Macao Tech & Policy: Sam Hou Fai met Shenzhen’s top official Jin Lei, pushing stronger Macau–Shenzhen cooperation to turn the Macao-Hengqin International Education (University) Town into an industry-academia-research platform, while also aligning Macau’s “1+4” industries and the “One Centre, One Platform, One Base” strategy with the national 15th Five-Year Plan. Macao Tech & Law Enforcement: Macau Customs logged 93 suspected IP infringement reports in Jan–Aug, referring 17 cases (34 suspects) for prosecution, citing a slight downward trend driven by citywide patrols and a big-data anti-counterfeiting system for online monitoring. Macao Education & Cross-border Growth: Hengqin’s Cooperation Zone is expanding Macau’s education footprint, with postgraduate programmes and Macau-identity-card students moving across the boundary as the zone marks its fifth anniversary. Macao Payments & AI Commerce: MPay will integrate Ant International’s Agentic Mobile Protocol, letting authorized AI agents initiate payments on users’ behalf with “Know Your Agent” authentication and user-set spending limits. Macao Culture & Tech Tourism: The 34th Macao International Fireworks Display Contest opened with a large-scale drone show and international fireworks teams, running through early October and pairing “tourism + events” with a Fireworks Carnival at the Macao Science Centre. Regional Tech Context: Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis plan for a Silicon Valley-style tech hub is drawing criticism over impacts on wildlife, communities, and public finances, even as officials frame it as a major economic engine.