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Government to hold Wushu Master Challenge in Macau next year

Government to hold Wushu Master Challenge in Macau next year

The government will hold the Wushu Masters Challenge again next year as the findings of a survey show that the event was popular among tourists and residents alike, Sports Bureau (ID) President Pun Weng Kun announced during a press conference at the Federal Restaurant in Zape on Thursday. Pun made the remarks during the press […]
Merchandise imports increase in August in Macau

Merchandise imports increase in August in Macau

The value of merchandise imports in August registered an increase for the first time since August 2015, up by 1.8 per cent year-on-year to MOP6.92 billion. According to information released on Thursday by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), imports of large passenger cars surged by 722.9 per cent and imports of watches and gold […]
LRT in Taipa to start operating in 2019 says Secretary Raimundo do Rosário

LRT in Taipa to start operating in 2019 says Secretary Raimundo do Rosário

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said on Wednesday he was confident that the Taipa section of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) will start running in 2019. Rosario made the upbeat remark while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a plaque unveiling ceremony that marked the official re-opening of the Carmo […]
Macau government insists on location of new central library

Macau government insists on location of new central library

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng said Tuesday on the sidelines of a regular Cultural Heritage Council meeting that the government had already made up its mind to build the new central library at the Old Courthouse. Ung also said the bidding process for the library’s detailed design plan would start later […]
Macau jobless rate stays at 1.9 per cent

Macau jobless rate stays at 1.9 per cent

Macau’s officially estimated unemployment rate remained at 1.9 per cent in the Statistics and Census Bureau’s (DSEC) June-August employment survey period compared with the May-July period. The bureau said in a statement on Tuesday that the rate also stayed unchanged from the same period last year. The city’s total labour force in June-August amounted to […]
Venezuelan nurse caught in Macau with cocaine worth 12 million patacas

Venezuelan nurse caught in Macau with cocaine worth 12 million patacas

S4.1 kilo-grammes of cocaine hidden in the lining of her suitcase, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said. According to the spokesperson, the drugs have a street value of about 12 million patacas. After receiving a tip-off that traffickers were planning to smug-gle drugs into the city hidden in the linings of their suitcases, the police […]
Macau government to pay 1 billion patacas to new contractor for LRT depot

Macau government to pay 1 billion patacas to new contractor for LRT depot

The government has granted China Construction and Engineering (Macau) Company Limited the contract for the construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) depot in Cotai, for 1.07 billion patacas, according to Monday’s Official Gazette (BO). Earlier this year, the government said it had terminated the construction contract with the depot’s original contractor. The government said […]
Paula Carion

Paula Carion

Paula Cristina Pereira Carion is a translator for the MSAR’s Public Prosecutions Office and a former karate-do fighter in Macao and abroad. She is fluent in Cantonese, English, Portuguese and Mandarin and retains dual citizenship with Canada, having once been a resident for four years.
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