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Day: January 22, 2015

Govt expects visitors to grow 5 pct to 33 million this year

Govt expects visitors to grow 5 pct to 33 million this year

Visitor numbers are expected to grow five percent this year, from 31.5 million last year to 33 million this year, even as the city’s gaming revenue is falling, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said Wednesday. Senna Fernandes made the remark during the office’s annual press conference at Macau Tower […]
Macau expects legal assistance pact with HK this year

Macau expects legal assistance pact with HK this year

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said Wednesday that the local government would do its best to ink a mutual legal assistance agreement with its Hong Kong counterpart this year. Asked by reporters as to whether the agreement will be applied to fugitives fleeing justice from either jurisdiction whose cases predate it, […]
Inflation hits 6.05 pct in 2014

Inflation hits 6.05 pct in 2014

Macau’s inflation rate hit a whopping 6.05 percent last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Wednesday. A DSEC statement attributed the steep rise mainly to starkly higher housing rents and restaurant prices. For the whole of last year, notable increases were recorded in the price indices of housing and fuels (+11.93 percent) and […]