Woman gets ‘blue card’ but works as illegal currency exchange dealer

While following up on a HK$9.7 million fraud case detected last year, the Judiciary Police (PJ) have uncovered recently that the mainland victim had stayed in Macau as a “non-resident worker” and obtained a driving licence to facilitate her husband’s engagement in an illegal currency exchange business here.PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong announced details of the case at a special press conference on Friday.On November 8 last year, the Judiciary Police received a report from a mainland woman

January 13, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Old Taipa may be pedestrianised again during CNY holiday

The government plans to pedestrianise the “Old Taipa” area again during the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, which begins on January 29, with the view of enhancing public safety and improving the travel experience for residents and visitors alike, according to a statement on Friday.The statement did not say how long the pedestrianisation was slated to last.As the Chinese New Year approaches, the government anticipates a large flow of people and vehicles in the “Old Taipa” area. On

January 13, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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IAM to hold sessions on cat & dog adoptions

Sessions in Cantonese on promoting cat and dog adoptions are slated to be held once a month at the Mong Ha Eco-Centre until June, with the first to be held on January 26, according to a Friday statement from the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), which co-organises the events with the Everyone Stray Dogs Macau Volunteer Group.The Macau Municipal Kennel’s adoption services, etiquette for animal interaction, veterinary care and relevant laws and regulations are among the subjects to be introduced

January 13, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Police announce ‘KK Park’ abductions of 5 locals

In response to five local residents having been enticed abroad to participate in telecommunications network fraud between September and December last year, the Judiciary Police (PJ) strongly urged the public yesterday to stay more vigilant against “overseas job” scams and take the initiative to warn their friends and relatives who have mentioned to them that they will be going to work overseas.Places were abductees are held to engage in scams are colloquially known as “KK Park”, many of

January 13, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Unapproved pharmaceutical ingredients detected in 2 topical ointments: pharma bureau

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) warned the public in a statement on Friday about two topical ointments that have been found to contain the unapproved pharmaceutical ingredients Mometasone furoate and Miconazole, a steroid medication typically used to treat inflammation and fungal infections,According to the statement, the bureau has recently been warned by the Hong Kong Department of Health that two topical ointments, “Eczevandia Cream” and “Eczevandia Baby

January 13, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Young artist presents works in solo exhibition debut

At the 10 Fantasia gallery on Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro (瘋堂斜巷), the works of young local artist Ng Nga Iam are being displayed for “Mark in My Painting”, her first solo exhibition in Macau.The exhibition sees Ng, who was born in 2001 and graduated with a degree in Art Education from the Macao Polytechnic University’s (MPU) Visual Arts Course of the Faculty of Arts and Design, present 12 works of different mediums at the gallery’s room A02.The works comprise early sketches

January 13, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Applications open for gigs at open-air venue slated for March & May

The open-air performance venue in Cotai will continue to operate on a trial basis this year, where, according to the initial schedule, one concert is slated to be held in March and the other in May, with capacity limited to 20,000 spectators in March, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Deland Leong Wai Man announced on Friday.The government’s Coordination Group for Large-Scale Performances held on Friday a press conference at the Macau Cultural Centre to wrap up its assessment of the

January 13, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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DSEDJ mulls launch courseware on mental health teaching

The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) has drafted a plan to launch courseware on mental health teaching to raise the community’s awareness of physical and mental health.The working group on “Walking with Love” jointly set up by the Education and Youth Development Bureau, the Health Bureau (SSM) and the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), together with the Macau Chinese Educators Association, the Macau Catholic Schools Association and the Caritas Lifehope Hotline, held its first

January 13, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Editorial: Xia urges Macau & HK to fully grasp advantages of ‘One Country, Two Systems’

Xia Baolong, Beijing’s point man for Hong Kong and Macau affairs, has urged the two special administrative regions to fully grasp the advantages that the “One Country, Two Systems” principle is offering them and to focus on their governance on both high-level security and high-quality development. Xia, who paid a fact-finding visit to Macau last September, heads both the Hong Kong and Macau  Work Office (HKMWO) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the Hong

January 13, 2025 | BY admin

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Quake response in Xizang exemplifies China’s good governance

Commentary        BEIJING – The quick and efficient response to the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in the Xizang Autonomous Region* attests to China’s good governance and its tenet of putting the people and their lives first.Shortly after the quake rocked Dingri County on January 7, President Xi Jinping ordered all-out rescue efforts to save lives and minimize casualties. A meeting of the central authorities called for making utmost efforts to treat the injured, working hard

January 13, 2025 | BY admin

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UM forecasts Macau’s 2025 GDP growth of 7.7 pct

The University of Macau (UM) announced yesterday that its researchers forecast that Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow 7.7 percent in 2025 considering that this year’s global economic outlook will face the risk of being affected by a downward trend due to the ongoing slowdown in the Chinese mainland’s economic growth as well as the uncertainty brought about by the possible major changes in various countries’ economic policies.The public university announced the 2025 economic

January 10, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Sam stresses Xi’s instructions for enhancing Guangdong-Macau cooperation

The 2025 Guangdong-Macau Cooperation Joint Conference was held in Guangzhou yesterday where both sides affirmed that thanks to the joint efforts of the two governments, significant phased achievements have been made in the development of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin while the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) is being steadily advanced, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) last night.Chief

January 10, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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17 Macau eateries recognised in Black Pearl Restaurant Guide

Meituan’s Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2025 recently honoured 17 of Macau’s restaurants, the same number as last year.The guide was released by the mainland’s e-commerce platform Meituan, with the restaurants, except for one, all located within the city’s integrated resorts. SJM Resorts and parent company STDM collectively earned the most with seven diamonds in Macau, followed by Melco Resorts & Entertainment, which earned six.SJM Resorts said in a statement earlier this week that

January 10, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau’s bus passengers rise 6 pct to 230 million in 2024

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced yesterday that Macau recorded almost 230 million public bus passengers in 2024, or a daily average of over 620,000, an increase of around six percent from 2023.The bureau announced the data in a statement on its WeChat account yesterday.According to DSAT data on its website, the city recorded 214 million public bus passengers in 2023, or a daily average of 586,900.According to calculations based on the 2023 daily average of 586,900 public bus passengers and

January 10, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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