Macau
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Local breastfeeding association marks 2nd anniversary
The Macau Breastfeeding Association marked its second anniversary last weekend by holding a carnival at Luso-Chinese School Sir Robert Ho Tung. In addition to ... -
EDUCATION | Over 200 students join UM’s Portuguese Summer Course
The 29th edition of the University of Macau’s Portuguese Language and Culture Summer Course gathered 274 students this year, the university has revealed in ... -
MACA | Music Festival in town in September
The MACA Music Festival 2015 – Guitar: the Soul of Music – will be held in Macau on September 20. It will be hosted ... -
Chui congratulates Beijing on hosting 2022 Winter Olympics
Chief Executive Chui Sai On has congratulated Beijing on winning the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The Chinese capital ... -
Philippines Labor Secretary visits region
The Philippines Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz will visit Macau from tomorrow until Thursday. Her visit is part of an official tour that ... -
One year after the opening | Hengqin campus main facilities operational
The University of Macau’s new campus opened last August, when all departments, students and academic staff moved from Taipa to Hengqin. One year into ... -
Public calls for Hotel Estoril preservation
Participants in a debate about the revitalization plan that intends to turn the abandoned Hotel Estoril into a youth recreational center said that the ... -
Maids’ contracts to be automatically renewed
In response to growing demand for migrant domestic workers in local households, the government has decided to simplify the visa renewal procedures for domestic ... -
Tourism | Travel alert to South Korea lifted
The Health Bureau (SSM) on Saturday has lowered the severity of its response to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) from a high-level alert ... -
Police ‘did not buy spying software,’ says Wong Sio Chak
The Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, has stated that Macau police forces have not acquired surveillance software from Italian IT company Hacking Team. ... -
CCAC denies selective enforcement on election bribery case
The Commissioner Against Corruption (CCAC), Andre Cheong, told media last Friday that “there was no selective law enforcement” in the Commission’s investigation into an ... -
Upcoming English Premier League off the air
Local broadcaster TDM will not broadcast the upcoming season of the English Premier League as the rights are too expensive. This has come at ... -
Elderly social welfare system to be improved
The government will set in motion a decade-long action plan for establishing a Support System for the Aged in the second quarter of next ... -
New bus routes launched
The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) has launched three bus routes to allow tourists to explore the city. paying MOP100 per ticket, passengers can ... -
Ask the Vet | How to Keep Your Dog Cool in the Summer
Ready for a summertime game of catch with your favorite four-legged friend? Not so fast. If you’re feeling the heat, you can bet your ... -
MACAU | RETAIL | Branded Products Fair brings tastes of Cantonese culture
The four-day Guangdong and Macau Branded Products Fair was livened up by mass consumers not long after opening yesterday, as families strolled among the ... -
Gaming | As city heads toward Vegas-style makeover, MGM seeks to adapt
Running a casino in Macau used to be a simpler affair: build a world-class hotel, have junket agents bring in high rollers from China ... -
Casinos accused of downplaying assaults on staff
Almost all local casino operators have allegedly turned a blind eye to their staff members’ personal security, which has long been at risk working ... -
Chan Meng Kam reacts to vote-buying arrests
“The law has been selectively applied,” said Chan Meng Kam yesterday, reacting for the first time to the recent arrest of two members of ... -
Hác-Sá Youth Hostel reopens
The Health Bureau will no longer use the Hác-Sá Youth Hostel as a temporary quarantine camp, since there have been no new cases of ... -
Sands | China beckons to local suppliers in its support program
Sands China revealed a new procurement program for burgeoning local enterprises, inviting them to be their long-term suppliers. The gaming operator expressed its intention ... -
Gaming | Wynn Palace to open on March 25
Billionaire Steve Wynn finally feels confident enough to set an opening date for his second casino in Macau, months after complaining that uncertainty plagued ... -
ARTS | Film production fair calls for Macau project submissions
The 2015 Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Film Production Investment and Trade Fair is calling for Macau film project submissions from today until August 14. The event ... -
Over 80 road parking meters to increase fares
At least 80 parking meters across the Taipa, Nam Van and ZAPE areas will be subject to a plan to implement fare increases, said ... -
POLICY RESEARCH | Report suggests for non-resident workers to live elsewhere
The coordinator of the Policy Research Office, Lau Pun Lap, has revealed that Macau could accommodate a total of 750,000 inhabitants by 2025, but ... -
SJM worker found dead in North Korea under suspicious circumstances
A 29-year old SJM casino worker was found dead under suspicious circumstances in North Korea, where he worked at a casino in which tycoon ... -
Crime | Man knifed in casino over debt dispute
A man from mainland China received knife wounds to his neck and hands inside the Kam Pek Paradise Casino in NAPE at about 7 ... -
Water quality in public housing OK’d by government
Following the discovery of excessive lead in Hong Kong tap water, the government’s inspection concluded that the drinking water in local public housing estates ... -
Roosevelt Macau drops casino idea, focuses on fine dining
The Macau Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel – one more property to add to Macau’s casino resort and hotel cluster – will not feature a gambling ... -
American views on local human trafficking refuted
The government has said it disagrees with the views expressed by the U.S. State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons report, which was released on ... -
Hepatitis C patients continue with struggle for new treatments
Macau’s Health Bureau (SSM) has assured the public that the new, revolutionary – yet costly – Hepatitis C drug, “Sofosbuvir” is under assessment to ... -
MGTO backs National Geography documentary
The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) has confirmed its support for the National Geographic program featuring Macau’s heritage. MGTO stated that it supports the ... -
Urban planning | Apollo Cinema’s façade to be preserved
The façade of the old Apollo Cinema, a light green building located in Macau’s main street San Ma Lo, will be preserved, a representative ... -
Negotiations on LRT depot to end soon
The Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, has assured the public that negotiations to resolve delays to the construction of Taipa’s ... -
Briefs | Taiwan entrepreneur visas include local residents
A special resident visa for foreign national entrepreneurs who wish to start a business in Taiwan will soon be accepting applications. According to an ...
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