Trade | Booming Portuguese cherry exports target Macau

According to the Fundão Mayor, Paulo Fernandes, “the business is now worth over EUR20 million (MOP180 million) per year” and production fields keep multiplying. That means good news for a region

Regional youth sports activity ends today

A hole was found on Sunday on Estr. Alm. Marques Esparteiro, in Taipa, close to Rotunda Dr. Carlos Augusto Correa Pães d’Assumpção, Macao Daily News reported. The hole, which is

Air Macau changes program requirements to include all residents

Air Macau has changed the application criteria for the ‘Macau Local Cadet Program’ after the Times reported on Friday that it required candidates to be “Macau permanent ID card holders

Siza Vieira rejoins Hotel Estoril project

Álvaro Siza Vieira, one of Portugal’s most recognized architects, will visit Macau in June or July, a source from the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture told Radio Macau. In

Public consultation open for the 10-year plan for rehabilitation services

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) opened the public consultation period on their 10-year plan for rehabilitation services on Friday. In a press conference held at the IAS facilities, the plan for

Education | Student art exhibition held at MAC

An art exhibition was held at the Macau Anglican College (MAC) last week to showcase the coursework of some 40 art students across forms four, five and six. Some of

ID: Marathon winner may be disqualified

The Macau Marathon organizers are considering disqualifying Flomena Chepchirchir, the female runner who won the 2014 race while being banned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). As the Times reported

Higher taxes on cross-border e-commerce products going to mainland

A Guangdong-Macau conference on cross-border e-commerce took place last week at the World Trade Centre, where businessmen from both regions shared their own experiences developing popular online shopping platforms. The conference,

755 tender applications for 250 taxi licenses

The sum, tendered by Chan Kam Soi represents a cost of almost MOP92,000 a month for the total period of the license (8 years). According to TDM,  DSAT suspects that

Briefs | Foreign reserves slip in March

The Monetary Authority of Macau has announced that the preliminary estimate of Macau’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP152.5 billion (USD19.09 billion) at the end of March. This means that

More readers using local libraries

The Macau public libraries have registered a substantial growth in the number of book loans during 2015, revealed Ophelia Tang, director of Public Libraries Management Department within the Cultural Affairs

Pearl Horizon homebuyers resume protests

A large crowd of buyers involved in the “Pearl Horizon” group returned to activity yesterday. This time, as the protesters went back to Polytec Assets’ Headquarters the traffic nearby was

Portugal’s Attorney General visits region ‘to deepen cooperation’

The Portuguese Attorney General Office (PGR) is “available to deepen cooperation with Macau in areas such as the fight against corruption, or training of judges,” Joana Marques Vidal said yesterday

Pyongyang International Marathon | Macau runner ventures to Pyongyang in race that changes his mind

Thirty-three-­year-old Macau resident, Simon Lam, travelled to North Korea earlier this month to participate in the annual Pyongyang international marathon race as, according to Lam, the only runner representing the

Ask the Vet | Controlling Cat Herpes with L-Lysine Supplements

Cat herpes, otherwise known as rhinotracheitis, is an upper respiratory illness that can also potentially affect the eyes. It is an airborne virus, and because of how easily cat herpes spreads,

Powerful earthquake hits southern Japan, tsunami advisory

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has struck southern Japan, barely 24 hours after a deadly quake hit the same region. The quake shook the Kumamoto region at

‘Macau Local Cadet Program’ excludes non-Chinese

The application criteria for Air Macau’s “Local Cadet Pilot Program” is raising questions among residents. Among other requirements, Cadet Pilot candidates must be “Macau permanent ID card holders with Macau

Hong Kong bound jets diverted

The Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department’s (CAD) online booking system for private aircraft takeoff and landing times malfunctioned causing chaos and diverting several business and private jets to airports in

112 local merchants attend Wynn’s procurement partnership event

The launch of the “2016 First Quarter Local SME Procurement Program – Business Matching Session in Food & Beverage Category,” organized by Wynn Resorts (Macau) and the Macau Chamber of

Collisions between ferries and cargo ships ‘highly likely’

Academic and former observatory director Lam Chiu-ying has criticized a confidential report commissioned by the Hong Kong Airport Authority assessing the risk of marine traffic accidents for failing to take

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