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Macau receives 28 million visitors from January to November

Macau receives 28 million visitors from January to November

Macau received 28 million visitors from January to November, which represents a year on year fall of 3.1 percent, the region’s Statistics and Census Bureau said Monday. The number of visitors from mainland China (18.7 million), South Korea (499,200) and Japan (255,200) decreased by 4.4 percent, 1.6 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively. Visitors from Hong […]
Night Watchmen’s Guardhouse opens in Macau as museum

Night Watchmen’s Guardhouse opens in Macau as museum

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and the Tou Tei Mio (Earth God Temple) Patane Piety and Charity Association have joined hands to turn the Patane Night Watchmen’s Guardhouse into a museum. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the city’s newest museum, IC President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng said the bureau […]
Macau police seize 9.3 kilos of cocaine worth 25 million patacas

Macau police seize 9.3 kilos of cocaine worth 25 million patacas

The police seized 9.3 kilogrammes of cocaine worth about 25 million patacas and arrested three suspects Sunday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Vong Chi Hong said. Speaking to reporters after the arrests outside a guesthouse in Praça de Ponte e Horta, Vong, who heads the PJ’s criminal investigation division, said the police recently received a tip-off […]
Xi meets Chui, stressing Macau’s prosperity, stability

Xi meets Chui, stressing Macau’s prosperity, stability

President Xi Jinping said last week the central government continued to attach great importance to Macau’s prosperity and stability, urging the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) to grasp opportunities of development and promote “appropriate diversification” of its economy. According to Xinhua, the president made the remarks while meeting with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On […]
Macau Government to watch local market after US rate hike

Macau Government to watch local market after US rate hike

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said on Thursday that the government would keep a close eye on the local mortgage market and banking sector after the US Fed’s rate hike in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Leong made the remarks after a closed-door meeting with the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee about the […]
Macau government expects tax hike to lower vehicle growth rate

Macau government expects tax hike to lower vehicle growth rate

Responding to lawmakers’ doubts on the expected impact of new motor vehicle tax rates on lowering the city’s annual growth rate in motor vehicles, Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San said he believed that once the new tax rates are in place the annual growth rate will drop by about 1 percentage point from […]
Macau Government announced ten new Macau heritage sites

Macau Government announced ten new Macau heritage sites

The Cultural Affairs Bureau has announced Wednesday a list of ten new iconic sites to be integrated in Macau’s Cultural Heritage list. In the list are buildings such as the Social Welfare Bureau’s headquarters and general Ye Ting’s former home. Starting at the end of themonth, a public consultations will listen the population as which sites […]
Macau jurisdiction of coastal water starts on Sunday

Macau jurisdiction of coastal water starts on Sunday

Macau’s coastal waters covering an area of 85 square kilometres and part of the Duck Channel will finally under the city’s jurisdiction from Sunday, the 16th anniversary of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), the State Council in Beijing decided on Wednesday. “The government of the Macau Special Administrative Region expresses its sincere gratitude to […]
Macau Government proposes longer sentences for drug crimes

Macau Government proposes longer sentences for drug crimes

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said the government was proposing to increase the minimum sentence for the selling of drugs, and both the minimum and maximum sentence for drug-taking. Leong said the Executive Council had completed discussing a bill proposing a number of changes to the current anti-drug law, based on suggestions from the […]
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