Macau, China, 8 Jul – Sky Shuttle’ helicopter flight service between Hong Kong and Macao resumed operation Wednesday, after being suspended for four days due to a helicopter accident. The Macao Civil Aviation Authorities (AACM) confirmed that it has approved the airline’s request to resume its helicopter service Wednesday morning after reviewing a document submitted […]
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Macau, China, 7 Jul – Indonesia low cost carrier Mandala Airlines will launch this month three flights per week between Macau and Jakarta, according to Mandala Airlines’ President-Director Diono Nurjani. Flights begin on July 21, with three round trips per week.The flights will be scheduled on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. A one-way flight to the […]
Macau, China, 7 Jul – The government of Macau Tuesday said that it will launch at the end of the month the 2010 "wealth sharing" and "medical subsidy" programs, from which local residents will benefit. The Executive Council, the top advisory body of the government, has completed its discussion of the regulations concerning the two […]
Macau, China, 6 Jul – Macau needs to provide a quality tourism in order to match people’s expectations of what they are paying for, said Monday the director of the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO), Joao Manuel Costa Antunes. Antunes made the comment during his presentation at the MGTO’s annual marketing meeting at Macau Tower […]
Macau, China, 6 Jul – The government of Macau Monday announced that it will initiate preparation works of setting up a new government-run policy institute, which will assist the Chief Executive, Fernando Chui Sai On in policy-making. According to an executive order signed by the chief executive, a preparation office for the new policy institute […]
Macau, China, 5 Jul – Helicopter flights from Sky Shuttle between Macau and Hong Kong are suspended since Saturday after an AgustaWestland AW139 italian helicopter belonging to Sky Shuttle ditched at sea about 500 meters northwest of the Shun Tak Centre helipad, in Hong Kong, soon after it took off. The two pilots and 11 […]
Macau, China, 30 Jun – Hong Kong-based shipping firm Shun Tak China Travel Ship Management launched Tuesday a new daily passenger ferry service from Macau’s Outer Harbour ferry terminal to Guangzhou’s Nansha district, according to The Macau Post Daily. The voyage will take around 90 minutes, an official from the company said. The Macau government […]
Macau, China, 29 Jun – Mandarin Oriental hotel opens today, in th One Central complex, in NAPE waterfront, with 213 rooms, including 26 suites and one presidential suite. The hotel located in the Macau peninsula is owned by Hong Kong Land and Shun Tak groups and designed by architect Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC/USA. Mandarin […]
Macau, China, 25 Jun – Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has fared badly in an opinion poll, with just 26 percent of all respondents satisfied with his political performance since taking office in December last year while Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Cheong U scored a higher approval rating, according to a survey […]
Macau, China, 24 Jun – Macau’s total visitor arrivals during the first five months of 2010 rose by 15.8 percent year-on-year to 10.33 million, according to figures released Wednesday by the city’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). The majority of visitor come from China mainland and Hong Kong, respectively at 5.52 million and 3.01 million […]
Macau, China, 21 Jun – The Macau government will reclaim 3.5 sq km of land in the next five years to provide new areas for the territory expansion, said Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io last week. "Over half of the 350 hectares (3.5 sq km) of land to be reclaimed will […]
Macau, China, 17 Jun – Air Macau signed Tuesday with All Nippon Airways (ANA) a Code share Agreement to extend its network to all parts of Japan through the network of ANA. According to the agreement, Air Macau and ANA, Japan’s largest carrier, will expand their respective network into Hokkaido, Fukuoka in Japan and Pearl […]