Macau, China, 19 Jun – The tourism authorities of Macau and the Chinese city of Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong, will carry out joint promotions in Taiwan, South Korea and Japan in 2010 to disclose the potential of the two cities was officially announced. The decision was taken on Thursday following a meeting between the Director […]
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Macau, China, 18 Jun – Macau is primarily a destination for the trafficking of women and girls from the Chinese mainland, Mongolia, Russia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, and Central Asia for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation, according to a report by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the United States […]
Macau, China, 18 Jun – The Macau Health Bureau confirmed today the first case of the A H1N1 virus in the territory after a high fever was detected in a Philippine national who arrived in Macau on Wednesday. The Filipino arrived on a flight from Manila by Cebu Pacific Airlines and the authorities are looking […]
Macau, China, 17 Jun – Fernando Chui Sai On is set to be the new Chief Executive of the Special Administrative Region of Macau from 20 December of this year for a five-year term. Confirmation of his victory came on Tuesday after he submitted his nomination list, which contained a number of signatures that were […]
Macau, China, 16 Jun – The former and last governor of Macau, Vasco da Rocha Vieira, said on Monday that Portugal forgot and neglected the territory that was under Portuguese administration for 450 years, according with the Portuguese News Agency Lusa. General Rocha Vieira, who governed Macau until 19 December, 1999, said that Macau has […]
Macau, China, 12 Jun – Chief Executive (CE) candidate Fernando Chui Sai On is likely to run alone after Public Prosecutor-General Ho Chiu Meng announced in an interview published by the Chinese-language Macau Daily News Thursday that he will not stand in next month’s CE election. Ho Chiu Meng had been widely rumoured to be […]
Macau, China, 11 Jun – The government will spend 100 million patacas ( US$ 12.5 million) on the purchase of one million doses of A (H1N1) vaccines, Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion announced Wednesday. Lei Chin Ion said the order was enough to provide two doses per resident. At the end of March, […]
Macau, China, 10 Jun – Some 73.5 percent of the respondents of a survey commissioned by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said they believed that illegalities and irregularities in the public administration were “very common” or “common” according to he Macao Post Daily. The findings of the annual survey were released by the CCAC Tuesday. […]
Macau, China, 08 Jun – Several hundred low-ranking civil servants in Macau protested Saturday against unequal pay rises for senior versus junior government employees. The Macau Civil Servants Association, headed by legislator Jose Pereira Coutinho, lead the march to government headquarters in the afternoon. José Pereira Coutinho said it was unfair that salary increases being […]