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Jobless rate remains at 1.7 pct in May-July

Jobless rate remains at 1.7 pct in May-July

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 […]
Committee expects CE election result midday on Sunday

Committee expects CE election result midday on Sunday

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 […]
Chui says axing of setback rule won’t mean higher buildings

Chui says axing of setback rule won’t mean higher buildings

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 […]
‘Civic referendum’ activist says he doesn’t fear jail

‘Civic referendum’ activist says he doesn’t fear jail

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 receives 18 million visitors from January to July

Macau receives 18 million visitors from January to July

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 […]
Police take in 5 ‘referendum’ activists for questioning

Police take in 5 ‘referendum’ activists for questioning

Four “civic referendum” activists were taken in for questioning by Public Security Police (PSP) officers yesterday in Rua de S. Lourenço, shortly after they had begun the controversial street poll. One of them was New Macau Association (NMA) Vice President Scott Chiang Meng Hin. Political activist Jason Chao Teng Hei was also taken in for […]
Macanese urge Chui to improve health care, govt efficiency

Macanese urge Chui to improve health care, govt efficiency

Representatives of the city’s Macanese community yesterday urged Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, the sole candidate of the August 31 chief executive election, to improve the quality of health care and administrative efficiency in his second 5-year term which begins on December 20. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a cocktail party which […]
David Chow slams bloated government structure

David Chow slams bloated government structure

Outspoken businessman David Chow Kam Fai, a local member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), complained Thursday about what he regards as a bloated government structure in which bureaus often overlap each other’s job descriptions, thus reducing administrative efficiency. Chow, a former lawmaker known for not mincing his words, […]
IFT chief says tourism carrying capacity coming to a head

IFT chief says tourism carrying capacity coming to a head

Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) President Fanny Vong Chuk Kwan said Thursday that Macau’s tourism carrying capacity was coming to a head, urging the government to come up with ways to divert tourists to different areas of the city during peak holiday periods. Vong made the remarks to reporters on the sidelines of the IFT […]
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