The government announced Thursday that it will start paying the 652,808 beneficiaries of its annual “wealth sharing” scheme on July 2, costing the government about 5.65 billion patacas ( US$ 706.25 million)– 3.6 percent of its budget for this year. Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for the 11-member advisory Executive Council (ExCo), said during a press […]