Hengqin gets new officials

The Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement yesterday evening that according to the website of the Guangdong-Macau In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, the composition of its management committee and executive committee has been adjusted, according to which Guangdong Governor Wang Weizhong and Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai are the management committee’s dual directors, while Macau Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon is the management

January 28, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Weather to remain cold during CNY: observatory

As a winter monsoon is currently affecting Macau’s weather, it is expected to remain cold and very dry over the next few days during the Chinese New Year (CNY) period, the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said in a statement yesterday.A Yellow cold weather alert was issued by the observatory yesterday morning at 6:50 a.m., which remained in effect early this morning. The temperature yesterday recorded was the lowest since 2025, dropping to just 9.4 degrees Celsius - 6 degrees

January 28, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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HK, mainland uni students fall for fake police scams

Two male university students, from Hong Kong and the mainland, have separately been defrauded out of HK$155,000 and HK$580,000 in fake police scams, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said yesterday during a regular press conference.In the first case, the Hong Kong victim received a phone call earlier this month from someone claiming to be a mainland police officer. The “officer” told the victim that his mainland phone number was involved in spreading fraudulent messages, and

January 28, 2025 | BY William Chan

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Local man smuggles cannabis worth 800,000 patacas in 3 pairs of sneakers from Bangkok: police

A local man has been arrested for smuggling cannabis from Bangkok to Macau hidden in three pairs of sneakers, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a special press conference yesterday.The 49-year-old suspect, surnamed Pinho, works as a clerk. Chong did not reveal Pinho’s nationality. According to Chong, PJ officers observed Pinho behaving suspiciously after he arrived at the local airport and intercepted him for a routine luggage check at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday.

January 28, 2025 | BY William Chan

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IAM urges public to stop eating eight ‘Cape Herb & Spice’ seasoning products

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) warned the public on Friday against eating eight seasoning products sold under the brand of “Cape Herb & Spice” based in Cape Town, South Africa, due to potential plastic contamination.The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) announced on Thursday that the problematic product was found to contain “foreign plastic matter”.The problematic products have a best-before-date between September, 2026 to May, 2027, namely, “Cape Herb & Spice

January 27, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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To be cold for few days, people offer advice on keeping warm

The cold was felt across Macau yesterday as the city experienced a sudden drop in temperature.The yellow* cold weather alert had been issued by the local weather bureau (SMG), with cool temperatures expected to persist in the next few days. The lowest temperature, according to the SMG website’s 7-day forecast, could dip as low as nine degrees.The Post asked several members of the public last night about what they were doing to cope and stay warm, along with their tips to deal with the chilly

January 27, 2025 | BY Vox pop by Rui Pastorin

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Barbering: a gentleman’s club

Have you ever visited a traditional barber shop in Macau? In Pátio Oeste de Hó Chi Iêng (何子英西圍), not far from Praça de Ponte e Horta (司打口), TLGS Barbershop has carved out a unique space in the local grooming scene.TLGS stands for “Turn left, Go Straight”.Earlier this month, the Post sat down with the owner, Siu Ao, who gave insights into the shop’s philosophy and the significance of barbering in today’s world. “Barbering has always been about more than just a

January 27, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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MGTO expects average of over 185,000 CNY visitors a day

With this week’s Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told reporters yesterday that she is expecting a daily average of 185,000 visitor arrivals over the 8-day CNY holiday.The veteran tourism chief spoke with reporters after the opening ceremony of MGM’s “Barra Lucky Blessing Market” * in Barra district.“That’s quite an optimistic projection, but seeing the current numbers during the past week, I think it is

January 27, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Senior loses HK$373,000 in ‘girlfriend’ and ‘lawyer’ scams

An elderly local man was scammed out of HK$173,000 by his online “girlfriend” and an online “lawyer” in a scam that began in November last year after the “girlfriend” had previously cheated him out of over HK$200,000 in 2023, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press conference on Friday.According to the spokesperson, the senior citizen met a female netizen who claimed to be a “Chinese American female soldier” online in August 2023, and they became an

January 27, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Mainlander nabbed with knife at border checkpoint

A mainland man was caught for having a knife in his suitcase when he was leaving Macau through the Qingmao pedestrian border checkpoint last Wednesday, according to a statement by the Macau Customs Service (SA) on Friday.Through the cooperation mechanism established with the mainland Customs authorities, the man and his weapon have been transferred to the Macau Customs Service for further investigation, the statement said.According to the statement, the male suspect was intercepted by mainland

January 27, 2025 | BY Ginnie Liang

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New waterfront sitting-out area in Fai Chi Kei opens

The new sitting-out area along the south-side waterfront of Patane North Bay opened on Friday after the completion of its construction.Patane North Bay, a bay off Fai Chi Kei and Ilha Verde, is known as Fai Chi Kei North Bay in Cantonese.A statement by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) last week said that the ongoing rainwater pumping station project next to the new waterfront sitting-out area is now slated to be completed in the next quarter, after which it could come into operation.The

January 27, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Government Services Centre to move from Areia Preta to social housing estate on ex-power plant plot in Q4

The government has announced that it is aiming to relocate its current Government Services Centre in the peninsula, located in a building in Areia Preta district, to the podium area of the nearby new social rental housing estate on Avenida de Venceslau de Morais (慕拉士大馬路) in the fourth quarter of this year.Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) President Chao Wai Ieng made the remarks while attending this year’s first regular meeting of the bureau’s Consultative Committee at its

January 27, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Meeting Xia, O Lam vows people-centred approach

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Wallis O Lam vowed during her working visit to Beijing on Friday to study in-depth and implement thoroughly President Xi Jinping’s important speeches and carry out the mission that he entrusted Macau with concerning local and national development, and she also pledged to keep the local government’s people-centred philosophy of development as her main focus when preparing her portfolio’s policy action guidelines.O made the remarks during her meeting

January 27, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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Student’s leg hurt in traffic accident ‘not amputated’: DSEDJ chief

In a traffic accident in Iao Hon district last Monday, a 19-year-old secondary school student was hit by a bus on a zebra crossing and he was rushed to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre after his right leg was run over by the vehicle, resulting in an open fracture of the right thigh and a right metatarsal laceration, in response to which Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) Director Kong Chi Meng said on Saturday that the student had meanwhile undergone his first

January 27, 2025 | BY Yuki Lei

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