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16 idle Macau land plots excluded from recovery list

16 idle Macau land plots excluded from recovery list

One third of the 48 idle plots of land that were attributable to leaseholders have been exempted from the revocation of concessions by the government, the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, revealed on Tuesday. The secretary notified the Legislative Assembly (AL)’s Follow-up Committee on Land and Public Concession Affairs of the […]
Mozambique eyes tourism co-op with Macau

Mozambique eyes tourism co-op with Macau

Mozambican Consul General Rafael Marques said on Tuesday he would like to see more tourism-related co-operation between his country and Macau. Marques made the comments while speaking to reporters after a press conference at Grand Lapa about the southeast African nation’s food festival which begins tomorrow and runs until June 28 at the hotel. “Macau […]
Macau fiscal surplus drops 54.9 percent in 5 months

Macau fiscal surplus drops 54.9 percent in 5 months

The Macau government recorded a fiscal surplus of 25.28 billion patacas in the first five months of this year, down by 54.9 percent year-on-year, according to the latest figures released by the Financial Services Bureau (DSF). Total public revenue in the five months stood at 46.42 billion patacas, down 33.8 percent year-on-year. This noticeable drop […]
Macau’s economy is expected to resume growth in 2016

Macau’s economy is expected to resume growth in 2016

The Macau economy is expected to start growing again in 2016, when the technical Economist Intelligence Unit predicts real growth of 5.3 percent, according to the most recent report on Macau. After the GDP of the territory recorded a growth rate of 10.7 percent in 2013 and negative 0.4 percent in 2014, the EIU report […]
Macau legislators reject trade union bill for 6th time

Macau legislators reject trade union bill for 6th time

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho’s labour union bill was defeated for the sixth time on Monday in the Legislative Assembly (AL). Coutinho proposed six different bills, including the trade union bill, all of which were voted down. The other ill-fated bills concerned a wide range of issues such as employees’ protection from discrimination over gender and […]
Macau public entities cut energy by 5 percent per year

Macau public entities cut energy by 5 percent per year

Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) Director Arnaldo Santos said on Sunday that about 20 government entities had managed to reduce their energy consumption by 5 percent annually over the past three years. Santos made the remarks while attending the opening ceremony for this year’s Energy Conservation Week in Praça do Tap Seac, the 9th year […]
Macau marks 10 years of UNESCO recognition

Macau marks 10 years of UNESCO recognition

Macau is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the induction of the city’s historic center into the UNESCO World Heritage list with a special cooperative effort with Henan, since the Chinese province has vast experience in protecting its cultural heritage, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) president, Ung Vai Meng, noted at a press conference on Wednesday. […]
Police bust ring that recruited HK minors to deal drugs in Macau

Police bust ring that recruited HK minors to deal drugs in Macau

The Judiciary Police has busted a Hong Kong drug trafficking syndicate. Authorities say they received information that a Hong Kong drug trafficking syndicate has been hiring Hong Kong students to traffic drugs in Macau. Police have seized drugs on two students near the Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal worth 40,000 patacas on Wednesday night. The students […]
Macau government issues travel advisory for S Korea

Macau government issues travel advisory for S Korea

The government’s Tourism Crisis Management Office (GCCT) issued a travel advisory for South Korea on Tuesday, urging the public not to travel to the country. In a related development, Andy Wu Keng Kuong, president of the Macau Tourism Industry Association – also known as Travel Industry Council of Macau said that local travel agencies have […]
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