Macau police nab local deliveryman for selling & using drugs

A local deliveryman was arrested on Tuesday for selling and taking drugs, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok said during a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 34-year-old male surnamed Leong.According to Ho, based on a tip-off, the Judiciary Police (PJ) identified Leong as a suspect smuggling drugs from Hong Kong to Macau to sell them.The police apprehended Leong when he was entering Macau on Tuesday evening through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB)

November 27, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Macau university student loses 3 million yuan in ‘fake police’ scam: police

A female university student from the Chinese mainland has fallen victim to a “fake police” scam, resulting in a total loss of 3 million yuan (3.37 million patacas), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Ho, the police received a report on Tuesday from the victim, who said that she had received a call on August 11 while in Macau. The caller claimed to be a “staff member from the Chinese mainland’s immigration

November 27, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Macau Health Bureau to host 4-month-long weight loss challenge

The Health Bureau (SSM) hosted a press conference titled “Healthy Weight Self-Management” yesterday at the bureau’s conference hall adjacent to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre.According to SSM Disease Prevention and Control Centre Health Promotion Division Chief Wong Weng Man, the bureau will host the four-month long healthy weight promotion drive named “Citywide Weight Loss Challenge - The Power of Nutrition and Exercise” between February 9 and May 9. The online

November 27, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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‘Echoes of the Red Market’: art & community in Macau's historic heart

Interview by William Chan        The “Red Market Art and Cultural Fest 2025-2026,” a two-year programme spearheaded by local art group MyLand Culture launched its opening ceremony at the Red Market, officially known as Almirante Lacerda Market, on November 15, coinciding with the opening of the “Echoes of the Red Market” exhibition.Its curators and artists talked to the Post in an exclusive interview at the traditional wet market on Monday.“The festival’s

November 27, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau lawmakers pass outline of 2026 budget bill, govt expects 5.3 billion pataca surplus

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday unanimously passed the outline of the government’s 2026 budget bill, which expects a budget surplus of 5.31 billion patacas next year.Introducing the outline of the 2026 budget bill during yesterday’s plenary session, Secretary for Economy and Finance Anton Tai Kin Ip said that the government expects its revenues to reach 118.80 billion patacas next year, while its expenditure next year is expected to amount to 113.48 billion patacas.After

November 26, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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University of Macau (UM) hosts seminar on consolidation of rule of law

The University of Macau (UM) has recently hosted a seminar on the consolidation of the rule of law and the challenges posed by digitalisation, titled “The Consolidation of the Rule of Law and the Challenges of Digitalisation”, which brought together scholars from Macau, Angola, and Mozambique, according to a statement from the public university on Monday. UM’s Faculty of Law (FLL), together with the Faculty of Law of Agostinho Neto University (UAN) in Angola and the Faculty of Law of

November 26, 2025 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Forum promotes Macau as global collaboration platform for RISC-V industry

The Macau section of the two-day “2025 RISC-V Industry Development Conference and RDSA International Summit”, including the “Global Cooperation Special Forum”, which was only held locally, was held at The Parisian resort in Cotai yesterday.The first day of the event took place in Zhuhai on Monday, when the event’s opening ceremony and Main Forum were held. The forum was hosted by RISC-V ECOSYSTEM & INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, RDSA INDUSTRY ALLIANCE, RISC-V Open-Source Ecosystem

November 26, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau police arrest mainlander for theft by finding

The Public Security Police (PSP) apprehended a man from the Chinese mainland on Saturday for theft by finding, PSP spokesman Wong Chi Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday.Wong identified the suspect as a male in his forties surnamed Yang who claimed to be jobless.According to Wong, the Public Security Police (PSP) received a report on November 17 from a citizen who said that she had lost her electronic watch while packing her belongings in front of the Barrier Gate checkpoint

November 26, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Exploring the world of clay with Macau’s ANWA CLAY

Interview by Rui Pastorin        Artists use a variety of mediums to bring their ideas and concepts to life. For “ANWA CLAY”, that medium is clay, using it to create works and award-winning claymations* (clay animation) featuring their distinct style. What’s their story?The four-person group was founded over three years ago on June 4, 2022 by chairman, main clay artist and claymation producer Lucy Sao Wa Iao and her daughter Angela En-Yu Lao, who is the claymation

November 26, 2025 | BY admin

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Macau to host Saturday torch relay for MSO & NGD Games

The torch relay ceremony for the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities (NGD) and 9th Special Olympics Macau (MSO) will commence at 9 a.m. on Saturday in Shenzhen. Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau will subsequently hold their respective ceremonies at 9:30 a.m., launching simultaneous torch relays.In Macau, the relay will take place on the peninsula, covering a route of about 2.6 kilometres, Pun Weng Kun, who heads the preparatory office for the upcoming Games, announced during a

November 26, 2025 | BY Ida Cheong

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Sands China, Macao University of Tourism (UTM) ink deal, marking launch of 2-year Western culinary programme

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between integrated resort operator Sands China and the Macao University of Tourism (UTM) yesterday at The Londoner Macao, marking the launch of the two-year Sands China Western Culinary Elite Programme.The programme, which includes eight-week training at École Ducasse in France, will cover academic theory, professional certification, and hands-on training at integrated resorts over their 24-month course.After finishing the programme, which uses a

November 26, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Mocha slot-machine parlour at Macau's Hotel Royal to close Dec 28

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced in a statement yesterday that Melco will close its Mocha Royal slot-machine parlour for good after midnight on December 28.The slot-machine parlour located in Hotel Royal is one of Melco’s four current Mocha slot-machine parlours that are not housed on its own premises.Melco announced in June that it decided to terminate the operations of three of its then six Mocha slot-machine parlours not housed on its own premises, namely

November 26, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau's Tai Peng’s electrical appliance shops closing down after 56 years, selling goods 50 pct off

Fifty-six-year-old Tai Peng Electronics & Appliances announced in an advertisement yesterday that all its shops will cease operations by the end of this year.A “50 percent off” sign has been posted on the shops’ storefronts, indicating that all items are now being sold at half price. A staff member confirmed over the phone to the Post that all four outlets will close for good once its inventory is sold.According to an article published by Chinese-language Macao Daily News yesterday,

November 26, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Loan shark falsely accuses gambler of rape: Macau police

A woman from the Chinese mainland was arrested on Sunday for usury and falsely accusing a man of rape, PJ spokesman Ho Wai Lok said during a regular press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 33-year-old female surnamed Shen who claimed to be jobless.According to Ho, the police received a report on Sunday afternoon from Shen, who claimed that she had been raped by a man from the Chinese mainland in a hotel guestroom in Cotai. However, the police later discovered that the

November 26, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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