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Year: 2016

St Augustine’s Church, Macau, closed after outbuilding’s roof collapse

St Augustine’s Church, Macau, closed after outbuilding’s roof collapse

The wood ceiling and roof tiles of a second-floor room of an outbuilding of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed St Augustine’s Church collapsed Sunday afternoon, and the historic site has been closed due to safety concerns, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement. No-one was injured in the accident, the statement said, adding that […]
Smoking lounges in Macau breach WHO convention

Smoking lounges in Macau breach WHO convention

The Macau Association of Health Policy said in a statement that setting up smoking lounges in indoor public places or workplaces was a violation of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The association made the statement in response to what lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Andrew Chan Chak Mo, who chairs the legislature’s 2nd […]
Victor Chi Ping Chan

Victor Chi Ping Chan

Victor Chi Ping Chan is the former director of the Macao SAR Government Information Bureau as well as Government Spokesperson. He is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. He was replaced by Inês Chan Lou in 2020.
Macau, mainland customs discuss ‘One Belt, One Road’

Macau, mainland customs discuss ‘One Belt, One Road’

Macau Customs Service Director-General Alex Vong Iao Lek discussed various issues including the central government’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative with General Administration of Customs Minister Yu Guangzhou on Thursday during the two authorities’ annual meeting. The meeting took place at the local customs’ headquarters. President Xi Jinping’s initiative consists of two international trade […]
Macau legislative committee against full casino smoking ban

Macau legislative committee against full casino smoking ban

Most of the members of the Legislative Assembly committee in charge of discussing a revised tobacco control bill are against a full smoking ban inside casinos. The government has so far refused to back down on a proposed ban, which would also cover airports and the SAR’s prison. Macau casinos have introduced smoking lounges last […]
Authorities of Macau fence off Coloane shipyards

Authorities of Macau fence off Coloane shipyards

The government has fenced off 11 endangered shipyards in Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun village amid concerns over the upcoming typhoon season. One of the shipyard owners says he’s shocked as the government had not informed them in advanced. Wong Seng Ip also calls on the authority to approach them more proactively to discuss the future […]
Angola wants investment from Macao and mainland China

Angola wants investment from Macao and mainland China

Angola wants to attract businesspeople from Macau and mainland China who are interested in investing in the tourism sector, said the Consul General of Angola in Macau in an interview published in the latest Forum Macau newsletter. Sofia Pegado da Silva, says in the interview that as part of the promotion of Angola tourism has […]
WHO chief backs disease centre plan in Macau

WHO chief backs disease centre plan in Macau

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun said in Geneva on Tuesday that she “quite understands and supports” the local government’s plan to build an infectious disease centre, according to a statement by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng’s office on Wednesday. The WHO chief met a Macau delegation […]
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