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Organized by the Sports Bureau, Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), and the General Association of Athletics of Macau (AGAM), the 2025 Galaxy Entertainment Macao International Marathon will take place on 7 December (Sunday). The Organizing Committee held a press conference today (30 September) to announce the details and registration arrangements for the event. Attending guests included Acting President of the Sports Bureau, Ms. Lei Si Leng; Director of GEG, Mr. Philip Cheng; and President of AGAM, Mr. Chan Pou Sin, among others.
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A joint study conducted by Christian Montag, associate director of the Institute of Collaborative Innovation at the University of Macau (UM), Michiel Spapé, associate professor in the Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at UM, and Benjamin Becker, professor in the Department of Psychology at The University of Hong Kong, points out that artificial intelligence (AI) is unlikely to be a long term solution to human loneliness. The research has been published in the international journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
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To provide more convenient and higher quality services to the public, the Macao Government Services Centre located in Rua Nova da Areia Preta, n.º 52 will be relocated to the ground floor of Edifício Mong Son in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais (i.e. location of former power station) from 6 October to continue to serve the public in a more comfortable environment.
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Under the patronage of the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR Government, organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and supported by the Macao Government Tourism Office, the Municipal Affairs Bureau, TDM-Teledifusão de Macau, S.A., and Air Macau Company Limited, the 7^th “Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries” will be held from October to December 2025. The event is once again held in parallel with the “2025 GEG Lusofonia Festival” and features six core activities, including the “Spiritual Narrative – 2025 Annual Arts Exhibition between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries”, the “Chinese and Portuguese Picture Book Fair”, the “GEG Traditional Music and Dance Performance in the Community”, “The 7^th China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries Film Festival”, the “Sino-Lusophone Concert”, and the “Chinese and Portuguese Tasting Workshop”. Over 780 artists and performers from home and abroad will present over 80 outstanding programmes, creating a cross-disciplinary cultural feast at historic world heritage sites, community spaces and modern theatres.
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The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has completed the optimisation and transformation of Lotus Cycle Track. The route has been extended and the ancillary facilities and services offered have become more convenient and improved. The cycle track will be reopened on 1 October (National Day), providing a more comfortable bicycle riding space and convenient bicycle rental service to the public.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will stage mega tourism promotional events in Indonesia and Malaysia between 9 and 12 October, vigorously expanding the international visitor markets in Southeast Asia. The promotional event in Malaysia will feature spaces in special design that brings to life Macao’s vitality and kaleidoscope of “tourism +” while special tourism packages and air tickets will be on sale on site, to ignite Malaysians’ intent to visit Macao in pursuit of the Southeast Asian market.
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Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will roll out large-scale tourism promotional events in Indonesia and Malaysia between 9 and 12 October, vigorously tapping into the potential of Southeast Asia as an international market. During the promotional event in Indonesia, MAK MAK will partner with the local trendy webcomic Tahilalats in branding Macao. To spotlight the event in advance, both IPs will grace the Car Free Day for a fun encounter with residents in Jakarta for two consecutive weekends.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that licensed motor vehicles in the Macao Special Administrative Region totalled 253,331 as at end-August 2025, up by 0.8% year-on-year. In August, cross-border vehicular traffic (983,563 trips) and passenger ferry trips (6,857 trips) rose by 23.3% and 1.5% year-on-year respectively, whereas arriving and departing commercial flights at the Macau International Airport (4,934 trips) dropped by 5.4%. As at end-August, number of mobile phone subscribers (1,499,914) and internet subscribers (781,346) showed respective growth of 4.4% and 1.7% year-on-year.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the average occupancy rate of guest rooms of hotel establishments stood at 92.9% in August 2025, an uplift of 1.5 percentage points year-on-year. Number of guests of hotel establishments increased by 3.0% year-on-year to 1,303,000. Meanwhile, number of inbound package tour visitors to the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR) decreased by 18.8% year-on-year to 162,000 in August but rose by 7.4% month-on-month.
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