Author: Renato Marques, MDT
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Military Club inaugurates 5th edition of Lusophone Painters Exhibition
The opening ceremony for the fifth “Meeting Bridges” series of exhibitions was held at the Macau Military Club (Clube Militar de Macau) yesterday. Similar to previous ... -
TSI rules against gov’t on 102-year-old land dispute, compensation set at over MOP100 million
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has ruled on a land dispute originating from 1918 between the Macau government and the owners of a land plot ... -
Golden Week to test Macau’s infection prevention measures
The week-long holiday that commemorates the founding of the People’s Republic of China, commonly known as Golden Week, will be the ultimate test of Macau’s prevention ... -
Macau GP | Organizer sets maximum of 5 team members per racer
The Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee (MGPOC) has established five as the maximum number of team members that can accompany each driver or rider during this ... -
World Press Photo | Macau only place in China to host exhibition, show sensitive HK images
The World Press Photo Exhibition 2020 kicked off in Macau last Friday at Casa Garden, its usual venue. According to organizers, it is the only city ... -
Crime | FSM staff member caught drunk driving, passer-by intervenes
A staff member from the Public Security Forces (FSM) has been caught drunk driving after being involved in a minor car accident at the Avenida da ... -
Crime | Plan to establish an illegal hostel turns into scam
A plan by two men to establish an illegal hostel in Macau has turned into a scam, with one of the partners accusing the other of ... -
NAT tests required for when school sports competitions resume this year
The interschool sports championships, held every year for a wide range of sports activities, is expected to resume this school year, the chief of the Youth ... -
Italian designer seeking legal liability over ‘rabbits and moon’ copycat
The Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni, founder and CEO of design company Qeeboo, wants a company that he says unlawfully produced the rabbits used in the installation ... -
Bus service contracts extended to 2026
The new public bus service contracts were published yesterday in the government’s Official Gazette. The new contracts for operators Transportes Urbanos de Macau S.A.R.L. and ... -
Q&A: Pun Weng Kun | ID to continue pursuit of better sports facilities
Having been at the helm of local sports since March 2016, the president of the Sports Bureau (ID), Pun Weng Kun, had his term extended in ... -
US flags suspicious activity at Macau banks, FinCEN data leak reveals
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has detected suspicious activity involving a total of MOP544 million passing through four local banking institutions in Macau, which could ... -
Rabbit lantern installation removed after plagiarism controversy
An installation for the Mid-Autumn Festival has been removed from Praça de Jorge Álvares garden in central Macau by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM). The “Rabbits ... -
Our Desk | Macau’s stranger things
In the past few days, strange and mysterious things have been happening in Macau which have not been mentioned. Over the last week, the Health Bureau ... -
Anima joins int’l alliance to stop dog-racing in Portugal
Local animal welfare association Anima Macau has joined forces with the Portuguese League for Animal Rights (LPDA), Pet Levrieri and GREY2K to organize a worldwide ... -
Chinese F4 championship Zhuhai rounds start before Macau GP
THE first rounds of the formula car racing championship that is coming to Macau this year in lieu of the normal Formula 3 race were held ... -
Digital RMB to run first on bank ledgers, not tokens
The electronic renminbi (e-RMB), the world’s first state-backed digital currency, will most likely first be used for finance and banking to back interbank money transfers and ... -
Gaming | Experts say tech is ready for safety and security in Covid-19 era
With the help of fast-evolving technology, the gaming industry is ready to face the new challenges posed by the Covid-19 crisis, a panel of specialists taking ... -
Gov’t has plan to allow foreign bluecards back in
The government has drafted a plan for gradually reopening the borders to allow for the return of some people of non-Chinese nationalities to Macau, the ... -
GP Committee acknowledges difficulties this year for racers
The Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee (MGPOC) has acknowledged that several participants from the 67th edition of the local Grand Prix are facing difficulties to participate ... -
Fate of new Zone D to be decided by the public
The future of Zone D, one of the new land reclamation areas, has not yet been decided, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said yesterday on the ... -
Ho Iat Seng hopes to reopen the border to Asia in Q4
The government is hoping that more Asian countries will soon be in a situation that will allow Macau’s borders to be reopened to their citizens. These ... -
Motorcycle Grand Prix at serious risk of cancellation
The 54th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, the only remaining event of the four Macau Grand Prix headliners, is also at serious risk of being canceled. The ... -
Macau Grand Prix drops F3 race, Chinese F4 to replace
The Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee (MGPOC) announced on Friday that it would drop the main headline race of the Grand Prix program, the Formula 3 ... -
Lai Chi Vun shipyards, Iec Long factory to partially open to public
After revitalization works, the old Lai Chi Vun shipyards in Coloane and the site of the former Iec Long Firecrackers Factory in Taipa will partially open ... -
Central Library project back to old Hotel Estoril
The new Central Library will be built on the land plot of the former Hotel Estoril at Tap Seac Square, returning to its original chosen location ... -
Capsule hotels to create market balance in Macau
The potential introduction into Macau of low- budget lodging facilities known as capsule or pod hotels is likely to promote some market balance in an industry ... -
More Air Macau flights to the mainland as Korea link axed
Local carrier Air Macau is resuming flights to many mainland cities later this month, the airline informed through an announcement on its official website. In the ... -
Forum Macao delegates praise Xu’s diplomatic qualities in farewell
To bid farewell to Secretary-General Xu Yingzhen, who is ending her four year stint at the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking ... -
Parents and nurseries unhappy with gov’t U-turns
Parents and guardians of children enrolled in Macau’s nursery schools are unhappy with the government’s lack of decisiveness in suspending the new school year for children ... -
Q&A: Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes MGTO Director | ‘MGTO duties and roles to remain unchanged after Secretariat swap’
Since starting work at the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) in 1988, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes has served in leadership roles at the tourism board ... -
LRT East Line to go underground with cost estimate of MOP2 billion
The Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) East Line system will be built entirely underground, the government announced yesterday in the press conference for the launch of ... -
Urban Master Plan unveiled with emphasis on regional, international links
The government’s urban development plans for the next 20 years were unveiled yesterday when the public consultation document was presented by the interdepartmental group in charge ... -
Crime | PJ arrests nine linked to unlawful bank loan scheme
Nine local men have been detained by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on suspicion of being involved in a scheme that took out bank loans justified by ... -
Crime | Forged gaming chip puts four behind bars
The use of a forged HKD100,000 gaming chip at a casino has led to the arrest of four local men, the Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson revealed ...
