News – Macao Magazine

A new era of integration begins

Travel between Macao, Hong Kong and the mainland just became a lot easier for foreign permanent residents of the Special Administrative Regions. Macao’s chief executive says the move will benefit all regions within the Greater Bay Area through bringing them closer together.

August 2024

Macanese youth: Ready to contribute to ‘our shared home’

The Macanese community may be a small group in a small-ish city, but it embodies Macao’s precious East-meets-West identity. What does their future look like in a rapidly developing Macao?

April 2024

Forum Macao faces the future

The Forum had its 20th anniversary in October, when top officials from China and the nine Portuguese-speaking countries got together to reflect on its successes and consider new directions.

December 2023

The 2023 annual plenary meeting of Talents Development Committee, first formed in 2014

Combatting Macao’s talent shortage

Long-time residents reflect on the government’s bid to import 1,000 qualified professionals in an effort to boost key sectors, recalling the days when Macao had the opposite issue – a talent surplus.

August 2023

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa honoured Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng (left) with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Infante D Henrique

Ho Iat Seng’s first official visit to Portugal

An action-packed four days in Lisbon saw Macao’s chief executive sign deals, meet with students, and accept a prestigious medal from Portugal’s president.

June 2023

The flags of every member nation, along with the Chinese and MSAR flags, mark the Forum Macao complex

Twenty years of Forum Macao

The past two decades have seen a massive increase in trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries – facilitated in no small part by Forum Macao. What is its role and relevance in the post-Covid world?

June 2023