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Macau receives over 20 million visitors from January to August

Macau receives over 20 million visitors from January to August

Macau was visited by 20.44 million people in the period from January to August, similar to the number in the same period of 2015, the region’s Statistics and Census Bureau said on Friday. The number of visitors from mainland China (13.56 million) and Hong Kong (4.26 million) fell 0.6 per cent and 2.6 per cent, […]
Auditors pan ‘insufficient’ management of Macau public leisure spaces  

Auditors pan ‘insufficient’ management of Macau public leisure spaces  

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) fails to properly maintain and make the necessary repairs to the city’s public parks and recreational areas so that many of them are in a bad state which can be a safety and health danger to its users and is detrimental to Macau’s image, the Commission of Audit […]
Macau thunderbolt raids net over 1,000

Macau thunderbolt raids net over 1,000

The Unitary Police Service (SPU) briefed the media on Thursday about the police’s two-month Thunderbolt 16 operation to combat crime, primarily in night entertainment venues, that started in July and finished on Wednesday. A special press conference was held on the SPU’s premises in Nam Van to announce the results of the anti-crime sweep. According […]
Macau inflation further slows to 1.65 per cent in August

Macau inflation further slows to 1.65 per cent in August

Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose a mere 1.65 per cent year-on-year last month, a further decrease of 0.43 per centage points from the 2.08 per cent growth in July, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement on Wednesday. The statement attributed the increase mainly to higher rentals for parking spaces […]
Macau Marathon route this year to cross’old bridge’

Macau Marathon route this year to cross’old bridge’

The route of the annual marathon, which is in its 35th year, taking place on December 4, will cross the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, commonly known as the ‘old bridge’, again after a hiatus of around two decades, it was announced on Wednesday. The Sports Bureau (ID) held a cheque presentation ceremony with Galaxy […]
Macau government plans to turn ex-leprosarium into tourist attraction

Macau government plans to turn ex-leprosarium into tourist attraction

The government plans to convert the former leper colony in Ka Ho village in Coloane into a tourist attraction, a part of which is to repair half a dozen Portuguese-style houses in the hamlet. The plan to the make the village a tourist attraction was first mooted when Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis […]
Macau government to pay 22 million patacas for tourism forum

Macau government to pay 22 million patacas for tourism forum

The budget for next month’s Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) is about 45 million patacas, of which about half will be paid by the government, Ip Peng Kin, chief-of-cabinet of the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture, said on Tuesday. Ip made the remarks at Macau Tower during a press conference for the 5th GTEF, […]
MUST hospital calls for medical resources integration

MUST hospital calls for medical resources integration

Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) Hospital Vice President Edward Lai Cheuck Seen on Monday urged the government to integrate medical resources across the city’s three hospitals. Lai made the suggestion while speaking to reporters on the private university’s campus where he attended a ceremony in which the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh […]
Macau’s Holy House of Mercy slams ‘disrespectful’ government

Macau’s Holy House of Mercy slams ‘disrespectful’ government

Holy House Mercy (SCMM) President António José de Freitas said on Monday that the government had shown “no respect at all” to the charitable association when it suddenly announced that it would move its public notary office in the building to another private property. Freitas made the angry re-marks while speaking to reporters on the […]
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