Daily Archives: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Space ‘Macau Science 2’ set for launch in 2027
The “Macau Science 2” satellite project is set to be completed and launched by the end of 2027. The plan was revealed yesterday by Zhang Keke, ... -
Hotel rep expects surge in mainland Chinese visitor arrivals this weekend
The Macau Hotel Association anticipates a surge in mainland Chinese visitors arriving in Macau for the May Day holiday on Friday and Saturday. The five-day May ... -
SJM Holdings Returns to Profit in Q1
SJM Holdings Limited posted a profit of HKD31 million in the first quarter of 2025, marking a sharp rebound from a loss of HKD74 million in ... -
Lawmakers call for structural changes to health vouchers
Lawmakers Chan Iek Lap and Ron Lam have called for structural changes to the “health voucher” program, which is part of the annual benefits granted by ... -
Chinese singles are looking for love in livestream video chats
Steve Chen had never been in love. Last spring though, it happened. The 25-year-old met his first girlfriend in a way he couldn’t have imagined before: ... -
Hotel occupancy hits 90% in Q1 despite drop in guest numbers
Hotel occupancy in Macau surged to 90.1% in the first quarter of 2025, up 5.2 percentage points year-on-year, according to the latest data from the Statistics ... -
Macao Union Hospital to ease 25% of public healthcare burden by 2027
The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, O Lam, has affirmed that by the end of 2027, Macao Union Hospital is expected to absorb 25% of ... -
Man arrested for illegal currency exchange in casino
A 38-year-old mainland Chinese man was arrested for illegal currency exchange after Judiciary Police observed suspicious behavior at a casino in the NAPE district on Sunday. ... -
Taipa car park opens to light vehicles from May 1
The underground car park on Avenida de Kwong Tung will open to light vehicles starting May 1, with fees charged per 30-minute period. The Macau Light ... -
No Macau students request assistance amid Portugal outages
The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) confirmed that no Macau students have requested help following widespread power outages in Portugal and Spain. The bureau is ... -
DSAL promotes training in e-commerce and AI to help workers seize new opportunities
The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has announced the launch of a series of training sessions designed to equip local workers with new skills in electronic commerce ... -
Macau reports five ‘space oil’ cases to date
The Judiciary Police (PJ) reported that as of yesterday, five cases of “space oil” have been identified in Macau, with two of these cases containing the ... -
Bathing season: swimming pools to reopen on May 1
The four outdoor public swimming pools operating under the Sport Bureau’s (ID) management are to open on May 1 (Thursday), as officially the bathing season kicks ... -
Couple arrested for operating phone scam hub
A total of 46 residents have fallen victim to a phone scam involving fraudsters posing as customer service representatives from WeChat and Alipay, with reported losses ... -
Galaxy Macau celebrates local culinary heritage with ‘Timeless Flavors of Macau’
Galaxy Macau launched “Timeless Flavors of Macau,” a new initiative that highlights the resort’s dedication to supporting local SMEs and preserving Macau’s UNESCO status as a ... -
Sands Cares Ambassadors visit Sun Yat Sen’s Chong Sai Pharmacy
Over 30 Sands Cares Ambassadors and their families visited the Former Chong Sai Pharmacy on Rua das Estalagens earlier this week, marking the centenary of Dr. ... -
Four former lawmakers freed after years in prison under security law
Four former Hong Kong lawmakers were freed from prison yesterday after serving more than four years for their convictions under a Beijing-imposed security law that crushed ... -
Asian American veterans share emotional stories 50 years after the war
During his adolescence, William Fong’s entire world was contained in San Francisco. But in 1967, over a decade into the Vietnam War, he was drafted. At ... -
Liberal’s Carney wins election; Conservative leader loses his seat in Parliament
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won the federal election, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats ... -
1973 Nixon takes rap for Watergate scandal
President Richard Nixon has taken full responsibility for the Watergate scandal but has denied any personal involvement. In a speech broadcast to the American people tonight ... -
Suryavanshi becomes world cricket’s wunderkind at the age of 14
A 14-year-old wunderkind has the cricket world in raptures after scoring an electrifying 35-ball century in the Indian Premier League. Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke all sorts of ... -
Inter looking to power back up ahead of semis match at Barcelona
Thursday, 03:00 Barcelona v Inter Milan H 1.66, D 4.33, A 5.25 Oddschecker.com Strange things happen when Inter Milan plays Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals. ... -
Portugal, Spain’s power is almost fully restored, but the blackout’s cause remains a mystery
Power was almost fully restored to Spain and Portugal yesterday although many questions remained about what caused one of Europe’s most severe blackouts that grounded flights, ... -
As communist troops streamed into Saigon, a few remaining reporters kept photos and stories flowing
They’d watched overnight as the bombardments grew closer, and observed through binoculars as the last U.S. Marines piled into a helicopter on the roof of the ... -
White House unable to accomplish its goal but more than capable of ruining things
Although the US administration continues to brag about how the US economy is becoming stronger due to the policies it has introduced since it took office ... -
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 – edition no. 4709
* Macau’s leap into space — The ‘Macau Science 2’ satellite is set to launch by the end of 2027, representing the first collaborative experimental satellite ...
