Author: Honey Tsang, MDT
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Leaders from tourism industries positive about summer holiday
Local tourism-related operators are remaining optimistic about the prospects for businesses during this summer holiday, despite two new Covid-19 cases reported in Zhuhai and Zhongshan last ... -
Gov’t to shore up preservation of intangible heritage
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has vowed that authorities will soon step up efforts to preserve and publicize the city’s heritage listings under the fifth batch ... -
Macao Orchestra | 2021-22 Concert Season to open in September
Macau will see a strong line-up of renowned musicians performing classical music at the Macao Orchestra 2021-22 Concert Season in September. The Macao Orchestra season is ... -
Covid-19 | Zhuhai’s new case puts SAR at higher contagion risk, SSM warns
Given a new covid-19 case reported in Zhuhai yesterday, the contagion risk for Macau is bound to be higher, with new local cases likely to pop ... -
Buoyed visitation expected at Sands Shopping Carnival
Sands China Ltd kicked off the 2021 Sands Shopping Carnival on July 23. The group’s president Wilfred Wong expects the three-day retail mega-festival to have concluded ... -
Sands China positive about summer holiday despite Zhongshan’s Covid-19 case
President of Sands China Ltd Wilfred Wong is expecting a further uptick in the group’s business during the summer holiday — with the average occupancy rate ... -
Art Macao | Creative City Pavilion celebrates gastronomy, design, art and literature
The Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021 continues to inject fresh creativity into Macau’s culture, with a new exhibition “Macao: City of Gastronomy – Bon ... -
CE respects CAEAL’s decision, vowing freedom of speech isn’t compromised
Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng assured the public yesterday that the city’s freedom of speech — a privilege enjoyed by every resident — “has never ... -
12th IIICF | Gov’t vows to continually deepen China-Portuguese ties in infrastructure
As a pivotal bridge between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, Macau will continue to tap into its cultural past and foster commercial ties between the nation and ... -
Gaming | Sands China posts 10% increase in Q2 revenue
Sands China Ltd continues to turn its finances around, posting a total of USD849 million in net revenue in the second quarter (Q2) of 2021 — ... -
Elderly with a strong foothold in job market
Macau’s seniors carry increasing clout in local employment market, Choi Sio Un, director of Social Mutual Aid Department at the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), asserted in ... -
Preparation for sandwich-class housing underway
Director of the Housing Bureau (IH) Arnaldo Ernesto dos Santos has pledged in a written reply that the authorities have been conducting an in-depth analysis for ... -
Association calls for Macau-Kaiping travel trade collaboration
A representative from the Macau Association of Jiangmen Youths believes that there is potential for tourism collaboration between Macau and Kaiping, Jiangmen, as both cities are ... -
12th IIICF | Forum to highlight synergy of finance, green development and construction
The 12th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (12th IIICF) will hone in on Macau’s distinguishing elements to help local practitioners access infrastructure-related opportunities through collaboration ... -
Tourist arrivals down nearly 40% in June
Tourist arrivals to Macau dived by 39.0% month-to-month, reaching a total of 528,519 in June, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) revealed in the most up-to-date ... -
Gaming | GGR forecast to hit post-pandemic high in Aug: JP Morgan
According to JP Morgan’s latest forecasts, Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) may reach a post-pandemic high in August. In a release published yesterday by the brokerage, ... -
Macau and HK graduates can compete for over 9,000 jobs in Guangdong
Fresh graduates from Hong Kong and Macau are able to apply for a total of 9,464 vacancies set aside in the Human Resources and Social Security ... -
Gov’t urged to refine application for economic housing
Lawmaker Leong Sun Iok is urging the government to refine the current application procedures for the economic housing, after some employers have proved uncooperative and ... -
SJM to run self-promoted casinos at Diamond Casino, Lisboeta Macau
SJM Holdings Ltd (SJM) is going to take over the operation of Casino Diamond, a satellite casino under the group which will go under later this ... -
Art Macao | Chinese culture shines through at MGM’s ‘Awakening’ art exhibition
MGM has brought together artists from China in a thematic art exhibition titled “Awakening” — a kaleidoscopic art journey through a cornucopia of Chinese contemporary art ... -
Covid-19 | Booster shot ‘necessary,’ says health official
Early data from global studies indicate that even being fully vaccinated with two doses is insufficient in preventing infection and transmission with Covid-19. In light of ... -
Art Macao plays part in gov’t’s endeavor to foster art and culture
The Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021 (Art Macao 2021), a four-month mega art event held every two years, officially rolled out the red carpet ... -
MGTO vows to consolidate Macau’s status as ‘Creative City of Gastronomy’
Four years on from Macau’s classification as a “UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy,” director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes ... -
Art Macao 2021 to prompt innovation in locals: chief curator
The exotic nature of the foreign artworks presented in the Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2021 (Art Macao 2021) — or their “strangeness” in contrast ... -
Elections 2021 | Several justifications for disqualification of candidates revealed
The long-serving incumbent lawmaker, António Ng Kuok Cheong, who has been disqualified from running in the coming Legislative Assembly (AL) election, yesterday published on his social ... -
Gov’t to fast-track Yat Yuen Canidrome redevelopment
The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) has confirmed in a written reply that the authorities will expedite plans to overhaul the land plot containing the ... -
Trial of cross-border Trade Single Window starts today
The Trade Single Window (TSW), which offers a more convenient platform designed to accelerate the customs cleaarance for goods by China’s export enterprises and Macau’s import ... -
LVS to build on digital gaming technology
Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS), the parent company of Sands China Ltd (Sands), is going to shift its focus to advancing the group’s digital gaming technologies ... -
CE eyes closer ties with Zhejiang universities to nurture more talent
Macau’s Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng acknowledged that he is eyeing closer ties with higher institutions in Zhejiang province in order to nurture more local ... -
IAM urged to build long- overdue pumping station
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will formulate a plan to construct a new rainwater pumping station at Baía Norte do Fai Chi Kei to alleviate flooding ... -
Tourist price index in Q2 down 3.91% year-on-year
The tourist price index (TPI) during the second quarter (Q2) of 2021 declined by 3.91% year-on-year to 116.93, predominantly dragged down by lower hotel room rates ... -
E-payment critical to stimulate tourism development: GBA experts
Given the surging demand for cashless transactions, electronic payment is likely to significantly affect the development of the tourism industry in Macau, industry experts from the ... -
No plan yet formulated to cut plastic bottles: DSPA
In 2020, discarded plastic bottles comprised approximately 6.33% of all plastics thrown away in Macau. Despite this significant amount, the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) asserted that ... -
Gov’t saved MOP1.8 million per month in rent since Dec 2020
As of December 2020, the government has saved a total of MOP1.8 million per month in rent, thanks to the relocation of certain departments to a ... -
Residential property price index up 1.5% in Mar-May
The overall residential property price index from March to May 2021 ticked up 1.5% compared to the preceding survey period from February to April to reach ...
