Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will pay his annual duty visit to Beijing next week, the government’s spokesperson announced yesterday. According to the announcement, Chui will visit the national capital from next Monday to Thursday. He will be back in time to preside over celebrations marking the 14th anniversary of the Macau Special Administrative […]
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The government is proposing a bill that would raise Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On’s salary by 10 percent to 269,725 patacas a month, Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng Teng said on Friday. Leong told a press conference at Government House said the proposed increase, the first since 2000, was taking several factors into […]
The government’s top public works official made no comment yesterday when asked to give a timetable for when the construction of the peninsula section of the city’s first light rail transit (LRT) will finally begin However, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io said he expected the LRT section in Taipa and Cotai […]
Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Raymond Tam Vai Man told the Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday that he had nothing to gain by delaying the submission of documents relating to a burial plot case to the Public Prosecution Office (MP), nor any reason to protect his superior. Tam, who has been suspended […]
Public bus operator Reolian Public Transport Co Ltd was declared bankrupt Wednesday after the government and two Macau banks were unable to reach a deal to keep the firm running. A court press statement says no formal proposal to save the company from bankruptcy was presented during a creditors meeting held Wednesday. According to Business […]
Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion assured the public Tuesday that his bureau has the expertise and capability of handling any human cases of avian flu. Lei made remarks in the Legislative Assembly while answering questions from reporters about his bureau’s measures in the wake of this week’s case of a domestic helper in […]
Among the 65 participating countries and territories which took part in the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), local pupils’ mathematical literacy was above the OECD average by ranking between sixth and eighth on the combined mathematics scale. The PISA report, which was released by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) […]
North Korea’s Kim Mi-Gyong won the 32nd Women’s Macau International Marathon Sunday, clocking up 2:36:32 hours and winning US$20,000. The 22-year-old made her international marathon debut in Macau in 2011, finishing tenth with a time of 2:38:36 hours. Kenyan runners Purity Kangogo Kimetto and Matebo Ruth Chemisto finished in second and third place, coming in […]
India’s rising shuttler PV Sindhu clinched the women’s singles title at the Macau Open Badminton Grand Prix Gold Tournament on Sunday. Sindhu, 18, who is the top seed for the event, beat world No.30 Li Michelle of Canada 21-15, 21-12 in just 37 minutes in the title clash. Sindhu, who was bestowed the Arjuna award […]