications for the two schemes will be accepted in four rounds throughout the year; the first round runs from Monday to March 31, followed by April 1 to June 30, July 1 to August 31, and September 1 to

January 30, 2026 | BY Ida Cheong

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Macau police nab Filipina, 2 Indonesians for drug use & sale

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a Filipina and two Indonesians for drug use, trafficking and possession on Tuesday, PJ spokesman Cheong Un Hong said during a special press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the three suspects as a 62-year-old unemployed Macau resident from the Philippines surnamed Trinidad, a 42-year-old Indonesian domestic helper surnamed Lina, and a 37-year-old Indonesian male surnamed Ermansyah who told police that he was unemployed.Based on a tipoff, Cheong said, PJ

January 30, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau police arrest mainlander for fraud involving HK$ 3.04 million

The Judiciary Police arrested a mainlander for fraud involving HK$3.04 million (3.13 million patacas), PJ spokesman Cheong Un Hong said during a special press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspect as a 44-year-old female surnamed Tong who told police that she is unemployed.According to Cheong, the Judiciary Police received a report from the local victim that he was defrauded by Tong through an investment scam involving HK$3.04 million.Cheong said that in 2023, while working for the

January 30, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Female caught for illegal border crossing: Zhuhai immigration inspection

Zhuhai’s immigration inspection uploaded a video clip on its WeChat official account on Wednesday that shows its officers arresting a mainland woman for illegal border crossing en route to Macau recently.According to the video clip, the woman dressed in white, lacking valid entry or exit documents, followed other travellers into the e-channel to evade border inspection. She was apprehended by Gongbei border checkpoint officers, according to the video clip.Three days later, she once again

January 30, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Policy-bank bonds issued in Macau for 1st time

The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced in a statement yesterday that the China Development Bank Hong Kong Branch issued policy-bank bonds worth 5.5 billion yuan in Macau on Tuesday, marking the first issuance of policy-bank bonds in Macau.The China Development Bank is one of the nation’s three major policy banks, alongside the Agricultural Development Bank of China and the Export-Import Bank of China.According to its website, the China Development Bank (CDB), established in 1994, is a

January 29, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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‘Golden Fortunes’ exhibition kicks off at Macau's GalaxyArt

Artist Zhu Bingren highlights Macau as int’l window for Chinese artZhu Bingren is presenting his copper art in his first large-scale exhibition in Macau titled “Golden Fortunes: the Macau Debut of Zhu Bingren’s Copper Art”, which kicked off at GalaxyArt in Cotai yesterday morning. Zhu, who pioneers the molten copper technique, is noted in a gallery statement provided during yesterday’s event as a National-level Inheritor of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Copper Carving, Master

January 29, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Azerbaijan grants visa-free entry to Macau passport holders from Feb 2

Azerbaijan will allow visa-free entry for Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) passport holders beginning Monday, February 2, with visa requirements exempted until February 2, 2027.The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) said in a statement yesterday that it received a notification from the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the People’s Republic of China noting that considering the “strategic partnership between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the People’s Republic of China

January 29, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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AI allows China’s digital natives to punch above their weight in tech scene

Analysis    JINAN – A quiet yet profound shift is reshaping the landscape of China’s digital economy. The startup cafe culture that once buzzed with activity during the smartphone boom is back, but this time it is artificial intelligence (AI) that is fueling a new wave of individual entrepreneurship.The top ranks of the country’s mobile app stores, long the exclusive domain of deep-pocketed tech giants, are now being breached by a new breed of software, namely simple, niche

January 29, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau's Kiang Wu Hospital inaugurates ‘Brain Health Centre’ to enhance screening and treatment of cognitive disorders

The private Kiang Wu Hospital yesterday inaugurated its “Brain Health Centre”, after the commencement of its trial operation in November last year, pledging to further enhance its capability to screen and identify those with higher risks of cognitive disorders and strengthen its training and treatment programmes for those with cognitive impairment, thanks to the technology provided by BrainAurora Medical Technology Limited (腦動極光) from the Chinese mainland.Kiang Wu Hospital’s

January 29, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau police bust mainlander for falsely reporting theft to evade paying debts

A woman from the Chinese mainland was arrested on Monday for falsely reporting a theft case to the police in an attempt to evade paying her debts, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Un Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspect as a 30-year-old businesswoman surnamed Li.According to Cheong, the police received a referral on Monday from the Public Security Police (PSP) about a suspected theft case in which Li accused her middle-aged female friend of

January 29, 2026 | BY Ada Lei

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Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) lowers travel alert for Egypt, removes alert for Indonesia

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced in a statement yesterday that it has adjusted its official travel alerts for Egypt and Indonesia.MGTO has lowered its travel alert for Egypt from Level 2 to Level 1, which advises travellers to “exercise caution”, the statement noted. Meanwhile, the Level 1 travel alert for Indonesia has been cancelled entirely. The statement cited “the latest situation in both countries” as the reason for the adjustments.The Travel Alert System

January 29, 2026 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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Macau police nab mainland woman for stealing backpack from hotel guestroom

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a woman from the Chinese mainland on Tuesday for stealing HK$60,000 and 3,000 yuan in cash from a hotel guestroom, PJ spokesman Cheong Un Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspect as a 45-year-old businesswoman surnamed Zhang.According to Cheong, the police received a report on Tuesday morning from a middle-aged man who said that his black backpack, containing his identification documents, HK$60,000 and 3,000 yuan in

January 29, 2026 | BY Ada Lei

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Gongbei customs seizes 472.9 grams of stony coral products at Wanzai Port

Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs announced in a statement yesterday that its officers seized 472.9 grams of stony coral products at Wanzai Port (border checkpoint).According to the statement, on December 28, customs officers at the Wanzai Port departure hall noticed an anomaly in a Macau traveller’s luggage during the X-ray inspection of outbound passengers’ luggage.Upon inspection, customs officers discovered two suspected coral products concealed in a paper bag, weighing 472.9 grams.Upon

January 29, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macao Orchestra brings ‘Peter and the Wolf’ to 13 schools in campus concert series

According to a statement by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) yesterday, the Macao Orchestra staged a series of campus concerts at 13 local schools in December and this month, introducing students to classical music through the symphonic work “Peter and the Wolf”*. Organised by the bureau and Macao Orchestra Company Limited, the concerts formed part of the “Music for Future – Music in the Campus” programme under the 2025–26 Concert Season, the statement said, noting that the

January 29, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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