IAM to restructure part of Hac Sa wooded area in Q1

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) held a community forum for Taipa and Coloane yesterday, announcing its forestry restructuring project for the first quarter of this year on about one hectare of wooded area in Hac Sa Reservoir Nature Park, including clearing withered trees, vines and Mikania micrantha*, excavating trees and improving soil, as well as replanting the area with native tree species.According to the bureau, the project will be launched in response to numerous collapsed or withered

February 13, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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24/7 govt self-service centre opens in ‘Three Lamps’ Complex Building

A new 24/7 government self-service centre officially opened yesterday on the ground floor of the Three Lamps Complex Building on Rotunda de Carlos da Maia (colloquially known as “Three Lamps” roundabout – 三盞燈), which aims to provide convenient access to a wide range of government services for residents in the area at any time of the day or night, seven days a week, according to a Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) statement yesterday.The self-service centre is

February 13, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Galaxy gets ‘record-breaking’ 9 five-star awards in FTG 2025 list

Integrated resort (IR) operator Galaxy Macau said in a statement yesterday that it has received a “record-breaking” nine Forbes Travel Guide (FTG) Five-Star accolades in the 2025 Star Awards.The statement noted that Galaxy Macau is “the integrated resort with the most Five-Star hotels under one roof of any luxury resort company worldwide for the third consecutive year” and is the only luxury resort with five FTG Five-Star hotel ratings in the world.The 2025 Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star

February 13, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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CAM vows to leverage Hengqin resources, launch One ID

Local airport operator CAM vowed yesterday to leverage its Hengqin resources, further advance its core projects such as further expanding and upgrading its facilities and introducing smart security equipment and One ID – unified identification system that aims to simplify and streamline the process of user authentication across various services at the airport. CAM Chairman Simon Chan Weng Hong revealed details of the company’s development, expansion and reclamation projects in a

February 13, 2025 | BY Maria Cheang Ut Meng

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Phone-in programme mulls minimum stay to benefit from ‘wealth-sharing’ handout

The government’s “wealth-sharing” handout scheme was launched in 2008 and since then all Macau ID card holders have been entitled to an annual cash premium – and a community leader yesterday urged the government to set up a minimum number of days per year that beneficiaries would have to remain in Macau in order to be able to receive the cash handout, while an economist said that the effect of issuing cash handouts to people not residing in the city on stimulating local consumption was

February 13, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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4,000 kids expected to enrol in K1 for new academic year

Central District Community Service Consultative Committee Deputy Convener Wu Hang San said yesterday that while the central registration for first-time kindergarten enrolment (K1) for the 2025/2026 academic year is underway, the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) estimated that about 4,000 children will be eligible for first-year kindergarten enrollment in the upcoming academic year.Wu made the remarks during a press conference after a regular closed-door meeting at the Patane

February 13, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Diocese plans to redevelop funeral parlour

Macau’s Catholic diocese has applied to the government for permission to launch a project to redevelop its funeral parlour, the urban condition draft plan for which was discussed in a regular meeting of the Urban Planning Council (CPU) yesterday.The city has two funeral parlours, Kiang Wu Funeral Parlour and Diocesan Funeral Parlour. They are located next to each other, on the northernmost section of Avenida do Almirante Lacerda (罅些喇提督大馬路), i.e., opposite the east side of the

February 13, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Police bust local man for smuggling, selling drugs

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man for smuggling drugs from Hong Kong yesterday morning, involving 44.2g of cocaine with an estimated street value of about 84,000 patacas, according to a special press conference held yesterday.During the press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday, the PJ spokesman, Leng Kam Lon, identified the suspect as a local man also holding a Hong Kong ID, surnamed Wong, who is in his thirties. He told the police that he is jobless.According to

February 13, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police bust illegal currency exchange dealer

A woman from the mainland was arrested on Tuesday for engaging in an illegal currency exchange deal, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.The 51-year-old suspect surnamed Cai told the police that she is jobless.According to Leng, the police received a report about an illegal currency exchange activity from a casino in Cotai on Tuesday. The police later that day confirmed that Cai had given chips worth HK$50,000 to a gambler, while the

February 13, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Macau Culture Friends Circle unites community at CNY party

Interview by Rui Pastorin        The free admission “Celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Snake” party, an annual event, was hosted at Albergue SCM* at Igreja de S. Lázaro (瘋堂斜巷) last night, with various activities held for revellers of all ages.Yesterday marked the Lantern Festival, which indicates the end of the Chinese New Year (CNY) celebrations and is held on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, during the full moon.Organised by CAC

February 13, 2025 | BY admin

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What’s the proper English equivalent for the Chinese New Year

Feature        BEIJING – As the Lantern Festival took place yesterday, the traditional celebrations for the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, in 2025 draw to a close. This year’s Spring Festival is the first one since its inscription on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.With the Spring Festival gradually gaining global recognition and popularity, opinions vary on whether the festival should be called “Spring Festival”

February 13, 2025 | BY admin

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Centuries-old delicacy leaps into global kitchens - 'Buddha Jumps Over the Wall'

Feature        FUZHOU – Legend has it that the aroma of a simmering stew caused a meditating Buddha to leap over a temple wall, giving rise to the name of the famed Fujian dish Fotiaoqiang, or “Buddha Jumps over the Wall,” a culinary marvel that combines dozens of luxe ingredients in a single clay pot.Once reserved for elite banquets and elaborate kitchen rituals, this “King of Fujian Cuisine” is now leaping into homes around the world, driven by China’s booming

February 13, 2025 | BY admin

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China remains appealing to foreign investors

Commentary by Xinhua writers You Zhixin, Li Laifang        SHANGHAI – Despite geopolitical tensions and rising trade protectionism, international businesses are deepening their commitments in China as 2025 unfolds, demonstrating the country’s appeal to those seeking to stay competitive globally.US automaker Tesla’s Megafactory in Shanghai began producing energy storage batteries on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Toyota announced plans to establish a wholly owned electric

February 13, 2025 | BY admin

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LRT passengers exceed 230,000 during CNY Golden Week

The Hengqin Line of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) was officially opened on December 2 last year – and the government-owned LRT operator said yesterday that it saw a surge in ridership, reaching more than 230,000 passengers over the mainland’s eight-day Chinese New Year (CNY) Golden Week, from January 29 through February 4, but no separate figures were yet available on the number of trips made on the new Hengqin Line.The government-appointed Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative

February 12, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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