Macau, China, 26 May – The Macau Government Tourist Office ( MGTO) Tuesday said that it has held promotional activities in India, with the aim to explore the tourism market in the South Asian country. Last year, Macau received over 100,000 visitors from India, registering a growth of 30 percent over 2008. During the first […]
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Macau, China, 26 Apr – Macau’s visitor arrivals totaled 6,115,221 in the first quarter of 2010, up by 12.1 percent year-on-year according to the figures released Friday by the city’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Visitor arrivals by land reached 3.21 million in the first quarter of 2010, up by 14.7 percent while the number […]
Macau, China, 21 Apr – The government of Macau) Monday announced that it decided to provide an amount of 100 million yuan (US$ 15 million dollars) as quake-relief fund for China’s Qinghai province which was hit by a major earthquake. The fund is aimed at offering more assistance to the Chinese mainland authorities in rescuing […]
Macau, China, 14 Apr – Macau employers will need to start paying 200 patacas (US$ 25.00) per month as an "employment fee" for each imported worker they hire when the Law on Employment of Non-Resident Workers becomes effective on April 26. The administrative regulation will exempt employers of migrant domestic helpers from paying the levy. […]
Macau, China, 13 Apr – AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest low-cost airline, is in "preliminary talks" for a local air operating licence that will allow it to set up a Macau-based venture, according to The Macau Post Daily. The paper said that Air Asia spokesman Raman Narayanan told Bloomberg that the company have been approached two […]
Macau, China, 9 Apr – Chief Executive of Macau Special Administrative Region Fernando Chui Sai On said on Thursday that the Macau government would enforce its capability in protecting the environment. Chui made the remarks at the opening of the 2010 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum and Exhibition (MIECF), which will be lasted for 3 […]
Macau, China, 9 Apr – The trial of local businessman Pedro Chiang, defendant in the corruption case of former government secretary Ao Man Long, started Thursday in Macau and will continue on Wednesday, at the Lower Court (TJB). The fifth trial case linked to the former Macau secretary for transport and public works Ao Man […]
Macau, China, 8 Apr – Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) president Simon Chan Chou Weng said Wednesday that the government was currently in negotiation with a Korean airline to open up flights between the two sides. Weng, quoted by The Macau Post Daily, also said that the routes left empty by Viva Macau’s demise may […]
Macau, China, 8 Apr – The Chinese authorities has set up a panel of nine experts to pick a pair of pandas as gift for Macau, according to Xinhua News Agency. The panel will draw up standards for the panda selection in terms of age, physical condition, behavior and psychology, appearance and genetic factors, according […]