The Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) announced on Thursday in a joint press conference that they busted an “underground bank” in Areia Preta where two male mainlanders, a 26-year-old surnamed Wang and a 30-year-old surnamed Lu, were arrested for their alleged involvement in the illegal financial operation. PJ spokesman Suen Kam […]
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The findings of an annual survey about Macau conducted by the Public Opinion Programme (POP) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and released on its website yesterday show that – using a one-in-three choice method – political issues were of least concern to local residents, coming after economic and livelihood problems. The findings show […]
The Supporting Office to the Permanent Secretariat to the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries will get a new coordinator and assistant secretary-general in March. Rita Santos, who simultaneously holds both positions, confirmed in a letter to the media yesterday that she will retire from the civil service on March […]
Macau’s Chief executive Chui Sai On, called for cooperation with the Chinese city of Zhongshan, in Guangdong province, as a priority in two-way relations, according to a statement from the Government Information Bureau. Following a meeting with officials from Zhongshan municipality, Chui said regional cooperation had been addressed with the central government and that work, […]
Social Security Fund (FSS) President Ip Peng Kin said on Wednesday that the government was proposing to increase the social security dues paid by the city’s employers and employees from the current 45 patacas to 90 patacas a month. Ip also said that once the proposed amount is agreed upon in the government-appointed Standing Council […]
Macau’s airport logged a record 5.48 million passengers last year, an increase of nine percent from 2013, owner-cum-operator CAM has announced. The single-runway airport handled a daily average of about 15,000 passengers last year. August saw the highest monthly number of passengers last year, at 528,919. August also produced the highest monthly passenger figure since […]
Prices of fresh meat and produce will remain stable this year and there won’t be a steep price increase in the run-up to next month’s Chinese New Year, representatives of Nam Kwong Commercial Company and Nam Yue Food Stuffs & Aquatic Company said yesterday. All of Macau’s fresh meat and produce is imported by the […]
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said on Monday that he will keep his promise that the local health care system will be fully reformed, saying he has given the Health Bureau (SSM) one year to improve the system. While Tam did not say what will happen if they bureau fails […]
Macau’s number of hotel guests rose just one percent year-on-year to 9.8 million between January and November last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. The hospitality industry’s average occupancy rate stood at 87 percent, an increase of four percentage points. At the end of November, the city’s 98 hotels and guesthouses provided […]