Macau, China, 2 Feb – Macau’s Immigration Department expects about 2.4 million people to cross Macau’s borders during the Lunar New Year holiday over the next seven days. Tommy Wong Kim Hong, chief inspector of the Public Security Police (PSP) that runs Macau’s immigration service, said Tuesday that the border crossings were expected to peak […]
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Macau, China, 31 Jan – Macau’s former chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah has been awarded the Grand Lotus Medal of Honour – the highest decoration granted by the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR). Ho, who headed the local government between December 1999 and 2009, received the medal from his successor Fernando Chui Sai On […]
Macau, China, 25 Jan – Civil aviation authorities of Macau and Chinese mainland signed Monday a cooperation agreement for civil aviation safety, in an effort to share resources, acquire mutual support and achieve cooperative development between the two sides according to Xinhua News Agency. The signing ceremony, held in the Civil Aviation Authority of Macau […]
Macau, China, 20 Jan -Macau recorded close to 25 million visitor arrivals last year, representing an increase of 15 percent over 2009, Director of Macau Government Tourist Office Joao Manuel Costa Antunes said on Wednesday. Antunes made the announcement at the MGTO Annual Press Conference at the Macao Tower Convention and Entertainment Center, where media […]
Macau, China, 13 Jan – Chui Sai On said in Singapore Wednesday that he regarded the Lion City not as a model but as a "guiding example" for Macau as far as concrete policy solutions were concerned, according to a statement by the Macau Govern-ment Information Bureau (GCS). Chui made the remark after paying a […]
中国澳门1月12日电－澳门特区政府新闻局周二在一份公报中称，澳门特区政府将于本月（比去年提前6个月）开始向54.95万名居民支付2011年现金分享款项。 据该公报，行政会完成讨论《2011年度现金分享计划》行政法规草案，并建议政府本月开始派钱，以舒缓居民的生活压力。 据该公报，“现金分享计划”总开支为23.4亿澳门元（2.92亿美元）。 这笔开支占2011年总预算（796.1亿澳门元）的2.9%。 前澳门特区行政长官何厚铧2008年启动了“现金分享计划”。 据《澳门邮报》称，今年的“现金分享计划”对永久性居民仅有4000澳门元，非永久性居民为2400澳门元，比去年下降了三分之一。 这是澳门特区政府连续第四年实行“现金分享计划”。 2009年和2010年，永久性居民和非获发放的现金额分别为6000澳门元和3600澳门元。 2008年分别为5000澳门元和3000澳门元。 澳门特区行政长官崔世安在去年11月宣布2011年施政报告时公布了今年的现金分享数额。 (MacauNews)
Macau, China, 12 Jan – The Macau government will start paying its 2011 cash handout to around 549,500 residents this month, six months earlier than last year, the Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement Tuesday. According to the statement, the Executive Council – the government’s top advisory body – has finshed discussing the […]
Macau, China, 10 Jan – Macau’s Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will make an official visit to Singapore from January 10-13 at the invitation of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said during the visit, Chui will meet with PM Lee, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, […]
Macau, China, 29 Dec – Macau recorded 22.69 million visitor arrivals in the first 11 months of this year, an increase of 15.1 percent on the same period of last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Tuesday. The majority of visitors were from Mainland China (12 million), Hong Kong (6.8 million) and Taiwan […]
Macau, China, 21 Dec – About 1000 protesters marched through Macau Monday, marking the 11th anniversary of its handover to China by calling for affordable housing and universal suffrage. Several hundred activists took aim at skyrocketing rents by wearing panda masks to protest against the "millions" spent on living quarters for two of the animals […]
Macau, China, 17 Dec – Originally budgeted at 80 million patacas (US$10 million), the construction of a 3,000-square-metre enclosure at Seac Pai Van Van Park in Coloane island for the pair of giant pandas due to arrive in Macau Saturday will finally cost 12.5 percent more then previously planned due to adjustments suggested by Sichuan […]
Macau, China, 13 Dec – The two giant pandas that the China’s central government is gifting to Macau are due be flown in from Sichuan on Saturday, but the public will need to wait for another month to see the pair after they have gone through a month-long quarantine according to The Macau Post Daily […]