Macau, China, 13 Dec – The head of the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) revealed Sunday that a bill requiring government officials to declare assets would be open for public comment this month before going to the legislature, but declined to confirm whether the bill would actually ensure the information was released to the general public. […]
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Macau, China, 9 Dec – Macau’s police have netted a massive drug haul of slightly over two kilos of cocaine in a 21-year-old woman’s luggage, which they say would fetch some HK$ 2 million (US$ 250 thousand) on the streets. The suspected trafficker, a young woman from the relatively impoverished southern autonomous region of Guangxi […]
Macau, China, 29 Nov – The 3rd China and Portuguese Speaking Countries Airports Conference will take place at Macau Tower on December 8-10, with some 200 delegates from Macau, Hong Kong, mainland China and the Portuguese-speaking world expected to attend the event, according to a statement by the government-controlled Macau International Airport Company (CAM). Among […]
Macau, China, 24 Nov – Macau recorded 20.68 million visitor arrivals in the first 10 months of this year, an increase of 16 percent on the same period of last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Tuesday. Chinese mainlanders, Hongkongers and Taiwanese accounted for 52.8 percent, 30.2 percent and 5.3 percent of all […]
Macau, China, 22 Nov – Macau’s flagship company Air Macau is considering diversifying its routes in the future, not only to include more mainland China cties but also the Southeast Asia region, president of the executive committee Zheng Yan said. Zheng was speaking on the sidelines of the welcome ceremony of the inaugural flight between […]
Macau, China, 18 Nov – Macau’s Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On Wednesday told lawmakers he intended tostrengthen the leverage of recommendations sent by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) to government bureaus and other public entities about their alleged maladministration. Chui also said that the government was drafting a bill on amending the CCAC’s organisational […]
Macau, China, 17 Nov – Macau’s government’s 2011 budget bill presented Tuesday in the Legislative Assembly provides for receipts of 79.6 billion patacas and expenditures of 57.5 billion patacas, resulting in an expected surplus of 22.1 billion patacas. Next year’s budget is up 50.7 percent from this year’s budget of 52.8 billion patacas. During the […]
Macau, China, 15 Nov – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left Macau for Zhuhai Sunday evening, ending his first official visit to the Macau Special Administrative Region. During his two-day tour, Wen attended the opening ceremony of the third Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries. "Since returning […]
Macau, China, 14 Nov – The 4th ministerial conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries is scheduled to take place in Macau in 2013, officials said in Macau at the end of the 3rd Ministerial Conference. The heads of State and government present at the conference agreed […]
Macau, China, 14 Nov – The prime minister of China, Wen Jiabao Saturday told officials from the Macau administrative, legislative and judicial bodies that they always needed to take into consideration serving citizens, being uncorrupted and having great dedication and efforts in carrying out their roles. Wen Jiabao said during the meeting with Macau senior […]
Macau, China, 13 Nov – The prime minister of China, Wen Jiabao Saturday in Macau said that the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries had strengthened exchange and cooperation, particularly in terms of the economy and trade, between Macau and the Portuguese-speaking countries. "The Macau SAR government should continue […]
Macau, China, 9 Nov – A massive cross-border swoop on organised crime carried out in conjunction with Guangdong and Hong Kong ended last week, aimed at cleaning up the streets in the lead-up to the Asian Games in Guangzhou and Macau’s Grand Prix, the Macau Unitary Police Service (SPU) announced Monday. While the Asian Games […]