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Macau at risk to lose Golf Open

Macau at risk to lose Golf Open

Macau, China, 24 Aug – The Macau Golf Open 2010 is at risk to be cancelled, according to the South China Morning Post. The Sports Development Bureau has already taken it off the schedule on its official website. The failure to find a title sponsor and rising costs are the reasons for the end of […]
Macau high-ranking official to visit Taiwan in September

Macau high-ranking official to visit Taiwan in September

Macau, China, 24 Aug – Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of Macau Cheong U is expected to meet with Taiwan’s top mainland affairs official during a visit to the island at the beginning of next month, according to The Macau Post Daily. The meeting in Taipei would be the first meeting ever between a […]
Macau’s visitor arrivals up 23.2 percent in July

Macau’s visitor arrivals up 23.2 percent in July

Macau, China, 24 Aug – Macau’s visitor arrivals in July went up by 23.2 percent over the same period of last year to 2.68 million, according to the figures released on Monday by Macau’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Chinese mainland remained Macau’s major source market, accounting for 52.8 percent of the total, standing at […]
Hundreds protest in Macau against columbaria in residential buildings

Hundreds protest in Macau against columbaria in residential buildings

Macau, China, 23 Aug – A total of about 500 Areia Preta residents staged two separate demonstrations Sunday to protest against the setting-up of columbaria – places for the public storage of urns holding cremated remains – and similar facilities in residential buildings. According to the Macau Post Daily the protesters demanded that the government […]
Corruption cases in Macau increases during election year

Corruption cases in Macau increases during election year

Macau, China, 19 Aug – Last year saw the number of corruption and other crime cases registered with the Commission Against Corruption of Macau (CCAC) increase by 16 percent, reaching a total of 923 cases, in a trend that seems to emerge during election years, according to The Macau Post Daily. Similar increases could be […]
New Macau jail to be operational in 2014

New Macau jail to be operational in 2014

Macau, China, 19 Aug – Macau’s new prison is to be operational in 2014, the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) announced Wednesday. DSSOPT Deputy Director Daniel Low Shin Chung made the announcement on the sidelines of the project’s ground-breaking ceremony in Ka Ho, in Coloane island. Prison Director Lee Kam Cheong told reporters […]
Airlines voice concerns over stronger passenger protections in Macau

Airlines voice concerns over stronger passenger protections in Macau

Macau, China, 18 Aug – Airline carriers flying to Macau Tuesday voiced concerns over a draft by-law which would force them to provide hotel rooms and meals to passengers stranded because of flight delays and cancellations, as well as refunds and rerouting options in certain cases. In a consultation session on the draft held Tuesday […]
Beijing bars Portuguese navy ship “Sagres” from Macau

Beijing bars Portuguese navy ship “Sagres” from Macau

Macau, China, 18 Aug – The central government of China has declined a request by the authorities in Lisbon to allow the Portuguese navy’s school ship Sagres to drop anchor in Macau, Portuguese media reported Tuesday. According to the reports, the vessel planned to stop over in Macau on her way to East Timor’s capital […]
Fewer hotel guests in Macau in June

Fewer hotel guests in Macau in June

Macau, China, 17 Aug -Macau logged 603,004 guests in June, a decrease of 7.3 percent from the previous month, according to figures released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) last week. In May, the number of hotel guests stood at 650,849. However, the number of hotel guests in June rose 35.3 percent from the […]
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