Macau, China, 03 Jul – The Macau court of Second Instance (TSI) Thursday rejected convicted 14 K triad boss Wan Kuok Kio’s request for early release from jail. The court described his appeal against a lower court ruling on the matter as " groundless". Wan, widely known by his nickname "Broken Tooth", has been in […]
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Macau, China, 3 Jul – The Macau Health Bureau on Thursday confirmed another eight cases of people infected with the A H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu – seven of the cases are imported and one is a local infection – increasing the total number to 42. Among the newest cases, there is […]
Macau, China, 3 Jul – Macau is going to be one of the host cities in the 2009 edition of the FIVB (Fédération Internacionale de Volleyball) Women’s World Grand Prix, which will have 12 national teams competing for the final to be held in Tokyo. Brazil, China, Poland and Thailand are the national sides that […]
Macau, China, 2 Jul – The Macau Health Bureau announced on Wednesday that the number of confirmed cases of A H1N1, otherwise known as swine flu, in the territory reached 34, 12 of which are local infections. Lei Chin Ion, the director of the Health Bureau, confirmed that 17 patients with A H1N1 are being […]
Macau, China, 1 Jul – Macau will be represented by a delegation of 60 athletes playing six different sports in the second edition of the Lusophone Games, which takes place in Lisbon between 11 and 19 July, 2009. José Tavares, vice-president of the Macau Sport Development Board, told Portugal’s Lusa News Agency that Macau will […]
Beijing, China, 01 Jul – China will start using e-passport and e-TP (Travel Permits) for residents of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) from September 1, 2009, according to a bulletin issued by the Chinese Foreign Ministry here on Wednesday. Both the e-passport and e-TP for the Macau SAR will be travel documents issued by […]
Macau, China, 30 Jun – The Health Bureau (SSM) announced today eight more swine flu cases, five of them in a kindergarten. Speaking during the daily SSM press conference health authorities said that said that Macau recorded until now a total of 28 confirmed A H1N1 cases nine locally infected and 19 imported cases. "The […]
Macau, China, 25 Jun – The central government has given the green light to a pilot joint development project between Macau and Zhuhai on Hengqin Island, China Central Television said Wednesday. The 86 sq km island would be developed into a key base for commerce, tourism, scientific research and hi-tech industries, and would become part […]
Macau, China, 24 June – Macau’s health authorities today confirmed a further four cases of A H1N1 influenza, all imported, taking the total number of identified infections to 12. Eleven of the patients are in isolation wards in the local public hospital, but the first two cases recorded are likely to leave hospital soon. The […]