Macau, China, 10 Nov – The grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) Wednesday pressed for three more directly elected seats by reducing the number the government-appointed seats from seven to four in the Legislative Assembly (AL) in 2013, The Macau Post Daily reports today, quoting the group’s president, Jason Chao Teng Hei Chao and the association’s […]
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Macau, China, 9 Nov – An office dedicated to smoking prevention and tobacco control will be in operation on January 1, Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng announced in a press conference at Government House Tuesday. The Macau Post Daily today quotes Leong as saying that it was necessary to restructure the Health Bureau (SSM) […]
Macau, China, 7 Nov – Macau’s quasi-official representative office in Taipei is slated to open by the end of the month, Alexis Tam Chon Weng, the local government’s point man for relations with the island, announced at a press conference last week. Tam also said during the press conference, held at Government House on Friday, […]
Macau, China, 27 Oct -The government’s Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) is urging residents to suspend any trips to Thailand due to the severe flooding which forced Bangkok ’s domestic airport, Don Muang, to shut down on Tuesday. About one third of Thailand is affected by the catastrophe. “Due to the floods in Bangkok and […]
Macau, China, 17 Oct – Macau’s 63 hotels and 31 guesthouses welcomed 809,120 guests in August, the highest monthly figure on record, according to official statistics quoted by The Macau Post Daily today. The previous record stood at 795,827 in July. August’s number of guests rose 16.3 percent year-on-year. The number of hotel guests in […]
Macau, China, 12 Oct – The hotel sector’s total revenue rose 29.2 percent year-on-year to 14.24 billion patacas last year, The Macau Post Daily reports today, quoting official statistics released Tuesday. The gaming industry’s gross revenue amounted to 188.3 billion patacas last year. The hotel industry’s revenue from room sales amounted to 6.53 billion patacas […]
Macau, China, 11 Oct – Andre Couto will once again take part in the World Touring Car Championship season finale around his home city of Macau. He will race a SEAT Leon TDI for SUNRED Engineering at this year’s running of the event on 21 November according to The CheckeredFlag website. Couto, who won the […]
Macau, China, 10 Oct – Nearly 776,000 National Day “Golden Week” tourists visited Macau between October 1 and Friday, The Macau Post Daily reports today, citing figures released by the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO). According to an MGTO statement, the number of National Day “Golden Week” visitor arrivals rose 13.3 percent year-on-year. Visitors from […]
Macau, China, 7 Oct – The 58th Macau Grand Prix will be held from November 17-20 with a total of 225 racers – both cars and motorbikes – from 34 countries and regions, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Joao Manuel Costa Antunes revealed in a press conference Thursday. According to Costa Antunes, the 225 […]