Author: Anthony Lam, MDT
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Ocean Gardens reports ‘suspicious’ cat deaths
The bodies of five cats, which are suspected to have died after falling at Ocean Gardens in Taipa, were reported on a notice. The notice was ... -
‘On Site’ returns to Fringe as festival-in-festival
This year, the On Site project is set to reemerge in the Macao City Fringe as the indie art festival’s ‘Crème de la Fringe’. The project ... -
Dozens of Malaysians repatriated by AirAsia, Consulate
Some 58 people took two special chartered flights operated by AirAsia yesterday to return to homes in either Macau or Malaysia amid travel restrictions and a ... -
DSEJ admits local students may not have sufficient knowledge about the SAR
At the final public consultation session for the Non-tertiary Education Mid- to Long-term Planning (2021-2030), Lou Pak Sang, Director of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau ... -
Gov’t encourages locals to stay in town during CNY
Macau residents should consider spending their Lunar New Year holidays in the city and drop unnecessary travel, Dr Alvis Lo of the Novel Coronavirus Response and ... -
Pansy Ho appointed head of local UN body
Local entrepreneur Pansy Ho has been appointed President of the Macau Chapter of the United Nations Economic and Social Ministry – France-China Cultural Exchange and Promotion ... -
Our Desk | McD reads MDT!
In my previous Our Desk article, the lack of marketing by a particular chain restaurant for other types of meat products – other than the prime ... -
GBA visit | CE meets with Guangdong provincial officials to strengthen cooperation
Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng is continuing his four-day trip in the Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), making his latest stop at the ... -
Civil servant group calls for ‘realistic encouragement’ for team
The Macau Civil Servants Association has called for “realistic encouragement” for frontline public service workers due to the impact of Covid-19 on Macau in a ... -
Nam Van plan | DSSOPT: Committee members fully express public opinions
Contrary to the one-sided opposing opinions received on the two proposed development plans on Nam Van Lake, Chan Pou Ha, Director of the Land, Public ... -
Nam Van plan | Gov’t to proceed with controversial court house project
Only one out of 23 members of the Urban Planning Committee called for reconsideration of the recently proposed Nam Van Lake development plan, marking a landslide ... -
Nam Van Plan | New Macau criticizes gov’t for ‘skipping steps’
The New Macau Association has criticized the government for “skipping steps” by using an unlegislated consultation plan to institutionalize the urban planning for Nam Van Lake. ... -
Local issues and Covid-19 piqued interest: survey
Statistics show that apart from Covid-19, news readers in Macau have a significant focus on their homeland as well, Chinese newspaper Cheng Pou reports. As the ... -
MGM clarifies it did not engage in suspected third-party copyright infringement
Asia Star TV held the worldwide final of the Miss Asia Pageant 2020 at the MGM Cotai theater on January 3. However, it has come to ... -
Home address needed for Health Code from today
Following a system crash last month, the Macau Health Code will now require users to enter their home address in order to generate a code. Dr ... -
Controversial Nam Van Lake proposals to be presented to Urban Planning Committee
Having received 138 comments in opposition to the planning conditions drafts for two Nam Van Lake land plot developments, the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau ... -
Case of Covid-19 variant recorded in Guangdong
An imported case of a Covid-19 mutation has been recorded in Guangdong Province recently, according to state media Xinhua News Agency. The individual concerned is an ... -
Iconic egg tart maker awarded MBE
Eileen Stow, the current owner of the bakery that makes globally-renowned Macanese custard tarts, has been awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire ... -
Gastronomy | Tourism board to submit report to UN by mid-2021
After being listed as a Creative City of Gastronomy for four years, the Macau SAR is required to submit a quadrennial conclusive report to UNESCO by ... -
Group petitions against reappointment of municipal advisory board members
The government has broken the recommendation mechanism for a municipal advisory board, Rocky Chan, Deputy Director-General of the New Macau Association (ANM), told a press conference ... -
National Flag, Emblem Laws repromulgated amid amendments
Following the recent passing of the amendments to the National Flag Law and the National Emblem Law of the People’s Republic of China by the National ... -
Parliamentary election administrator sees pandemic as prime challenge
The Electoral Affairs Committee, which will administer next year’s Legislative Assembly Election, has identified the lingering pandemic as the election’s major challenge, Justice Tong Hio Fong, ... -
Rosário describes Nam Van Lake proposals as ‘big improvement’
Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, has reminded residents to consider the big picture rather than focusing on minor details when reviewing the ... -
Gov’t releases simplified e-platform, online declaration of life procedures
My Government Account,” the unified online service platform administered by the government, has recently been upgraded with a simplified interface featuring larger and clearer icons for ... -
Workers threaten to jump from Galaxy Macau building amid labor dispute
Four mainland men threatened to jump off a building on a Galaxy Macau construction site yesterday morning. The incident is believed to be related to a ... -
Commentators, ANM oppose gov’t plans for Sai Van
Two draft planning condition graphs on the future of several land plots between the Sai Van and the Nam Van Lakes have received negative feedback from ... -
Military Club art exhibition highlights club’s 150-year history
This year’s Macau Artists’ Salon, held by the Macau Military Club annually, will showcase the club’s a-century-and-a-half history, presented in photos and documents. Five years into ... -
City Fringe Festival to go ahead posing ‘everyone as artist’
The 20th Macao City Fringe Festival will be held in January next year as usual, with a program of 18 events and 17 extended activities, highlighting ... -
CCAC sees room for improvement in elevator regulations
In a reply to a report by the Association of Synergy of Macau, the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) identified room for improvement in the regulations governing ... -
Gov’t expects 800,000 vaccines to roll out from January
The government announced at yesterday’s weekly Covid-19 press conference that 800,000 vaccines are expected to arrive in phases from January next year, with frontline medical staff ... -
Bureau defends use of ‘critical thinking’ following ANM criticism
Local democrat group New Macau Association’s (ANM) disagreement with the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) word choice in referring to the Chinese term for “critical ... -
Democrat group wants security in career, housing prospects in youth policy
Local democrat group New Macau Association (ANM) has cited Hong Kong and Taiwan as examples to prove that Macau should include youth careers and housing prospects, ... -
CRIME | Man assists friend to rape own partner
A man who allegedly helped his friend twice to rape his former girlfriend, who was then a minor, was accidentally discovered while local law-enforcement authorities were ... -
55 Calçada da Vitória captures 1920’s trends: architect
The Cardinal Newman Performing Arts and Cultural Center, the house on 55 Calçada da Vitória, is a vivid example of East-West interactions captured in the architectural ... -
Int’l marathon to only see participants from Greater China region
Pun Weng Kun, President of the Sports Bureau (ID), disclosed that his department has received inquiries on registering for the 39th Macao International Marathon from abroad. ...
