Macau, China, 13 Jul – The future Chief Executive of Macau vowed Saturday to regulate the city’s gambling business better to avoid excessive competition and diversify the economic base. Fernando Chui Sai On, who will officially replace Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah in December, also said he will build 19,000 public housing flats by […]
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Macau, China, 9 Jul – The Macau population is more relieved and confident that the worst period of the crisis is now over and its impact on their own lives and on Macau overall is nearing an end, according to a report released on Wednesday in the Special Administrative Region. The Quality of Life Report […]
Macau, China, 06 Jul – Guangdong governor Huang Huahua will arrive in Macau Wednesday as head of an official delegation for a two-day working visit, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced Tuesday. Huang Huahua and his delegation will attend the 2009 Guangdong-Macau Joint Cooperation Conference and will visit several facilities and projects such as […]
Macau, China, 03 Jul – The Macau court of Second Instance (TSI) Thursday rejected convicted 14 K triad boss Wan Kuok Kio’s request for early release from jail. The court described his appeal against a lower court ruling on the matter as " groundless". Wan, widely known by his nickname "Broken Tooth", has been in […]
Macau, China, 3 Jul – The Macau Health Bureau on Thursday confirmed another eight cases of people infected with the A H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu – seven of the cases are imported and one is a local infection – increasing the total number to 42. Among the newest cases, there is […]
Macau, China, 3 Jul – Macau is going to be one of the host cities in the 2009 edition of the FIVB (Fédération Internacionale de Volleyball) Women’s World Grand Prix, which will have 12 national teams competing for the final to be held in Tokyo. Brazil, China, Poland and Thailand are the national sides that […]
Macau, China, 2 Jul – The Macau Health Bureau announced on Wednesday that the number of confirmed cases of A H1N1, otherwise known as swine flu, in the territory reached 34, 12 of which are local infections. Lei Chin Ion, the director of the Health Bureau, confirmed that 17 patients with A H1N1 are being […]
Macau, China, 1 Jul – Macau will be represented by a delegation of 60 athletes playing six different sports in the second edition of the Lusophone Games, which takes place in Lisbon between 11 and 19 July, 2009. José Tavares, vice-president of the Macau Sport Development Board, told Portugal’s Lusa News Agency that Macau will […]
Beijing, China, 01 Jul – China will start using e-passport and e-TP (Travel Permits) for residents of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) from September 1, 2009, according to a bulletin issued by the Chinese Foreign Ministry here on Wednesday. Both the e-passport and e-TP for the Macau SAR will be travel documents issued by […]