Chow Tai Fook net falls 42 percent as China slowdown hurts luxury

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd., the world’s largest publicly traded jewelry chain, reported first- half profit plunged 42 percent amid weak demand in Hong Kong and Macau as China’s economic slowdown

European Chamber of Commerce to steer away from just trading

The Macau European Chamber of Commerce (MECC) will begin a “new phase of cooperation between China-Macau-EU, giving more importance to a Legal Cooperation Program and step up cooperation in research

Union Gaming says casinos ‘unlikely’ to offer Alipay

“We would not expect them to offer Alipay Wallet in-person payments on casino floors given how contentious that would be – not to mention potential legal ramifications,” said Govertsen. Third-party

Rita Machado and João Ó | Architects Bamboo, a statement on local identity

As part of the Macau Architecture Promenade (MAP) program organized by the Babel association, the pavilion named “Treeplets” was installed in the University of Macau’s garden area, transforming the landscape. 

Policy Address | Sonia Chan | Authorities strive to make administration less bureaucratic

Efforts to accelerate bureaucratic procedures within public services and across departments for the general public once again dominated Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan’s Policy Address yesterday at the

Tourism | Visitor arrivals up 9.2pct in October

Visitor arrivals to Macau totaled 2,637,106 for October 2015, signaling a decrease of 0.6 percent year-on- year, but an increase of 9.2 percent from the previous month, according to information released

Blood Donation Day registers 40 donors

CRIME | Group caught pickpocketing in Senado Square

A group of three men, all Mongolian nationals, were caught operating a pickpocketing scheme around the Senado Square area, the Public Security Police Force announced yesterday in a press conference. The

Gov’t responds to CAT questioning over domestic violence law

Director of the Legal Reform and International Law Affairs Bureau, Chu Lam Lam, responded to the questions raised by CAT members about the removal of same-sex relationships from domestic violence

Canidrome contract renewed for another year

As the Times reported yesterday, Ms Leong said on Sunday that she expected the contract to be renewed for “two or three years,” promising to introduce cultural and sporting activities

KPMG full smoking ban report released

The KPMG report that earlier this year suggested that a full smoking ban in casinos would negatively impact GDP and compromise social welfare has been officially released in full. The

Gaming boom partly due to flexible oversight

Gaming authorities’ flexible supervision of the industry over the past decade has contributed to the region’s meteoric boom, according to two guest speakers at a panel discussion at last week’s

Fire forces partial closure of Macau Science Center

A large fire broke out in the Macau Science Center on Friday afternoon. According to a source at the Macau Fire Department who spoke to the journalists at the scene,

Tender for LRT depot in Q2 2016

The Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, told the media last Thursday that authorities expect to launch a new tender to continue the much delayed construction of

Environmentally friendly utensils favored by food festival exhibitors

Utensils made out of environmentally friendly materials have been widely embraced by exhibitors at the 15th Macau Food Festival, according to the annual event’s organizer, the United Association of Food

ILCM Charity Bazaar

The annual International Ladies’ Club of Macau (ILCM) Charity Bazaar and Family Fun Day are being held at the Grand Coloane Resort on Sunday, November 29. According to organizers, the

Arts |‘This is My City’ festival returns with ‘a more mature approach’

Last year the event assumed the format of a festival, under the new branding title of “This is My City – The Creative Festival”, providing a platform for creative works