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Macau visitor arrivals likely up in May: tourism chief

Macau visitor arrivals likely up in May: tourism chief

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said Monday that based on data from the travel and hotel sectors the number of visitor arrivals in May is believed to have risen compared to March or April. The city’s tourism chief also said she was confident that the number of visitor arrivals […]
Macau checks 2 suspected MERS cases, both negative

Macau checks 2 suspected MERS cases, both negative

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement Sunday that at the weekend it had checked two suspected Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) cases but both proved negative. The two cases included a local woman who returned from South Korean on Saturday, according to the statement. The bureau did not give any details on the […]
Blanket smoking ban in Macau would be disastrous: junket rep

Blanket smoking ban in Macau would be disastrous: junket rep

Macau Gaming Junket and Entertainment Association (AMJEM) Chairman Kwok Chi Chung said Sunday that a blanket smoking ban would be a “disastrous blow” to the troubled gaming industry. Kwok was one of the panellists attending Sunday’s Macau Forum. The open-air debate programme is hosted by government broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday. Over […]
Macau to open border checkpoint at Coloane Pier for yacht travellers

Macau to open border checkpoint at Coloane Pier for yacht travellers

Macau, June 8 – Macau is set to open a 24-hour border checkpoint at Coloane Pier from June 30, allowing visitors who travel by yacht to enter or leave the region, according to the Official Gazette issued  by Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) Chief Executive Chui Sai On. It is seen as a move to […]
Muslim community in Macao grows rapidly

Muslim community in Macao grows rapidly

By Mark O´Neill The Muslims are among the oldest residents of Macao. They first arrived as traders from Persia and the Middle East in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), before the Portuguese, and have had a continuous presence ever since. The first mosque was built in the 1880s for soldiers of the Portuguese army from south […]
Int’l Infrastructure Investment & Construction Forum opens in Macau

Int’l Infrastructure Investment & Construction Forum opens in Macau

The sixth International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum kicked off here Thursday in Macau. Over 1,000 representatives from more than 50 countries and regions attended the two-day forum, themed “Regional Economic Integration Spurs New Development of International Infrastructure Cooperation.” Focuses of the forum include opportunities, challenges and innovative cooperation modes in the field of infrastructure […]
300 attend June 4 vigil in Macau main square

300 attend June 4 vigil in Macau main square

About 300 people attended Thursday’s June 4 vigil, commemorating the victims of the June 4 incident in Beijing. Several participants in the annual activity stressed the importance of seeing young people at the vigil, saying the events leading up to the night in 1989 should not be forgotten and that the victims deserved justice. Most […]
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 […]
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