46 artists to be involved in Art Macao Biennale: IC

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday that this year’s “Art Macao” Biennale will get off the ground on July 19, involving exhibitions and performances by 46 artists from four Chinese regions and 12 foreign countries. The bureau said at a one-hour press conference held at the Macau Cultural Centre (MCC) in Nape yesterday morning that it was looking forward to greater participation in the art-fest by residents and visitors alike, which emcee Nicosia Lok Fai said aimed to

July 3, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Sands China Macau Open badminton contest to start on July 29

The “Sands China Ltd. Macau Open Badminton Tournament 2025” will be held from July 29 to August 3 at the Macao East Asian Games Dome in Cotai, with this edition’s applications from players worldwide surpassing last year’s and featuring an increased total prize money of US$370,000 (nearly 3.0 million patacas).The six-day competition, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF), is part of the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300.This tournament received applications from 442 players from 29

July 3, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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2 local men force masseuse from Indonesia to masturbate clients: police

Two local men were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly forcing a masseuse from Indonesia to masturbate their clients, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chao Teng Hin said during a special press conference yesterday.Chao identified the suspects as a 53-year-old massage parlour owner surnamed Choi and his 47-year-old brother, also surnamed Choi, who worked as the parlour’s manager. The victim is a middle-aged female non-resident worker (NRW) from Indonesia who worked as a masseuse at the massage

July 3, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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Macau Customs seizes frozen chicken feet worth 18,000 patacas

Macau Customs Service officers raided a parallel-trading den in the peninsula’s northern district on Monday where they seized 840 kg of frozen chicken feet worth around 18,000 patacas in total.According to a statement on Monday, on the afternoon of that day the customs officers caught a 62-year-old local female who ran the den and had hired parallel traders to smuggle frozen chicken feet from Macau to the mainland.The suspect faces a fine in compliance with the relevant provisions listed in

July 3, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Govt launches tender for sports park project on ex-dog racetrack

The government has launched a public tender for the first-phase construction of its project to build a sports park, i.e., a park featuring various sporting facilities, on the plot of land where the now-defunct greyhound racetrack (Yat Yuen Canidrome) and its adjacent, currently still in-use Lin Fong Sports Centre are located.The tender was announced in a notice published by the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.According to the notice, potential bidders are

July 3, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Police arrest local man for drunk driving

The Public Security Police (PSP) apprehended a local man on Tuesday for drunk driving and evading responsibility, with his blood alcohol concentration standing at 2.7 grams per litre, PSP spokeswoman Cheong Im Sim said during a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspect as a 41-year-old clerk surnamed Lao.According to Cheong, the Public Security Police (PSP) received a report of a traffic accident near a university dormitory area in Cotai early Tuesday morning. Upon

July 3, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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IPIM & science fund heads swap posts in reshuffle

The government yesterday announced new appointments of the heads of several public entities, including a swap between president of the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and president of the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT).The appointments were announced in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.According to yesterday’s announcements, the government has appointed Vincent U U Sang, who had been the IPIM president since March 2023, as the fund’s president, while

July 3, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Oxfam Rice Event 2025 raises over 635,000 patacas

Over 635,000 patacas were raised for the “Oxfam Rice Event 2025” campaign, which launched last month and marked its 14th edition.An annual flagship fundraising event by non-governmental organisation (NGO) Oxfam, the campaign continued its theme of “Fight Climate Change, Empower Smallholder Farmers”, while this edition saw a partnership with Medialink Animation International Limited to feature classic British book series “Mr. Men and Little Miss” on its rice bags and gift sets,

July 3, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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3 days left to view Chan Hin Chi’s 245 pen & ink drawings at FRC gallery

Intricate pieces drawn in pen and ink are on display at the Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) gallery until Saturday for the solo exhibition “Universo em Milímetros” (“Universe in Millimetres”), where members of the public can admire a total of 245 works.Created by local artist Chan Hin Chi (陳軒志), who is a legal practitioner dedicated to the study of Portuguese-Chinese language culture, along with legal research and teaching, the exhibition features 56 sketches and 189 postcard-sized

July 3, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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MPU students win multimedia design software contest

The Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) said in a statement yesterday that its students took the champion, first runner-up and second runner-up positions in the tertiary category of the recent “12th Macao Student Multimedia Design Software Skills Competition”.The “12th Macao Student Multimedia Design Software Skills Competition”, along with the “17th Macao Student Office Software Skills Competition”, were recently held by the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPPTM)

July 2, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Four Seasons celebrates Global Wellness Day with ‘Float in Harmony’

Four Seasons Hotel Macao recently celebrated Global Wellness Day with its “Float in Harmony” event hosted at the Cotai resort’s lagoon pool.Global Wellness Day, this year themed “#ReconnectMagenta”*, was observed on June 14.A recent statement from the luxury hotel operator said that the event, powered by HSBC Life, invited guests “on a rejuvenating sensory journey designed to inspire deeper connection with oneself, with others, and with the natural world”.The statement said that

July 2, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Another locally bottled water exceeds bacterial standards: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement last night that 18.9-litre potable water containers from another local manufacturer have been found to exceed official bacterial standards.This came after the local O’Sum brand’s 18.9-litre potable bottled water containers were found last month to exceed official bacterial standards.Last night’s statement said that the bureau yesterday tested samples taken from 18.9-litre potable bottled water containers from five other local bottled

July 2, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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USJ launches social work master’s degree programme focusing on mental health

The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) has recently launched its new Master of Social Work in Mental Health programme, which has been designed in response to the “urgent demand for mental health professionals” in Macau, the private tertiary education institution said in a statement yesterday.With applications for the 2025/2026 academic year open until August 29, the Catholic university said that the two-year programme, which adopts an evidence-based approach, is the city’s first master’s

July 2, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Govt to improve design of ballots aiming to make it easier for voters to indicate choice

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) said yesterday that it will increase the spacing between candidacy lists on the ballot papers for the upcoming direct and indirect legislative elections, compared to the ballot papers for the elections four years ago, with the aim of making it easier for voters to ensure that they correctly indicate their choice on the ballots.The 2025 direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on September 14.CAEAL President Seng Ioi

July 2, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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