Macau, China, 22 Jul – Macau International Airport’s passenger movement in the first half of this year dropped 22.4 percent year-on-year to 2.06 million, the Macau International Airport Company (CAM) said in a statement Tuesday. According to the statement, the airport’s cargo throughput between January and June fell 64 percent year-on-year to just 21,701 tonnes […]
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Lisbon, Portugal, 20 Jul – Macau won nine medals in the second edition of the Lusophone Games, which was held in Lisbon and came to an end on Sunday. Macau won a gold medal in women’s Taekwondo (67 Kg) and three silver medals in men’s and women’s volleyballl and men’s Taekwondo (80 Kg). Macau also […]
Macau, China, 20 Jul – Macau’s swine official flu reaches 121 Sunday, when the Health Bureau (SSM) reported 14 more confirmed cases, according with The Macau Post Daily. According to an SSM statement, the 14 latest cases comprise one imported and 13 locally contracted infections. The 14 cases comprise 12 males and two females, aged […]
Macau, China, 20 Jul – The Macau government announced that the expansion of the border gate checkpoint between Macau and Mainland China will be completed soon increasing the capacity from 300,000 people per day to more than 500,000. According to a Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) statement the number of immigration counters will increase from 52 […]
Macau, China, 17 Jul – The next Macau’s chief executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Thursday he would consider issuing “shopping vouchers” to encourage consumer spending during the economic slowdown, if he was elected to Macau ‘s top job. According to The Macau Post Daily, Chui Sai On made the remark during a meeting with […]
Macau, China, 17 Jul – The governments of Macau and mainland China on Wednesday signed a protocol in Macau to change an agreement that has been in place since 2003 to prevent double taxation and tax evasion. The new protocol, which goes into effect on 1 January, 2010, plans to reduce taxes for Macau residents […]
Macau, China, 15 Jul – The iconic man-made volcano and Tang Dynasty complex at the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf (MFW) will be demolished to make way for two hotels, a dinosaur museum, a yacht club and a health club as part of a HK$3 billion first-phase redevelopment of the facility, its director and chief executive officer […]
Macau, China, 14 Jul – Macau’s hotel industry recorded 444,912 guests in May, a drop of 22.9 percent on the previous month, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced Monday. Compared with the same month of last year, the number of hotel guests in May was down 18.2 percent. Mainlanders and Hongkongers accounted for 47 […]
Macau, China, 13 Jul – The future Chief Executive of Macau vowed Saturday to regulate the city’s gambling business better to avoid excessive competition and diversify the economic base. Fernando Chui Sai On, who will officially replace Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah in December, also said he will build 19,000 public housing flats by […]