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Profiles for people whose reputation, point of view, and track record need a sharper public narrative.
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Stories that make Macau professionals, founders, creators, and brands easier to understand.
澳門人物誌 publishes researched profiles and long-form interviews for the people shaping Macau. We begin with trusted public figures, then open the same editorial care to chefs, advisers, founders, practitioners, and creative teams building their reputation.
- Research-led writing
- Chinese and English publishing
- Built for personal branding
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People, by theme.
Curated long-reads that group profiles around a moment, a movement, or a shared chapter of Macau life.
Series
Chief Executives of Macao
Four Chief Executives, four very different starts. Banker, scholar, legislator, judge — each took office at a turning point, and each left a distinct mark on how Macao moved from the Handover into the Greater Bay Area era.
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From the founding archive
How Stanley Ho shaped the brand image of modern Macau gaming
Macau's "King of Gambling" and the founder of its modern casino industry. Held the gaming monopoly from 1962, shaping the city's modern economy for four decades.
Read profileWhy this exists
A modern profile magazine for Macau.
Macau has founders, chefs, finance practitioners, designers, educators, artists, and operators whose work is known locally but rarely explained with depth. Macau Folks is built to close that gap.
We use well-known historical and civic profiles as a credibility base, not as the final product.
Future interviews will help living professionals and teams articulate their experience, values, and story.
The tone stays editorial: useful for reputation, but grounded in research and a readable narrative.
Editorial lanes
Built for people with a story worth explaining.
The categories are designed for the next phase of Macau Folks: modern profiles that help readers understand a person, a practice, and the brand behind the work.
Startup & Business Builders
Founder interviews that explain the problem, the risk, the market, and the person behind the company.
Practitioners & Advisers
Long-form profiles for insurance, finance, education, legal, consulting, and specialist practices.
Chefs, Food & Service
Stories for restaurants, chefs, operators, and hospitality teams with craft and local memory.
Artists & Media People
Profiles for creators, performers, writers, designers, and storytellers shaping Macau culture.
Legacy Profiles
Public figures and historical references that give the publication a grounded Macau knowledge base.
Current library
Founding profiles
These first entries establish the editorial standard and local context. The library will expand from legacy figures into modern interview-led profiles.
Legacy archive1837-1907
Lou Wa Siu (Lou Kau): from merchant wealth to Macau city memory
Lou Wa Siu
Late-Qing Macau's wealthiest merchant and holder of the fantan gambling tax-farm. From New Hui refugee to merchant prince, his residence — the Lou Kau Mansion — remains one of the most iconic Chinese houses in Macau's UNESCO Historic Centre.
信任檔案商業城市記憶
Legacy archive1879-1955
Kou Ho Neng and the gaming map of early twentieth-century Macau
Kou Ho Neng
Macau's gambling monopolist for the first half of the 20th century. From 1937 his Tai Hing consortium held the concessions for fantan, pak-kop-piu, and san-piu — dominating Macau gaming for twenty-five years until Stanley Ho displaced him in 1962.
信任檔案博彩業商業
Legacy archive1905-1945
Xian Xinghai: the Macau-born composer who turned an era into song
Xian Xinghai
Macau-born composer of the Yellow River Cantata. In a life cut short at 40, he wrote nearly three hundred works and earned the posthumous title "People's Musician".
Legacy archiveCreatorMusic
Legacy archive1908-1983
Ho Yin: the broker of trust between business and civic life
Ho Yin
Founder of Tai Fung Bank and lifetime president of the Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce. From the postwar era to the 1980s he was Macau's "uncrowned governor" — the indispensable broker between the Chinese community and Portuguese authorities.
信任檔案商會金融
Legacy archive1919-2014
Ma Man Kei and the business-politics network of transition-era Macau
Ma Man Kei
Vice-Chairman of the CPPCC and lifetime president of the Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Across seven decades in business and politics, he was one of the defining patriotic merchants of the Macau handover era.
信任檔案創辦人公共事務
Legacy archive1921-2020
How Stanley Ho shaped the brand image of modern Macau gaming
Stanley Ho
Macau's "King of Gambling" and the founder of its modern casino industry. Held the gaming monopoly from 1962, shaping the city's modern economy for four decades.
品牌人物商業澳門經濟
Legacy archive1929-
Lui Che Woo: from quarries to Galaxy, the Hong Kong tycoon who reshaped Cotai
Lui Che Woo
Founder and Chairman of Galaxy Entertainment Group and founder of K. Wah International. The Hong Kong–based industrialist seized on Macao's 2002 gaming-licence liberalisation to build Galaxy Macau and StarWorld — large integrated resorts that reshaped Cotai. In 2015 he established the LUI Che Woo Prize for World Civilisation.
名人堂商業博彩
Legacy archive1951-
David Chow: Fisherman's Wharf and an alternative path in Macao entertainment
David Chow
Founder and former Co-Chairman of Macau Legend Development, the company behind Macau Fisherman's Wharf, the Legend Grand Canal area, and the Babylon Casino. A former member of the Legislative Assembly of Macao, he stepped down from the Macau Legend board in 2022 but remains a prominent figure in Macao business.
名人堂商業旅遊娛樂
Legacy archive1953-
Ma Iao Lai: succeeding Ma Man Kei, the generational bridge between Macao's Chinese Chamber and Beijing
Ma Iao Lai
Honorary Chairman of the Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce and a long-serving deputy to the National People's Congress — one of the most prominent bridges between the Macao business community and Beijing's policy system. Born into a Macao merchant family, he succeeded Ma Man Kei and other senior chamber leaders in that intermediary role.
名人堂商業政界
Legacy archive1955-
Kou Hoi Vai: from labour-union ranks to President of the Legislative Assembly
Kou Hoi Vai
Former President of the Legislative Assembly of Macao (2017–2025). A long-serving lawmaker with roots in education and the labour-union movement, he led legislation on welfare, labour rights, and Basic Law interpretation across two terms.
名人堂政界立法會
Legacy archive1955-
Edmund Ho Hau Wah: architect of the first decade after the handover
Edmund Ho Hau Wah
The 1st Chief Executive of the Macao SAR (1999–2009). Son of Ho Yin and former chairman of Tai Fung Bank. His decade defined post-handover Macao through the 2002 liberalisation of gaming, explosive growth, and the credibility of "One Country, Two Systems" in the territory.
名人堂政界行政長官
Legacy archive1957-
Fernando Chui Sai On: from public-health scholar to handover-anniversary Chief Executive
Fernando Chui Sai On
The 3rd Chief Executive of the Macao SAR (2009–2019). A public-health PhD by training, he previously served as Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture. His decade saw debates over economic diversification and the 20th anniversary of Macao's handover.
名人堂政界行政長官
Legacy archive1957-
Ho Iat Seng: the industrial heir who led Macao through COVID and gaming reform
Ho Iat Seng
The 5th Chief Executive of the Macao SAR (2019-2024). From the Ho Tin Industrial family, he moved through business associations, the NPC Standing Committee, and the presidency of the Legislative Assembly before leading Macao through COVID-19, the gaming-concession reset, Hengqin integration, and post-pandemic recovery.
名人堂政界行政長官
Legacy archive1960-
Tam Vai Man: from IACM to the Environmental Protection Bureau and now the Transport and Public Works portfolio — a 36-year engineer-administrator
Tam Vai Man
Secretary for Transport and Public Works of the Macao SAR since 20 December 2024. Born in Macao in 1960, he holds a BSc in Civil Engineering with an Urban Planning minor from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, a Master of Laws in Public Administration from Sun Yat-sen University, and an MSc in Civil Engineering (Environmental and Hydraulic) from the University of Macau. He joined the Macao Municipal Council in 1988 and rose through the civic-administration apparatus to chair the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Management Committee from 2007 to March 2016, then served as Director of the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) until December 2024 — concurrently as acting Director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) for a year after Typhoon Hato (September 2017 – September 2018). As Secretary he oversees land, public works, transport, housing, maritime affairs and water, and cartography, and chairs the Urban Renewal Committee — handling the Hengqin LRT line, the Qingmao checkpoint, the Urban Master Plan revision, urban renewal, taxi and ride-hailing legislation, and the new Maritime Areas Law.
名人堂政界建設
Legacy archive1961-
Angela Leong: from the dance studio to SJM's boardroom and the Legislative Assembly
Angela Leong
Co-Chair & Executive Director of SJM Holdings and a long-serving member of the Macao Legislative Assembly. The fourth wife of Stanley Ho, she is the most politically visible heir in the Ho family — bridging SJM's casino operations with public-affairs work.
名人堂商業政界
Legacy archive1962-
Pansy Ho: how Stanley Ho's eldest daughter built her own empire across Shun Tak and MGM
Pansy Ho
Group Executive Chairman & Managing Director of Shun Tak Holdings and Co-Chairperson & Executive Director of MGM China Holdings. The eldest daughter of Stanley Ho, she is a substantial figure across cross-border transport, hospitality, and gaming, and serves as UNESCO Special Envoy for Cultural and Heritage Tourism.
名人堂商業旅遊酒店
Legacy archive1962-
Sam Hou Fai: the first jurist to walk from Macao's top court into Government House
Sam Hou Fai
The 6th Chief Executive of the Macao SAR, sworn in by President Xi Jinping on 20 December 2024. Born to a farming family in Zhongshan, Guangdong; trained at Peking University Law and the University of Coimbra; first President of Macao's Court of Final Appeal for almost twenty-five years from 1999, where he presided over the Ao Man Long and Ho Chio Meng corruption trials. The first Macao Chief Executive drawn from the judiciary, he has anchored his first term in rule of law, public-administration reform, and economic diversification.
名人堂政界法律界
Legacy archive1966-
André Cheong Weng Chon: from Legal Affairs Bureau to Legislative Assembly President — Macao's cross-branch lawyer-technocrat
Cheong Weng Chon
President of the 8th Legislative Assembly of the Macao SAR since 16 October 2025. Born in Beijing in 1966, he holds a Portuguese BA from Beijing Foreign Studies University and an LL.B. from the University of Macau, and built his career in Macao's legal-affairs system — Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau for 14 years (2000–2014), Commissioner Against Corruption for five (2014–2019), and Secretary for Administration and Justice for almost six (December 2019 – October 2025), concurrently spokesperson of the Executive Council, chair of the 2022 Gaming Concession Public Tender Committee, and Executive Deputy Director of the Hengqin Cooperation Zone Management Committee. Reassigned by State Council decree in September 2025 as a CE-appointed legislator, he was elected President of the Legislative Assembly with a unanimous 33-vote ballot on 16 October 2025 — the first sitting Macao Secretary in SAR history to cross from the cabinet to lead the legislature, and the first appointed (not directly or indirectly elected) member to chair the Assembly.
名人堂政界立法會
Legacy archive1968-
Tai Kin Ip: 16 months — the shortest-serving Secretary for Economy and Finance in MSAR history
Tai Kin Ip
Served as Secretary for Economy and Finance of the 6th-term Macao SAR Government from 20 December 2024 to 16 April 2026 — 16 months, the shortest tenure in that portfolio since the SAR was established; removed by State Council decree on Sam Hou Fai's recommendation, citing "personal reasons". Joined the Macao Economic Services (DSE) in 1995 and spent his entire 29-year career to 2024 inside the bureau, rising from senior technician to head of research, deputy director, and director (April 2016 to December 2024, including the 2021 reorganisation into the Economic and Technological Development Bureau / DSEDT); concurrently chaired the Industrial and Commercial Development Fund. As Secretary, he was the technical architect of the 2022 gaming-concession tender outcomes, drove the first review of concessionaires' non-gaming investment obligations (March 2025), oversaw the satellite-casino closures and the 5,600+ employee redeployment, and from November 2025 concurrently led the Hengqin Cooperation Zone Executive Committee. In February 2026 he announced the MOP 11 billion seed (targeting MOP 20 billion) Macao Government Industrial Guidance Fund. Bachelor of Economics from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa; Master in Government Studies from the University of Saint Joseph.
名人堂政界經濟
Legacy archive1968-
Wong Sio Chak: from Judiciary Police chief to Secretary for Administration and Justice — Macao's longest-running enforcer
Wong Sio Chak
Secretary for Administration and Justice of the Macao SAR since October 2025, after almost eleven years as Secretary for Security (2014–2025) under three Chief Executives. A former prosecutor and Director of the Judiciary Police with a Peking University law doctorate, he drove civil-protection reform after Typhoon Hato (2017), the Suncity junket crackdown (2021), and the 2023 National Security Law overhaul. He served as Acting Chief Executive during Sam Hou Fai's first Beijing duty visit in December 2025 and is widely treated as the de facto number-two of the current SAR cabinet.
名人堂政界法律界
Legacy archive1970-
Chan Tsz King: from CCAC Commissioner to Prosecutor-General to Secretary for Security — Sam Hou Fai's mid-term reshuffle pick
Chan Tsz King
Secretary for Security of the Macao SAR since 16 October 2025, succeeding Wong Sio Chak (who moved to Administration and Justice) in Sam Hou Fai's mid-term reshuffle. Born in Hong Kong in 1970, he holds an LL.B. from the Autonomous University of Lisbon and graduated from Macao's first Magistrates Training Course in 1997. He spent almost 22 years in the Public Prosecutions Office — as prosecutor (from July 1997), Assistant Prosecutor-General (from March 2000), and posted to the Court of Final Appeal / Second Instance Court office (from January 2012). On 20 December 2019 he was appointed Commissioner Against Corruption (CCAC) for a 5-year statutory term; on 20 December 2024 Sam Hou Fai nominated him Prosecutor-General, a role he held for only 10 months. By State Council decree on 29 September 2025 he was elevated to Secretary for Security and sworn in on 16 October 2025; he oversees the Judiciary Police, the Public Security Police, Customs, the Fire Services Bureau, the Correctional Services Bureau, and the Macao Security Forces Higher School.
名人堂政界法律界
Legacy archive1974-
O Lam: from the Sports Bureau to the cabinet — the "newcomer who is more of a veteran" with a Macao patriotic-family lineage
O Lam
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR since 20 December 2024 and at 50 the youngest of Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai's five principal officials. She holds an LL.B. in International Economics & Finance from Jinan University (Guangzhou) and an MBA from the American Graduate School of Business (Switzerland); her career spans the Macao Sport Development Board (2000–2009), Chief Executive Chui Sai On's Office as Adviser and then Chief-of-Office (2009–2019), and Vice-Chair of the Administration Committee of the Municipal Affairs Bureau (2019–2024). She is a 13th- and 14th-term CPPCC National Committee member and comes from a long-standing Macao patriotic family — her grandfather O Lon directed Kiang Wu Hospital and her grand-uncle Ko Cheng-peng was a senior figure at the Xinhua Macau Branch and a Basic Law drafter. From November 2025 she concurrently serves as Deputy Director of the Guangdong-Macao Hengqin Cooperation Zone Management Committee.
名人堂政界社會文化
Legacy archive1976-
Lawrence Ho: from Macao to Cyprus — the next-generation gaming operator
Lawrence Ho
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Son of Stanley Ho and his third wife Ina Chan, he built Melco from a Macao-focused gaming bet into a multi-jurisdictional integrated-resort operator, with properties including City of Dreams Macau, Studio City, Morpheus, and City of Dreams Mediterranean.
名人堂商業博彩
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