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Public Security Police (PSP) Commissioner Lei Siu Peng said Tuesdaythat despite a relatively high number of job vacancies in the police force that needed to be filled, there were still enough officers to serve the public and maintain law and order. Lei said that the PSP currently employed about 4,500 officers, of which roughly 1,000 […]

At the end of 2012 the population in Macau was estimated at 582,000 an increase of 4%4 year-on year,  according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSE), with female accounted for 51.8% of the total population. As regards the age structure, the elderly population (aged 65 and over) took up 7.7% of the total, up […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Monday that thorough research will be carried out to assess the effect of the mainland’s individual visit scheme on the city’s economic development in the past 10 years, vowing that the scheme will never be allowed to have an adverse impact onresidents’ quality of life. Chui made the […]

Pupils who go to tutorial classes after school have a lower reading ability and understanding of their subjects than pupils who do not go to tutorial classes. This is one of the surprising findings of a study conducted in Macau by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and […]

Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) has donated 1.2 million patacas to local charitable organisation Tung Sin Tong, the Portuguese bank that co-issues Macau’s legal tender said in a statement. Last week’s donation ceremony was attended by Tung Sin Tong President Chui Sai Cheong and BNU Chief Executive Officer Pedro Cardoso. Established in 1892, Tung Sin Tong […]

Safeguarding China’s national sovereignty while preserving the prosperity of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) are core considerations in creating central government policies for Macau, the nation’s top legislator said in a speech Thursday. They are also guiding principles for the central government in handling Macau affairs, Wu Bangguo, chairman of the National People’s Congress […]

National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo said Wednesday he trusts that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and his government will continue to manage Macau well and score new achievement, after his predecessor Edmund Ho Hau Wah achieved sustainable growth for the local economy, improved people’s livelihood and made Macau’s civil society […]