Ukraine’s Vitaliy Shafar and Olena Shurkhno have taken this year’s Macau Marathon titles in the male and female categories, respectively. Shafar was clearly the strongest in his category, running the 42.195 kilometers in a mere 2:14:44. Shurkhno won with a time of 2:33:24 in the race held Sunday in Macau’s streets. A total of 8,000 […]
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Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam praised the “synergy” of the annual marathon, the annual Latin City parade and the newly launched Macau Light Festival. The policy secretary made the remarks on the sideline of the Light Festival’s opening ceremony at the Luis Gonzaga Gomes Sino-Luso Secondary School. The Macau Galaxy Entertainment International […]
Several members of the Gaming Employees Advancement Association petitioned the government on Sunday not to authorise any more gaming tables for Macau’s six casino operators. After handing the group’s petition to an official outside Government Headquarters, Willis Chan Chi Kin, who heads the union, insisted that the current number of gaming tables was “quite enough”, […]
The government plans to further strengthen its push for breastfeeding in Macau, such as by drafting regulations which require all public places to include nursing rooms, informed Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion. Lei made the remarks during a Q&A session about Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng’s portfolio’s policy […]
The head of the Civil Aviation Authority, Simon Chan, says passenger flow will be positively affected with the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. Simon Chan has also hailed improvements being done at the Macau International Airport. The President of the Civil Aviation Authority believes that the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge will have a significant and […]
The government plans to further strengthen its push for breastfeeding in Macau, such as by drafting regulations which require all public places to include nursing rooms, informed Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion. Lei made the remarks during a Q&A session about Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng’s portfolio’s policy […]
Responding to lawmaker Kou Hoi In’s criticism of the government’s perceived failure to come up with “fresh” ideas to promote tourism next year, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng insisted that his portfolio’s 2016 policy guidelines included some “quite creative and fresh ideas” to further develop the city’s leisure tourism. The […]
Macau’s goods exports to mainland China under the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) totalled 89.39 million patacas between January and November, according to the Macau Economic Services (DSE). In November the value of exported goods amounted to 12.5 million patacas, an increase of 114.2 percent over the figure for October, a month in which exports […]
SJM Chairman Ambrose So Shu Fai said the gaming industry hopes that the government will come up with new measures to boost tourism. So made the comment on the sidelines of the gaming operator’s annual charity auction and dinner at Grand Lisboa. The auction of five lots of meals at Michelin three-star French restaurant Quintessence […]