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Macau Chief Executive to meet Guangdong officials to boost ties

Macau Chief Executive to meet Guangdong officials to boost ties

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will meet Guangdong Governor Zhu Xiaodan on Thursday to strengthen ties between the neighbouring regions. Chui will be attending the 2015 Macau-Guangdong Joint Co-operation Conference in Jiangmen. According to a statement by the local government on Monday, Chui will be accompanied by Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong […]
Macau cash handouts to start on July 6th

Macau cash handouts to start on July 6th

Both temporary and permanent residents of Macau will be receiving government cash handouts starting July 6 and ending September 18, as the Executive Council (ExCo) has given its green light to this year’s cash handout scheme. ExCo’s spokesperson Leong Heng Teng revealed at a press conference on Thursday that the government is committed to sharing […]
Macau government to evaluate animal performance applications

Macau government to evaluate animal performance applications

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) will assess applications for animal acts to decide whether the shows will be approved, the legislature’s 1st Standing Committee President Kwan Tsui Hang said on Thursday. Currently, animal performances are not regulated, and animal fights for entertainment and betting are not banned. Members of Kwan’s committee on Thursday […]
16 idle Macau land plots excluded from recovery list

16 idle Macau land plots excluded from recovery list

One third of the 48 idle plots of land that were attributable to leaseholders have been exempted from the revocation of concessions by the government, the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, revealed on Tuesday. The secretary notified the Legislative Assembly (AL)’s Follow-up Committee on Land and Public Concession Affairs of the […]
Mozambique eyes tourism co-op with Macau

Mozambique eyes tourism co-op with Macau

Mozambican Consul General Rafael Marques said on Tuesday he would like to see more tourism-related co-operation between his country and Macau. Marques made the comments while speaking to reporters after a press conference at Grand Lapa about the southeast African nation’s food festival which begins tomorrow and runs until June 28 at the hotel. “Macau […]
Macau fiscal surplus drops 54.9 percent in 5 months

Macau fiscal surplus drops 54.9 percent in 5 months

The Macau government recorded a fiscal surplus of 25.28 billion patacas in the first five months of this year, down by 54.9 percent year-on-year, according to the latest figures released by the Financial Services Bureau (DSF). Total public revenue in the five months stood at 46.42 billion patacas, down 33.8 percent year-on-year. This noticeable drop […]
Macau’s economy is expected to resume growth in 2016

Macau’s economy is expected to resume growth in 2016

The Macau economy is expected to start growing again in 2016, when the technical Economist Intelligence Unit predicts real growth of 5.3 percent, according to the most recent report on Macau. After the GDP of the territory recorded a growth rate of 10.7 percent in 2013 and negative 0.4 percent in 2014, the EIU report […]
Macau legislators reject trade union bill for 6th time

Macau legislators reject trade union bill for 6th time

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho’s labour union bill was defeated for the sixth time on Monday in the Legislative Assembly (AL). Coutinho proposed six different bills, including the trade union bill, all of which were voted down. The other ill-fated bills concerned a wide range of issues such as employees’ protection from discrimination over gender and […]
Macau public entities cut energy by 5 percent per year

Macau public entities cut energy by 5 percent per year

Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) Director Arnaldo Santos said on Sunday that about 20 government entities had managed to reduce their energy consumption by 5 percent annually over the past three years. Santos made the remarks while attending the opening ceremony for this year’s Energy Conservation Week in Praça do Tap Seac, the 9th year […]
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