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Macau residential property prices rise 22 pct in 2014

Macau residential property prices rise 22 pct in 2014

The average price of residential units rose 22 percent year-on-year to 99,795 patacas per square metre of usable area last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced last Tuesday. The average price per square metre of residential units in the Macau Peninsula (95,576 patacas), Taipa (106,316) and Coloane (122,697) rose 19.8 percent, 29.6 percent […]
Alexis Tam says Macau wants to ‘control’, not limit visitors

Alexis Tam says Macau wants to ‘control’, not limit visitors

The government wants to “control” the number of visitor arrivals but has no intention of reducing or even limiting their number, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said on Thursday. Tam made the remark after a meeting of the Tourism Development Committee (CDT), which he chaired, at the Tourist Activities Centre […]
Macau police expect CNY visitors to rise 3 to 5 pct

Macau police expect CNY visitors to rise 3 to 5 pct

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement on Monday that the number of the visitors to the city was expected to increase three to five percent compared to the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday last year, adding that it would deploy more staff to maintain public order on the days that crowding is […]
Macau phone scams rise 161 pct last year

Macau phone scams rise 161 pct last year

The number of reported phone scams rose 161 percent year-on-year to 282 last year, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Check announced on Friday. Addressing a press conference on last year’s crime figures, Wong described the increase in phone scam cases as “serious. The policy secretary also revealed a 100 percent increase in the number of […]
Harbourview hotel opening marks first of several non-gaming projects this year in Macau

Harbourview hotel opening marks first of several non-gaming projects this year in Macau

The Harbourview Hotel, part of the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf theme park redevelopment site, opened on Wednesday in Macau. It’s the first of several non-gaming related projects planned for this year in Macau. The wave of new projects comes amid eight months of consecutive gambling revenue losses as China’s corruption crackdown hit Macau and Beijing urges […]
52 University of Macau students support department head in open letter

52 University of Macau students support department head in open letter

A total of 52 students from the University of Macau’s (UM) Department of Government and Public Administration issued an open letter on Wednesday, expressing their support of department head Wang Jianwei in the wake of recent allegations of sexual harassment against the academic. They also said in the letter that comments and messages in favour […]
Chui vows to give public explanation of University of Macau woes

Chui vows to give public explanation of University of Macau woes

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On pledged Tuesday that his government will give the public an explanation of the problems listed in a hard-hitting report by the Commission of Audit about the public University of Macau (UM) earlier this week. He made the promise before attending the annual Chinese New Year reception hosted by the […]
Govt says Macau LRT project marred by depot fiasco

Govt says Macau LRT project marred by depot fiasco

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo Arrais do Rosario said Monday the government couldn’t say for sure when the delayed light rail transit (LRT) project will finally be completed, adding that there were serious problems with the construction of the LRT depot in Cotai near the airport. Rosario made the remarks after a meeting […]
University of Macau failed to better manage public money

University of Macau failed to better manage public money

The University of Macau (UM) failed to better manage public resources when granting housing units to staff who already owned a home, according to a report released Monday by the Commission of Audit (CA). “UM’s actions are a clear breaching of the government’s social housing policy principle, while going against the principle of good management […]
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