Details for the 30th Macao International Music Festival (FIM) were unveiled Thursday at the Center of Tourism Activities, with 20 programs and 27 performances set to be part of the annual event. The festival will be held at a variety of cultural locations around Macau, including Arte Nam Van, the Macao Museum, the Dom Pedro V Theater and […]
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The Macau government has ordered Macau (Yut Yuen) Canidrome Co Ltd. to relocate its greyhound racing track or shut down its operations within the next two years. The racing track is located in the northern area of the Macau peninsula. A press release issued today by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) states that […]
Annual inflation in Macau in June continued to slow down, posting an increase of 2.26 per cent year on year, or a decrease of 0.38 percentage points compared to May, reported the city’s Statistics and Census Bureau. Growth in June was mainly due mainly to rising car park rates as well as the prices of […]
The budget for the Macau Grand Prix this year is around MOP 200 million, around the same as last year, Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun said during a press conference at Macau Tower on Monday. Pun spoke to reporters about the 63rd Grand Prix after signing an agreement with Suncity Group to sponsor […]
The Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement on Monday that the government has hired CCCC Highway Consultants Co. Ltd. Macau Branch to carry out a feasibility study on the construction of two tunnels either on the west or the east side of the old Macau-Taipa bridge, or a tunnel on […]
Macau Legend Development signed a memorandum of understanding with the Portuguese municipality of Setúbal, which could reach 150 million euros in the first phase, Macau’s press reported on Thursday. The first phase, due to start in the first few months of 2017, includes the construction of a hotel, a block with 60 apartments, a marina […]
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam announced on 3 June that the government had decided to open up public tender allowing local architects to present proposals for the Hotel Estoril revamp project which was originally awarded to Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. Tam admitted his decision was politically driven: “There are good architects […]
Macau and the Portuguese-speaking countries can benefit from the “Belt and Road Initiative” concluded the one day “One Belt, One Road” workshop, co-organised by the City University of Macau, the Maritime Silk Road Association (Macau) and the Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM) held on Friday in Macau. The conference was the first of its kind to be […]
Think tank head Lao Pun Lap said he hoped the government’s first ever Five-Year Development Plan will become a “joint action agenda” for the government and the community at large, adding that the government would adopt “more open, transparent and interactive” ways to collect public opinion on the plan. Lao, who heads the government’s Policy Research […]