Category: News Updates
MACAU TO HAVE 5,000 NEW SOCIAL HOUSING UNITS
The Housing Bureau (IH) has said some 5,000 new social housing units will be developed in Macau in the coming years, TDM reported.
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IFTM JOINS FORCES WITH SWITZERLAND’S LES ROCHES AND GLION INSTITUTE TO OFFER 3+1 DUAL BACHELOR PROGRAMME
Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) has recently signed a new Articulation Agreement with two Swiss leading institutions, Les Roches Global Ho [...]
IC CALLS FOR STALL OPERATORS, CREATIVE HANDICRAFT WORKSHOPS FOR THIS SPRING’S TAP SIAC CRAFT MARKET
Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), the Tap Siac Craft Market in spring will be held from 20 to 23 April and from 27 to 30 April at Tap Se [...]
INSURANCE COMPANY PRUDENTIAL APPROVED TO OPERATE IN MACAU
Prudential has been approved to start a Macau branch through its Hong Kong branch, with the British insurance company initially offering life and hea [...]
PEDESTRIANISED SAN MA LO BACK TODAY AND TOMORROW
After the project’s success over Chinese New Year holidays, Macau’s 450-metre-long main thoroughfare Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, also known as San Ma [...]
SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR USJ’S 2ND ENGLISH POETRY WRITING AND RECITAL CONTEST IS 1 MARCH
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) has launched its 2nd Macao-wide English Poetry Writing and Recital Contest, themed “A Pocketful of Effervescence [...]
YOURPAY CLARIFIES LEGALITY IN INDONESIA BUT STAYS MUM ON ITS LEGAL STATUS IN MACAU
Indonesian money transfer app Yourpay has clarified its legality in Indonesia via social media. The clarification came as Macau authorities recently [...]
HK TO GIVE 500K FREE FLIGHT TICKETS FOR TOURISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, 80K FOR RESIDENTS TO TRAVEL ABROAD
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee has launched the “Hello Hong Kong” tourism campaign, which will give out 500,000 free flight tickets to tourists [...]
THE 13 HOTEL’S FOUNDER APPEARS IN BLING EMPIRE: NEW YORK
Hong Kong businessman Stephen Hung, founder of failed luxury Macau hotel THE 13, located in Coloane, and his socialite wife, former model Deborah Val [...]
SUBIC BAY: A PRIORITY INFRASTRUCTURE SITE IN US-PHILIPPINE DIALOGUE
Subic Bay has become a priority site for infrastructure projects aimed at supporting the Philippines’ economic growth as the subject was underlined i [...]