Macau’s hospitality industry recorded 832,543 guests in January, a year-on-year increase of 19.1 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said Thursday. Mainlanders and Hongkongers accounted for 60.3 percent and 14.5 percent of all guests. Guests’ average length of stay stood at just 1.4 nights, a slight decrease from a year earlier. The city’s 100 […]
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The Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) said in a statement that by 6 p.m. Thursday 23 forms for the setting-up of a legislative election candidacy commission were downloaded from the Internet or picked up by residents from the bureau. Forms were made available Thursday and any resident or group interested in joining the […]
A record 4,187 visas to the Philippines were issued to the city’s holders of mainland Chinese or foreign passports in January alone, a number matching the whole of last year’s rate, Philippine Consul General in Macau Danilo T. Ibayan said Wednesday. Ibayan told The Macau Post Daily that 95 percent of the visas issued in […]
The government had a surplus of MOP19.5 billion (US$2.4 billion) in January and February this year, according to official data. This is an increase of 15.4 percent compared to the same period last year. The amount is close to one-half of the MOP41.1 billion surplus estimated in the budget for the whole year. Revenue from […]
Consumer Council Executive Committee President Wong Hon Neng said Tuesday that the government-run organisation was considering simplifying the handling of arbitration cases, so that consumers involved in any disputes would have their cases resolved faster. Wong made the pledge on the sidelines of a ceremony to launch a stamp commemorating the 15th anniversary of the […]
The United States should impose further sanctions on Macau’s Delta Asia Bank Ltd, according to the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ed Royce. Royce said in an interview to Bloomberg Television on Saturday that the North Korean regime was still using Delta Asia for illicit transactions. The United […]
Ballots for 14 directly elected lawmakers and 12 indirectly elected lawmakers to be cast by permanent residents in candidates’ battle for seats in the legislaturewill be held on 15 September, with the maximum amount that each electoral campaign group can legally spend amounting to 5,644,278.46 patacas, about 36.9 percent less than in 2009. According to […]
Newly-appointed Taipei Economic and Cultural Office chief Lu Chang-shui said Monday he was determined to further deepen exchanges and co-operation between Taiwan and Macau. He made the remark when delivering a speech at a Chinese New Year banquet organised by the office in Macau . Over a hundred locals including civic leaders and students who […]
The Public Security Police (PSP) said on Saturday that it had deported 107 mainlanders since March 1 from the city as they were found to be buying patacas commemorative banknotes from locals, an activity that violated the terms and conditions of their stay as tourists, The Macau Post Daily reports today, citing local Chinese-language media […]