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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
— Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai admits the city is facing intensified competition amid global uncertainties * Tourism | MGTO to expand Hong Kong promotions * Sports | O Lam claims National
* 2024 report |Suicide rates reach new record * Grand Prix |Macau race to host final round of 2025 TCR Australia * Pollution |City records increase in unhealthy air quality days * A
— Xi promises policy stability at meeting with tech business leaders * Dragon Boat | SJM introduces new mixed category to enrich races * City | Wynn expands offerings with new food
— Public housing applications drop significantly; committee proposes swapping one-room for two-room flats * Taichung Tragedy | Toddler remains in coma following gas explosion in Taiwan * Business | Gov’t exploring additional
— Four people, including two Macau residents, have died in a suspected explosion in Taiwan; MGTO is on the case * Forbes List | Macau reaffirms its status as a global
— Airport expects 8.5 million passengers this year, aims to expand flight connections; long-haul flights on the horizon * GBA |Zhuhai launches housing incentives to attract young professionals * Public Housing |
— Sector faces biggest slump in 40 years * Property | ‘Concert economy’ boosts transactions in Old Taipa * Health | Associations urge free flu vaccines for domestic workers * Lawmaker Wong emphasizes
— Macau recognized as one of Asia’s top walkable cities: report * Gaming | Casino revenue growth forecast slashed amid US tariff impact * AL | Kou Hoi In says 2024 was
* Fertility Crisis — The UN warns Macau has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, currently at just 0.68 children per woman * MDT report | Schools have the
— 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
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