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Govt lowers proposed jail to 1 year for animal abuse in Macau

Govt lowers proposed jail to 1 year for animal abuse in Macau

The government said Thursday that after considering the relevant laws in countries such as Singapore it had decided to lower the maximum prison sentence of three years in the latest version of its animal protection bill to just one year. Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan made the remark to the media […]
Measures to tackle unruly tourists in place: CNTA official

Measures to tackle unruly tourists in place: CNTA official

The central government has initiated a string of measures to tackle unruly tourists “uncivilised” behaviour as well as disputes between tourists and tour guides, the China National Tourism Administration’s (CNTA) Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Tourism Affairs Department Director Liu Kezhi said Tuesday. Liu made the remarks at Government Headquarters on the sidelines of a […]
Macau Governement raises pensions and allowances

Macau Governement raises pensions and allowances

The government announced Monday that a string of pensions and allowances such the pension for senior citizens paid by the Social Security Fund (FSS) will be increased up to 5.5 percent. According to an order signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, which was published in Monday’s Official Gazette (BO), the increased pay-outs will […]
Property prices fall 21.6 pct in April

Property prices fall 21.6 pct in April

Macau’s average residential property price per square metre dropped 21.6 percent to 103,128 patacas in April, the Finance Services Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to the bureau, the average size of the units amounted to 68 square metres. The average price in Taipa was 139,080 patacas per square metre, up 31.5 percent year-on-year. In Coloane, […]
New panda pair debuts today

New panda pair debuts today

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said Sounday that the city’s pair of new pandas will finally meet the public today. Chan made the announcement on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of an exhibition at Seac Pai Van Park about the mainland’s current research on giant pandas. Chan said in a […]
Hotel guests drop 10.4 pct in Jan-April

Hotel guests drop 10.4 pct in Jan-April

Macau’s number of hotel guests dropped 10.4 percent year-on-year to 3.18 million in the first four months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a DSEC statement, hotels’ average occupancy rate stood at 79 percent in the January-April period, a decrease of 7.3 percentage points. At the end of […]
Macau GDP in Q1 slumps as casino revenues plunge

Macau GDP in Q1 slumps as casino revenues plunge

Macau’s economic output tumbled 24.5 percent in real terms in the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Thursday, as a widening graft crackdown and slowing economy in the mainland keeps high rollers away from the city’s casinos. The fall in gross domestic product (GDP) from a year earlier was the deepest […]
Macau retail sales of watches jewellery fall 31 pct in Q1

Macau retail sales of watches jewellery fall 31 pct in Q1

Sales of watches, clocks and jewellery fell 31 percent to 3.7 billion patacas in the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Tuesday. Watches, clocks and jewellery accounted for 23 percent of all retail sales –the sector’s biggest segment. Sales of leather goods dropped 28 percent to 1.59 billion patacas. Sales of […]
Macau Galaxy Phase 2 vows to be more mass market focused

Macau Galaxy Phase 2 vows to be more mass market focused

Phase 2 of Galaxy Macau that is opening today will primarily focus on the mass market, Galaxy Macau Director of Operations Richard Longhurst said on Tuesday. Longhurst made the comments during a panel discussion at JW Marriott in Galaxy’s Phase 2 extension development, which cost HK$19.6 billion. The government has said that it has granted […]
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