Macau Customs Service seizes frozen chicken feet weighing 1.8 tonnes worth 45,000 patacas

Macau Customs Service officers raided a parallel-trading den in the peninsula’s northern district on Tuesday where they seized 1,800 kg of frozen chicken feet worth around 45,000 patacas in total.According to yesterday’s statement, customs officers detained for questioning a 43-year-old local male who ran the den and had hired parallel traders to smuggle frozen chicken feet from Macau to the Chinese mainland.The suspect faces a fine in compliance with the relevant provisions listed in the

January 15, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Then & Now: exploring Macau's Centro Comercial Teatro Capitol

Interviews and commentary by Rui Pastorin         When I was a kid, my parents and I would often frequent Centro Comercial Teatro Capitol in the city centre. The building was old and decrepit, while the cinema had long since closed by that time. But there were still a variety of reasons to visit. At the entrance, the smell of delicacies like egg waffles and the peanut-butter filled waffle sandwiches emitted from a quick-moving and always busy stall, greeting a line

January 15, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) to hold 4 job matching sessions this month providing 309 vacancies

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL), in conjunction with the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM; aka Gung Luen), will organise four sector-specific job matching sessions in late January, providing a total of 309 job vacancies to help locals re-enter the workforce as soon as possible, according to a statement by the bureau yesterday.Online registration for the four sessions runs from 9 a.m. today until 12 p.m. on January 20, and is open to residents seeking employment, the statement said.The

January 15, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau's Fu Luen group calls for focus on households at high risk of domestic violence

According to Macau’s total number of crimes reported in the first nine months of last year, announced by the Office of the Secretary for Security (GSS), the number of suspected domestic violence cases rose by 24 year-on-year to 80. While cases classified as suspected “crimes of domestic violence” were only a few, there were 59 cases categorised as “crimes against physical integrity” involving family conflicts during the same period.The Post yesterday interviewed Wong Lei Lei, who

January 15, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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Macau resort operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) to present Macao Orchestra plus circus troupe for Valentine’s Day gig

The Macao Orchestra (OM) will stage a special Valentine’s Day concert featuring performances by an international circus troupe, according to a statement released yesterday by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).“Cirque de la Symphonie – Melodies of Movies” will commence on Valentine’s Day, February 14, at 8 p.m. at Broadway Theatre in Cotai. According to the statement, the orchestra will perform alongside the troupe Cirque de la Symphonie (“Circus of the Symphony”), blending

January 15, 2026 | BY Kristina Vallesteros

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Macau govt’s 1st ‘tea-break’ opinion gathering session to be held tonight

The government announced yesterday that its first “tea-break” community session for officials under the Social Affairs and Culture portfolio to directly engage in conversations with residents will be held tonight.Yesterday’s announcement came after Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Wallis O Lam told lawmakers in November last year about the government’s plan to host “tea-break” sessions in different neighbourhoods regularly from 2026 where bureau directors under her portfolio

January 15, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Start with Resolve, Strive for Completion: A Forward Look at Macao’s ‘Third Five-Year Plan’: Macao Chamber of Commerce Chairman Frederico Ma

Commentary by Frederico Ma Chi Ngai Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Macao Chamber of Commerce (ACM)        Last month, President Xi Jinping met with Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai, who was in Beijing to report on his work. He listened to Sam’s report on Macao’s current situation and the work of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government, and stated that the Central Government fully affirms the work of Sam Hou Fai and the SAR Government.

January 15, 2026 | BY admin

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Na Tcha Exhibition Hall to close to public tomorrow: Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC)

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced on its website yesterday that the Na Tcha Exhibition Hall will be closed to the public tomorrow.The statement said that in order to facilitate distribution network maintenance and improvement works undertaken by power utility CEM, the hall will be closed tomorrow. It will reopen on Saturday. The Na Tcha Exhibition Hall, according to the bureau’s website, which opened in 2012 based on a cooperation arrangement between the bureau, the Na Tcha

January 15, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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‘Trail of Matteo Ricci’ exhibition in Macau continues cross-civilisation dialogue through Chinese painting

The “Trail of Matteo Ricci” exhibition at the Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) gallery highlights how contemporary Chinese painting reinterprets Ricci’s (1552-1610) historic journey between Europe and China through on-site artistic practice and cultural reflection. According to an information board at the entrance to the gallery, the project, initiated by Prof. Zhang Yan, director of the Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) at the University of Macau (UM), and curated by Li

January 15, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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‘The Flow of Memory’ exhibition in Macau invites 8 artists to showcase paintings

Interview by Rui Pastorin         Just below the Ruins of St. Paul’s, an exhibition hosted by the Old House Gallery is taking on the subject of memory, its connection with the present and how it shapes us with time, inviting a total of eight artists from Macau and the Chinese mainland to showcase their creations. From acrylics to oils and Chinese paintings to a mixed media piece, “The Flow of Memory” exhibition at 27-27A Rua de São Paulo (大三巴街) is

January 14, 2026 | BY admin

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Macau's e-car charging fees to be lowered by 10 pct from next month

The fees for charging e-cars in public carparks or at street parking spaces equipped with charging piles will be reduced by 10 percent from next month, the government has announced.The reduced fees for charging e-cars, which will take effect on February 1, were announced by a chief executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Monday, when the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) also issued a statement on the matter.E-car charging piles in public carparks and street parking

January 14, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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‘Trail of Matteo Ricci’ exhibition opens at Macau's FRC gallery

The Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) inaugurated a collective Chinese painting exhibition, titled “Trail of Matteo Ricci”, yesterday, showcasing 33 ink and colour works by PhD students under the academic supervision of University of Macau (UM) Prof. Zhang Yan. Curated by artists Li Ranqing and Lei Meihang, the exhibition presents works created during a 2025 field trip that retraced the route of Italian Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) from Macau through the Chinese mainland and on to

January 14, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau-Hengqin industry-university-research support policy briefing held in Hengqin

According to a statement provided by Macau’s Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) yesterday, a policy briefing session on the 2026 Joint Support Scheme for Industry–University–Research Projects between Macau and Hengqin was held in the Guangdong–Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin last Tuesday, bringing together government officials and representatives from the technology sector.The session was jointly organised by FDCT and the Economic Development Bureau of the

January 14, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Zhuhai's Gongbei customs seizes 64 used smartphones in 2 electric wheelchairs seats

The General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) announced in a statement yesterday that Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs officers seized 64 used smartphones in two electric wheelchairs seats.According to the statement, on Thursday customs officers at the Gongbei Port (border checkpoint) arrival hall, intercepted a Hong Kong traveller surnamed Wang, while he was driving through the checkpoint in his electric wheelchair. The officers had discovered an anomaly which

January 14, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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