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Kai Fong urges govt to tackle ‘idle’ land

Kai Fong urges govt to tackle ‘idle’ land

The influential General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (commonly known as Kai Fong) Monday urged the government to come up with measures to tackle the city’s idle land, claiming that empty plots of land caused hygiene problems to nearby residents. Several Kai Fong representative including Cheang Iok, who heads the Kai Fong office for Taipa and […]
Macau suffers 73 days of acid rain last year

Macau suffers 73 days of acid rain last year

Macau suffered 73 days of acid rain last year, according to official environmental statistics cited by The Macau Post Daily today. Acid rain occurs when the pH value of rainwater is lower than 5.6. Last year, the ultraviolet index stood at “low” to “moderate” on 335 days, two days less than in 2011. Macau’s mean […]
Legislative election nomination process starts today

Legislative election nomination process starts today

The Public Administration and Civic Service Bureau (SAPF) said in a statement yesterday that it would start the procedure to confirm the nomination committees for September’s direct and indirect elections. The bureau said that it would verify that any applications contain all the required documents, which it has to receive no later than June 18, […]
Macau and Guangdong polices crack illegal soccer betting ring

Macau and Guangdong polices crack illegal soccer betting ring

Macau and Guangdong police jointly cracked a crime syndicate, that had reportedly collected over RMB 100 billion in illegal soccer bets, and arrested the top leaders of the group active on both the mainland and in Macau. According to The Macau Daily times the Macau Judiciary Police (PJ) announced Sunday the details of  the illegal […]
Visitors rise 1.6 pct to 9.47 million in Jan-April

Visitors rise 1.6 pct to 9.47 million in Jan-April

Macau logged 9.47 million visitor arrivals in the first four months of the year, a year-on-year increase of just 1.6 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Thursday. According to a DSEC statement, same-day visitors accounted for 51.9 percent of the total number. Mainlanders and Hongkongers accounted for 62.8 percent and 23.9 percent of […]
Nearly 70 pct of employees feel work-related anxiety: survey

Nearly 70 pct of employees feel work-related anxiety: survey

Nearly 70 percent of the respondents of a survey released Thursday reported work-related anxiety. The survey involved 10,487 respondents. The main cause of their anxiety was mainly pressure from work. The difficulty which the respondents deemed the worst was that it was hard to find a balance between work and family commitments. They also worried […]
Lawmakers pass motion to debate Coloane island protection

Lawmakers pass motion to debate Coloane island protection

With the support of 20 lawmakers, a motion submitted by grassroots legislators Paul Chan Wai Chi and Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong to hold a debate on the protection of Coloane’s island landscape was passed by the legislature Wednesday. There were just two abstentions – by businessmen Cheang Chi Keong and Ung Choi Kun – with […]
City paralysed 9 hours during strongest rainstorm since 1982

City paralysed 9 hours during strongest rainstorm since 1982

Macau Wednesday recorded the highest amount of rainfall, 323 mm, since 1982. During the nine-hour hoisting of the rainstorm warning signal a number of areas in the city suffered severe flooding and nearly half of the city’s bus routes were affected by the downpour that some locals sarcastically joked turned Macau into “Asia’s Venice,” The […]
Venetian Macao named best luxury rsort in the world

Venetian Macao named best luxury rsort in the world

The Venetian Macao has been named “The Best Luxury Resort in the World” in the India’s Best Awards ceremony by Travel + Leisure India & South Asia for the second consecutive year. The award was presented by the lifestyle magazine at an awards ceremony last month in Mumbai, India. “The Venetian Macao is very pleased […]
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