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Macau,
— Several businesses choose to close during the CNY holidays due to a lack of profitability, exposing growing problems for SMEs * Aviation | Airport sees growth in passenger traffic during
* Postal Conundrum — Macau’s post office suspends some postal services to the US amid a USPS policy reversal * Residential | Housing prices hit a decade low * Spring Festival | Visitors
* Crowds (un)limited — Despite huge crowds flooding the city during the CNY holidays, visitor arrivals fell short of expectations * Revenues of local casinos fell by 5.6% in January to MOP18.2
— Chinese DeepSeek shakes up the AI industry * CNY Message | Sam embraces new year with optimism, commitment * CNY Celebrations |Macau rings in the Year of the Snake with float
— Hotel prices soar during Chinese New Year as Cotai hotels near full occupancy * Hong Kong | Snake soup is slithering away but still simmers in a decades-old kitchen * Gaming
— Hotel occupancy reaches 90% as airport increases flights to accommodate the Lunar New Year travel surge, with an anticipated nine billion trips across China * Labor | Unemployment rate declines
— Health officials issued a warning that the risk of influenza transmission could increase during CNY holidays * Cinema | ‘Heritople’ from Sanmarful wins award in Thailand * GBA Views | China’s
— International visitors rose by 66% y-o-y in 2024, surpassing the two million target by 21% * Vasco Rocha Vieira | Last Portuguese governor of Macau passes away at 85 * Governance
— Taiwan issues travel alert for CNY visitors to Macau * Crime Report 2024 | PJ shows the modus operandi of cyber scammers, phishing on the rise * After Trump inauguration |
— Trump to issue a flurry of executive orders * Ecology | Otters return after a decade’s absence * K-pop | SHINee’s Minho to perform in Macau in March * Speaking at symposiums
— Upcoming CNY extended holiday is expected to bring record numbers of visitors to town, according to the MGTO * Shopping | ‘Sasa’ scales back mainland retail amid tourism shift * Social
— Gov’t vows ample festive goods this Lunar New Year but warns consumers of significant price hikes that could lead to financial strain * CNY reception | Liaison Office celebrates SAR’s
— Local businesses are concerned about a decline in tourists’ spending, despite a surge in cross-border travelers * Philip Colbert | ‘Lobsters’ back in town * The new gov’t secretaries are preparing
— Amid influenza peak, gov’t admits it has no solutions for the excessive use of emergency services, urging the public to use them only in severe cases * Centaline | ‘U-shaped’
— Gov’t launches subsidy program to assist catering businesses in upgrading to smart equipment, with a budget of MOP 4.8 million * Crime | Man caught smuggling 5kg of heroin from
— Unused Cotai land is designated for commercial use, with no gaming developments planned, DSSCU said in a reply to the Times * Survey | Firms plan a salary increment of
— Survey finds local youth struggle to grasp Hengqin development policies amid new subsidies to attract Macau workers * GBA Views The developed economy quandary – declining birthrates * Taste of Edesia *
— Local retailers criticized for poor customer service, risking sales amid tourism surge, according to an MDT report * Transport | Taxi fleet expands but infractions persist * Economic concerns remain despite
— The Macao Match Cup, part of the regatta tournament kicking off today, will mark the city’s first time hosting a stage of the World Match Racing Tour * Elderly apartments
— Gov’t links foul odor in Areia Preta to drainage issues from the Lot P temporary housing project * Finance | Bad loans hit a 20-year high * Health | Influenza infections
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