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Year: 2014

Govt vows to study tobacco tax hike

Govt vows to study tobacco tax hike

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said Monday that his bureau would discuss with the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) a possible increase in the tobacco tax. Lei made the remarks during the legislature’s question-and-answer session in which lawmakers raised a range of hot-button issues. Lawmakers said that more and more of the city’s teenagers […]
Chui to announce re-election bid today

Chui to announce re-election bid today

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will announce this morning that he will seek re-election, veteran  lawmaker Vong Hin Fai said Monday. Chui has chosen Vong as his “mandatary” once again. In a Portuguese-style election process, a “mandatary” is the legal representative of a candidate. He said that Chui, 57, and his campaign team would […]
Pansy Ho says art appeals to ‘more demanding’ visitors

Pansy Ho says art appeals to ‘more demanding’ visitors

Art is what MGM Macau will be using to provide a more “soul-searching experience” to attract visitors from the mainland who are becoming “more demanding”, Pansy Ho Chiu-king, the gaming company’s co-chairwoman, said Thursday. Ho made the comment while speaking to reporters yesterday after attending the opening ceremony of a lion sculpture exhibition hosted by […]
Govt spokesman says ‘referendum’ is unconstitutional

Govt spokesman says ‘referendum’ is unconstitutional

Macau’s chief government spokesman Alexis Tam Chon Weng said at the weekend that a “referendum” planned by three local grassroots groups was a violation of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and the Macau Basic Law. Tam, who also heads the office of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and holds a string […]
Govt vows to build 28,000 public housing flats in Zone A

Govt vows to build 28,000 public housing flats in Zone A

The number of residential flats in an area to be reclaimed from the sea known as Zone A will be increased to 32,000 from the 18,000 the government had announced in 2012, the Executive Council (ExCo) announced in a press conference Thursday. The 1.38-square-kilometre Zone A lies north-east of the peninsula, stretching from Areia Preta […]
APEC tourism ministers meeting to be held on Sept 12-13

APEC tourism ministers meeting to be held on Sept 12-13

The government said yesterday that the 8th Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Tourism Ministers Meeting (TMM) will be held on September 12 and 13, while the organisation’s 45th Meeting of the Tourism Working Group will be held between September 8 and 11. It’s the first time that Macau will host an APEC meeting. Unlike the mainland, […]
Govt says 3 groups’ “referendum” is illegal

Govt says 3 groups’ “referendum” is illegal

The government’s chief spokesperson Alexis Tam Chon Weng, who heads the office of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, said yesterday that a “referendum” which three groups plan to hold next month was “illegal” and “invalid.” Tam made the remarks after a press conference at Government Headquarters which he hosted to announce details of the […]
Groups to hold “referendum” on CE election

Groups to hold “referendum” on CE election

Internet group Macau Conscience is teaming up with the Open Macau Society and Macau Youth Dynamics to hold a so-called “civic referendum” at the end of next month on universal suffrage and this year’s chief executive election. Addressing a press conference at the New Macau Association (NMA) headquarters, high-profile political activists Jason Chao Teng Hei […]
Government says has no timetable for HOS law revision

Government says has no timetable for HOS law revision

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io said yesterday that the government had no timetable for when it will finish drafting an amendment bill on its home ownership scheme (HOS), adding the main reason for amending the law was to fix some issues that cropped up during its implementation. He made the remark […]
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