Apart from the five-square-kilometre area known as the Hengqin Guangdong-Macau Co-operation Industrial Park, Hengqin Island has enough land for investors from Macau, the director of the Administrative Committee of Hengqin New Area, Niu Jing, said on Tuesday. Niu made the remarks on the sidelines of a seminar at the Zhuhai Holiday Resort Hotel about the […]
Year: 2016
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said on Monday the government needed to increase public investment to help boost the local economy amid its current downturn. Leong made the remarks when attending a plenary session to present the government’s 2017 budget bill, which was unanimously passed by the legislature. According to the […]
According to information released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), total visitor spending (excluding gaming expenses) increased by 17.4 per cent year-on-year to MOP14.64 billion in the third quarter of 2016, putting to an end the seven consecutive quarters of year-on-year decline. The third quarter also showed an expansion of more than 25 per […]
Chief Executive Chui Sai On met with the President of Jinan University, Hu Jun, to exchange views on the tertiary education sector and on talent development on Friday. The CE was on a two-day visit to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, following an invitation from Jinan University to participate in the celebrations of the institution’s 110th anniversary. […]
A total of 14 hotel projects were under construction during the third quarter of the year, expected to bring 5,606 new hotel rooms to the MSAR, according to the official data from the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT). These new hotel projects occupy a total of 512,316 square metres. Of the total, three […]
Portuguese driver António Felix da Costa claimed his second Macau Grand Prix F3 race victory after passing early leader Brazilian Sergio Sette Camara on Sunday. Felix da Costa, who won the F3 Macau Grand Prix in 2012, finished the 15 laps of Guia circuit in 27:57.447. The Portuguese driver started from pole position following his win in Saturday’s qualification […]
Portuguese driver Tiago Monteiro took victory on Sunday in a chaotic Macau Guia race, as James Nash lost the TCR International title at the last gasp to Stefano Comini. WestCoast Racing Honda driver Monteiro triumphed at the end of two hours in which just four complete laps of racing were completed across the two races. […]
British driver Peter Hickman (aged 29) triumphed in the 48th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix on Saturday after a tense duel with Bathams/SMT Racing BMW teammate Michael Rutter (aged 44). Hickman finished the 12 laps of the Guia circuit in 29:15.590 followed by Michael Rutter with +0.533 and Jessop with +0.655. Peter Hickman took his first […]
The Portuguese F3 driver António Felix da Costa, Felix Rosenqvist from Sweden, British driver Callum Ilott, Daniel Juncadella from Spain and Japanese F3 champion Kenta Yamashita are most likely to win the FIA Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix that will be held on Sunday with 33 drivers from 14 countries. Felix da Costa won the […]