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Govt sets up committee to woo back overseas-trained locals

Govt sets up committee to woo back overseas-trained locals

The government has set up a “human resources development committee” that will introduce elite-nurturing programmes and encourage overseas-trained locals to return to Macau as part of the government’s policy to cultivate a skilled workforce. Government spokesperson Alexis Tam Chon Weng announced in Government House Tuesday that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will  head the […]
Harbour master says Pac On terminal ‘part-completed’ in mid-year

Harbour master says Pac On terminal ‘part-completed’ in mid-year

Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Director Susana Wong Soi Man said Thursday that the bureau expects to take over some areas of the long-delayed Pac On ferry terminal in Taipa in the middle of this year and aims to have it finally operational within the year. A temporary ferry terminal is currently being used while […]
Macau tourism chief mulls converting old buildings into self-catering flats

Macau tourism chief mulls converting old buildings into self-catering flats

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday her office will explore the possibility of converting old, low-rise buildings into self-catering accommodation flats for tourists. According to The Macau Post Daily, Senna Fernandes made the remark at Macau Tower during the MGTO annual press conference about Macau ’s tourism statistics […]
Govt subsidises 37,000 students at US$ 13.7 million

Govt subsidises 37,000 students at US$ 13.7 million

About 37,000 students will benefit from a subsidy of 3,000 patacas in the 2013/2014 school year, which must be used for their learning material or stationery, Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng Teng said Wednesday. Adressing a press conference at Government House, Leong said that the government had completed a by-law on subsidising local students, […]
Internet scams jump 93 pct last year according with Judiciary Police

Internet scams jump 93 pct last year according with Judiciary Police

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Wong Sio Chak announced Tuesday that the number of scam-related crimes increased drastically in 2013, with phone scams increasing from 14 in 2012 to 133 last year while Internet scams rose by 93 percent from 175 cases in 2012 to 338 last year. Wong made the statement in the PJ headquarters, […]
New liaison chief urges Macau to offer tourists ‘quality service’

New liaison chief urges Macau to offer tourists ‘quality service’

The central government’s newly appointed most senior representative in Macau, Li Gang, said yesterday that the city was able to cope with the current number of visitor arrivals, which he described as “appropriate,” but he also stressed that Macau must offer its tourists a quality service. Li, director of the Liaison Office of the Central […]
Tycoon Steven Lo tells court he did not bribe Macau works secretary

Tycoon Steven Lo tells court he did not bribe Macau works secretary

High-profile tycoon Steven Lo Kit-sing yesterday broke his silence in his corruption case, declaring to Macau’s Court of First Instance that he did not bribe the city’s disgraced former public works chief Ao Man-long, according to the South China Morning Post today. Lo, chairman of BMA Investments and convenor of the South China soccer club, […]
Tourist prices rise 6.8 pct in 2013

Tourist prices rise 6.8 pct in 2013

Macau’s tourist price index (TPI) rose 6.80 percent year-on-year in 2013, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Wednesday. A DSEC statement attributed the growth to a “marked increase” in the price indices of clothing and footwear (+10.50 percent); accommodation (+9.68 percent); and food, alcoholic drinks and tobacco (+9.15 percent). According to the statement, the […]
Govt expects solar power by-law to take effect this year

Govt expects solar power by-law to take effect this year

The government’s Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) said Wednesday that it has completed drafting a by-law regulating the installation of photovoltaic facilities to generate electricity and that it expected the by-law to be promulgated later this year According to The Macau Post Daily, GDSE Director Arnaldo Ernesto dos Santos made the remarks to the media […]
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