Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said that the local police would continue discussions today with their counterparts in the mainland about details of a new entry-exit system initially only planned for the future Duck Channel checkpoint, adding that the government would ensure that the new system will be in line with the Macau Basic […]
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The local and Taiwan governments signed an agreement on Thursday to grant airline companies from either region a reciprocal tax exemption. Representatives from the two regions signed the double taxation avoidance agreement at the Macau Art Museum (MAM) in Nape. Speaking to reporters after the signing ceremony, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Department of Hong Kong […]
The construction budget for the new Pac On Terminal in Taipa is to be controlled at below MOP3.8 billion, the head of the Infrastructure Development Office, Chau Vai Man told the Assembly. This updated price tag quoted by the Office has ballooned compared to the total construction of MOP 3.28 billion estimated in 2014. Chau […]
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said on Thursday it was “not normal for there to be 80 casinos shuttle bus routes while there are only about 70 public buses routes”, vowing that the government will tackle the issue in 2016. Speaking in the Macau Assembly Rosário apologised about how to deal […]
A covertly recorded interview with the chief vet of the Canidrome has revealed how Australian greyhounds are being sourced and imported to Macau, in what ABC has termed a “death trade” in the latest of a series of investigations aired through the broadcaster’s news program entitled “The 7:30 Report”. After being deemed uncompetitive on Australia’s […]
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said he expected the Taipa section of the city’s Light Rapid Transit System (LRT) to finally start operating in 2019, adding that the government should be able to launch a public tender for the construction of the LRT station in Barra next year. Previously, the Taipa […]
Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said the government would do its best to ink separate mutual legal assistance (MLA) agreements with its mainland and Hong Kong counterparts next year. Chan made the remarks after attending a seminar at Hotel Royal on the planned legal co-operation deals. Chan attended the one-day seminar […]
Ukraine’s Vitaliy Shafar and Olena Shurkhno have taken this year’s Macau Marathon titles in the male and female categories, respectively. Shafar was clearly the strongest in his category, running the 42.195 kilometers in a mere 2:14:44. Shurkhno won with a time of 2:33:24 in the race held Sunday in Macau’s streets. A total of 8,000 […]
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam praised the “synergy” of the annual marathon, the annual Latin City parade and the newly launched Macau Light Festival. The policy secretary made the remarks on the sideline of the Light Festival’s opening ceremony at the Luis Gonzaga Gomes Sino-Luso Secondary School. The Macau Galaxy Entertainment International […]