Macao starts 2025 gastronomy fest, gathering flavors worldwide

   The "2025 International Cities of Gastronomy Fest, Macao" was unveiled at Macao Fisherman's Wharf today, featuring over 100 food booths from across the globe and other activities open to the public.   According to the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), the event's organizer, the culinary festival has three major highlights – "International Gastronomy Promenade," "City of Gastronomy Showcase," and "International Gastronomy

July 11, 2025 | BY Xinhua, MPD

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Macanese fusion cuisine to star at 2025 HK Book Fair

Macau's Macanese (Portuguese-Asian) fusion cuisine will be presented by three writers/translators at the 2025 Hong Kong Book Fair on Wednesday, July 16. As a Macau resident (and gourmet/gourmand) for over four decades, Macanese cuisine is one of my favourite cuisines globally and, absolutely, my number one in Macau. My favourite Macanese dish is "capela" - a Portuguese-Asian meat loaf. - Harald Brüning

July 11, 2025 | BY Harald Brüning

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Retroactive rises in social security pensions, allowances to be paid to beneficiaries later this month

As the amounts of all the seven types of pensions and allowances paid out by the city’s social security system were raised last week but the increases took effect retroactively from January 1 this year, the respective payment differences for the period between January and last month will be paid to the respective beneficiaries later this month, the Social Security Fund (FSS), which runs the social security system, announced in a statement yesterday.The two types of pensions paid out by the

July 11, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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PDPB says Int’l Data Spaces Association recognises its work

The Personal Data Protection Bureau (PDPB) announced in a statement yesterday that the International Data Spaces Association* (IDSA) visited its premises on Wednesday and recognised its efforts to protect personal data.The statement said that IDSA is a global nonprofit organisation that promotes secure, sovereign, and standardised data exchange in a trusted ecosystem. It develops and governs the International Data Spaces (IDS) framework, which enables businesses and organisations to share and

July 11, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Gambling quartet cheats casino out of HK$123,000: PJ

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lei Chi Hou announced at a special press conference yesterday that a gambling quartet cheated a casino out of HK$123,000.Lei said that three members of the foursome had been detained while one still remained at large at the time of the press conference. Lei identified the three members caught by the police as a 30-year-old local female croupier surnamed Chan and two 36-year-old male mainlanders surnamed Liu and Li.Lei pointed out that Li and Liu are friends,

July 11, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Police nab Indonesian drug user

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lei Chi Hou announced yesterday the arrest of a suspect related to a drug user case in JanuaryLei identified the suspect as a 36-year-old male non-resident worker (NRW) from Indonesia surnamed Hudi, who told police that he works as a cleaner.According to Lei, on January 22, Judiciary Police officers busted a drug use case involving a couple of non-resident workers (NRWs) from Indonesia.  In the operation, PJ officers seized 105 grams of cocaine and 0.73

July 11, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Youth programme aims to cultivate global governance talents

Aiming to cultivate global governance talents and promote practical cooperation between China and ASEAN for local youths and to deepen their understanding of regional cooperation and explore pathways for green transition, a training programme called “Youth Diplomats – Model United Nations (MUN)”*  was held on Wednesday and yesterday. Yesterday’s award ceremony for the training programme was held at the private Macau Millenium College in Nape, organised by the Chinese Youth

July 11, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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11th MGM Junior Lion Dance Summer Class 2025 kicks off

The “11th MGM Junior Lion Dance Summer Class 2025” launched last Sunday during an opening ceremony at MGM MACAU, with integrated resort operator MGM saying in a statement released on the same day that this year saw record-high applications.The statement noted that applications for the summer class, during which 100 junior lion dancers will undergo seven weeks of training at the former Barra Abattoir, exceeded the enrolment quota by six times. The statement quoted MGM Brand Marketing Senior

July 11, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGTO chief expects ‘close to’ 90 pct hotel occupancy rate in August

With this year’s tourism peak season coming, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told reporters after yesterday’s award ceremony for the “Youth Diplomats Model United Nations (MUN)” two-day training programme at the private Macau Millenium College in Nape, that as August is the peak season for Macau’s tourism, she was expecting the sector’s hotel occupancy rate to be close to 90 percent in August, with weekends likely sold out.  Senna

July 11, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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‘Disney The Magic Box’ musical presents timeless journey

Interview by Rui Pastorin        “Disney The Magic Box” will kick off its 10-show run at The Venetian Theatre in Cotai tomorrow, promising a timeless journey for showgoers of all ages.Having premiered in Buenos Aires last year, the family-friendly musical has since been performed in Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Doha in Qatar. The Macau show now marks its debut in China and is among the headlined

July 11, 2025 | BY admin

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Weekend service ends for exemption applications from 183-day minimum stay to get cash handouts

The Government Services Centre in Areia Preta district, which has been open also every Saturday and Sunday for eligible local residents to submit their applications to be granted exemptions from the 183-day minimum stay requirement to benefit from the government’s 2025 wealth-sharing programme, will no longer be open on Saturday and Sunday, effective from tomorrow, the Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced in a statement yesterday.The application period for the exemptions, which began

July 11, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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‘Rolex GMT-MASTER Exhibition: Time Zone to Time Zone’ opens at Galaxy Macau

Galaxy Macau kicked off the city’s first-ever “Rolex GMT-MASTER Exhibition: Time Zone to Time Zone” last Friday in the Pearl Lobby of Galaxy Promenade at the integrated resort in Cotai.On until July 27, a Galaxy Macau statement released earlier this week noted that the free-admission exhibition is presented by Bern Watches in collaboration with Rolex and features themed displays, a curated selection of currently available GMT-Master II watches in the catalogue, as well as a short

July 11, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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‘Rebalancing’ doesn’t benefit Sino-EU ties

China Daily Editorial        In a major speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen accused China of distorting trade and limiting access for European companies to the Chinese market as she called for a “genuine rebalancing” between the two sides.The aim is to have fewer “market distortions”, less “overcapacity” exported from China, and fair, reciprocal access for European businesses in

July 11, 2025 | BY admin

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Mutual learning of civilizations contributes to world peace and common development

China Daily Editorial        For a long time, a prejudice has existed in the world that being developed naturally empowers a country to lecture others. With their self-assumed civilizational supremacy, they give themselves the license to act at will.That arrogance has resulted in a widening development gap, and has brought mishaps to all as conflicts and crises keep breaking out because of the perception of some developed countries that there is a “clash of

July 11, 2025 | BY admin

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