The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said in a statement on Wednesday that it has come to the conclusion that the Macau Foundation (FM) Council of Trustees’ decision in April to donate 100 million yuan (120 million patacas) to Jinan University in Guangzhou did not contravene the law. Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On is both […]    
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        Macau’s imports of motor cars and motorcycles dropped by 53 per cent year-on-year to 529 million patacas in the first five months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Wednesday. Mobile phone imports fell by 50.5 per cent to 1.97 billion patacas. Imports of watches decreased by 42.3 per cent to […]    
        Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is in the midst of its three-day Annual Marketing Meeting 2016, which started on Monday, gathering some 50 participants including the MSAR’s delegations from different regions. The meeting, also attended by MGTO’s market representatives and PR consultants, features discussions on the bureau’s marketing plans to be carried out in 2017. […]    
        Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) President Lei Heong Iok said the tertiary education institution would launch Portuguese-language teacher training courses soon. Lei made the announcement on the sidelines of a graduation ceremony for IPM students of the academic year 2015-2016. Lei said that after the launch of a new bachelor’s programme in International Chinese Language Education […]    
        The construction of MGM China’s casino-hotel resort in Cotai is going smoothly, Pansy Ho Chiu King, co-chairperson and executive director of the gaming company, said, adding she believed it will open in the first quarter of next year. The US-based brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein said last week there was a possibility that the opening of […]    
        Macau’s first panda cubs, born in Coloane on Sunday afternoon, will hopefully make their first public appearance with their mother Sam Sam in six months’ time, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Administrative Committee Member Leong Kun Fong told reporters on Monday. Coloane’s Macau Giant Panda Pavilion, which houses the four-member panda family, will be […]    
        The annual Science and Technology Week by the government-run Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) will start next week. The week is themed ‘Intelligent Life’. According to a press conference held on Monday, this year’s science and technology week will focus on “Intelligent life – Our Future”. The meeting will take place from next Wednesday […]    
        Wynn Macau will open its new integrated resort, Wynn Palace, in Cotai on August 22, the US gaming company said in a statement on Monday. The USD 4 billion (32 billion patacas) property features 1,706 rooms, restaurants, cable car rides around the resort, a water fountain show and a luxury shopping centre, as well as […]    
        Born and bred in Macao, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes has been Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) since December 2012, fluent in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Portuguese.