>Macau, China, 15 Oct – Macau’s number of hotel guests rose 15.5 percent year-on-year to 631,454 in August, some 87,000 more than its total population, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced Wednesday. At the end of June, Macau had 544,200 inhabitants. Month-on-month, the number of hotel guests in August was up 20.1 percent. Mainlanders […]
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Macau, China, 06 Oct – The Chief Executive (CE) of Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) Ho Hau Wah Monday announced his decision to appoint seven persons from various local socio-economic sectors as the non-elected members of the SAR’s fourth-term Legislative Assembly, according to an official statement. In line with the Basic Law, the SAR’s mini […]
Hong Kong, China, 05 Oct – New immigration facilities for Hong Kong residents visiting Macau could be in place by the end of this year at the earliest, an official said Saturday. Measures under consideration by Macau authorities include extending "e-channel" facilities to Macau and dispensing with arrival/departure cards for Hong Kong permanent residents, assistant […]
Macau, China, 30 Sept – The Macau government will pay a US$ 150 million (1.2 billion Patacas) to the Chinese city of Zhuhai, bordering Macau, for a land of 1.1 square kilometers leased for 40 years, according to the Secretary for Transport and Public Works. Lau Si Io said that the rental of the land […]
Macau, China, 25 Set – Macau logged 2.06 million visitor arrivals in August, an increase of 6.4 percent on the same month of last year, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced Thursday. Compared with the previous month, the number of arrivals was up 17.7 percent. August’s figure was the highest since March 2008, which […]
Macau, China, 23 Sept – Macau Legislative Election General Auditing Committee announced Tuesday the official results of the election of the fourth Legislative Assembly of Macau, according to Xinhua news agency. The new legislature is composed of 29 seats including 12 directly-elected seats, 10 indirectly-elected seats, and seven others which will be appointed by the […]
Macau, China, 21 Sept – The Development Union (UPD) of the Macau Trade Unions Federation and the two groups of the grass-roots New Macau Association (NMA), headed by pro-democracy legislators Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San respectively, are the big winners of yesterday’s direct legislative election, according to preliminary final figures released by the […]
Macau, China, 30 Sep – Backed by China’s central government, Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) has experienced a decade of progress and development, the SAR’s chief said on Tuesday. As the nation celebrates the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China this year, the SAR will also enter a new stage of development, said […]
Macau, China, 17 Sep – Macau Health Bureau (SSM) announced Wednesday another 142 new cases of swine flu raising the total number so far to 2,083, including one fatality. The Bureau said among the 142 new patients 73 were males and 69 females with age ranging from 9 months to 79 years old. According to […]
Zhuhai, China, 15 Sept – The Mayor of the Chinese municipality of Zhuhai, which borders Macau, said Monday that work had begun on making Hengqin Island into one of the three strategic new zones in China following Pudong in Shanghai and Binhai in Tianjin, according to Macauhub agency. Zhong Shijian said that Zhuhai planned to […]
Macau, 14 Sept – Macau’s 86 hotels recorded 525,731 guests in July, an increase of 17.9 percent from the previous month, The Macau Post Daily reported yesterday, citing figures of the Macau Statistics and Census Service. However, the number of guests in July was down 10.5 percent compared with the same month last year. Mainlanders […]
Beijing, China, 13 Aug – China’s President Hu Jintao met Wednesday with Macau’s new Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and expressed the central government’s trust and support to him, according to Xinhua news agency. "Macau is right now at a fresh historic starting point.As the new chief executive of the Macau Special Administration Region […]