72nd Macau Grand Prix slated for Nov 13-16

The 72nd Macau Grand Prix (MGP) is slated to run from November 13 to 16, with racers set to compete in seven race categories at the Guia Circuit.The seven race categories comprise the Macau Grand Prix – FIA FR World Cup, which saw its inaugural race last year; Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup; Macau Guia Race – Kumho FIA TCR World Tour Event of Macau; the newly added Macau F4 Grand Prix – FIA F4 World Cup; Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 57th Edition; Greater Bay Area GT Cup (GT4); and

June 9, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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96 illegal workers caught at G-Dragon gig in Cotai

K-pop idol G-Dragon (aka GD and King of K-pop) held the local leg of his ongoing world tour, after an eight-year hiatus in Macau, performing over three nights between Friday and yesterday at Galaxy Arena. However, the hugely successful event sparked controversy over nearly one hundred workers caught by the police on the sidelines of the gig.According to a statement by the Public Security Police (PCP) on Saturday, around 10 a.m., they conducted a joint inspection of the concert venue with the

June 9, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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MGM artistic swimming, Macau Open return for 3rd year

The MGM Artistic Swimming Elite Extravaganza & Macao Open Competition 2025 will be held from June 20 to 22, marking the third consecutive year and featuring performances from three of the nation’s top artistic swimming teams as well as the debut of the men’s solo category in the competition among its highlights.The event will again be held at the Olympic Sports Centre – Aquatic Centre in Taipa.The statement noted that the upcoming competition will feature six events: “Figure”,

June 9, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Londoner Grand marks official opening

A celebration for the official opening the Londoner Grand was held yesterday at The Londoner Macao in Cotai, with the event attended by Sands Global Ambassador David Beckham, along with guests including various key opinion leaders (KOLs) and celebrities.Located within The Londoner Macao, the Londoner Grand is described as a “resort within a resort, which welcomes guests into the world of British luxury living” and is inspired by London’s Mayfair district, according to integrated resort

June 9, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Construction forum attracts ‘record-breaking’ 70 vice-ministers and above

The 16th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum and Exhibition (IIICF) will be held from tomorrow to Thursday, one of the highlights of which is that about 70 leaders at the level of vice-minister and above are slated to participate, which would set a new record, according to press conference by the co-organisers yesterday.The three-day forum, co-organised by the Macau Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the China International Contractors Association

June 9, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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From Shandong to Spain: Chinese martial arts inspire cross-cultural exchange

JINAN – In a classroom at the Confucius Institute of the University of Granada, in southern Spain, a group of Spanish students mirrored their teacher’s martial arts movements: holding horse stance, jabbing with controlled force, and retracting elbows in fluid arcs.Leading them was Zhang Daojin, an inheritor of Six Harmony Praying Mantis boxing, which is a Kung Fu style originating from Shandong Province in east China.Zhang recently concluded a two-week cultural exchange program in Spain,

June 9, 2025 | BY admin

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Sam meets with Guinea-Bissau President Embaló

   Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai met with Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló at the Macau Government Headquarters yesterday, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) last night.During the meeting, the two discussed enhancing Macau’s role as a platform for promoting cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs), as well as fostering economic and commercial ties between the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) and

June 6, 2025 | BY Staff Reporter

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Xi says dialogue, cooperation only correct choice for China, US in phone call with Trump

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping said yesterday that dialogue and cooperation are the only correct choice for China and the United States.In the phone talks initiated by US President Donald Trump, Xi said that recalibrating the direction of the giant ship of China-US relations requires the two sides to take the helm and set the right course, adding that it is particularly important to steer clear of the various disturbances and disruptions.Noting that at the suggestion of the US side, the two

June 6, 2025 | BY admin

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2 more groups submit direct election candidacy nomination signatures yesterday

Representatives of the Macau-Guangdong Union (UMG) list submitted about 500 registered voters’ signatures endorsing the group’s candidacy in the upcoming direct legislative election to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) yesterday.The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 14.The officially required maximum is 500 signatures of registered voters while the minimum number is 300. Each registered voter can only endorse one candidacy

June 6, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Forum highlights ‘convenient customs clearance’ for mainland-bound ‘Made-in-Macau’ food

A food safety form entitled “Seizing Opportunities and Embracing Challenges”, hosted by the Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) at Crowne Plaza Macau hotel yesterday, highlighted the “convenient customs clearance” measures implemented for “made-in-Macau” food exports to the Chinese mainland.The one-day forum, themed “Selling to the Mainland: Policy Insights & E-commerce Strategies”, aimed to strengthen food safety exchanges and collaboration between Macau, the Chinese

June 6, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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2nd int’l children’s art fest slated to start in July

The 2nd Macao International Children’s Arts Festival is slated to be held from July through August, with workshop registration to be open from today while tickets for the various programmes will be sold from Wednesday onwards.The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that the festival features various upcoming performances, among which are the ballet “Cinderella” by the Ballet of the National Theatre Brno from the Czech Republic and the return of “Slava’s

June 6, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau’s waste up 5.1 pct in 2024, ‘nearly’ back to pre-pandemic level

The total volume of solid waste generated in Macau continued to rise last year, an increase of 5.1 percent from 2023, “nearly” returning to the level recorded in pre-pandemic 2019, according to the Environmental Protection Bureau’s (DSPA) report on Macau’s environmental state for 2024 published yesterday.The bureau customarily publishes its annual report on Macau’s environmental state for the previous year on June 5, World Environment Day.Macau was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

June 6, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Guangdong, HK, Macau to co-host National Event on Environment Day 2026

The National Event on the Environment Day 2026* will be co-organised by Guangdong Province and the Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions (SARs) for first time, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) announced at the handover ceremony of the National Event on the Environment Day 2025 in Chongqing yesterday, according to a statement by the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) yesterday.The 2025 National Event on the Environment Day was held in the

June 6, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Police nab a man for filing false crime report

A mainlander was arrested on Wednesday for falsely reporting a crime to the Judiciary Police (PJ), PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said in a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspect as a 43-year-old man surnamed Wu who told police that he’s jobless.According to Cheong, on Wednesday afternoon, Wu went to the Judiciary Police purporting to seek help, claiming that he had been extorted by two men posing as PJ officers.Cheong said that Wu claimed that in the early hours of

June 6, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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