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Grand Prix chief says 1/3 of budget goes to safety

Grand Prix chief says 1/3 of budget goes to safety

Macau Grand Prix Committee Co-ordinator João Manuel Costa Antunes said Wednesday that the budget for this year’s motor-racing event will be about 199 to 200 million patacas, stressing that about a third of the budget will be spent on safety measures.   Antunes made the remarks during a press conference at the Macau Fishersman’s Wharf […]
Gold jewellery imports drop 29 pct in August

Gold jewellery imports drop 29 pct in August

Macau’s gold jewellery imports fell 29 percent year-on-year to 723 million patacas in August, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Tuesday. However, the import of watches – another item popular with mainland tourists – rose 30 percent to 720 million patacas. Mobile phone imports dropped 21 percent to 311 million patacas. The import of […]
China wins Macau International Fireworks Contest

China wins Macau International Fireworks Contest

Hunan Jingtai Fireworks Co., Ltd. from China won the 26th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest held for 5 days in September and October. The team from China was followed by Spain and Australia in the second and third place respectively. The winner received US$ 8,000 dollars  with Spain and Australia receiving US$ 4,000 dollars and […]
Customs bust firm selling parallel imports

Customs bust firm selling parallel imports

The Macau Customs Service has busted a trading company which sold parallel imports to 47 branches of three local supermarkets. A customs spokesperson told a press conference yesterday that officers were tipped off a few months ago that the company had arranged for a group of people to bring the goods across the border from […]
17th Lusofonia Festival kicks off on October 17

17th Lusofonia Festival kicks off on October 17

The 17th Lusofonia Festival co-organised by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) and the Macau Government Tourist Office will kick off on October 17 and last for three days, costing the government about 2.4 million patacas, a 41 percent increase from the 1.7 million patacas spent last year. IACM Administration Council member Ma Kam […]
Police readies crowd control during Golden Week

Police readies crowd control during Golden Week

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement yesterday that pedestrian traffic flow control measures will be implemented in the city centre – namely Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (San Ma Lou) – and at the Barrier Gate checkpoint during the Golden Week holiday period if too many people are thronging the areas.   The […]
Graft busters collar subsidy cheat

Graft busters collar subsidy cheat

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) announced Thursday that acting on a tip-off it discovered a case of subsidy fraud amounting to about 1.04 million patacas. According to a CCAC statement, the case was transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) yesterday. While the CCAC has the power to investigate and detain suspects, it does not […]
Cross-delta bridge to open end of 2016: authority

Cross-delta bridge to open end of 2016: authority

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Authority Executive Director Wei Dongqing said Wednesday that construction of the cross-delta bridge was proceeding as scheduled and expected to open to traffic at the end of 2016 as originally planned. Wei also said the authority had set up a working group to study how much to charge at the tolls and […]
New walking routes get ‘moderate’ support: survey

New walking routes get ‘moderate’ support: survey

The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) announced Wednesday the findings of a survey about its proposed four new walking-tour routes. The findings showed that support among residents and shop owners along the proposed routes was “moderately high” for the four routes. A press conference about the survey’s results, presided over by MGTO Deputy Director Cheng […]
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