Macau logs over 40 million visitor arrivals last year: MGTO reconfirms

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) officials reconfirmed yesterday that Macau recorded 40.069 million visitor arrivals last year, marking a significant year-on-year increase of 14.7 percent.The officials reconfirmed the record figure during a meeting with members of the government-appointed Central District Community Service Consultative Council at the Patane Municipal Market Complex (沙梨頭街市市政綜合大樓).Briefing reporters after yesterday’s closed-door meeting, Wu Hang San,

March 5, 2026 | BY Ida Cheong

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Macau's CTM buys Hutchison's ‘3 Macau’ telecom operator for 10 million patacas

Macau’s telecommunications landscape is set for a significant shift as local leading telecom operator CTM has acquired Hutchison Telephone (Macau) (known as “3 Macau”, 澳門和記) for 10 million patacas, analysts told the Post last night. According to Macau’s Commercial and Movable Goods Registry, CTM and its parent company, CTM (HK) Limited, hold all shares of the “3 Macau” telecom operator with a nominal value of 10 million patacas. CTM itself is majority-owned by

March 5, 2026 | BY Ida Cheong

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Macau Health Bureau (SSM) receives report of collective gastroenteritis at Asilo de Betânia

A collective gastroenteritis case at Asilo de Betânia on Avenida do Conselheiro Borja (青洲大馬路) was reported to the Health Bureau (SSM) on Tuesday, with the incident involving 13 patients made up of residents and staff.The facility run by Caritas Macau is a home for elderly men. In a statement released that day, it was noted that the patients, comprising 12 male and one female, started exhibiting symptoms on February 26, including vomiting and abdominal pain. Most have sought

March 5, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Central authorities' Xia Baolong urges Macau’s alignment with nation’s 15th Five-Year Plan

Xia Baolong, who heads both the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office (HKMWO) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (HKMAO) of the State Council, met with Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai in Beijing yesterday, where Xia urged the local government to draw up Macau’s third five-year socioeconomic development plan in full compliance with the nation’s overall development strategy and Macau’s own

March 5, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Zhuhai's Gongbei customs seizes 4 Maotai bottles in shower gel dispensers

Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs announced in a statement yesterday that its officers at the Macau-Zhuhai Gongbei checkpoint seized four bottles of Maotai liquor concealed in four shower gel dispensers last Thursday.According to the statement, on that day, customs officers at the checkpoint noticed a male traveller walking through the “green channel” and decided to intercept him.Customs officers discovered that the shopping bag the man was carrying contained four dispensers of shower gel, the

March 5, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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‘Art Without Boundaries’ Macau workshop registration now open

Seven sessions of art workshops at the Macau Museum of Art (MAM) for youngsters aged four to 16 are open for registration, to be held for the museum’s “Art Without Boundaries – Children’s Workshop Series.With registration open until March 22 via the Macao One Account (activity.mo.gov.mo/activity-h5), the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement earlier this week that the workshops will be held from April to June, aiming to enable young people to “experience the infinite

March 5, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macao Union Medical Centre performs its first skin graft surgery on advanced-age patient

The Islands Healthcare Complex – Macao Medical Centre of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, colloquially known as “Macau Union Medical Centre” (PUMCH), has successfully completed its first skin graft surgery on an advanced-age patient with multiple underlying diseases and chronic lower limb wounds, according to a statement by the centre on Tuesday.The statement said that the procedure was carried out by its Plastic Surgery Department as part of the steady expansion of its medical

March 5, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau police bust 2 drug cases, nab 3 suspects on Monday, seize cannabis & cocaine

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two local men for drug-trafficking and drug-taking on Monday, PJ spokesman Lei Chi Hou said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspects as a 29-year-old driver surnamed Fong and a 27-year-old maintenance technician surnamed Ho.According to Lei, based on a tipoff, PJ officers identified Fong and Ho as suspected drug dealers, and intercepted the duo in the northern district on Monday.PJ officers seized 2.33 grams of cannabis buds,

March 5, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau police arrest man for 100,000 yuan fraud

The Judiciary Police (PJ) nabbed a man from the Chinese mainland for fraud totalling 100,00 yuan (116,000 patacas) on Tuesday, PJ spokesman Lei Chi Hou said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lei identified the suspect as a 31-year-old businessman surnamed Xu.On Tuesday, Lei said, a male victim from the Chinese mainland gambled away all his money at a casino in Cotai. He then contacted relatives and friends to borrow 100,000 yuan from them to continue gambling. However, Lei said that

March 5, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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From Macau to the world: the architectural vision of Hon Yun

Interview and review by William Chan        Earlier this month, while attending two ProjectPlayaround events,*  I reconnected with my secondary school classmate and old friend, Hon Yun (韓櫞) – the operator and interior designer of 3J Generative Space in Nape, the venue for both workshops.The space’s contemporary design stands in sharp contrast to the surrounding ageing commercial blocks. Beneath its calm surface lies a system of utility and order. The space

March 5, 2026 | BY admin

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Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) students visit PJ anti-fraud centre to boost scam awareness

Students from the public Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) visited the Judiciary Police’s (PJ) Anti-Fraud Coordination Centre last week in order to strengthen their awareness of telecom and online scams, according to a statement by the tertiary education institution on Monday. The visit was organised by the MPU Student Affairs Office (SAO) and involved members of the university’s Anti-Fraud Ambassadors programme, the statement said, adding that during the visit to the PJ Anti-Fraud

March 4, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Online virtual tours of 4 more Historic Centre of Macao sites available

Online virtual tours of four more sites in the Historic Centre of Macao are now available on vr.icm.gov.mo, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement earlier this week.Virtual tours are now available for the Protestant Cemetery (基督教墳場), Headquarters Building of the Orient Foundation*, the Headquarters Building of the Marine and Water Bureau (Former Moorish Barracks), and the Guia Lighthouse (interior), joining the currently available 15 World Heritage sites, eight squares,

March 4, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Illegally occupied plot in Macau to become temporary carpark

The Lands and Urban Construction Bureau (DSSCU) said in a statement yesterday that its officials, in conjunction with personnel from several other government entities, launched a joint operation to reclaim an Illegally occupied plot located on Rua de Entre-Campos (田畔街) near the peninsula’s Luís de Camões Garden yesterday, which will be developed into a temporary carpark.The statement pointed out that the illegally occupied land measures around 1,685 square metres. There were various

March 4, 2026 | BY Ida Cheong

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Macau Customs Service busts 46 smugglers with 112 kg of silver granules & bars worth 2.2 million patacas

The Macau Customs Service announced in a statement on Monday that its officers at the Barrier Gate and Qingmao checkpoints arrested 46 smugglers attempting to smuggle 112 kilogrammes of silver granules and bars worth 2,200,000 patacas.According to the statement, between February 21 and last Thursday, customs officers at the Barrier Gate and Qingmao checkpoints noticed that 27 Macau residents, 18 mainlanders and a Hong Kong resident were acting suspiciously.Upon inspection, the officers

March 4, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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