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New walking routes get ‘moderate’ support: survey

New walking routes get ‘moderate’ support: survey

The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) announced Wednesday the findings of a survey about its proposed four new walking-tour routes. The findings showed that support among residents and shop owners along the proposed routes was “moderately high” for the four routes. A press conference about the survey’s results, presided over by MGTO Deputy Director Cheng […]
Chui upbeat about longer border crossing hours this year

Chui upbeat about longer border crossing hours this year

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Tuesday he was “very optimistic” that the issue of longer opening hours for the Macau-Zhuhai border checkpoints will be resolved soon, adding he hopes that the opening hours of the Barrier Gate and Hengqin checkpoints will be the first to be extended still during his outgoing first term. […]
Record 3.08 million visitors in August

Record 3.08 million visitors in August

A record 3.086 million tourists visited Macau in August, up seven percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Tuesday. The bureau attributed the monthly record figure to the summer holidays. The daily average of visitor arrivals reached 99,557 last month. Macau’s population stood at 624,000 at the end of June, the bureau said […]
Inflation rate his 6.07 pct in August

Inflation rate his 6.07 pct in August

Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose 6.07 percent year-on-year last month, namely due to higher housing rents and the rising cost of eating out, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said on Monday. According to a DSEC statement, last month saw notable increases in the price indices of housing and fuels (+12.0-4 percent), and […]
Xi says Macau must be better prepared for adversities

Xi says Macau must be better prepared for adversities

President Xi Jinping told re-elected Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On in Beijing Monday  that Macau must be more forward-looking and be better prepared for any adversities. Xi received Chui at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, just several hours after Chui was appointed Macau’s fourth-term chief executive. National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing […]
Chui will raise longer Macau-Zhuhai border opening hours in Beijing

Chui will raise longer Macau-Zhuhai border opening hours in Beijing

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Sunday that he will discuss with the central government the possibility of extending the opening hours of the Macau-Zhuhai border checkpoints during his trip to Beijing where he will be receiving his official appointment as Macau’s next chief executive from Premier Li Keqiang. Chui made the comments at […]
Facebook page release Macau’s taxi blacklist

Facebook page release Macau’s taxi blacklist

Macau’s growing taxi problem has given rise to a name-and-shame Facebook page with more than 2,000 members sharing their horror stories, according to the South China Morning Post. Andrew Scott, administrator of the Macau Taxi Driver Shame page, released a cabbie blacklist, with a “whitelist” featuring polite and fair drivers. The blacklist has 73 taxi […]
Chui Sai On appointed Macau chief executive

Chui Sai On appointed Macau chief executive

China’s State Council on Wednesday appointed Chui Sai On as the fourth-term chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR). Chui, 57, was elected the fourth-term chief executive-designate of the Macau SAR on Aug. 31 as the sole candidate in the election. Born in Macau in 1957, Chui holds a bachelor’s degree in Community […]
Scholar calls for merger of bureaus

Scholar calls for merger of bureaus

University of Macau (UM) Professor Liu Bolong said yesterday that there are too many government bureaus in Macau and that some with similar functions should be merged. He also said that the Secretariat for Administration and Justice should be split into two secretariats, one for public administration and the other for legal affairs. Liu made […]
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