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Year: 2014

Police bust gang sending junk messages

Police bust gang sending junk messages

The Judiciary Police (PJ) picked up four Fujianese men Wednesday for jamming telecom networks and sending out junk text messages to people crossing the border from five flats in a residential building opposite the Barrier Gate checkpoint. PJ spokesman Vong Chi Hong said at the entrance of the Jardim do Mar do Sul Building that […]
Group launches postcard campaign over same-sex cohabitants’ protection

Group launches postcard campaign over same-sex cohabitants’ protection

Advocacy group Rainbow of Macau said  Wednesday it would launch a postcard campaign to encourage residents, particularly Macau’s LGBT community, to urge the government to include same-sex cohabitants on the list of couples who will be protected in its domestic violence prevention bill. LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. […]
Macau’s trade deficit totals US$7.2 billion from January to September

Macau’s trade deficit totals US$7.2 billion from January to September

Macau posted a trade deficit of 57 890 billion patacas (US$7.2 billion) from January to September, which was a year on year increase of 12 percent, the region’s Statistics and Census Bureau reported. In the first nine months of the year, Macau exported goods worth 7.29 billion patacas, up 8 percent from the same period […]
Universal suffrage banner hung from UM library

Universal suffrage banner hung from UM library

A banner that read in Chinese “Macau Also Wants Real Universal Suffrage” was hung on the external wall of the University of Macau (UM) library on its new Hengqin campus Tuesday, but was removed by security guards in less than an hour. The banner was hung on the UM Wu Yee Sun Library sometime after […]
Developer expects property prices to remain ‘stable’ for 2 years

Developer expects property prices to remain ‘stable’ for 2 years

Local developer Liu Chak Wan, whose company paid about 1.42 billion patacas for two adjacent plots of land in Fai Chi Kei, said yesterday he expected the city’s property prices to remain “stable” for the next two years after which they would increase again. Liu, a member of the government’s top advisory Executive Council (ExCo), […]
Secretary Florinda Chan vows to better communicate with legislature

Secretary Florinda Chan vows to better communicate with legislature

Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan Lai Man vowed yesterday that the government will strengthen communication with the legislature. The policy secretary also said that bills which currently are being discussed by the Legislative Assembly (AL) will not be affected by any personnel changes among the government’s top echelons. Chan made the remarks to […]
Group offers ‘free hugs’ to urge public to accept mentally disabled

Group offers ‘free hugs’ to urge public to accept mentally disabled

The Macau Down’s Syndrome Association launched yesterday “free hugs” to urge the public to accept people who have the condition and other mentally disabled people. The group also said that still many local schools do not enrol disabled children, even those who are physically disabled, urging the government to look into the matter and come […]
Hotel guests drop 1 pct in September

Hotel guests drop 1 pct in September

Macau’s 98 hotels and guesthouses recorded 852,000 guests last month, a year-on-year decrease of one percent. While guests from Hong Kong (102,000) and Taiwan (31,000) dropped by 25 percent and 15 percent respectively, those from the mainland (547,000) rose six percent. The number of guest rooms reached 27,800 at the end of last month. The […]
Central govt trusts Macau in diplomatic field: Deputy FM

Central govt trusts Macau in diplomatic field: Deputy FM

The central government “trusts and fully supports” Macau in the diplomatic field, Deputy Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui said yesterday. Zhang made the remarks in a speech during a reception at the Banyan Tree Macau hotel in Taipa in celebration of the 15th anniversary of Macau’s return to Chinese administration and the establishment of the Office […]
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