Air Macau backtracks on baggage allowance policy after backlash 

Air Macau has backtracked on a decision to lower its baggage allowance for economy class passengers from 25 kilograms to 23 kilograms. Instead, Macao’s flagship carrier will now boost the weight limit to 32 kilograms starting from 17 September....

Typhoon Tapah disrupts Macau with flight cancellations and transport

Macau suspended transport connections with Hong Kong, canceled dozens of flights, and halted bus and ferry services on Saturday night as Typhoon Tapah swept through the region, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. The Meteorological and...

China’s Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha expected to progress at WTT Champions Macau

China’s Wang Chuqin has been tipped to make straightforward progress at this week’s World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions event in Macau, but was warned to be focused for his opening match against Sora Matsushima on Tuesday. World champion and world...

Learning Macau’s History By Seeing Landmarks and Eating The Food

Macau’s history tells an extraordinary story. By the 16th century, the Portuguese had reached the southern Chinese peninsula, establishing a trading base by 1557. Besides merchants, clergymen arrived, positioning Macau into a centre for Catholic...

MGM CEO credits Chinese travel easing for fueling Macau’s rapid recovery

Macau’s swift rebound from the pandemic downturn has been propelled by Chinese authorities’ relaxation of travel restrictions, according to MGM Resorts International CEO and President Bill Hornbuckle. MGM Resorts International is part of Macau...

Nearly 29,000 Macau residents live and work in Hengqin 

Nearly 29,000 Macau residents now live or work in Hengqin, according to figures released by the Executive Committee on the fourth anniversary of the Guangdong-Macau In-Depth Cooperation Zone. “An increasing number of Macau youth are seeking...

CE: Reshuffle among top officials expected to enhance legislative coordination within gov’t

Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai has appointed Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong as a government-appointed legislator, resulting in a significant reshuffle among top officials aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of legislative...

Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 to stay at least until 10 a.m. tomorrow: Macau observatory

Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8, which was issued at 9 p.m. today, will remain hoisted at least until 10 a.m. tomorrow, the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) announced in a statement tonight. Severe Tropical Storm “Tapah”, located in...

Tropical Storm Tapah disrupts flights between Taiwan, HK, Macau

Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) Several flights between Taiwan and Hong Kong and Macau were canceled Sunday and Monday as Tropical Storm Tapah moved through the South China Sea, Taiwan's airlines said. China Airlines (CAL) canceled flights CI921 from...

Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 to be hoisted at 9 p.m. in Macau

The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) announced this afternoon that Tropical Storm "Tapah", located in the northern part of the South China Sea, is forecast to move north to north-westward and gradually intensify, heading generally...

Hi-tech hologram steps out as Macedonian folk music gets a Cantopop makeover

Cutting-edge technology allows a hologram of Hong Kong dancer and choreographer Zelia ZZ Tan to step out alongside real performers while Macedonian folk music gets a Cantopop makeover at Hong Kong’s Asia+ Festival 2025. The world premiere of the...

‘Relatively high’ probability of Signal No. 8 tonight: Macau observatory

The probability of hoisting Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 tonight is “relatively high,” the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) said this morning. According to the bureau’s website, while the circulation of Tropical Cyclone “Tapah”...

Starlux cancels some Hong Kong, Macau flights due to tropical storm

Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) Taiwan's Starlux Airlines has cancelled several flights between Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday and Monday due to Tropical Storm Tapah, the carrier said Sunday. In a statement, Starlux said it had cancelled flights...

André Cheong set to join Legislative Assembly; president post remains unclear

Secretary for Administration and Justice, André Cheong, is set to join the Legislative Assembly (AL) as an appointed member next Thursday. Speaking at a recent media briefing, Cheong declined to confirm whether he intends to run for the AL’s...

Kantara Chapter 1 on a fierce box office rampage

Dubai: Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter 1 is on a box office rampage. The much-anticipated prequel to the 2022 blockbuster Kantara has stormed past Rs2.23 billion in its first weekend, making it one of the biggest openers of the year. According to...

Essential Macau: Hybrid Power Meets Electric Range

Signal No. 3 replaces No. 8 as Typhoon Matmo veers away

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) downgraded Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8, issued at 2am, to Signal No. 3 at 1pm Sunday as Typhoon Matmo tracked away from Macau. The system was 340 kilometres west-southwest of the city at 1pm,...

Casino revenue slows in September amid fewer visitors, typhoon disruptions

The gaming industry saw moderate growth in September, posting a 6% year-over-year increase in gross gaming revenue to MOP18.3 billion, according to figures released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau. The result fell short of market...

Typhoon Matmo hits southern China, government to evacuate 347,000 people

Typhoon Matmo strengthened ahead of making landfall Sunday in China, prompting the government to evacuate some 347,000 people from the southern provinces of Guangdong and Hainan. The typhoon had maximum sustained wind speeds of 151 kph (94 mph) on...

Who are Macao’s three-peaters, and what do they mean for future tourism initiatives?

Macao’s Golden Week tourism surge is expected to add more than 1.2 million to the nearly 27 million visitors who arrived during the first eight months of 2025, which itself was a 15 percent increase from the same period a year ago. Early spring...