Macau integrated resort operator Galaxy, UFC announce 4-year partnership

Galaxy Macau and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) have entered into a four-year strategic partnership to host three UFC Fight Night events at Galaxy Arena between 2026 and 2029, according to a statement provided by the integrated resort yesterday.The agreement is set to bring the premier mixed martial arts (MMA) events to the region. The statement said the collaboration aimed to cement Macau’s position on the global sports and entertainment stage and add a new dimension to the

September 5, 2025 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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Macau’s first festival for the early age kicks off

Interview by Rui Pastorin         Macau’s first ever performing arts festival specifically for under-fives is taking place across two weeks, having kicked off yesterday and offering something for both parents and young ones to enjoy.Organised by the local Big Mouse Kids Drama Group in conjunction with the Macau Innovative Network of Infants Arts Association, “CUTE [Creativity Utilised Theatre Experiment] fest 2025” is set to be held through next Sunday, September

September 5, 2025 | BY admin

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Almaty hosts concert commemorating 80th anniversary of victory in World Anti-Fascist War

Event marks Macau’s Xian Xinghai’s 120th birth anniversary        ALMATY – A concert marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 120th anniversary of Chinese composer Xian Xinghai’s birth, was held on Wednesday at the Zhambyl Kazakh State Philharmonic Hall in Almaty, Kazakhstan.In front of nearly 600 guests from both China and Kazakhstan, the

September 5, 2025 | BY admin

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Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets chief advisor to Brazilian president

BEIJING – China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Thursday met with Celso Amorim, chief advisor to the president of Brazil, who is in China to attend commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, said China and Brazil should

September 5, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau's Central District councillors discuss traffic arrangements for National Games, Grand Prix

The government-appointed Central District Community Service Consultative Council held its monthly regular meeting yesterday, where various concerns were raised, including traffic arrangements for the National Games and Macau Grand Prix periods. The first part of the meeting was open to the media, during which the councillors raised various issues in their speeches. The meeting then proceeded behind closed doors. It included presentations by two government officials about the ongoing

September 4, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Excessive SO2 found in HK packets of shrimp roe noodles: Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM)

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) announced in a statement that it has been notified by the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety (CFS) about a shrimp roe noodle product originating from Hong Kong that was found to contain excessive sulphur dioxide (SO2) preservatives. The problematic product, the statement said, is a pre-packed Gourmet Alley’s “Hongkong Shrimp Flavor Noodle” product, with a net weight of 454 grams and best-before date of July 11, 2027. The statement said that 54

September 4, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Young local man in Macau loses 326,000 patacas in ‘fake police scam’

A young local man has fallen victim to a “fake police scam”, losing a total of 326,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chong, the man received a call on Tuesday morning from someone impersonating a “law enforcement officer from the mainland.” The caller claimed that his mainland-registered phone number was involved in criminal activities. Following the caller’s instructions, the victim participated

September 4, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Macau police nab mainland trio for casino loansharking

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested three mainland men on Tuesday for engaging in casino loansharking activities, PJ spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Chong identified the first suspect as a 34-year-old male surnamed Xu, the second suspect as a 35-year-old male also surnamed Xu, and the third suspect as a 36-year-old male surnamed Shi. The three suspects, who worked as a gang, told the police that they are jobless.According to Chong, PJ officers

September 4, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Macau's New Hope group calls for 10,000-pataca consumption subsidy every year, 15,000-pataca cash handout

The New Hope candidacy group, the No.2 on the ballot paper for the 2025 direct legislative election, urges the government to increase the amount of its wealth-sharing cash handouts to 15,000 patacas from the current 10,000 patacas.The group’s political platform also calls for the government to implement its wealth-sharing programme on a permanent basis.While the government’s wealth-sharing programme has been, in principle, carried out over the years on a provisional basis rather than a

September 4, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau SAR Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai: Remember History, Cherish Hard-Won Stability

Statement         On September 3, 2025, a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War and the World Anti-Fascist War was held in the morning at Tian’anmen Square in Beijing. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China, president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the commemoration and delivered an important speech while reviewing the troops. Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai

September 4, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau logs this year’s 12th imported chikungunya case

Macau recorded this year’s 12th imported case of chikungunya fever yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night.According to the statement, the patient is a 77-year-old local woman who lives in Mei Sin Building on Rua da Tercena.The woman visited Jiangmen City between August 24 and 31. After returning to Macau, the statement said, she came down with a fever and joint pain of her arms and legs on Tuesday but she did not seek treatment at that time.However, the

September 4, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau artist Leong Kitman’s Urban Myrrh showcases recent gongbi works

Local artist Leong Kitman is presenting a series of gongbi* silk paintings created between 2024 and 2025 at the Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) gallery.Titled Urban Myrrh** and on until Saturday, September 13, the exhibition has been curated by Julia Lam Tsz Kwan and features 20 of Leong’s gongbi works. These include those from the “Spices of Soul” series that debuted in Rome inspired by the Silk Road’s spice trade, her increasingly recognised “Innermost” series that “addresses

September 4, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Xi hails ‘unstoppable’ national rejuvenation at V-Day commemorations

BEIJING – The rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable, said President Xi Jinping yesterday as the country marked the 80th anniversary of the victory in its war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.The resistance war, arduous and great, marks China’s first complete victory against foreign aggression in modern times, said Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military

September 4, 2025 | BY admin

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Domestic violence in Macau: working towards prevention & assistance

Interview by Rui Pastorin        Domestic violence is an issue that knows no age, race or gender. A spouse might be battered emotionally, psychologically and physically over the most trivial matter, just as easily as a young child or an elderly member of a family can be subjected to the same thing. At the end of it all, abusers stand proud over victims they made to feel voiceless and powerless. And the cycle continues. In the context of Macau, it is a situation that

September 4, 2025 | BY admin

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