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Day: May 11, 2016

Macau records the highest population density per sq km

Macau records the highest population density per sq km

Macau’s population had risen to 649,100 at the end of the first quarter, an increase of 2,300 inhabitants quarter-to-quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Tuesday. Based on Macau’s land area of 30.4 square kilometres, the special administrative region’s population density per sq km stood at 21,352, reportedly the highest in the world. […]
Chinese provinces, Hong Kong and Macau officials visits Portugal

Chinese provinces, Hong Kong and Macau officials visits Portugal

A delegation with representatives of the governments of the Great Pearl River Delta will travel to Portugal in June to explore business opportunities, said Gloria Batalha Ung, director of the Macau Institute for Trade and Investment Promotion (IPIM), according to Portuguese-language newspaper Tribuna de Macau. The executive member of the Board of IPIM said the […]
Macau committee backs high-rise building next to Muslim cemetery

Macau committee backs high-rise building next to Muslim cemetery

The government-appointed Urban Planning Committee voted on the legal conditions proposed by the Lands, Transport and Public Works Bureau (DSSOPT) for the possible development of a plot next to the city’s Muslim cemetery. Twenty of the 26 members of the committee who cast their votes supported the conditions while six voted against. With the support […]
BNU donates 1.6 million patacas to Macau’s oldest charity

BNU donates 1.6 million patacas to Macau’s oldest charity

Local Portuguese lender BNU has donated 1.6 million patacas to Tung Sin Tong, the city’s oldest charitable organisation. According to a BNU statement issued on Tuesday, BNU Chief Executive Officer Pedro Cardoso handed the donation to Tung Sin Tong President Chui Sai On at the social welfare body’s headquarters last Friday. Tung Sin Tong has […]