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Officials are free to refuse to answer reporters’ questions: Li Gang

Officials are free to refuse to answer reporters’ questions: Li Gang

Li Gang, who heads the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, said Sunday that everyone including officials have the freedom to refuse to answer reporters’ questions. He also said that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and his government communicate with the public “a great deal”. Li made the remarks to reporters on the […]
Women’s rights activist heads to Geneva

Women’s rights activist heads to Geneva

Women’s rights activist-cum-Good Shepherd Centre Director Juliana Devoy left for Geneva on Friday to speak to the United Nations’ Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) about Macau’s penalties for domestic violence on Thursday and Friday, where she will argue that the government’s classification of domestic violence as a semi-public crime is a violation […]
Lawmaker predicts new Cabinet line-up with new faces

Lawmaker predicts new Cabinet line-up with new faces

Directly-elected lawmaker Jose Pereira Coutinho predicts that just two of the government’s five policy secretaries will remain in the Cabinet. Coutinho told government broadcaster TDM’s Portuguese-language channel Radio Macau on Saturday that while Lau Sio Io will stay on as Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Cheong U will also stay on but move from […]
Labor Day protests marked by more casino workers and diversified appeal

Labor Day protests marked by more casino workers and diversified appeal

Over 1,000 protestors from about 15 groups took the streets of Macau Thursday to voice out various concerns, demanding better working and living conditions as well as a reform of the political system. This year’s Labor Day march demonstrated a wider variety of concerns and larger participation of casino workers. While gaming industry employees united […]
Around 350 thousand tourists to visit Macau during Labour Day holiday

Around 350 thousand tourists to visit Macau during Labour Day holiday

Crowd control measures may be implemented in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro during the Labour Day holiday, according to Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes. Senna Fernandes made the statement Monday when speaking to reporters after a meeting with the Legislative Assembly’s Follow-Up Committee for Public Administration Affairs in the legislature. […]
Huge Video-Game Stadium Coming to Hengqin island near Macau

Huge Video-Game Stadium Coming to Hengqin island near Macau

Hong Kong-based developer, Lai Fung Group, announced plans to build a video-game complex in Hengqin island, adjacent Macau with a 15,000-seat arena. The arena will be the centerpiece of a US$ 2.8 billion gaming theme park. The idea for the V-Zone, as the wider project is called, was conceived about a year ago, when Lai […]
Almost 8 million visitors in Macau in the first quarter of 2014

Almost 8 million visitors in Macau in the first quarter of 2014

In the first quarter of 2014, visitor arrivals to Macau reached 7,690,166, up by 9% year-on-year, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Visitors from Mainland China and the Republic of Korea increased by 17% and 18% respectively, while those from Hong Kong and Taiwan decreased by 9% and 4%. According to the DSEC […]
Liaison chief praises Chui’s ‘farsighted’ land lease, coastal water requests

Liaison chief praises Chui’s ‘farsighted’ land lease, coastal water requests

Li Gang, director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, Wednesday described Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On’s idea of asking Beijing for more land leases on Hengqin Island and jurisdiction over Macau’s coastal waters as “farsighted”. He made the remarks on the sidelines of a public event at the private Macau University […]
Government picks 5 venues for electing CE Election Commission members

Government picks 5 venues for electing CE Election Commission members

Chief Executive Electoral Management Committee President Song Man Lei said yesterday that the committee had picked five locations for polling stations for the election of the Chief Executive Election Commission members. Song, one of the three Court of Final Appeal (TUI) judges, made the announcement while speaking to reporters after the committee held a regular […]
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