Macau Customs Service seizes 50 kg of stony corals at mega bridge

The Macau Customs Service announced in a statement on Sunday that it officers seized 50 kilograms of stony corals* – also known as hard corals – last Monday at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HKZMB) checkpoint.According to the statement, last Monday, customs officers at the mega bridge’s Macau Port checkpoint arrivals lane intercepted a cross-border vehicle through the bridge’s risk management system.An investigation revealed that a local driver attempted to smuggle 50 kilograms of

January 20, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Liang Jiajie presents artworks in ADVANCED Realm Artistry exhibition in Macau

Exhibitiongoers stepping into the Youth Artist Exhibition Room at 10 Fantasia Gallery will find various watercolours along with mixed media works on display for “‘ADVANCED’ Realm Artistry: Liang Jiajie’s Art Exhibition”.Organised by the Macau Youth Art Association and having recently kicked off, the exhibition showcases a total of 32 watercolours of various sizes presented throughout the exhibition venue located on the gallery’s basement level, with many featuring vibrant colours.

January 20, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau police arrest 2 loan sharks for falsely imprisoning gambler

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two men from the mainland on Sunday for usury and the false imprisonment of a male gambler, PJ spokesman Ho Wai Lok said during a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspects as a 37-year-old male and a 28-year-old male, both surnamed Lin, who claimed to be jobless.According to Ho, the police received a report on Sunday morning about a young man who was being held against his will in a flat due to debts from high-interest gambling loans.Ho

January 20, 2026 | BY Ada Lei

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Macau police nab overstayer for damaging & stealing from 6 cars

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the Chinese mainland on Saturday for stealing from six cars, PJ spokesman Ho Wai Lok said during a special press conference yesterday.Ho identified the suspect as a 50-year-old male surnamed Fu who claimed to be jobless.According to Ho, the police received reports from six middle-aged locals on Friday and Saturday about their cars parked in the carpark of a residential building and an open-air carpark, both on Rua da Praia do Manduco (下環街).

January 20, 2026 | BY Ada Lei

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Online fraud cases dip 35 pct, but losses rise 32 pct in Macau last year: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in a statement yesterday that in order to review existing cooperation mechanisms and discuss new prevention and control measures to address the evolving landscape of online and telecom fraud, they held an exchange meeting on Thursday about anti-fraud measures with the Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) and Macau’s financial regulator AMCM.According to PJ Director Sit Chong Meng, in 2025, a total of 810 online and telecom fraud cases were

January 20, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Top skateboarders to join ‘2026 FISE: Battle of the Champions’ in Macau

Integrated resort operator Melco’s Studio City will be hosting the skateboarding competition “2026 FISE: Battle of the Champions” in Macau from March 13 to 15.Following the invitation-only street skateboarding tournament’s 2025 Macau debut, the event will again gather the top street skateboarders from around the world at the Studio City Event Centre in Cotai, the statement noted.Event highlights include a men’s and women’s ollie* contests and seeding** games for pro skateboarders,

January 20, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MGTO to give free coach tickets to Macau-bound int’l visitors arriving at HK airport

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced in a statement yesterday that it is rolling out a special offer today, giving international visitors free direct coach tickets from Hong Kong International Airport to Macau, in order to expand foreign visitor markets and promote extended travel to Macau. According to the statement, MGTO has partnered with Hong Kong & Macao International Airport Transportation Service Company Limited (Macau HK Airport Direct) to launch the year-long

January 20, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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1st Chinese Culture Performances Season to stage ‘Farewell My Concubine’ in Macau Jan 29 to Feb 1

The inaugural “Chinese Culture Performances Season” is slated to present the immersive drama “Farewell My Concubine” by Beijing People’s Art Theatre from January 29 to February 1 at the Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Box II in Nape, alongside a series of workshops and outreach activities, according to a statement by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) on Friday. Organised by the bureau under the patronage of the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture in conjunction with the

January 20, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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China delivers on 2025 growth target, offering stability in an uncertain world – GDP up 5 pct

AnalysisBEIJING – China’s economy grew by 5.0 percent in 2025, in line with official targets, bringing the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) to a steady close amid rising global uncertainties.The world’s second-largest economy saw its gross domestic product (GDP) reach a record of 140.19 trillion yuan last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said yesterday.The economy’s fourth-quarter performance also firmed, expanding 4.5 percent from a year earlier and

January 20, 2026 | BY admin

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Don’t use ‘democratic rhetoric’ to weave an illusory myth of leadership: commentary

Commentary by Stefan Sigfried*    In the West, freedom of expression is widely regarded as essential for revealing mistakes, exposing wrongdoing, and holding leaders accountable. It has become a sacrosanct principle, often accompanied by the assumption that societies without near-unlimited freedom of speech are inferior.By this logic, a country with robust protections — such as the United States and its First Amendment to the Constitution — ought to work remarkably well. But what

January 20, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai urges local officials to heed Xi’s instructions

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai convened and chaired a meeting on Friday briefing principal and senior local officials about President Xi Jinping’s appraisal of the local government’s work over the past year, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) that day.The session held at Government Headquarters on Friday afternoon was attended by Sam’s five policy secretaries and other principal officials, as well as all the heads of the government’s about 70 bureaus

January 19, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Reclaimed water unit price to be 15 pct lower than tap water: Macau govt

The government has announced that the unit price of reclaimed water*, the generation and supply of which is scheduled to start on March 1, will be 15 percent lower than that of tap water.Coloane’s sprawling Seac Pai Van public housing neighbourhood and the University of Macau (UM) campus will be the first two areas in Macau to where reclaimed water will be supplied.The Seac Pai Van public housing neighbourhood comprises one social rental housing estate and three subsidised home-ownership

January 19, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Two Macau chefs chosen for Young Chefs Programme

1st time Macau to be representedGalaxy Macau’s Daniel Chio Ka Kin and Safa Rodas from City of Dreams (COD) have been chosen to join the Young Chefs Programme (YCP), with the two chefs, aged 30 and 33 respectively, going to represent Macau among chefs from around the world.An initiative of the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and coordinated by the World Food Forum (WFF), a total of 10 young chefs from around the world are routinely chosen for the

January 19, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Forum in Macau discusses tiered mental health services in GBA

The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong and Macao (MHAHKM) hosted a forum on Friday at Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau in Nape, titled “Greater Bay Area Summit Forum on Medical-Social Collaboration in Mental Health”. According to MHAHKM Chairman Dr William Lo Tak Lam, who is from Hong Kong, the one-day forum focused on tiered mental health services and youth support.Dr Lo said in a speech that the forum’s selection of Macau as its venue symbolised the Greater Bay Area’s (GBA) mental

January 19, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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