Macau police nab 2 locals for sham marriage

The Public Security Police (PSP) have busted a marriage of convenience, in which a local man and a local woman, who previously lived in the Chinese mainland, were arrested on Thursday, PSP spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said in a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the “couple” as a 49-year-old male surnamed Lao who owns an appliance repair shop, and a 48-year-old female surnamed Lei who works for Lao.According to Cheong, the Public Security Police received an application from

September 16, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau Customs Service seizes 2.5 tonnes of frozen chicken feet worth 65,000 patacas

Macau Customs Service officers raided a parallel-trading den in the peninsula’s northern district on Friday where they seized 2,500 kilogrammes of frozen chicken feet worth around 65,000 patacas in total, according to Friday’s statement.On Friday, the statement said, customs officers caught a 62-year-old local female who ran the den and had hired a number of parallel traders to smuggle frozen chicken feet from Macau to the mainland.The suspect faces a fine in compliance with the relevant

September 16, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau police nab 2 loan sharks for robbing loan shark

Two loan sharks were arrested on Saturday for robbing a loan shark on Thursday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lei Chi Hou said during a special press conference yesterday.Lei identified the two suspects as 35 and 30-year-old mainlanders surnamed Yang and Gong, and the victim as a 32-year-old female surnamed Yao, all of them loan sharks from the mainland, who told police that they are unemployed.According to Lei, on Thursday at around 4:26 a.m., the Judiciary Police received a report from Yao

September 16, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Winners of Macau's Int’l Film Camp receive prizes

The closing and award ceremony for the International Film Camp (IFC) 2025 was held yesterday at The Londoner Macao in Cotai, where the eight winning short film projects were crowned.The camp, hosted and organised by the Hong Kong-based Asian Film Awards Academy, and with Sands China as one of its sponsors, marked its second edition and took place from September 11-15 at The Venetian Macao in Cotai.During the period, 18 aspiring young filmmakers from the Chinese mainland, Macau, Hong Kong,

September 16, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau police seize HK$71 million in cash & chips in 9 months: GSS

The Office of the Secretary for Security (GSS) Wong Sio Chak said in a statement yesterday that HK$71 million in cash and chips was sized by the Judiciary Police (PJ) in nine months.The statement noted that in recent years the number of illegal currency exchange gangs operating in Macau’s casinos and their surrounding facilities has increased.The GSS had been calling for the criminalisation of illegal currency exchange operations since 2023, the statement noted.The statement said that

September 16, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Yolanda Kog showcases self-published works at new exhibition in Macau

Artworks by freelance illustrator Yolanda Kog are being presented in an exhibition titled “Self-Publishing Experiment Space — Yolanda Kog’s Independent Publications Exhibition” (私製出版實驗場—小島元春獨立出版物作品展) at the 10 Fantasia gallery until October 3.Exhibitiongoers stepping into gallery’s room B06 have a chance to explore Kog’s works created between 2018 and 2025. One can find zines*, collections of illustrations, reprints of previous projects, along

September 16, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Online registration opens for 2nd academic week at Macao Union Hospital

The Macao Union Hospital announced in a recent statement that online registration is now open for the “2nd Academic Week of the Islands Healthcare Complex – Macao Medical Centre of Peking Union Medical College Hospital”, which is slated to be held on September 27 and 28 with forums for 15 categories of health professionals.The Macao Union Hospital in Cotai is officially known as Islands Healthcare Complex – Macao Medical Centre of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH). It is

September 16, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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HK Macao Affairs Office says election fully implements ‘Patriots Governing Macao’ principle

Statement by the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs OfficeSeptember 15, 2025BeijingYesterday, a spokesperson for the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office issued a statement indicating that the eighth Legislative Assembly election of the Macao Special Administrative Region was successfully held on Sunday. This marks another significant achievement in the full implementation of the principle of “Patriots Governing Macao” and the promotion of high-quality

September 16, 2025 | BY admin

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Liaison Office congratulates Macao on successful conduct of election

Central Government’s Liaison Office in MacaoSeptember 15, 2025BeijingYesterday, a spokesperson for the Central People’s Government’s Liaison Office in the Macao Special Administrative Region issued a statement conveying congratulations on the successful conduct of the eighth Legislative Assembly election. The spokesperson extended warm congratulations to the 14 members elected directly and the 12 members elected indirectly.The spokesperson highlighted that this election was the first to

September 16, 2025 | BY admin

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Chinese economy sustains stable performance in August

Analysis        BEIJING – China’s economy maintained its steady momentum in August despite external uncertainties, with solid progress continuing to be made in high-quality development, official data showed yesterday.The Chinese mainland has witnessed steady advancement in economic operation, with growth rates of major indicators such as production, retail sales and employment for the January-August period all broadly in line with that of the first seven months of 2025,

September 16, 2025 | BY admin

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Establishment of nature reserve beyond criticism, aligns with regional interests

China Daily Editorial        A healthy ocean is essential to the world. But the marine biodiversity in many areas is under severe stress. Marine nature reserves have proven to be an effective approach to safeguard the marine environment, resources and biodiversity. That explains why China decided last week to establish Huangyan Island National Nature Reserve in the South China Sea.Despite this being a necessary move, and a legitimate one, as the area covered falls within the

September 16, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai hails ‘enthusiastic’ participation in legislative elections

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai said yesterday that Macau’s whole civil society “enthusiastically” participated in this year’s direct and indirect Legislative Assembly (AL) elections, where candidacy groups were carrying out their respective election campaigns in a “very orderly and healthy” manner.The chief executive said that the 2025 direct and indirect legislative elections enjoyed a “good” electoral atmosphere.Sam made the remarks while speaking to reporters yesterday morning

September 15, 2025 | BY admin

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8th Legislative Assembly election of the Macau SAR successfully held: Sam

Statement by Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS)The eighth Legislative Assembly election of the Macau Special Administrative Region was successfully held yesterday, completing the preliminary counting of votes. Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai extended warm congratulations on behalf of the MSAR Government to the 14 directly elected and 12 indirectly elected members who were preliminarily elected, and expressed heartfelt gratitude to all voters who participated.Sam stated that, thanks to

September 15, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau's Tamagnini Barbosa Market to be ‘optimised’ with cooked food centre

Aiming to “optimise” the stall layout and operational facilities at Tamagnini Barbosa Market, enhance the business environment, and provide residents with a better shopping experience, an optimisation project will be launched at the wet market, where fish, meat, vegetables, and other goods stalls will be concentrated on the ground floor, while the first floor will be converted into a cooked food centre, public broadcaster TDM has reported. Thursday’s report noted that within this

September 15, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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