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Year: 2014

Macau marks victory over Japan for first time

Macau marks victory over Japan for first time

Macau Wednesday marked for the first time China’s World War II victory over Japan. Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, his predecessor Edmund Ho Hau Wah, Central People’s Government Liaison Office Director Li Gang, Foreign Ministry Commissioner Hu Zhengyu and other local and mainland officials attended a solemn ceremony at the Macau Security Forces Academy […]
Lawmaker slams govt for over-budget projects

Lawmaker slams govt for over-budget projects

Directly-elected lawmaker Melinda Chan Mei Yi Wednesday slammed the government over its long-standing problem of overspending on public construction projects, urging Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On to come up with effective measures to improve the situation and allow lawmakers to have a say about the government’s budgeting for large-scale projects and possible extra spending […]
Tourism chief forecasts single-digit visitor growth

Tourism chief forecasts single-digit visitor growth

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said Tuesday she believes that in the next few years growth in the number of visitor arrivals will remain in single digits. Senna Fernandes also said her bureau would continue to work hard to promote the city around the world. The tourism chief made […]
Expert says popular vote for 2019 CE election ‘unlikely’

Expert says popular vote for 2019 CE election ‘unlikely’

Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) Professor Ieong Wan Chong said Tuesday it was “unlikely” that the city will have university suffrage for the 2019 chief executive election. Ieong also said that local citizens were still more concerned about livelihood issues than politics. He also said that if there is no change in the method of Hong […]
Macau International Airport has record number of passengers in August

Macau International Airport has record number of passengers in August

Macau International Airport recorded 520,000 passengers in August, a year on year increase of 6.5 percent and a monthly record since its inauguration in 1995, the airport’s management company Companhia do Aeroporto de Macau (CAM) said Monday. The figures released by CAM also indicate that the air traffic in August reflects an increase in the […]
Re-elected CE vows not to disappoint public

Re-elected CE vows not to disappoint public

Re-elected Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On promised Sunday that he would not disappoint the public in his second term that begins on December 20. Chui made the pledge in a speech acknowledging his re-election. Chui thanked residents for their support, and promised that he will put his campaign promises into action. Chui, the sole […]
Gold jewellery imports drop 44 pct in July

Gold jewellery imports drop 44 pct in July

Macau’s gold jewellery imports fell 44 percent year-on-year to 651 million patacas in July, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Thursday. The import of mobile phones dropped 17 percent to 376 million patacas, while the import of handbags and wallets fell 11 percent to 259 million patacas last month. However, watch imports rose 10 […]
Jobless rate remains at 1.7 pct in May-July

Jobless rate remains at 1.7 pct in May-July

Macau’s officially estimated unemployment rate for May-July stood at 1.7 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement Wednesday. The statement pointed out that rate has remained at 1.7 percent since November last year. The city’s total labour force stood at 393,600 in the May-July survey period. The number of employed rose […]
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