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Twice perform in Seoul in 2019. The K-pop superstars will perform in Macau in September as part of their 10th-anniversary tour. Photo: The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images

World of performing arts

5 Greater Bay Area shows and concerts in September 2025 to catch

From K-pop group Twice’s concerts to Shakespearean ballets to a Banksy show, there’s a lot on in Macau, Shenzhen and Guangzhou in September.

6 Aug 2025 - 1:00PM

NBA signs deal with Sands China for pre-season games in Macau

23 Sep 2025 - 10:22AM

Hong Kong politics

Macau government says chief executive in good health, despite long absence

21 Jul 2024 - 11:19PM

Niagara Falls? Sad. Grand Canyon? Boring. Venice? Just a canal. LOL reviews

Negative online reviews of sightseeing attractions tend to follow a pattern. Some are meant to be humorous, others are unintentionally funny. Those who write them certainly don’t mince their words.

31 May 2024 - 6:15PM

A gondola traverses a canal in Venice. Photo: Shutterstock

‘Omakase’ spirit: Macau’s new KoolTai music festival with Suede, Jessie J

November’s KoolTai music festival in Macau, featuring Suede, Jessie J, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lisa Ono and many more, will stand out because of its ‘omakase’ spirit, organisers say.

19 Oct 2023 - 7:27AM

Chinese culture

Macau dates for viral ballet based on Song dynasty painting

Fans followed a ballet troupe around China and watched them perform their latest show about a famous landscape painting more than 30 times. What’s the fuss about? Macau is about to find out.

11 Aug 2023 - 5:15PM

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Macau’s casino operators reveal plans for new attractions outside gaming

Macau’s six casino operators are expected to pump US$14.7 billion into the local economy with non-gaming projects required for new gambling licenses.

20 Mar 2024 - 10:40AMvideocam

A general view of Bank of China (left), Grand Lisboa and Casino Lisboa (centre) and Wynn Macau (right) in Macau on December 15, 2019. Photo: AFP

Macau signs pacts with casino licensees after easing Covid-19 rules

The signing ends a year-long jostling for the rights to run gambling halls in the only place on Chinese soil where casinos are legal, coinciding with the relaxation of the draconian Covid-19 rules.

20 Mar 2024 - 10:30AM

Science and art, a perfect match? Here’s why teamLab’s founder thinks so

Toshiyuki Inoko mobilised an international collective of programmers, artists, engineers, mathematicians, CG animators and architects to put together teamLab’s recently launched permanent Macau show

16 Nov 2020 - 10:45AM

Create planets, walk in clouds at new Macau digital art museum

Japanese art collective TeamLab is launching a digital art museum at the Venetian Macao featuring colourful, interactive installations that flow into each other and react in real-time to visitors’ movement and actions.

12 Jun 2020 - 5:30PMvideocam

“Inverted Globe Graffiti Nature, Red List”, an interactive installation at the TeamLab SuperNature digital art museum at the Venetian Macao. Photo: TeamLab

Coronavirus pandemic

Gamblers hedge their bets as Macau casinos reopen to small crowds

Low-key return marked by tight rules, with gamblers kept apart from each other and made to wear masks.

21 Feb 2020 - 12:12AM

Punters have their temperature checked when entering the Venetian Macau. Photo: Nora Tam

Mainland tourists to Macau plummet during Lunar New Year

Mainland tourist numbers were 75.1 per cent lower over the first four days of the Lunar New Year holiday, according to data from the Macau Government Tourism Office.

28 Jan 2020 - 10:57PMvideocam

Jane Zhang lights up Sands Macao Fashion Week Gala Dinner

Actress Li Meng, members of boy band ONER, actor Jiro Wang Dong-cheng and Balmain models are among those at Sands Resorts Macao for the second Macao Fashion Week

31 Oct 2019 - 3:12PM

How Art Macao is inspiring 4 restaurants to create gourmet works of art

La Chine, the Golden Peacock, Portofino and Brasserie are among the restaurants at Sands Resorts Macao offering aesthetically pleasing menus

21 Jul 2019 - 2:00AM

The Golden Peacock’s Prosperity comprises blueberry, hazelnut chocolate mousse, yogurt, cardamom, cherry and gold leaf.

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson in ‘dire’ health, getting cancer treatment

Billionaire is dealing with ‘side effects’ from medication he is taking as treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Las Vegas Sands said

1 Mar 2019 - 2:07PM

Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson in ‘dire’ health, getting cancer treatment

Will a trade war with China imperil US casino licenses in Macau?

As the US-China trade war escalates, with all economic ties between the two countries at risk of being politicised, investment banks and fund managers are keeping a close eye on casino licences for American companies in Macau.

24 Jan 2019 - 6:33PM

8 reasons to visit Macau before the end of 2018

The year finishes on a high with a Keith Haring exhibition, a winter wonderland and light show at the Parisian Macao, and an appearance from Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage

6 Dec 2018 - 6:32PM

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Lina Zhang, Zhang Huijun, Hao Yunxiang and Li Zhen walk the runway at Macao Fashion Week

The week was kicked off by Emporio Armani’s autumn/winter collection show

24 Nov 2018 - 10:00AM

Zheng Kai was in the front row of the Emporio Armani show.

Veganism and vegetarianism

Vegan ‘pork bun’ marks start of Green Monday’s ‘global movement’

The launch of first non-meat version of Macau’s signature street snack is a sign of growing widespread support for the Hong Kong company’s healthy foods

16 Nov 2018 - 5:26PM

5 reasons why Aaron Kwok wants you to visit Macau now

Events include the Keith Haring Maze Macao, 32nd Macao International Music Festival and International Film Festival & Awards Macao

16 Oct 2018 - 12:02PM

How the Venetian made Macau great again

1 Sep 2017 - 3:32PMvideocam

Sheldon Adelson’s US$21 billion gamble a decade ago pioneered China’s answer to the Vegas Strip – and made him richer faster than anyone in history

Five Ways Venetian Changed Macau – and the World

1 Sep 2017 - 3:28PM

The casino that brought mega-resorts to Asia has transformed the city – and the global gaming industry – in just 10 years

No prisoner corpses in Venetian Macao body show, organiser says

4 Nov 2012 - 4:13AM

Sands China gets approval to delay Macau casino construction

17 Jul 2012 - 12:00AM

Macau casino shares hit by fall in revenue growth

2 Jun 2012 - 12:00AM

Macau's 'game changer'

8 May 2015 - 12:02PM

Galaxy Entertainment Group

Ex-partner claims breach of contract in Venetian deal

15 Mar 2012 - 12:00AM

Gamblers drugged, robbed in fake casinos

14 Feb 2012 - 12:00AM

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