Sam vows deeper cooperation with Jilin Province

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai met with Communist Party of China (CPC) Jilin Provincial Committee Secretary Huang Qiang at the Government Headquarters on Tuesday where they exchanged views on strengthening cooperation between the two sides in various fields such as tourism and culture, healthcare and medicine, trade, and technology.Welcoming Huang and members of his delegation to Macau, according to a Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) statement on Tuesday night, Sam expressed his gratitude

May 22, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Visitors rise 18.9 pct to 3 million in April

Macau recorded 3.09 million visitor arrivals last month, a year-on-year growth of 18.9 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Same-day visitors (1.75 million) and overnight visitors (1.33 million) rose by 30.1 percent and 6.9 percent year on year respectively.On average, overnight visitors stayed for 2.3 days, unchanged from a year earlier.Mainland Chinese visitors rose by 22.4 percent to 2.12 million in April. Foreign visitors grew by 10.4 percent to 230,014.Most

May 22, 2025 | BY admin

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Personal income tax rebate to start tomorrow

A rebate of 60 percent of the personal income tax paid for 2023 will be issued to the respective taxpayers starting from tomorrow, the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) announced in a statement yesterday.Macau’s fiscal and calendar years are identical.The statement noted that according to the government’s 2025 budget, which was passed by the legislature in its second and final reading in December last year, local personal income taxpayers are entitled to a rebate of 60 percent of their tax

May 22, 2025 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau’s young poets shine at USJ English poetry contest

The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) celebrated young literary talent last Saturday at “The 4th Macao-wide English Poetry Writing and Recital Contest” on its Ilha Verde campus.According to the statement released by the private Catholic university yesterday, the event, sponsored by Jolly Kingdom Macau, attracted 670 submissions from 56 schools and universities across Macau.Under this year’s theme “Mini me in a wide wide world,” participants from primary, secondary and tertiary

May 22, 2025 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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MGM lion dance summer class applications open

Applications for the 11th MGM Junior Lion Dance Summer Class 2025 are now open, with this year’s classes set to take place in the Barra district for the first time.According to a recent statement from the integrated resort operator, the event kicks off the “MGM Lion Dance Championship 2025 Annual Spectacle”, which starts this month and runs through October, featuring events and activities aimed at “promoting the popularisation of lion dance culture in Macau”.Open to kids aged between

May 22, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Eco-bureau to hold raft of World Environment Day activities

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSAP) announced in a statement yesterday that in commemoration of the annual international ecological event “World Environment Day” on June 5, the bureau will organise a series of activities.Through a variety of initiatives, the campaign aims to encourage the public to adopt eco-friendly and carbon-reducing behaviours, collectively supporting the nation’s “Dual Carbon” goals. According to the statement, the activities will involve joint

May 22, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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MGTO hosts tourism, MICE seminar in Jakarta

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) led a delegation to organise the “Macao Tourism + MICE Product Updates Seminar & Travel Mart” in Jakarta on Tuesday, where Macau’s “latest destination appeal and MICE resources” were showcased to Indonesian tourism operators, according to an MGTO statement released on that day.Indonesia is ranked as Macau’s sixth largest visitor market and third largest international visitor market, the statement, citing visitor statistics from January

May 22, 2025 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Fu Luen holds forum to advance gender equality

In commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Fourth World Conference on Women, which was held in Beijing in 1995, the Macau Women’s General Association (commonly known as Fu Luen) held a forum titled “Advancing Gender Equality, Building a Better Future” at Macau Tower yesterday morning. The opening ceremony of yesterday’s one-day forum, which also celebrated the 75th Anniversary of the association’s establishment, was attended by guests such as Chief

May 22, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Applications open for UM’s 39th Portuguese Language Summer Programme

The public University of Macau (UM) said in a statement on Tuesday that applications are now being accepted for its 39th Portuguese Language Summer Programme, organised by the Department of Portuguese within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.According to the statement, the application deadline is June 20, anyone aged at least 15 welcome to apply. The programme is an initiative aimed at fostering “bilingual talent”, the statement said.The statement noted that the programme is scheduled to

May 22, 2025 | BY Adrian Vallesteros

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Police nab 2 local drug users

Two local men were arrested on Tuesday for taking drugs, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a regular press conference yesterday.Cheong identified the suspects as a 39-year-old delivery recipient surnamed Fong and a 48-year-old vehicle mechanic surnamed Lam.Based on a tip-off, the Judiciary Police (PJ) identified Fong and Lam as suspected drug users who frequently travelled to Hong Kong to buy and take drugs before smuggling the remaining drugs back to Macau. The police

May 22, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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IAM warns of bags of dried lily bulb containing excessive cadmium

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) urged the public yesterday to cease consumption of bags of dried lily bulb found to contain excessive levels of cadmium, underlining that the retailers involved have been ordered to stop selling the problematic product.According an IAM statement, the bags of dried lily bulb, branded as “特選百合”,weigh 303 grams and is sourced from JEBN (樓上). The product is labelled “best before 28 Feb 2026”, which has been found to contain 0.67 parts per

May 22, 2025 | BY Armindo Neves

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Local woman loses 1.3 million patacas in online scam: police

A middle-aged local woman has fallen victim to an online investment scam, losing 1.3 million patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Chong, the woman befriended online a man who claimed to be a “mainland soldier” on a social media platform last year. In late-September, the man introduced her to an investment website, promising easy profits and offering to teach her how to invest.After being persuaded, the victim

May 22, 2025 | BY Ada Lei

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US attempts to disparage BRI will only strengthen its bonds of connectivity

China Daily Editorial        That the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a bête noire of Washington has long been apparent. But US Secretary of State Marco Rubio again expressed its anathema to the BRI while answering questions in two congressional hearings on Tuesday, in which he said that “China doesn’t do humanitarian aid, China does predatory lending – that’s what the Belt and Road Initiative does”.Washington likes to try and create the impression that the

May 22, 2025 | BY admin

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Q&A: What to know about China’s visa-free policies

BEIJING – China’s visa-exemption policies have boosted inbound travel. Since the start of this year, “China Travel” has kept trending. The Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesteday released a list of frequently asked questions about these policies.Q: Who does the visa waiver apply to?A: Nationals of 43 countries including Brunei, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland, Malaysia, Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Australia,

May 22, 2025 | BY admin

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