At the tail end of his state visit to China to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa made time for a brief, roughly day-long stop in Macao before making the trip back home. The last time he visited the city was three decades ago.
Making his third and last official visit to Portugal, Macao Chief Executive Chui Sai On cemented his city’s role as a vital platform connecting China to the Portuguese-speaking world.
Marcus Im Sio Kei is the new president of the Macao Polytechnic Institute. Six months after succeeding Lei Heong Iok, Im has a clear goal: to solve all “communication problems” between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries.
With TCM becoming more recognised worldwide as a medicine and not simply as a health supplement, GMTCM tells Macao Magazine how they are further promoting it worldwide.
The 7th MITE, held 26–28 April, turned its focus toward boosting a two-way tourism platform, aiming to attract visitors to Macao while also providing opportunities for other countries and regions to promote their products and services.
The exhibition explores some of the themes that characterise Renaissance art (14th to 17th centuries) from the human form to movement, light and shade and costume.
Could Macao become a destination for religious tourism? The city’s hallowed past may prove an important cog in its future development.
Local Macao bands spoke of the challenges they faced, and the perseverance that keep them moving forward amid the city’s fledgling music scene.
This year marks the 450th anniversary of the founding of Santa Casa da Misericórdia, the city’s oldest institute that offers social services to members of Macao’s society.
Domingos Lam led the diocese in Macao for 15 years from 1988 to 2003.