Macau police arrest 5 mainlanders for fraud, organised crime

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a gang of five men from the Chinese mainland for fraud and organised crime, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the quintet as surnamed Feng, Zhou, Zhao, Zhang, and Xie. He noted that Zhou and Xie claimed to be an online seller and a delivery driver, respectively, while the other three claimed that they were unemployed.According to Cheong, the Judiciary Police last month received two separate

April 21, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Police arrest trio for ‘drug party’ in Macau hotel guestroom

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested three suspects from the Chinese mainland for participating in a drug party in a hotel guestroom on Sunday, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the trio as a 54-year-old unemployed man surnamed Shi, a 39-year-old salesman surnamed Chen, and a 50-year-old unemployed man, also surnamed Chen.According to Cheong, on Sunday morning, a member of staff at a hotel in Cotai discovered drug-taking paraphernalia

April 21, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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China’s film studios eye IP-driven future as near-total reliance on box office comes under strain

Analysis by Xinhua writers Zhang Yunlong and Yang Shujun        BEIJING – China’s major film studios are changing how they measure the value of a movie – moving away from a near-total dependence on theatrical ticket sales toward a broader model built on intellectual property (IP) development, licensing, and consumer experiences.This shift was discussed at the industry forum of the 16th Beijing International Film Festival, where executives from Enlight Media, China Film

April 21, 2026 | BY admin

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Digital reading boom draws more Chinese into books

Analysis        NANCHANG – The rapid rise of digital reading is encouraging more Chinese people to develop reading habits, as access to books and overall reading rates continue to grow alongside a nationwide push to build a book-loving society.Figures released yesterday at the fifth National Conference on Reading show that China’s overall adult reading rate has reached 82.3 percent, while the number of books read per person, including both print and digital, rose to 8.39

April 21, 2026 | BY admin

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Major provincial economies leveraging innovation prowess to fuel China’s high-quality development

Analysis        BEIJING – China’s major provincial economies are steadily consolidating the foundation of national economic stability while unleashing momentum for progress, delivering high-quality development and expanding high-standard opening-up to fuel the country’s overall growth.These provinces are the locomotives of the world’s second-largest economy. Ten provincial-level regions – Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Henan, Hubei, Fujian,

April 21, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai meets Chinese Ambassador Yang Yirui in Lisbon

Yang praises Macau’s ‘outstanding achievements’Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai, who is on a working visit in Portugal, met with the Chinese Ambassador to Portugal, Yang Yirui, in Lisbon at noon yesterday (local time), where they exchanged views on topics such as supporting Macau in continuously deepening its exchanges and cooperation with Portugal across multiple fields, and better leveraging Macau’s role as a service platform between China and

April 20, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Macao and the New Strategic Horizons of the Macao SAR

Commentary by Manuel Silvério*        Between health, youth, international cooperation and sport, the Macao SAR can turn the current context into a new cycle of opportunity and strategic relevance.Signs of stabilityA changing regional context and a strategy of continuityWhile many analysts see China gaining a structural advantage globally and regionally – irrespective of the challenges posed by the Taiwan issue – recent developments demand closer scrutiny.What we are

April 20, 2026 | BY admin

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Macao Int’l Audio-Visual Festival slated for June

The inaugural Macao International Audio-Visual Festival (MIAVF) is slated to be held at Wynn Macau from June 1-3, according to a Friday statement by the integrated resort operator.“The festival aims to present an industry exchange event that is both professional and international, fostering deep synergy between China’s Internet audio-visual industry and its global counterparts”, the statement noted.Among the activities set for the three-day event are an internet audio-visual works

April 20, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau police arrest 25 HK & mainland suspects for money laundering, fraud, document forgery

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 25 suspects from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland for money laundering, fraud and document forgery on Thursday, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference on Friday.Leng said that the gang comprised two Hong Kong suspects and 23 from the Chinese mainland, aged between 22 and 62. He added that the mainland’s Public Security Bureau (PSB) also arrested 40 suspected members of the gang across multiple provinces and cities.According

April 20, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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University of Macau (UM) hosts biomedical symposium for ECRs

The public University of Macau’s (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) announced in a statement on Friday that it recently held a biomedical sciences symposium for students and early career researchers (ECRs)* as part of celebrations marking the university’s 45th anniversary. According to the statement, the 10th Symposium on Biomedical Sciences for Students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Assistants, organised by the faculty, brought together members of the three groups to exchange

April 20, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Mental health awareness event in Macau promotes inclusion, stress relief

A community event promoting mental well-being and healthy living was held yesterday in Iao Hon Market Garden in Areia Preta, bringing together local organisations and non-resident worker (NRW) communities to raise awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding mental health. Titled “Healthy Mind, Healthy Life: A day to rest, to relieve your stress!”, the event was organised by Be Cool Project, an initiative by the Association of Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers of Macau (ARTM).The one-day,

April 20, 2026 | BY Khale Vallo

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Macau CE Sam Hou Fai ‘fully understands’ Tai Kin Ip's decision to resign as secretary for economy & finance

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai says that he “fully understands” Anton Tai Kin Ip’s decision to resign from the position of secretary for economy and finance for personal reasons.Sam made the remarks while addressing a press briefing on Friday about his working visit to Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and Belgium.The press briefing was held at a pressroom in the Macau checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) on Friday night upon Sam’s departure for his working visit.Upon Sam’s

April 20, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau Customs seizes 307 kg of cigars worth 4.54 million patacas

The Macau Customs Service announced in a statement on Saturday that its officers seized 307 kg of cigars worth 4.54 million patacas at the Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal on Tuesday.According to the statement, on that day, customs officers inspected a batch of imported cigars at the terminal and discovered that the actual quantity of the goods far exceeded the amount declared in the accompanying documents, suggesting an attempt to illegally import the cigars into Macau through underreporting.The

April 20, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Fire possibly caused by ‘feline suspect’: Macau Fire Services Bureau

The Fire Services Bureau (CB) announced in a statement on Saturday that a cat is suspected of having started a fire in a flat of a residential building on Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida (荷蘭園大馬路).The bureau said in the statement that it received an emergency call on Saturday at 10:46 a.m. about a fire in a flat in the Hoi Tou Garden Building (海濤花園) near Lou Lim Ioc Garden. After arriving at the building, firefighters extinguished the blaze in the kitchen of

April 20, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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