‘Rainy Moment’ portrays Chi Lam Vai’s struggling identity within Macau's urban fabric

Review by Armindo Neves        “Rainy Moment”, a film dedicated to exploring Macau’s vanishing urban fabric, takes Macau’s largest still existing, previously walled village, Chi Lam Vai (茨林圍), as its central theme. Through its camera lens, the film delves into the profound tension between the ongoing changes of the times and the village’s unique but already threatened cultural heritage, reflecting on how its small community navigates change while holding onto

September 9, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau joins GBA anti-drug summit in HK

In order to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Hong Kong’s Anti-Drug Coordination Committee, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Anti-Drug Summit was held in Hong Kong on Friday, organised by the Narcotics Division of Hong Kong’s Security Bureau and Action Committee Against Narcotics (ACAN), according to a statement by Macau’s Unitary Police Service (PSU). The one-day event marked the first anti-drug summit hosted by Hong Kong, specifically focused on the

September 9, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Macau police bust 3 sham marriages, arrest 5 suspects

The Public Security Police (PSP) have busted three bogus marriages, arresting two men and three women on Tuesday last week, according to a PSP statement on Saturday.The statement identified the suspects as a local woman in her fifties surnamed Kam, a mainland man also in his fifties surnamed Gan, a Hong Kong woman in her fifties surnamed Lau, a mainland woman in her thirties surnamed Wang, and a mainland man in his fifties surnamed He.According to the statement, while following up on the

September 9, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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37th Macao Int’l Music Festival to feature local composer Xian Xinghai’s ‘The Yellow River’

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced in a press conference on Friday the programme of its month-long “37th Macao International Music Festival” (MIMF), which will be held from October 3 to November 8.Among other events, it will feature “The Yellow River” on November 7 in commemoration of Macau-born composer Xian Xinghai’s 120th anniversary of his birth. The press conference was held at the Londoner Macao in Cotai.IC President Deland Leong Wai Man said in her speech that,

September 9, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau's Unitary Police Service (SPU) logs 25 incidents, 4 injuries during Severe Tropical Cyclone ‘Tapah’

The Unitary Police Service (SPU) announced in a statement yesterday that there was a total of 25 incident reports recorded while four injuries were reported during Severe Tropical Cyclone “Tapah”.Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 was issued by the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) at 9 p.m. on Sunday, being replaced by Strong Wind Signal No. 3 at 3 p.m. yesterday. By 11 p.m. yesterday, the bureau noted on its website that all tropical cyclone signals were cancelled.According to

September 9, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai meets heads of 4 central govt bodies, visits science park in Beijing

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai separately met with the heads of four ministries and commissions of the central government in Beijing on Friday, before concluding his five-day working visit to the nation’s capital on Saturday afternoon, according to separate statements by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS).Sam travelled to Beijing on Tuesday last week where he attended the nation’s commemorative activities the next day marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese

September 9, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau's Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) leads delegation to Dili Int’l Trade Expo 2025

    Macau's  Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) recently led an entrepreneur delegation to Timor-Leste for the first Dili International Trade Expo 2025, facilitating eight cooperation projects and nearly 140 business matching sessions, according to a Thursday statement from the institute. Held from August 28  to September 1 at the Dili Convention Centre, the expo was hosted by the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Timor-Leste (MTCI) under the theme

September 9, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau Customs seizes 3 tonnes of frozen chicken feet worth 80,000 patacas

Macau Customs Service officers raided a parallel-trading den in the peninsula’s northern district on Friday where they seized 3,000 kilogrammes of frozen chicken feet worth around 80,000 patacas in total.On Friday, according to Saturday’s statement, customs officers caught a 40-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 provisions listed in

September 9, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Editorial: Xi’s GGI proposal, SCO summit, V-Day gathering reaffirm China as leading force for global peace

The launch of another global initiative and two major international events, held in Tianjin and Beijing last week, have reaffirmed China’s role as a leader in global peace and development efforts.President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) in a speech* at the ‘Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Plus’ Meeting in the northern port city on September 1.“I look forward with all countries to a more just and equitable global governance system and advancing toward a

September 9, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau-Guangdong Union (UMG) group calls for subsidy encouraging employers to hire young locals

The Macau-Guangdong Union (UMG) candidacy group, the No.4 on the ballot paper for the 2025 direct legislative election, urges the government to launch a 5,000-pataca monthly subsidy for local employers hiring young local people who have newly graduated from tertiary education institutions in Macau or elsewhere, lasting up to 18 months.The group’s political platform says that with the aim of helping young local people secure a job in the local employment market, the group suggests that the

September 9, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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33rd Macao Int’l Fireworks Display Contest kicks off

The 33rd Macao International Fireworks Display Contest, organised by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), officially began on Saturday with performances by pyrotechnic companies from Australia and South Africa, drawing residents and visitors alike to witness the city’s prime night-time event.First launched in 1989, the contest has become one of Macau’s most prestigious events, according to a recent MGTO statement. With live broadcasts, interactive games, and extensive promotions, the

September 9, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Xi makes three proposals at virtual BRICS Summit to cement solidarity, advance cooperation

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping yesterday attended a virtual BRICS Summit and delivered an important statement, calling on BRICS countries to forge ahead in solidarity and cooperation.The summit was chaired by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and also attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, the UAE’s Crown Prince of

September 9, 2025 | BY admin

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Wang Yi meets Portuguese counterpart

BEIJING – Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday met with Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel in Beijing.Noting that this year marks the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, expressed China’s appreciation for Portugal sending representatives to engage in commemorative activities in

September 9, 2025 | BY admin

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China’s non-coercive economic approach benefits developing nations: former Namibian envoy

Interview        WINDHOEK – Elia Kaiyamo, former Namibian ambassador to China, says that China’s non-coercive economic approach has benefitted developing nations as new US tariffs target some African countries.In a recent interview with Xinhua on the sidelines of the China-Namibia Investment and Trade Fair 2025 in the African country’s capital, Windhoek, Kaiyamo, who served as ambassador from 2016 to 2025, shared his reflections on the future of bilateral

September 9, 2025 | BY admin

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