Macau, China, 16 Jun – The former and last governor of Macau, Vasco da Rocha Vieira, said on Monday that Portugal forgot and neglected the territory that was under Portuguese administration for 450 years, according with the Portuguese News Agency Lusa. General Rocha Vieira, who governed Macau until 19 December, 1999, said that Macau has […]
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Macau, China, 12 Jun – Chief Executive (CE) candidate Fernando Chui Sai On is likely to run alone after Public Prosecutor-General Ho Chiu Meng announced in an interview published by the Chinese-language Macau Daily News Thursday that he will not stand in next month’s CE election. Ho Chiu Meng had been widely rumoured to be […]
Macau, China, 11 Jun – The government will spend 100 million patacas ( US$ 12.5 million) on the purchase of one million doses of A (H1N1) vaccines, Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion announced Wednesday. Lei Chin Ion said the order was enough to provide two doses per resident. At the end of March, […]
Macau, China, 10 Jun – Some 73.5 percent of the respondents of a survey commissioned by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said they believed that illegalities and irregularities in the public administration were “very common” or “common” according to he Macao Post Daily. The findings of the annual survey were released by the CCAC Tuesday. […]
Macau, China, 08 Jun – Several hundred low-ranking civil servants in Macau protested Saturday against unequal pay rises for senior versus junior government employees. The Macau Civil Servants Association, headed by legislator Jose Pereira Coutinho, lead the march to government headquarters in the afternoon. José Pereira Coutinho said it was unfair that salary increases being […]
Macau, China, 8 Jun – Despite the forthcoming change of the chief executive, the political scene in Macau will remain fairly stable according to the June report released by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The EIU said that “the new administration will have a hard task in regaining public confidence, and, to that end, one […]
Macau, China, 05 Jun – Several hundread people, including locals, mainlanders and foreign tourists, attended Thursday "June 4" candleligh vigil on Largo de São Domingos to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen incident. Last year only around 70 people attended the vigil organised by the Macau democratic development Association that is headed by the […]
Macau, China, 04 Jun – Activist Wu’er Kaixi tried to reach mainland China via Macau Wednesday but was refused entry the city by the immigration department. and spent the night in a restricted zone at Macau airport. He had been planning to hand himself to the mainland authorities to stand trial, according with the Hong […]
Macau, China, 03 Jun – The Guangdong Health Department informed the Macau Health Bureau (SSM) Tuesday that Zhuhai’s first confirmed swine-flu patient passed through Macau last Friday. According to an SSM statement last night, the patient went from the ferry terminal in the Outer Harbour by bus to the Barrier Gate checkpoint en route to […]
Macau, China, 2 Jun – Air China announced an increase in the share capital of Air Macau up to the amount of 400 million patacas (equivalent to approximately to US$50 million), after having reduced its capital to 1 million patacas to cover losses, according to a statement Air China published on the Hong Kong Stock […]
Macau, China, 1 Jun – The Macau Health Bureau on Sunday asked travelling citizens on their return to Macau to avoid public places for a period of seven days after their arrival to the territory. The aim of this measure is to stop any potential spread of the AH1N1 virus. The message was sent to […]
Macau, China, 26 May – Fernando Chui Sai On, a candidate for the Chief Executive of Macau, promised to hear out the people of Macau in regards to democratic reform of the region’s political system. “If I am elected, I am going to listen to the opinions of the people of Macau and then we […]