Macau, China, 28 Oct – The Macau government generally respected religious freedom in practice, according to the 2009 International Religious Freedom Report, released Monday by the United States Department of State. The document said that "there were no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice". "Relations among the various […]
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Macau, China, 28 Oct – Macau’s total number of visitor arrivals in September rose 3.8 percent year-on-year to 1.68 million, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced Tuesday. However, September’s number of visitor arrivals dropped 18.2 percent compared with the previous month, according to The Macau Post Daily. The daily average of visitor arrivals stood […]
Macau, China, 22 Oct – The president of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) Sam Hou Fai Of said Wednesday that from the 126,082 cases processed by the three Courts in Macau between 2000 and 2009, a total of 115,826 cases had judgments delivered. The president of the Court of Final Appeal made the announcement […]
Macau, China, Oct 22 – The relationship between Macau and Taiwan will enter a new phase of development, said Wednesday the Chief Executive, Edmund Ho Hau Wah, in his speech Wednesday at the opening ceremony of a symposium on Macau-Taiwan relations. Edmund Ho announces that the government of Macau Special Administrative Region will strengthen, in […]
Macau, China, 19 Oct – Veteran lawmaker Lau Cheok Va was elected president of the Legislative Assembly last Friday, succeeding Susana Chou who decided to retire from political life after leading the legislature for a decade, according to The Macau Post Daily. Lau, aged 64, received 23 votes, or 79.3 percent of the 29 votes […]
>Macau, China, 15 Oct – Macau’s number of hotel guests rose 15.5 percent year-on-year to 631,454 in August, some 87,000 more than its total population, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced Wednesday. At the end of June, Macau had 544,200 inhabitants. Month-on-month, the number of hotel guests in August was up 20.1 percent. Mainlanders […]
Macau, China, 14 Oct – Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Joao Manuel Costa Antunes announced Tuesday that this year’s “Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix” will bring to Macau racers from 10 countries and regions in Europe, North America and Asia. Six-time “Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix” champion Michael Rutter is set to return to the Guia […]
Macau, China, 11 Oct – French driver Arnaud Kozlinski won Sunday the Super KF World Championship in Macau on his factory CRG / Maxter. Kozlinski, also known as “Koko”, dominated the racing by winning the pre-final in the dry and the final in the rain. Due to the rain the race was stopped after 18 […]
Macau, China, 06 Oct – The Chief Executive (CE) of Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) Ho Hau Wah Monday announced his decision to appoint seven persons from various local socio-economic sectors as the non-elected members of the SAR’s fourth-term Legislative Assembly, according to an official statement. In line with the Basic Law, the SAR’s mini […]