A total of 434,549 visitor arrivals were recorded during the first three days of the Chinese New Year (CNY), up 3.4 percent on the same period of last year, the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) told government broadcaster TDM on Monday. According to TDM, the number included 308,089 mainlanders, accounting for almost 71 percent of […]
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The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement on Monday there were 116 violations by rogue taxi drivers between last Tuesday and Sunday. The statement said the incidents included 69 cases of overcharging and 25 cases of refusing to pick up passengers. However, it did not reveal what the remaining 22 cases were, nor […]
The average price of residential units rose 22 percent year-on-year to 99,795 patacas per square metre of usable area last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced last Tuesday. The average price per square metre of residential units in the Macau Peninsula (95,576 patacas), Taipa (106,316) and Coloane (122,697) rose 19.8 percent, 29.6 percent […]
The government wants to “control” the number of visitor arrivals but has no intention of reducing or even limiting their number, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said on Thursday. Tam made the remark after a meeting of the Tourism Development Committee (CDT), which he chaired, at the Tourist Activities Centre […]
The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement on Monday that the number of the visitors to the city was expected to increase three to five percent compared to the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday last year, adding that it would deploy more staff to maintain public order on the days that crowding is […]
The number of reported phone scams rose 161 percent year-on-year to 282 last year, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Check announced on Friday. Addressing a press conference on last year’s crime figures, Wong described the increase in phone scam cases as “serious. The policy secretary also revealed a 100 percent increase in the number of […]
The Harbourview Hotel, part of the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf theme park redevelopment site, opened on Wednesday in Macau. It’s the first of several non-gaming related projects planned for this year in Macau. The wave of new projects comes amid eight months of consecutive gambling revenue losses as China’s corruption crackdown hit Macau and Beijing urges […]
A total of 52 students from the University of Macau’s (UM) Department of Government and Public Administration issued an open letter on Wednesday, expressing their support of department head Wang Jianwei in the wake of recent allegations of sexual harassment against the academic. They also said in the letter that comments and messages in favour […]
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On pledged Tuesday that his government will give the public an explanation of the problems listed in a hard-hitting report by the Commission of Audit about the public University of Macau (UM) earlier this week. He made the promise before attending the annual Chinese New Year reception hosted by the […]