Macau, China, 09 Jan – Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will meet Saturday Macau’s four undeclared chief executive candidates, according with Macau Post Daily. The Macau paper said today the four potential “candidates” are Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Fernando Chui Sai On, Chief Public […]
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Macau, China, 31 Aug -The office of Chief Executive-designate Fernando Chui Sai On will officially start working today, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced Sunday. The office will be located at Macau Chinese Bank Building on Travessa do Padre Narcisco. The building is adjacent to the Praia Grande Government Headquarters. According to the announcement, […]
Macau, China, 27 Aug – A total of 18 hotel projects were under construction in Macau at the end of the second quarter, just one project more than in the previous quarter, according to figures released by the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT). The projects, with a gross building area of 1.78 million […]
Macau, China, Aug 24 – Macau received during the first seven months of the year a total of 12.1 million visitors, 11.9 percent less than in same period of 2008, according to official data released today. According to the Statistics and Census Services, the number of visitors to Macau from the Chinese mainland fell by […]
Macau, China, 20 Aug – A 40-year old female administration staff of the Grand Lisboa casino-hotel continued to be in critical condition at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the government hospital, according to an announcement of the Macau Health Bureau (SSM) released Wednesday. The announcement said the patient’s condition did not worsen in the […]
Macau, China, 19 Aug – Macau’s ex-Consumer Council chief Alexandre Ho Si Him has committed suicide in a hotel in Zhuhai, according to The Macau Post Daily. Alexandre Ho was suspended, late last year, from his post as executive president of the government appointed Consumer Council after the launch of an official investigation into alleged […]
Macau, China, 17 Aug – The government of Macau will donate an amount of 12 million patacas (1.52 million dollars) for relief and rehabilitation work in typhoon-stricken Taiwan, according to an official statement. Of the total donations, some 10 million patacas (1.27 million dollars) came from the Macau government while another 2 million patacas (253,165 […]
Macau, China, 17 Aug – The Health Bureau (SSM) announced Sunday 37 more cases of A (H1M1) flu, taking the total number of the swine flu to 394. The SSM said some 19 of the patients were children from the same class of a local kindergarten, where a total of 20 confirmed cases have been […]
Macau, China, 14 Aug – The government of Macau and China’s Sichuan province signed Thursday and agreement that will see Macau finance another 23 reconstruction projects at a cost of 933 million Yuan (137 million dollars) in post-quake Sichuan. Under the agreement, the Macau government has earmarked the amount needed for the projects comprising four […]
Macau, China, 14 Aug – The Health Bureau ( SSM) announced Thursday 16 more cases of A(H1M1) flu, taking the total number of the swine flu to 333. According with the SSM the latest patients comprise 10 males and six females agede between one and 45 years. There are still 13 patients receiving treatment at […]
Macau, China, 13 Aug – Macau’s 85 hotels and guesthouses checked in 3.1 million guests in the first half of this year, a year-on-year decline of 3.2 percent, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced Wednesday. At the end of June, the total number of guestrooms in the hotel sector rose by 1,899 (+11.7 percent) […]
Macau, China, 12 Aug – The Legislative Assembly voted Tuesday to extend its outgoing term from this coming Saturday to October 15 in order to be able to complete its debate and vote on a government-drafted bill on the employment of non-resident workers (imported labour). The extension means that the legislature will forego its summer […]