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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 […]
30 gaming tables ‘enough’ for Jai Alai Macau says Angela Leong

30 gaming tables ‘enough’ for Jai Alai Macau says Angela Leong

SJM Executive Director and Chief Administrative Officer Angela Leong On Kei said on Monday that about 30 gaming tables would be enough for the company’s Casino Jai Alai that is set to reopen by the end of the year. Leong made the comments while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a business matching session […]
Macau’s economy with contraction of 5.9 per cent in 2016, EIU  

Macau’s economy with contraction of 5.9 per cent in 2016, EIU  

The fall in Macau exports of services relating to games of fortune should reach its lowest point this year, and the economy as a whole will contract 5.9 per cent, in real terms, according to Economist intelligent Unit (EIU). The growth rate of gross domestic product will reverse the downward trend registered since 2014, when […]
Macau government names panda twins Kin Kin & Hong Hong

Macau government names panda twins Kin Kin & Hong Hong

The baby panda twins locally born to papa “Hoi Hoi” and mummy “Sam Sam” (“Hoi Sam” meaning happiness in Chinese) have officially been named “Kin Kin” and “Hong Hong”, which means “healthy” when combined as “Kin Hong” in Chinese. The names were chosen by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) from a total of […]
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