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Month: July 2016

Macau Chief Executive to visit Portugal in September

Macau Chief Executive to visit Portugal in September

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will pay an official visit to Portugal in the second half of September, the Portuguese radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM reported Monday. The unsourced report said that Chui was expected to meet Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Antonio Costa during the visit, Chui’s second to […]
Macau prepares to propose new heritage sites to UNESCO

Macau prepares to propose new heritage sites to UNESCO

The Macau government is preparing new heritage site in the to be presented to UNESCO with a view to including them on the world heritage list, the President of the Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau (ICM) told newspaper Hoje Macau. Ung Vai Meng also said that by December this year three sections of the ancient walls […]
IPIM to organize Franchise Expo and Guangdong Products Fair this weekend in Macau

IPIM to organize Franchise Expo and Guangdong Products Fair this weekend in Macau

Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Executive Director Irene Lau On Monday, Kuan Va said the joint budget for this week’s 2016 Macau Franchise Expo (MFE) and 2016 Guangdong & Macau Branded Products Fair (GMBPF) will be about 16 million patacas. Lau made the remarks during a press conference about the two fairs. The […]
Hotel’s closure won’t affect Macau’s image said government

Hotel’s closure won’t affect Macau’s image said government

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said Sunday that the temporary closure of Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel in Taipa won’t have a negative impact on Macau’s image as an international tourist destination. Tam said the hotel’s six-month closure by the government on Friday was necessary as the condition of the property constituted a public safety […]
South Korean visitors to Macau rise 49 pct in June

South Korean visitors to Macau rise 49 pct in June

Macau’s South Korean visitor arrivals rose 49.5 per cent to 47,957 in June, the highest increase of any visitor segment, according to figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) last week. The total number of visitor arrivals rose 4.9 per cent year-on-year to 2.36 million last month. However, month-to-month, the figure was down […]
China unveils in Zhuhai world’s largest amphibious aircraft

China unveils in Zhuhai world’s largest amphibious aircraft

China has completed production of the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, state media has said, the latest effort in the country’s program to wean itself off dependence on foreign aviation firms. The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled the first of the new planes, dubbed the AG600, Saturday in the southern port city of Zhuhai, the […]
Macau government expects visitors to revamped Grand Prix museum to triple

Macau government expects visitors to revamped Grand Prix museum to triple

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said on Thursday she expected the revamped Grand Prix Museum to attract up to three times more visitors than it does currently. On Thursday, the office organised a media briefing about plans to revamp the museum at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT) in Zape, […]
Canidrome to relocate or shut down its operations by 2018

Canidrome to relocate or shut down its operations by 2018

The Macau government has ordered Macau (Yut Yuen) Canidrome Co Ltd. to relocate its greyhound racing track or shut down its operations within the next two years. The racing track is located in the northern area of the Macau peninsula. A press release issued today by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) states that […]
Macau’s June annual inflation continues to slow

Macau’s June annual inflation continues to slow

Annual inflation in Macau in June continued to slow down, posting an increase of 2.26 per cent year on year, or a decrease of 0.38 percentage points compared to May, reported the city’s Statistics and Census Bureau. Growth in June was mainly due mainly to rising car park rates as well as the prices of […]
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