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Year: 2016

5th Macau Forum Ministerial Conference to be held in October

5th Macau Forum Ministerial Conference to be held in October

The 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau) will take place on 11 and 12 October 2016, said the Government Information Bureau (GCS). The conference, whose theme is “Towards Consolidation of Economic and Trade Relations between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries: Joining Efforts for Cooperation, […]
CTM slashes broadband fees, gives unlimited data usage in Macau

CTM slashes broadband fees, gives unlimited data usage in Macau

Telecom operator CTM is giving all its broadband and fibre broadband customers unlimited data usage and slashes its tariffs from October 1, the company announced on Tuesday. CTM’s CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei said in a press conference at the telecom’s head office in Taipa that despite the fact that all CTM customers will have […]
Initial design of 4th Macau-Taipa bridge to cost 75 million patacas

Initial design of 4th Macau-Taipa bridge to cost 75 million patacas

The initial design project for the fourth bridge connecting the peninsula and Taipa will cost over 75 million patacas, according to the Official Gazette (BO). The gazette showed on Monday that the government has granted the initial design project to Beijing-based CCCC Highway Consultants Company Limited for a fee of 75.19 million patacas. The same […]
Macau travel agencies call for Beijing Imperial Hotel probe

Macau travel agencies call for Beijing Imperial Hotel probe

The currently mothballed Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel is suspected of having cheated 30 travel agencies by overselling hotel rooms to the tune of over HK$250 million, Macau Travel Industry Council President Andy Wu Keng Kuong said at a press conference on Monday. The ad hoc group, loosely translated as Victims Group, consists of travel agencies […]
Macau government grants The Parisian 150 tables

Macau government grants The Parisian 150 tables

The government has authorised The Parisian to install 150 gaming tables until over three phases until 2018, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said on Saturday. Leong, whose portfolio oversees the gaming industry, made the remarks on the sidelines of a public function, responding to reporters’ questions. According to Leong, Sands’ The […]
Macau has ‘high chance’ of imported Zika cases

Macau has ‘high chance’ of imported Zika cases

After Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong recently confirmed cases of the Zika virus, the director of the local Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Lam Chong, has warned that the chance of Macau getting imported Zika cases is “quite high”. Lam made the comment on the sidelines of a ses sion about the Zika […]
Giant inflatable lantern rabbit displayed in Macau

Giant inflatable lantern rabbit displayed in Macau

A 11-metre tall inflatable rabbit and 40 rabbit lanterns, designed by architect Carlos Marreiros and local and Beijing artists were displayed on Saturday in the waterfront of Nam Van Lake promenade of One Central Macau to coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival and the annual “Macao International Fireworks Display Contest.” Measuring 18-metre in length and 11-metre in […]
Macau government shelves eatery plan for Taipa-Houses Museum

Macau government shelves eatery plan for Taipa-Houses Museum

The Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture has shelved its controversial plan to open a Portuguese restaurant in one of the five mansions in the Taipa-Houses Museum complex, according to a statement by the Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) on Thursday. The statement said an inter-departmental working group under the purview of the secretariat had […]
Macau’s gaming industry reverses slump in August

Macau’s gaming industry reverses slump in August

Macau’s gaming revenue registered a rise of 1.1 per cent year-on-year in August, reversing the 26-month slump of the industry. Macau’s gaming sector collected about 18.8 billion patacas (about US$ 2.4 billion) in August, up 1.1 per cent from the previous year, according to the data released by the special administrative region’s Gaming Inspection and […]
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