TOPIC

/ location

Macau

Style Edit

Style Edit: How the Poly MGM Museum is helping Macau diversify as a tourist hub

Offering an immersive, multisensory experience, the museum’s inaugural exhibition showcases 228 artefacts and artworks tracing the rich history of the Maritime Silk Road.

9 Dec 2024 - 10:00AM

Banking & finance

OCBC opens new Hong Kong office to house up to 15% more staff

9 Dec 2024 - 10:15AM

Hong Kong economy

Justice chief ‘matchmaker’ for Hong Kong, mainland and international lawyers

7 Dec 2024 - 12:17AM

Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong-Shenzhen integration could spur capital flows, innovation: expert

At Qianhai Forum on Greater Bay Area cooperation, policy expert suggests Hong Kong firms should establish dual headquarters in Shenzhen.

6 Dec 2024 - 11:19PM

A view of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone. Photo: Dickson Lee

NBA

NBA’s deal with Macau marks end of 5-year China exile, Nets, Suns heading to city

Basketball league and Sands China sign multimillion-dollar partnership to host pre-season games at Venetian Arena starting in 2025.

6 Dec 2024 - 8:19PMvideocam

NBA

NBA signs deal with Sands China for pre-season games in Macau

The Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns will kick off the partnership with two games on October 10 and 12 next year, said the NBA’s deputy commissioner Mark Tatum.

7 Dec 2024 - 9:46AM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese carmaker GAC doubles down on Hong Kong appetite for EVs

The state-owned carmaker is ‘very optimistic’ about sales growth in the city as it introduces an SUV model with gull-wing doors.

5 Dec 2024 - 7:53PMvideocam

GAC Motor’s Hyptec HT is available in a premium model with vertically opening rear doors. Photo: Yi Luo

Luxury brands

Swiss luxury watch brand Audemars Piguet makes timely entry in Macau

The watch maker is sprucing up its showroom in Hong Kong and opening more in Shanghai, Beijing and Taipei, CEO Ilaria Resta says.

2 Dec 2024 - 7:50PM

Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong universities should expand ties with global connections: Zheng Yanxiong

Head of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong says city can build an ‘interconnected international higher education cooperation network’.

2 Dec 2024 - 7:27PM

Greater Bay Area

‘Tremendous potential’: next Macau leader eyes talks with Hong Kong on close ties

Chief executive-designate Sam Hou-fai says both places can better complement each other and integrate into national plans.

1 Dec 2024 - 5:13PM

Chief executive-designate Sam Hou-fai. The incoming leader unveiled the choices for 10 top officials on Sunday. Photo: Eugene Lee

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Pilot scheme for cross-border ambulance transfers to Hong Kong begins on Saturday

Patients in Shenzhen and Macau eligible for scheme, with health professionals on both sides of border conducting assessments to avoid abuse.

29 Nov 2024 - 9:05PM

A patient arrives at Tuen Mun Hospital during a preparation drill before the launch of the pilot scheme. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong society

Multiple-entry Hong Kong visas for Shenzhen residents to start from Sunday

More than 10 million Shenzhen residents will be eligible to visit Hong Kong under the arrangement, government says.

29 Nov 2024 - 6:56PMvideocam

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong to slash quarantine for cats and dogs from Macau from 120 days to 30

Discussions continuing with mainland authorities over inclusion on the same quarantine arrangements list as Macau.

26 Nov 2024 - 11:39PM

Hong Kong

The hottest new openings in Hong Kong, November 24-30

Family-friendly Western fare at Medora, a fusion of Spanish and Sichuan flavours at Siete Ocho, plus an exhibition centred on the Maritime Silk Road in Macau.

26 Nov 2024 - 6:15AM

Landau’s in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, is split into a bar and grill, as well as a semi-formal dining room. Photo: Landau’s

IPO

Hong Kong to boost financial reforms to aid Chinese firms: Paul Chan

Amid geopolitical tensions, city can help mainland firms that are struggling to raise funds abroad, financial secretary says.

25 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM

Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po speaks at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Listed Companies Summit on November 25, 2024. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong transport

6-hour suspension catches out 1,000 travellers at Hong Kong side of mega bridge

Cross-border services resumed after a six-hour suspension for a cycling test race for the 2025 National Games.

24 Nov 2024 - 6:50PM

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong will grow tech sector with input from experts like Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

Financial Secretary has dinner with industry heavyweights at local restaurant, elaborates on border I&T park development with Shenzhen in blog.

25 Nov 2024 - 10:55AM

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Where are the nurses? Will higher pay lure non-locals to Hong Kong?

Worries persist despite rule change to open door to professionals trained elsewhere, as city set to be short of thousands of nurses by 2045.

23 Nov 2024 - 11:46AM

Hong Kong society

Hongkongers heading to airport urged to take trains during test event

Organiser for Sunday cycling race says rolling traffic controls to be enforced on North Lantau Highway, with travel times up by 30 minutes.

20 Nov 2024 - 6:08PM

Formula One (F1)

All eyes on Beganovic, but it’s Ugochukwu starting on pole at Macau Grand Prix

Bosnian-Swedish driver will start from 11th place on the grid at the 71st running of famous race.

17 Nov 2024 - 7:00AM

Hong Kong economy

Macau must tap global tourism market to fulfil Beijing’s vision: billionaire

MGM China chairwoman Pansy Ho says city cannot rely solely on mainland Chinese arrivals and calls for coordinated offerings in bay area.

16 Nov 2024 - 9:26PM

Visitors walk by a replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Parisian Macao. According to official data, 25.92 million visitors entered Macau in the first ninth months of this year, with most coming from the mainland and Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

Education in Hong Kong

University in Macau to expel 24 students who used fake Hong Kong DSE credentials

Hong Kong education chief Christine Choi says use of bogus university entrance exam certificates ‘outrageous’.

16 Nov 2024 - 11:18PM

The Diploma of Secondary Education refers to Hong Kong’s university entrance examination. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong, Macau, mainland travellers can use ‘document-free’ channels soon

Residents can cross borders at Shenzhen Bay and Zhuhai’s Gongbei checkpoints under pilot scheme to fast-track customs clearance process.

15 Nov 2024 - 7:07PM

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong urged to deepen bay area ties, help region’s firms expand abroad

Recent bay area trade show that drew 2.26 trillion yuan in investments is a sign of revived investor confidence, observers say.

12 Nov 2024 - 8:19PM

Hong Kong property

Lui Che-woo, property and casino magnate of K. Wah and Galaxy, dies at 95

Lui, the chairman of the K. Wah Group of companies, died peacefully on November 7, according to filings to the Hong Kong stock exchange by his companies.

13 Nov 2024 - 10:47AM

Lui Che-woo, the founder and chairman of K. Wah Group, during an interview in North Point, Hong Kong on 24 July 2017. Photo: David Wong

Tourism

Macau Grand Prix returns with top racers and thrilling events

Formula One legends from Lewis Hamilton to Max Verstappen and Michael Schumacher had their racing skills tested on this circuit over the years.

9 Nov 2024 - 2:31AM

This year’s Macau Grand Prix has 180 contenders from 35 countries, with a goal to highlight emerging motorsport talents. Photo: AFP

Zhuhai

HZMB to host sports event for first time in cycling test race for National Games

More than 70 cyclists, including three from the city’s national men’s team, complete the 230-kilometre, cross-border ride on November 24.

7 Nov 2024 - 9:07PM

Hong Kong economy

Jollibee parent fully acquires Hong Kong’s famed Tim Ho Wan dim sum chain

Jollibee Food Corporation buys remaining 8 per cent stake in company for S$20.2 million.

7 Nov 2024 - 7:24PM

Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.

SUPPORT NOW

Macau

Macau is a former Portuguese colony, and in 1999 it became a special administrative region of China. Its economy relies heavily on tourism, specifically the gambling industry, whose revenue has made Macau the world's largest casino market.

Head of Government

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng

last updated:

25 September, 2024