The Chinese State Council announced today the appointment of the five secretaries of the governem of the new Chief Executive of Macau, Ho Iat Seng.
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Macau casinos gross gaming revenue (GGR) fell 8.5 percent year-on-year in November, according to data released today by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).
The first batch of rough diamonds subject to supervision and control by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme arrived in Macau on Thursday.
The local government will be exempted from income tax when investing in the mainland, once a new deal under the Mainland-Macau agreement to avoid double taxation comes into effect.
Three male and thirty female local residents aged between 26 and 65 have been conned by an international internet love scam ring, in which they lost around 13.7 million patacas in total.
New round of applications for 3,011 subsidised home-ownership scheme flats launched for land reclamation area Zone A.
Local residents’ unemployment rate stood at 2.4% in the August-October employment survey period.
The government will ban all drone activities for nine days around the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region.
The government will launch a public consultation in the middle of next year on the possible establishment of a company tasked with managing the local version of a “sovereign wealth fund”.
All apps written for public and semi-public entities are expected to be consolidated into one, named “Macau in Pocket”.
A loan-sharking gang controlled by a local kingpin jointly busted by the Judiciary Police and the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau.
President Xi Jinping will visit Macau between December 18 and 20.