The government said Monday that the city’s increased taxi fares will take effect on December 14 with the flagfall to be raised to 17 patacas – up 13.3 percent – for the first 1.6 kilometres, while the distance-based interval charge will be increased to two patacas for every 260 metres and the waiting time charge […]
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Macau will sign an anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing agreement with the United States, according to an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) Monday. The order issued by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On authorises Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the […]
Manny Pacquiao produced a destructive and explosive performance in the early hours of Sunday morning, knocking down Chris Algieri six times on the way to an overwhelming points victory at the Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena. Even though Pacquiao was unable to record was would have been his first knockout in more than five years, the […]
The government’s chief spokesman announced Thursday that the opening hours of three Macau-Zhuhai border checkpoints will be extended from December 18. According to the announcement, the Macau Cotai-Hengqin checkpoint will be open 24 hours seven days a week. The Barrier Gate’s opening hours will be extended by one hour each in the morning and at […]
The government has completed proposed amendments to the law on the reparation for damages arising from accidents at work and occupational diseases by introducing a mandatory insurance that employers must buy for their employees who need to work when the No. 8 or a higher typhoon signal is hoisted. Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng […]
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told reporters Tuesday that Macau set a new record of people entering and leaving the city on Saturday when the Macau Grand Prix took place. Senna Fernandes revealed the new record after attending the opening ceremony of the Macau Gaming Show held at […]
The Harbourview Hotel in the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf theme park is set to open next month, according to casino operator Macau Legend Development Ltd’s chairman and chief executive, David Chow Kam Fai. Chow said construction of the four-star hotel had finished about one month late. The operator is now awaiting an occupation permit. The Harbourview […]
The Legislative Assembly (AL) will hold a plenary meeting today to discuss a motion proposed by lawmakers-cum-activists Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San which calls for a debate about how the city’s political reform. Ng and Au are members of the grassroots New Macau Association (NMA). Both are the association’s only members of […]
This year’s only Formula 3 driver from Macau, 18-year-old Andy Chang Wing Chung, completed his first ever Macau Grand Prix Formula 3 race Sunday finishing 19th out of 21 drivers who qualified, and he is already planning to return next year to finish in the Top 10. Chang, who has been competing in kart racing […]