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Month: July 2016

Macau and Hong Kong sign CEPA agreement

Macau and Hong Kong sign CEPA agreement

The ninth Hong Kong-Macau Cooperation High Level Meeting was held in Macau on Friday. Both Hong Kong and Macau initiated the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement Between Hong Kong and Macau (HK-Macau CEPA) during the meeting, according to a statement from the Government Information Bureau (GCS). The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong Vai Tac, […]
Proposal to reinterpret Macau’s Land Law’s articles rejected

Proposal to reinterpret Macau’s Land Law’s articles rejected

The president of the Legislative Assembly (AL), Ho Iat Seng, revealed on Thursday that the proposal to add a so-called “interpretative note” to the Land Law, submitted to the assembly by lawmaker Gabriel Tong, has already been rejected by the board. The assembly’s board, which consists of the president and vice-president of the AL and […]
JLL says Macau property prices ‘already’ hit bottom

JLL says Macau property prices ‘already’ hit bottom

Property prices have “already” hit rock bottom but there won’t be a sharp rebound unless the city’s infrastructure and the economy are improved, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Macau’s residential property chief Jeff Wong Chi Wai said on Thursday. Wong made the comments during a media briefing at his office about the global real estate services firm’s Macau […]
Macau lawmaker says Uber petition an act of organised crime

Macau lawmaker says Uber petition an act of organised crime

Lawmaker Melinda Chan Mei Yi asked the government on Thursday whether it should consider Uber’s petition last week as an act of organised crime. Chan, who heads the Sin Meng Charity Association, made the remarks during a plenary debate on the government’s draft of a new taxi service regulation in the legislative hemicycle. The regulation has not […]
Macau’s Iec Long Firecracker plant land swap is invalid

Macau’s Iec Long Firecracker plant land swap is invalid

Upon Wednesday’s release of a hard-hitting Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) report on a land swap deal involving the former Iec Long Firecracker Factory site in Taipa, the government said it had determined that the agreement is invalid and defective, adding that the anti-graft body would launch a criminal investigation into the case if any indication […]
Diversifying Macau’s economy with different types of slot machines

Diversifying Macau’s economy with different types of slot machines

The Director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Paulo Martins Chan, stated his belief that if Macau wants to diversify its economy and achieve sustainable development, the gaming industry must undergo a period of structural adjustment, according to a statement released by the DICJ. In achieving economic diversification, Chan suggested that casinos could […]
Macau’s gaming crimes rise 33 per cent in January-May

Macau’s gaming crimes rise 33 per cent in January-May

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Chao Wai Kuong said on Tuesday that gaming-related crimes increased by 33 per cent in the first five months year-on-year. Chao made the remarks while addressing an award ceremony commemorating the 56th anniversary of the Judiciary Police at the PJ headquarters in Zape. Chao said that despite the gaming revenue slump, […]
First CCTV cameras being tested in Macau

First CCTV cameras being tested in Macau

Unitary Police Service (SPU) Commissioner-General Ma Io Kun said on Tuesday the police had finished installing over 200 CCTV cameras around the city’s border control areas, and they were currently adjusting the angles of the cameras during testing. Ma made the remarks on the sidelines of an award ceremony commemorating the 56th anniversary of the […]
Macau government hires consultancy for study on 2 Macau-Taipa tunnels

Macau government hires consultancy for study on 2 Macau-Taipa tunnels

The Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement on Monday that the government has hired CCCC Highway Consultants Co. Ltd. Macau Branch to carry out a feasibility study on the construction of two tunnels either on the west or the east side of the old Macau-Taipa bridge, or a tunnel on […]
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