Calligraphy and art lovers can admire a raft of works displayed at Albergue SCM for the “Success with Horse - Works by Choi Chun Heng and his Treasured Collections” exhibition.On until April 16, the exhibition kicked off last week during CAC – Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau (Circle of the Friends of Macau’s Culture) and Albergue SCM’s* “Celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Horse” party in commemoration of the Lantern Festival, with the opening witnessed by
Construction of the secondary school in the Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island has been completed, and it will start operating in the upcoming 2026/27 academic year, Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) announced yesterday.The current school campus at the MNN neighbourhood is used for kindergarten and primary school education. The current school, run by Macau’s Hou Kong Middle School, started operating in September 2024.Located next to the current
Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) President Wilson Hon Wai said in speech during yesterday’s Spring Festival luncheon for social workers that the “Subsidy Scheme for Rehabilitation Technology Equipment” for local social service organisations will be launched to continuously improve services for the elderly and persons with disabilities this year, aiming to encourage organisations to procure and integrate technological devices. The annual luncheon for social workers was held at Macau
Interview by William Chan For years, Comuna de Pedra (“Stone Commune”) has been deeply rooted in the local community, creating inclusive theatre for people with disabilities and the elderly. The sixth edition of its “TODOS Fest! Inclusive Arts Festival”, being held from March 20 to 22, once again puts its core belief into practice: “Inclusive art is essential for building an inclusive society.” This year, the festival introduces two unique overseas
Calligraphy and art lovers can admire a raft of works displayed at Albergue SCM for the “Success with Horse - Works by Choi Chun Heng and his Treasured Collections” exhibition.On until April 16, the exhibition kicked off last week during CAC – Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau (Circle of the Friends of Macau’s Culture) and Albergue SCM’s* “Celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Horse” party in commemoration of the Lantern Festival, with the opening witnessed by
Construction of the secondary school in the Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island has been completed, and it will start operating in the upcoming 2026/27 academic year, Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) announced yesterday.The current school campus at the MNN neighbourhood is used for kindergarten and primary school education. The current school, run by Macau’s Hou Kong Middle School, started operating in September 2024.Located next to the current
Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) President Wilson Hon Wai said in speech during yesterday’s Spring Festival luncheon for social workers that the “Subsidy Scheme for Rehabilitation Technology Equipment” for local social service organisations will be launched to continuously improve services for the elderly and persons with disabilities this year, aiming to encourage organisations to procure and integrate technological devices. The annual luncheon for social workers was held at Macau
Interview by William Chan For years, Comuna de Pedra (“Stone Commune”) has been deeply rooted in the local community, creating inclusive theatre for people with disabilities and the elderly. The sixth edition of its “TODOS Fest! Inclusive Arts Festival”, being held from March 20 to 22, once again puts its core belief into practice: “Inclusive art is essential for building an inclusive society.” This year, the festival introduces two unique overseas
Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs announced in a statement yesterday that its officers seized HK$200,000 (205,900 patacas) in cash at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) on February 26.According to the statement, on that day, customs officers at the Zhuhai checkpoint of the mega-bridge noticed a traveller using the “green channel” who appeared visibly anxious.When they stopped him for inspection, customs officers discovered HK$200,000 in undeclared cash was concealed in his backpack, the
The Macao Public Security Forces Academy (ESFSM) continues to focus on Macau’s security personnel development, and a total of 30 students successfully completed more than four years of study and internships during the senior police and fire officer training course, ESFSM Director Wong Chi Fai announced during yesterday’s graduation ceremony.The graduation ceremony for the “8th Command and Leadership Course and the inauguration ceremony for the 18th Training Course for Senior Officers of
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) has discovered that a prison guard received bribes from an inmate to smuggle forbidden items into Macau’s prison in Coloane.The CCAC has also discovered that a former prison guard, who has meanwhile retired, had – when he was still working there –smuggled prohibited items into the prison for another inmate, but without receiving any bribes.The anti-graft body announced the two separate cases in a statement yesterday.The statement did not specify
The Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) hosted two Spring Festival banquets for the media at Macau Tower yesterday, during which it held exchanges with officials and representatives of Macau-based Chinese-, Portuguese- and English-language media outlets. The Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat Ji Xianzheng, addressed the banquets – a luncheon for the Portuguese- and English-language
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) will be hosting its annual free-admission international cultural carnival this Saturday on its Ilha Verde Campus at 14-17 Estrada Marginal da Ilha Verde, (青洲河邊馬路14-17號), with more than 30 stalls to be set up for the one-day event.Kicking off at 3 p.m. and lasting until 6 p.m., the statement said that stalls at the “USJ International Cultural Carnival 2026″ will offer food from various cultures, games and cultural activities, with the event
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz paid a highly instructive two-day official visit to China last week, his first as the head of government of Europe’s strongest economy. President Xi Jinping and Merz, who appear to have established a good rapport, have hit the reset button for amicably pragmatic ties between the world’s second and third largest economies.In Beijing, the nation’s political nerve centre, Merz met with Xi, Premier Li Qiang, and Vice-Premier He Lifeng, and – visibly
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz paid a highly instructive two-day official visit to China last week, his first as the head of government of Europe’s strongest economy. President Xi Jinping and Merz, who appear to have established a good rapport, have hit the reset button for amicably pragmatic ties between the world’s second and third largest economies.In Beijing, the nation’s political nerve centre, Merz met with Xi, Premier Li Qiang, and Vice-Premier He Lifeng, and – visibly
Calligraphy and art lovers can admire a raft of works displayed at Albergue SCM for the “Success with Horse - Works by Choi Chun Heng and his Treasured Collections” exhibition.On until April 16, the exhibition kicked off last week during CAC – Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau (Circle of the Friends of Macau’s Culture) and Albergue SCM’s* “Celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Horse” party in commemoration of the Lantern Festival, with the opening witnessed by
S1C Angel Lin Sin Chi (連善知)Instructors: Sandra U Cheng Man, Kelly Ka Ka Chong, Rachel Tou Wing SzeThe Robotics Team from Pui Ching Middle School won third prize in the RoboCup 2025* competition held in Brazil in July last year, making history as the first high school in the world to receive this award.Competing against around 2,000 participants from more than 40 countries, including university students and researchers, the robotics team from Pui Ching Middle School was one of the youngest
Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs announced in a statement yesterday that its officers seized HK$200,000 (205,900 patacas) in cash at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) on February 26.According to the statement, on that day, customs officers at the Zhuhai checkpoint of the mega-bridge noticed a traveller using the “green channel” who appeared visibly anxious.When they stopped him for inspection, customs officers discovered HK$200,000 in undeclared cash was concealed in his backpack, the
The Macao Public Security Forces Academy (ESFSM) continues to focus on Macau’s security personnel development, and a total of 30 students successfully completed more than four years of study and internships during the senior police and fire officer training course, ESFSM Director Wong Chi Fai announced during yesterday’s graduation ceremony.The graduation ceremony for the “8th Command and Leadership Course and the inauguration ceremony for the 18th Training Course for Senior Officers of
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) has discovered that a prison guard received bribes from an inmate to smuggle forbidden items into Macau’s prison in Coloane.The CCAC has also discovered that a former prison guard, who has meanwhile retired, had – when he was still working there –smuggled prohibited items into the prison for another inmate, but without receiving any bribes.The anti-graft body announced the two separate cases in a statement yesterday.The statement did not specify
The Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) hosted two Spring Festival banquets for the media at Macau Tower yesterday, during which it held exchanges with officials and representatives of Macau-based Chinese-, Portuguese- and English-language media outlets. The Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat Ji Xianzheng, addressed the banquets – a luncheon for the Portuguese- and English-language
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) will be hosting its annual free-admission international cultural carnival this Saturday on its Ilha Verde Campus at 14-17 Estrada Marginal da Ilha Verde, (青洲河邊馬路14-17號), with more than 30 stalls to be set up for the one-day event.Kicking off at 3 p.m. and lasting until 6 p.m., the statement said that stalls at the “USJ International Cultural Carnival 2026″ will offer food from various cultures, games and cultural activities, with the event
Calligraphy and art lovers can admire a raft of works displayed at Albergue SCM for the “Success with Horse - Works by Choi Chun Heng and his Treasured Collections” exhibition.On until April 16, the exhibition kicked off last week during CAC – Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau (Circle of the Friends of Macau’s Culture) and Albergue SCM’s* “Celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Horse” party in commemoration of the Lantern Festival, with the opening witnessed by
Analysis BEIJING – While tourists thronged to Heilongjiang Province – a former industrial base in northeast China reborn as an ice-and-snow tourism hotspot – this winter, Seres, a Chongqing-based automaker in the country’s southwest, rolled its one-millionth intelligent electric vehicle off the production line.Cargo ships and freight trains, meanwhile, crisscrossed global trade routes, helping push China’s foreign trade back into double-digit growth in
Analysis BEIJING – With a new development blueprint under review at the ongoing national legislative session, China is embracing a critical five-year period in an ambitious drive to basically modernize its vast population by 2035, on a scale unseen in human history.According to the draft outline of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), the country aims to lay a solid foundation for achieving its 2035 goal of doubling its 2020 per capita gross domestic product