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Govt vows to keep increase in crime under 6 pct this year: Wong
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said on Wednesday that as criminal methods continue to evolve, property-related crimes, telecommunications fraud and cybercrimes are expected to remain prevalent this year, and the security sector will further optimise policing strategies and implement more targeted measures to prevent and combat crime, aiming to keep the increase in the number of crimes below 6 percent this year.Addressing a current affairs phone-in programme, Ou Mun Gwong Cheung, hosted by
February 3, 2025
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Chinese New Year becomes worldwide celebrated festival: Croatian sinologist
Interview        ZAGREB – The vibrancy of Chinese New Year celebrations is one of the most striking cultural phenomena worldwide, a Croatian sinologist has said, highlighting the festival’s deep-rooted family values and growing global influence.“The experience is really amazing. The excitement is palpable in the days leading up to the New Year as train stations and airports are packed with millions eager to reunite with their families. The energy is overwhelming,”
February 3, 2025 | BY admin
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Macau's merchandise exports rise, imports fall in 2024
    Macau's merchandise exports rose by 1.1 percent to 13.48 billion patacas year on year but its imports of goods dropped by 9.0 percent to 128.66 billion patacas last year, resulting in an external merchandise trade deficit of 115.18 billion patacas,  the city's Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.    Imports accounted for 90.5 percent of Macau's external merchandise trade in 2024.   According to DSEC data released last week,
February 2, 2025 | BY Staff Reporter
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Macau casino takings dip 5.6 pct last month to 18.25 billion patacas
         Macau’s 30 casinos generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of 18.254 billion patacas (US$2.27 billion) last month, a year-on-year decline of 5.6 percent, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has announced today.   Month on month, GGR was up by 0.28 percent from the 18.202  billion patacas recorded in December 2024.   Macau’s government-concessioned gaming industry is run by six rival integrated resort (IR) operators –
February 1, 2025 | BY Staff Reporter
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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai delivers Chinese New Year Message for the Year of the Snake
Macau CE Sam Hou Fai’s Chinese New Year Message for the Year of the Snake Composing a glorious chapter - Striving for a vibrant future Dear fellow Macau residents, friends,Happy New Year!As we welcome the Year of the Snake, we are ready to embrace our blessings and fortune of the new year. On this joyous occasion when our families gather together to ring out the old and ring in the new, on behalf of the government of the Macau Special Administrative Region, I would like to extend my
January 29, 2025 | BY admin
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Prince Kung’s Palace Museum CNY painting collection on display in Barra
The “MGM X Prince Kung’s Palace Museum Exhibition and Workshop” is being hosted at the Former Barra Slaughterhouse Site in Barra district and features a collection of works presented in Macau for the first time.Prince Kung’s Palace Museum*, aka Prince Gong’s Mansion and Prince Kung Mansion, is a tourist attraction in Beijing’s Xicheng District. It is a national first-class museum, according to an MGM statement provided on Sunday.The exhibition and workshops are event highlights of
January 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin
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CNY parades participants are raring to go: MGTO chief
The Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Snake will take place between January 31 and February 16, including two float parades this Friday and next Saturday, i.e., on the third and 11th day of the Chinese New Year (CNY), and Macau’s veteran tourism chief said yesterday that most of the performance troupes have arrived in Macau and “everyone is ready for [the parade]”.Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes made the remarks during yesterday’s
January 28, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei
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MGM hosts ‘Barra Lucky Blessing Market’ for CNY
Integrated resort (IR) operator MGM held an opening ceremony for its “Barra Lucky Blessing Market” on Sunday at the Former Barra Slaughterhouse as part of its “MGM Barra District CNY [Chinese New Year] series, with various activities and events on offer throughout its run.Located in Barra district, the pet-friendly event sees collaborations with Prince Kung’s Palace Museum, Japanese illustrator Shinri Murakami as well as local creative retail brand “Bookand.” for activities such as
January 28, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin
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Businesses have mixed bag of expectations for CNY turnover: vox pop
The Chinese New Year (CNY) is nigh and Macau’s tourist hotspots are already attracting huge crowds, with some shops and eateries reporting long queues.The Post yesterday spoke with several local business operators in the city centre and Taipa to gauge their expectations about CNY visitors’ spending habits and the business environment in general, some describing the situation as “many visitors but not much spending”, while others said that “it’s busier than normal”.The
January 28, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei and Rui Pastorin
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Xi lauds China’s solid progress despite challenges in Year of Dragon
BEIJING – President Xi Jinping yesterday noted solid progress the country has made in advancing Chinese modernization amid “complex and challenging” situations over the past twelve months at a high-level reception to ring in the Chinese New Year.“In the Year of the Dragon, we demonstrated vitality and a can-do spirit. We endured storms and saw the rainbow,” said Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central
January 28, 2025 | BY admin
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Qingmao checkpoint’s YoBuy shopping centre to remain open during CNY: IPIM
The government’s Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said yesterday that the Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Expo Centre, a newly opened shopping centre located on the sixth floor of the Macau-side building of the Qingmao joint border checkpoint in Ilha Verde, will remain open throughout the upcoming Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday period, during which different CNY celebratory events will be held there.The Year of the Snake begins tomorrow.During the CNY holiday, the
January 28, 2025 | BY Tony Wong
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Chinese New Year holidays
Due to it being the Chinese New Year holidays, The Macau Post Daily’s editing team will be off from today and will return to work on Sunday so the print edition of your favourite newspaper will be on the newsstands again on the morning of Monday, February 3. However, our digital edition on our website https://www.macaupostdaily.com/ will be updated 24/7. Our local news and editorials as well as commentary by national media organisations are also available on various LinkedIn, Twitter and
January 28, 2025 | BY admin
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Police nab mainlander exchanging fake money
A man from the mainland was arrested on Friday for being involved in a counterfeit money case, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said in a regular conference yesterday.Chong identified the suspect as a 45-year-old man surnamed Ding. He told the police that he is a designer.According to Chong, a casino in Zape reported to the police on Friday that earlier that day Ding had attempted to obtain gaming chips with four counterfeit HK$1,000 notes from a dealer on a gaming table.The
January 28, 2025 | BY Ada Lei
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Police nab 2 local men & woman in sham marriage case
The police have busted a bogus marriage case involving a “couple” and the man’s brother, in which two local men and a woman were arrested on Thursday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said in a regular press conference yesterday.Lei identified the “couple” as a local man surnamed Lam and a mainland woman surnamed Cao. Lam is in his sixties and works as a delivery driver, while Cao is in her forties, working in catering. The third suspect is Lam’s younger brother
January 28, 2025 | BY Ada Lei
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One more critical flu case: 62-year-old man
The Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night that one more critical case of influenza was reported yesterday, a 62-year-old local man inflicted with various chronic diseases.According to last night’s statement, the 62-year-old man came down with a fever and shortness of breath yesterday when he was also coughing up phlegm.The man was rushed to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre yesterday, where he was tested positive for the influenza A virus in his respiratory
January 28, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang
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