20 September 2021
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, visits Hengqin to attend today’s ceremony to unveil a plaque marking the advent of the administrative body for the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin. The Chief Executive is leading a 100-strong delegation for the ceremony in Hengqin. Members of the delegation include: President of the Legislative Assembly … Continue reading "Macao CE visits Hengqin for plaque-unveiling ceremony for Intensive Cooperation Zone"
20 September 2021
In order to stimulate the local investment environment, give full play to the unique advantage of Macao as a platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, and attract domestic and overseas enterprises to implement their business projects in Macao, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has launched web and mobile versions of “Invest Here” … Continue reading "IPIM Launches the “Invest Here” Website to Provide Investment Information on a Number of Cities"
20 September 2021
The Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI) says it has introduced an improved version its application for mobile phones that serves an educational purpose by relaying news in two languages. The institute announced in writing that the new version carries 20 categories of news, more than the original version. The app relays items of news in Chinese … Continue reading "Macao poly launches new version of dual-language news app"
17 September 2021
As the pandemic situation remains stable overall in the Mainland and Macao, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government has progressively unrolled an array of initiatives to promote the destination including a series of “Macao Weeks” mega roadshows and related activities under strict compliance with pandemic prevention measures. As the latest of the series, the “Macao … Continue reading "“Macao Week in Sichuan•Chengdu” will be staged in late September to attract visitors in Mid-Autumn and welcome National Day"
17 September 2021
Organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from its Portuguese acronym), the special edition of Macao International Music Festival, themed “Music October”, will be held in October this year, connecting and communicating with the world through music. Due to the fact that many parts of the world are still affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic, … Continue reading "Macao International Music Festival takes “Music October” as theme Diverse ticketing channels available on the first day of ticket sales"
16 September 2021
Universities in Macao and mainland China have agreed to make arrangements for sharing resources for teaching the Portuguese language, the University of Macau says. Representatives of the universities concerned signed on Monday an agreement to arrange ways to pass borrowed books and other documents from one institution to another, and to catalogue jointly their materials … Continue reading "Universities to share resources for teaching Portuguese"
16 September 2021
The Portuguese Language Communication Association in Macao begins today soliciting entries for a new contest among schoolchildren to write fiction in Portuguese and then illustrate it, inviting pupils at nine schools in the lusophone world to compete. The contest is open to school pupils aged between 10 and 12 in Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, … Continue reading "Lusophone school pupils invited to enter Macao story contest"
15 September 2021
The Chinese Ministry of Education has given the University of Saint Joseph in Macao permission to accept students from mainland China, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports. MNA says University of Saint Joseph Rector Stephen Morgan announced in writing on Friday that the Catholic university has permission to begin enrolling mainland Chinese postgraduates on a … Continue reading "Mainland Chinese may now study at University of Saint Joseph"
14 September 2021
Earlier, the University of Macau (UM) initiated the establishment of two academic library alliances, namely the Academic Library Alliance between Macao Special Administrative Region and Portuguese-speaking Countries, and the Academic Library Alliance for Portuguese Language Resources between Macao Special Administrative Region and Mainland China. Today (13 September), UM and other members of the latter alliance … Continue reading "UM establishes library alliances with universities in Portuguese-speaking countries and mainland China"
14 September 2021
Macao businesswoman Melinda Chan Mei Yi has called for multi-currency venture capital funds, private equity investment funds and the like to be set up to attract foreign investment in the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone on Hengqin Island, which abuts Macao, the Macao Daily News reports. The newspaper quotes Ms Chan, a member of the Chinese … Continue reading "Funds advocated to draw lusophone investors to Hengqin"
13 September 2021
Prospective students of translation of the Portuguese legal language as used by lawyers have until September 30 to apply for places on an intensive course on the subject to be given the University of Macau Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Center and the Portuguese Institute of the Orient, or IPOR, the university says. Up to … Continue reading "Macao offers course on translation of Portuguese legalese"
10 September 2021
The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, today said the opening of the Qingmao Checkpoint would further advance infrastructure connectivity and heighten efficiency regarding movement of people around the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The new checkpoint – the fifth land-based crossing point between Macao and Zhuhai in Guangdong Province – carried great significance for … Continue reading "CE: Macao Qingmao Checkpoint key for promotion of innovation in regional cooperation under “One country, two systems”"
10 September 2021
A prominent Portuguese financial adviser, Jorge Costa Oliveira, believes financial markets in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have huge potential as a source of money for projects by companies in the Portuguese-speaking world. Mr Costa Oliveira, a member of the Portugal-China SMEs Chamber of Commerce Strategic Council and a former director of the Macao … Continue reading "Seek funds in South China, lusophone entrepreneurs advised"
9 September 2021
The University of Coimbra in central Portugal and the City University of Macau will jointly offer postgraduate students a course in international economic relations, the Portuguese institution says. The University of Coimbra announced in writing that representatives of the institutions signed an agreement on the course on Monday. The university says the multidisciplinary course will … Continue reading "Portuguese, Macao universities to teach postgraduate course"
9 September 2021
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the overall residential property price index for May – July 2021 held steady compared to the previous period (April – June 2021) to 269.0. The index for the Macao Peninsula (270.2) grew by 0.1% while that for Taipa & Coloane (263.9) dropped by 0.8%. The … Continue reading "Macao residential property price index for May – July 2021"
8 September 2021
The master plan for the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone on Hengqin Island, which abuts Macao, has been approved at the highest levels of the ruling party and government of China, Xinhua reports. The Chinese state-run news agency says the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council gave their approval last Sunday. The … Continue reading "Macao plan envisaging boost for intl trade gets green light"
8 September 2021
A virtual roadshow presenting opportunities to do business in the central Portuguese region of Ribatejo will include a discussion of Portuguese products that sell well in Macao, the Macau News Agency (MNA) reports. MNA says Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry Secretary-General Bernardo Mendia and Macau Importers and Exporters Association Chairman Dominic Sio will be … Continue reading "Ribatejo roadshow to ponder Portuguese best-sellers in Macao"
8 September 2021
The inauguration ceremony for the “Different encounters” exhibition, featuring work by Mozambican artist José Estevão Manhiça, also known as “Vovo’s”, was held at the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Commercial and Trade Service Platform Complex on Friday, September 3, at 6.30pm. The event was organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum Macao, under the series “Lusophone Polychromes”, … Continue reading "Opening of exhibition by Mozambican artist José Estevão Manhiça as part of the ‘Lusophone Polychromes’ exhibition series"
7 September 2021
First-half sales this year by Portuguese farmer of livestock Monte do Pasto Lda, which is owned by CESL Asia of Macao, were twice what they were last year, Ponto Final reports. A report in the Macao newspaper last week quotes CESL Asia Chief Executive António Trindade. as saying so in an interview. CESL Asia has … Continue reading "CESL Asia boss says Monte do Pasto doubled its H1 sales"
6 September 2021
The China-Brazil International Fair for Trade in Services is being held online between August 30 and September 16, 2021. This event is co-organised by the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-Operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao), to deepen economic and trade exchanges and boost pragmatic cooperation on trade in services … Continue reading "2021 China-Brazil International Fair for Trade in Services in progress"
