Monthly Archives: August 2026
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Macau unveils Five-Year Plan to diversify economy, renew old districts, raise non-gaming GDP to 60%
Macau’s Third Five-Year Plan, unveiled by the chief executive and five secretaries yesterday, includes a city-wide building survey set to begin in the second half of ... -
Hengqin Port celebrates six years with over 110 million passenger crossings
Having started operations on August 18, 2020, Hengqin Port marked its sixth anniversary yesterday, with the Public Security Police Force (PSP) noting that over the past ... -
Success Universe issues loss warning after Ponte 16 casino closure
Success Universe Group Ltd., the latest Macau-linked operator to issue a 2026 profit warning, said its first-half loss is set to widen by 50% to 70% ... -
Leong Pou U calls for limits on outdoor work during extreme heat
Lawmaker Leong Pou U has urged the government to strengthen occupational safety protections for outdoor workers as extreme weather becomes more frequent, including clearer rules on ... -
More oversight, fewer associations: What the new rules mean
A new draft law, currently under public consultation, proposes changes to local associations’ management and operations, as well as to the procedures for establishing and running ... -
CBRE: Galaxy lifts dividend as Melco delays debt paydown
Galaxy Entertainment Group raised its interim dividend by 12.5% to HKD 0.90 per share, signaling confidence in cash-flow sustainability despite a softer second quarter, while Melco ... -
Macau braces for thunderstorms as low-pressure trough approaches
A low-pressure trough over the northern South China Sea may develop into a low-pressure system, bringing strong winds, frequent showers, and thunderstorms to Macau from the ... -
Mainland woman arrested for fruit-sale scam targeting elderly
A mainland woman in her 50s was arrested for allegedly defrauding an 80-year-old local woman of MOP1,000 by “giving incorrect change” while pretending to sell fruit. ... -
Mainland man arrested for stealing HKD150,000 in chips after gambling loss
A 42-year-old mainland man was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) for allegedly stealing HKD150,000 in chips he had lost on a casino table in Cotai. ... -
Friday deadline for public housing shop leases
Applications close Friday for the Housing Bureau’s (IH) latest tender offering 25 commercial spaces across public housing estates, with monthly rents ranging from MOP 3,000 to ... -
Qatar waives visa fees for Macau passport holders
Macau SAR passport holders can now obtain a free 30-day tourist visa on arrival in Qatar, following an announcement by the Macao SAR Government Tuesday. The ... -
DSAL launches training program for restaurant operations supervisors
The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has launched a training program with Sands China Limited to address local manpower needs in the restaurant industry. The program offers ... -
Flu remains city’s most reported infectious disease in July
Macau recorded 2,936 cases of notifiable diseases in July, with influenza remaining the most commonly reported infection in the community, according to the latest data from ... -
Chinese animated film mocked as ‘terrible’ becomes a box-office hit
The new sensation among some Chinese moviegoers is an animated film whose characters appear to have been created with rudimentary 3D animation and have been described ... -
More overseas travelers snapping up Chinese brands
On an August afternoon in Shanghai, Mara-Kristin Lutz stepped out of the Songmont boutique, clutching the coveted tote bag that had topped her city break shopping ... -
Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding
En Poy was minding cattle in a former Khmer Rouge stronghold in Cambodia when he set off his first land mine. The blast from the rusty ... -
Student kills schoolmate and himself in livestreamed school attack, official says
A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself yesterday in an attack in a southern Philippine high school ... -
President Lee stresses US alliance as many baffled by Trump order to cut exercises
South Korea’s president said yesterday a solid alliance with the U.S. strengthens the foundation of national security, as many South Koreans were baffled and concerned about ... -
School teaches brightest girls to push back against patriarchal norms
As a child, Ndeye Awa Diop was so shy she couldn’t look people in the eye. Raised in rural Senegal, she learned to embrace what was ... -
2003 UN envoy dies in Baghdad bombing
A massive bomb has wrecked the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 17 people including the UN’s chief envoy to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de ... -
Erasmus fires back at All Blacks’ ‘slow game’ claims ahead of Ellis Park test
It couldn’t be South Africa vs. New Zealand without a phony war. Building to their first test at Ellis Park on Saturday, the touring All Blacks ... -
Newly promoted Le Mans signs veteran defender Sidibe
Newly promoted Le Mans signed veteran defender Djibril Sidibe on a two-year-contract yesterday with the option for an extra year. The 34-year-old right back was a ... -
Top official leaves FIFA over World Cup sell-off plan
FIFA’s chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, has reportedly left his role at soccer’s governing body just weeks after saying its president, Gianni Infantino, had deceived staff ... -
Looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village in the Alps
An unstable mountain rock formation looming above the Swiss village of Kandersteg threatens a landslide that could rival the disaster that destroyed nearby Blatten last year, ... -
US school vaccination rates inch down yet again and exemptions reach record high
U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted ... -
Hassabis, realistic AGI and rosy tomorrows
In 2020, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper unveiled AlphaFold2, an artificial intelligence model capable of predicting the structure of virtually every known protein. Widely used in ... -
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 – edition no. 5017
* Non-gaming capital — Gov’t unveils Third Five-Year Plan targeting 60% non-gaming GDP, sweeping urban renewal and more selective talent recruitment * Border boom | Hengqin ... -
International visitors face payment issues as merchants break the law
Some international visitors to Macau have reportedly faced difficulties while trying to pay with credit cards at local stores. As the Times reporter observed in loco, ... -
Electric motorcycle charging spaces to rise 45% to 1,400
Macau will increase the number of electric motorcycle charging spaces in public parking lots by 45% to about 1,400 this year, the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) ... -
Sands China doubles interim dividend
Sands China Ltd. announced that it will double its interim dividend to HKD0.50 per share as part of its results for the six months ended June ... -
Gov’t studying need for two-bedroom units for two-person households
The Housing Bureau (IH) is continuing to study the actual need for two-bedroom social housing units among two-person households to ensure the effective use of public ... -
Gov’t proposes coastal commercial, park redevelopment for Inner Harbour
A new plan to turn the Inner Harbour into a seaside shopping and park promenade was unveiled at a recent public consultation on amendments to the ... -
Xi urges advancing socialism with Chinese characteristics on centenary of late leader Jiang Zemin
President Xi Jinping yesterday hailed the “indelible contributions” of late leader Jiang Zemin and urged the whole Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese people ... -
Gov’t to tackle ‘sleeping associations’ as 40% remain inactive
Local associations have grown from under 2,000 to over 12,000, but more than a quarter operate from multiple addresses – some even in commercial premises – ... -
Elderly woman killed in Border Gate tour bus accident
A 73-year-old local woman died Aug. 16 after being struck by a tour bus near the departure area of the Border Gate checkpoint, marking the city’s ...
