Macau International Airport recorded 520,000 passengers in August, a year on year increase of 6.5 percent and a monthly record since its inauguration in 1995, the airport’s management company Companhia do Aeroporto de Macau (CAM) said Monday. The figures released by CAM also indicate that the air traffic in August reflects an increase in the […]
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Macau’s economy grew by 8.1 percent in real terms in the second quarter of 2014, unchanged compared to figure reported for the same period of 2013 but lower than the 12.4 percent seen in the first quarter of this year, the region’s Statistics and Census Bureau reported. The Bureau explained the economic slowdown in Macau […]
Re-elected Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On promised Sunday that he would not disappoint the public in his second term that begins on December 20. Chui made the pledge in a speech acknowledging his re-election. Chui thanked residents for their support, and promised that he will put his campaign promises into action. Chui, the sole […]
Macau’s gold jewellery imports fell 44 percent year-on-year to 651 million patacas in July, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Thursday. The import of mobile phones dropped 17 percent to 376 million patacas, while the import of handbags and wallets fell 11 percent to 259 million patacas last month. However, watch imports rose 10 […]
Macau’s officially estimated unemployment rate for May-July stood at 1.7 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement Wednesday. The statement pointed out that rate has remained at 1.7 percent since November last year. The city’s total labour force stood at 393,600 in the May-July survey period. The number of employed rose […]
The Chief Executive Electoral Management Committee said Tuesday it expected that all ballots in the election of the chief executive on Sunday will be cast in the first two hours so that the result can be released at about midday. Judge Song Man Lei, who heads the committee and is one of three judges of […]
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Tuesday that his next-term government would study the possible cancellation of the city’s so-called setback regulation, insisting that even if the rule is axed it does not mean that buildings can be built higher than now. A setback is the distance which a building or other structure is […]
High-profile political activist Jason Chao Teng Hei, one of the key organisers of the controversial “civic referendum”, said Monday he was “not afraid of being jailed” and insisted that he would continue to help locals exercise their right to express their views on the city’s political development by taking part in the online version of […]
Macau received 18 million visitors from January to July, an increase of 8 percent compared with the same period of 2013, the region’s Statistics and Census Bureau said. Visitors from mainland China (+14 percent), Taiwan (+2 percent) and the Republic of Korea (+19 percent) increased, whilst visitors from Hong Kong fell (-6 percent) year on […]