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Manny Pacquiao to make his 2013 debut in Macau

Manny Pacquiao to make his 2013 debut in Macau

Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino boxer, is ready to be back since taking a year off from boxing. “My desire to return to the ring and win is stronger than ever.” Pacquiao told  Xinhua after a press conference in Macau Saturday. As the only boxer who has won world titles in eight different weight divisions, Pacquiao […]
Customs seize 78 tiger fangs & 69 claws disguised as ‘egg rolls’

Customs seize 78 tiger fangs & 69 claws disguised as ‘egg rolls’

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement Thursday that they seized 78 tiger fangs weighing 1.7 kg and 69 tiger claws weighing 190 grammes disguised as egg rolls on Wednesday. According to the statement cited by The Macau Post Daily, the fangs and claws were discovered in the luggage of a mainland man in […]
Govt to spend 80 million on upgrading Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal

Govt to spend 80 million on upgrading Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said Wednesday  that the government will spend about 80 million patacas on improving the facilities of the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal and extending the area, with the aim of providing local residents and visitors a better environment Ip Wa Hong, who heads the bureau’s Harbour Management Department, made the […]
14.2 million visit Macau in Jan-June, up 4.2 pct

14.2 million visit Macau in Jan-June, up 4.2 pct

Macau received 14.1 million visitor arrivals in the first six months of the year, a year-on-year growth of 4.2 percent on the same period of last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Tuesday. Mainlanders accounted for 62.9 percent and Hongkongers made up 23.7 percent of all visitors respectively. Most mainland visitors came from […]
Deputy FM commissioner opposes outside forces meddling in local polls

Deputy FM commissioner opposes outside forces meddling in local polls

Deputy Commissioner of the Foreign Ministry in Macau Zhang Jingfeng said Tuesday the commission was firmly against any outside forces interfering in Macau’s internal affairs, referring to the direct and indirectlegislative elections in September. According to The Macau Post Daily, Zhang made the comments while speaking to about 100 secondary school pupils who were visiting […]
Details of 4 tourist walking routes to be revealed in September

Details of 4 tourist walking routes to be revealed in September

The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) still hasn’t worked out the details of the exact locations of four tourist walking routes which will be launched by October, MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said Thursday. She made the comments on the sidelines of the Student Orientation Ceremony of the Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) […]
Govt says rising rents drive up inflation

Govt says rising rents drive up inflation

The Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said Monday that rising residential rents contributed to last month’s inflation rate of 5.31 percent year-on-year. However, the bureau did not say by how much the rental rates were up last month, merely saying that the composite consumer price index (CPI) of housing and fuels rose 8.91 percent. A […]
New university campus in Hengqin handed over to Macau

New university campus in Hengqin handed over to Macau

The new campus of the University of Macau (UM) on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province was handed over to Macaugovernment on Saturday, in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Congress in Beijing. In 2009, the government signed a leasing contract for the land where UM will now operate, at a cost […]
Police urge residents to report suspected phone bugs

Police urge residents to report suspected phone bugs

Judiciary Police (PJ) Information Technology Crimes Division Head Chan Kin Hong urged citizens yesterday to immediately notify authorities if they suspect that their phones have been tapped or their conversations with others are being illegally monitored. According to The Macau Post Daily, Chan made the appeal on the sidelines of the weekly open-air Macau Forum […]
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