Tech and the city
Following the five-year plan laid out in 2016, Macao is well on its way to creating a ‘smart’ city with technology serving the growth of a more efficient and productive city.
Rooted in history: Macao’s trees
Besides their environmental benefits, Macao’s trees are linked to the region’s culture and historical memories. A specialist team protects them for generations to come.
Taipa’s living history
Five simple 100-year-old houses in Taipa tell a hugely important part of the Macao story. The daily way of life of previous generations is kept alive to enrich the knowledge of locals and visitors alike.
Artists in residence
A range of Macao’s artistic talent is now on show at the newly opened Grand Lisboa Palace, which highlights the city’s East-meets-West character in a truly creative manner.
Craft works
Three young Macao entrepreneurs confronted the challenge of the pandemic to take their craft-beer brewing company in new directions by combining local tastes with a global vision.
Seamless succession
Fashion designer Steven Tai has made his mark on the world stage, but his creativity owes a great deal to his family’s made-in-Macao background.
Adding a new chapter in Sino-Portuguese relations
Ana Menezes Cordeiro is the first Portuguese woman to be charged with a diplomatic mission in China and she is raising historic links to a new level.
Family fragrances
Keng Si Wong’s grandparents created an incense business in the 1940s. Nearly 80 years later, along with his partner, the family’s Veng Lei legacy brand is burning bright.
When the dragon meets the phoenix: A Chinese teahouse in Macao
Local teahouse Tai Long Fong does more than curate local culinary tradition, it is also renewing interest in the art of Cantonese opera.
A shot at a better future
A mass vaccination programme is the fastest, safest way to reopen borders, relieve the community and reboot the economy.