Macau’s gross domestic product shrank by 7.1 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the second quarter of the year, showing signs of improvement compared with the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said on Tuesday. GDP contracted by 13.3 per cent in the first quarter. A DSEC statement attributed the lower GDP […]
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The nation’s Rio Olympics athletes and their support team arrived in Macau on Monday afternoon for a 4-day visit, cheerily welcomed by hundreds of pupils outside the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal. The delegation of 64 arrived at the terminal and It includes 42 Rio Olympic gold medallists, coaches and badminton player Lin Dan, sprint athlete […]
Syrian National Football team will play all of their “home” matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in Macau, as proposed by Macau Football Association (MFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Friday. According to the AFC, “Macau FA proposed to Syria FA to host all five Syrian team home matches. Syria FA […]
Hundreds of TurboJET passengers were left stranded after a high-speed ferry collided with a fishing boat off Lantau Island on Saturday night, leaving a woman injured. The vessel departed from Macau at 11:15 p.m., carrying 289 passengers and 10 crewmembers on board. The jetfoil was stranded for two hours while it underwent inspections by crewmembers […]
The grassroots Macau Community Development Initiative (MCDI) group will hold a protest rally on September 4 to urge the government to support global ride-hailing giant Uber’s continued operation in Macau, lawmaker Au Kam San, who heads the group, told reporters after he reported an alleged “land debt” case to the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) on […]
Taxi hailing app Uber appears to be ending its operation in Macau next month, according to a statement signed by Asia-based Uber executives that was uploaded by local lawmaker Au Kam San on Wednesday. The statement in Chinese and dated August 22, said that September 9 would be Uber’s last day in service in Macau. […]
Giant panda papa Hoi Hoi celebrated his 8th birthday with children and “panda fans” at Coloane’s Macau Giant Panda Pavilion on Wednesday, according to a statement by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM). The statement said the bureau organised a birthday party and gathered about 40 children and “panda fans” to sing “Happy Birthday” […]
The nation’s Olympic gold medallists will visit Macau from Monday to Thursday next week, the government announced on Tuesday. According to Sports Bureau (ID) President Pu Weng Kun, the medallists will visit Macau’s cultural heritage sites, meet about 1,500 young people, join three events, and visit community facilities during the four-day visit. The delegation will […]
Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose by18.5 percent month-to-month and 5.5 percent year-on-year to 2.79 million last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Tuesday. Overnight visitors rose by 12.4 per cent year-on-year to 1.45 million, representing 12 consecutive months of year-on-year growth since August last year. However, same-day visitors dropped by 1.0 […]