Macau, China, 31 Dec – Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On presented Wednesday four proposals for Macau to play a more active role in promoting the nation’s peaceful unification with Taiwan. Chui, who took office on December 20, made the proposals in a speech at a colloquium hosted by the Liaison Office of the Central […]
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Macau, China, 29 Dec – The Macau government decided to offer inoculation of A/H1N1 vaccines for all its residents from January 1 next year, in an effort to combat a second wave of A/H1N1 flu, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On announced on Monday. Chui announced the decision after the fifth meeting of Macau’s Influenza […]
Macau, China, 28 Dec – Former Legislative Assembly president Susana Chou has been appointed a vice-director of the Macau Basic Law Committee under the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), according to the China News Service (CNS). The appointment took place in Beijing last Saturday said today The Macau Post Daily. Chou replaced […]
Macau, China, 28 Dec – Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose 2.7 percent year-on-year to 1.89 million in November, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced last week. However, the number fell 2.9 percent from the previous month. Mainlanders and Hongkongers accounted for 53.8 percent and 26.8 percent of all visitor arrivals in November, respectively. […]
Macau, China, 21 Dec – President Hu Jintao said Sunday he hoped Macau’s principal officials will do a good job in administering, building and developing Macau under the leadership of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and by closely relying on the Macau people. The president expressed the hope when meeting with the principal officials […]
Macau, China, 21 Dec – Around 1,000 pro-democracy and pro-family reunion protesters took to Macau’s streets on the 10th anniversary of Macau’s return to Chinese administration Sunday, calling for democratic reforms and an end to government corruption. The protestors marched through the city chanting slogans and waving banners calling for an end to corruption, universal […]
Macau, China, 21 Dec – President Hu Jintao, who attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the new campus of the University of Macau (UM) in Hengqin Sunday, expects the facility to be top notch, according to State Councilor Liu Yangdong quoted today by The Macau Post Daily. Liu, the highest-ranking woman in the nation’s political hierarchy, […]
Macau, China, 21 Dec – Newly inaugurated Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Sunday that his government is considering to establish a "panda theme park" at Seac Pai Van in Coloane to house the panda pair which will be given as a gift to Macau by the central government, according with The Macau Post […]
Macau, China, 20 Dec – Fernando Chui Sai On was sworn in as the new Macau Special Administrative Region Chief Executive here Sunday morning. The swearing-in ceremony was administered by China’s President Hu Jintao. The new chief executive said in a speech that he will fully implement the Basic Law, push forward diversified development of […]
Macau, China, 18 Dec – The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed Thursday the government’s 22-article 2010 budget bill that provides for total revenues of 52.4 billion patacas (US$ 6.56 billion), including 33.8 billion patacas (US$ 4.23 billion) in direct gaming tax receipts. The direct gaming tax receipt is more 5.24 billion patacas when compared to the […]
Macau, China, 17 Dec – Macau will witness its biggest fireworks ever on Sunday night in celebration of the 10th anniversary of its return to the Motherland, the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) announced Wednesday. According to the announcement, the 25-minute pyrotechnic spectacle will be accompanied by music and fired from seven locations on the […]
Macau, China, 16 Dec – Chinese President Hu Jintao will arrive in Macau on Saturday to appoint Macau’s new government and attend the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the handover from Portugal to China. Hu Jintao will participate in a welcome dinner on Saturday night and a performance by local musicians. MacauNews agency learns […]