The State Council has appointed Sun Da and Zheng Zhentao as vice-directors of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau, according to a statement announced from the office on Wednesday. Including the two new vice-directors, the office now has a total of five vice-directors. The other three are Chen Sixi, Chen Qiming […]
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The Public Police Security Police (PSP) busted a pimping gang from the mainland on Sunday, arresting 36 suspected gang members, including four kingpins, aged between 16 and 27. One of the suspected kingpins was just 16 years old. The suspects were arrested in four guestrooms of a hotel in Cotai. The police did not reveal […]
The company added a new A321 airbus to its fleet on Tuesday, as another step in its fleet expansion and renewal. Zheng Yan chairman of Air Macau’s board of directors said the Air Macau fleet will expand from the current 15 aircrafts to 17 within this year, and to 24 by 2018, with each plane […]
The Good Shepherd Centre led by Sister Juliana Devoy and the Vital Voices Global Partnership held a one-day conference titled “Business Leadership to End Human Trafficking & Modern Day Slavery” at the MGM Macau on Tuesday. This conference brought together over 100 participants from Macau and abroad. Conference speakers included Cheang Kam Va Advisor to […]
Local police have launched an inquiry into a fatal traffic accident that occurred near the hangar of the Macau International Airport Monday afternoon at around two o’clock, resulting in two fatalities. The accident, which killed a motorcyclist on the spot, involved a motorbike, a truck, as well as a taxi. The initial investigation disclosed that […]
Social Security Fund (FSS) President Ip Peng Kin announced on Monday that the fund is proposing an increase in various pensions and subsidies effective in July. According to Ip, the fund proposed on Monday that the old-age pension and disability pension be raised by 5.35 percent, from 3,180 to 3,350 patacas per month, while the […]
The government intends to introduce a universal minimum wage for all workers, following its initial introduction for cleaning and security personnel working in property management companies. “We intend to implement the minimum wage for those two sectors this year. But our stand on this is implementing a minimum wage for all workers within three years,” […]
Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.4 percent in real terms last year, the first annual drop since the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) in 1999, according to figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) on Friday. In the fourth quarter of last year, GDP was down 17.2 percent year-on-year […]
The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture says he is not worried that national education could brainwash the younger generations. And the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau clarifies that they will not set up a specific course called national education, but they intend to include this subject into the existing moral and civic curriculum. This […]