50 years of Mozambique-China ties become a model for developing nations: ex-Mozambican PM

Interview        MAPUTO – Mozambique and China have forged an enduring friendship over the past 50 years, with cooperation in development, education and infrastructure serving as a model partnership among developing nations, former prime minister of Mozambique Aires Ali has told Xinhua“Our ties go back to the 1960s, during Mozambique’s liberation struggle,” Ali said in a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua.At that time, China was one of the first countries to

June 13, 2025 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass outline of 2025 budget amendment bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday unanimously passed the outline of the government’s 2025 budget amendment bill, proposing a lower budgeted revenue and an increased budgeted expenditure compared to the budget’s original version.The government proposes a lower budgeted revenue as it has lowered its estimation of this year’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) to 228 billion patacas, or a monthly average of 19 billion patacas, from the 240 billion patacas initially forecast, or a monthly

June 12, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Lawmakers pass bill to add ‘space oil’ to drug law

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed unanimously a government-initiated bill which adds various substances to the drug list of Macau’s anti-drug law, including etomidate* which is the main active ingredient of a new drug with the street name “space oil”.The law is officially known as the Law on the Prohibition of the Illicit Production, Trafficking and Consumption of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.As the government had requested an urgent procedure for the bill’s

June 12, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau greyhounds from race track to heaven (Part 4)

On July 20, 2018 the (Yat Yuen) Canidrome greyhound race track closed down for good after 63 years of operation leaving 533 greyhounds to be adopted into loving homes around the world, locally and in Hong Kong.Sadly, in the years since many have died of old age, cancers or did not make it after operations to be desexed or teeth extractions because of the awful state their teeth were in. One Fancy Fay even died at the airport on arrival in the US.Over the years this reporter has been in constant

June 12, 2025 | BY Lesley Wells

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Strong Wind Signal No.3 may be hoisted today: SMG

The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) announced on its website last night that there was a “medium” probability for the Strong Wind Signal No.3 to be hoisted today.The local observatory said last night that tropical storm “Wutip” (“Butterfly” in Cantonese) in the central South China Sea was moving west-northwest towards Hainan Province.The weather station said that as “Wutip” was expected to remain approximately 600 kilometres from Macau while approaching Hainan

June 12, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Police arrest local man for stabbing ex-wife’s boyfriend with fixed blade knife

A local man was arrested on Monday for stabbing his ex-wife’s boyfriend with a fixed blade knife, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as a pest control technician, surnamed Chan, in his fifties.According to Wong, the police received a report on Monday evening from a local woman who said that her boyfriend had been stabbed by her ex-husband, Chan, at the entrance of her flat’s residential building

June 12, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Gongbei Customs nabs 2 men smuggling 223kg of European elk tails

Two men were apprehended at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Customs Zhuhai checkpoint while attempting to smuggle 223 kilograms of European elk tails to the mainland, according to a statement from Gongbei Customs.According to the statement, customs officers were patrolling the inbound passenger vehicle channel at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge around 8 a.m. on May 18 when they discovered several large black holdalls covered with cloth in the boot of a Guangdong-Hong Kong licenced car. The

June 12, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Police nab mainlander for selling used concert ticket

A man from the mainland was arrested on Friday for defrauding a woman out of 2,000 yuan (2,250 patacas) by selling her a used concert ticket, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as a man in his forties surnamed Mei, who told police that he’s jobless.According to Wong, the police received a report on January 4 from a woman who said that a man had sold her a ticket for a concert later that night while

June 12, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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MGTO promotes gov’t measures on vehicle clearance for int’l visitors

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said in a statement yesterday that the local government grants eligible foreign visitors using the vehicle lanes at the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge to undergo the entry and exit procedures without having to leave their vehicles, with MGTO promoting the measure through various methods and platforms.The statement noted that the in-car immigration procedure has been effective since Monday, and applies to foreign nationals from countries with

June 12, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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16th IIICF & Exhibition aims to foster global infrastructure development

The three-day 16th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) & Exhibition, which ends today, aims to foster global infrastructure development together, its co-organisers said yesterday. The formal opening ceremony of the forum and fair was held yesterday morning in Hall D of The Venetian Macao Cotai Expo, even though it had got off the ground on TuesdayThe forum has brought together over 3,500 participants, including nearly 70 officials on the

June 12, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Lúcia Lemos shows 44 works at FRC gallery

Interview by Rui Pastorin         Local Portuguese artist Lúcia Lemos is presenting a total of 44 works in an exhibition titled “Metamorphosis” at the Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) gallery until June 21, showcasing works created using various mediums.Lemos’s latest solo exhibition is among a raft of activities held in celebration of “June, the Month of Portugal”. Lemos, the founder and former coordinator of Creative Macau – Centre for Creative Industries,

June 12, 2025 | BY admin

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Sam affirms Portuguese community’s contributions to Macau’s development

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai attended a reception in celebration of the National Day of Portugal yesterday where he said that Macau’s Portuguese community has been consistently making significant contributions to the healthy development of various undertakings in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), pledging that the MSAR government will continue to safeguard the local civil society’s multicultural characteristics and to promote various development initiatives while working hard

June 11, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Seminar urges local businesses to strengthen digital adoption

Due to the prevailing trend of artificial intelligence (AI) and with the aim to enhance Macau’s opportunities in the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), the Macau Association for the Promotion of Science & Technology (MAPST) held the “Macau Enterprise Digital Transformation Seminar” yesterday.By introducing various applications of AI, the one-day event aimed to encourage local businesses to strengthen their digital adoption.The 7-hour seminar, held at the Macau Science Centre

June 11, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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UTM holds 10th tourism education summit, 45 students present works

The Macao University of Tourism (UTM) held its 10th Tourism Education Student Summit yesterday at Studio City in Cotai, where 45 undergraduate and postgraduate students presented their projects and theses.This year themed “Tourism in the Digital Age: Embracing Change and Innovation”, the annual event marked its 10th anniversary and was co-hosted with Melco Resorts & Entertainment.During her welcome address yesterday morning, UTM Acting Rector Connie Loi Kim Ieng highlighted the evolving

June 11, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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