Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Wong Wan said Tuesday his bureau had received an expression of interest in taking over the bus service which was originally operated by Reolian but that is currently operated by the government after the local-French company went belly up. However, Wong declined to provide more information about the potential investor, merely […]
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The Macau Customs Service said yesterday that its officers and Public Security Police officers jointly busted three separate cases involving the selling of counterfeit products – Iphones and watches. A customs spokesperson made the announcement in a press conference. According to the spokesperson, three men from the mainland are suspects in the three separate cases. […]
Representatives from the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), Health Bureau (SSM) and Customs Service held a joint press conference Monday in the IACM headquarters, pledging that the government will ensure that all imported poultry products will be safe and free from the avian flu virus. According to The Macau Post Daily, the conference was […]
SJM executive-cum-lawmaker Angela Leong On Kei called yesterday for the establishment of a community for casino workers, saying her plan would allow them to spend more time with their families. According to The Macau Post Daily, Leong made the appeal yesterday on the sidelines of a ceremony in Kam Pek Community Centre to donate training […]
Newly-appointed Chief Executive Electoral Management Committee President Song Man Lei said Monday that the city’s 825 associations which have the right to elect representatives to vote in the upcoming chief executive election can ask from April 14 for application forms for the election of 344 of the 400-member Chief Executive Election Commission. She also said […]
The Executive Council (ExCo) has finished discussing the government’s bill on the prevention and control of noise, in which traditional percussion pile drivers will be banned on construction sites. The bill also regulates the noise produced in residential buildings, such as disturbances at night. ExCo spokesman Leong Heng Teng and Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director […]
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On acknowledged in his New Year’s message on Tuesday that his government still needed to improve its governance. The Government Information Bureau (GCS) released Chui’s message to mark New Year’s Day. Chui said in the message that the local economy and civil society had developed steadily last year. He also […]
The Macau Judiciary Police (PJ) seized 18 more bogus HK$1,000 banknotes from last Friday to Sunday bringing to 121 the total number of fake bills in Macau. According to the PJ 105 bore Bank of China designs and 16 featured HSBC designs. Both types of pirated currency are dated from 2003, and were issued during […]
In the first eleven months of 2013, visitor arrivals in Macau totalled 26,737,993, up by 5% year-on-year according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC. Visitors from Mainland China and the Republic of Korea increased by 10% and 7% respectively, while those from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China decreased by 4% and 7%. Besides, visitors […]
The findings from a poll carried out by the Public Opinion Programme of Hong Kong University (POPHKU) show that the popularity of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai has suffered a “significant” decline, with residents’ support rating at 61.1 out of 100, a 3.4 point decrease on last year’s survey to measure Chui’s popularity rating. POPHKU, […]
President Xi Jinping Wednesday called for more efforts from the Macau government and people to maintain “consistent economic development”, Xinhua reported . Xi made the remarks during a meeting with Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On in Beijing where he presented his 2013 work report and 2014 policy guidelines to the central government. The […]
Macau’s Sin Meng Charity Association, headed by lawmaker Melinda Chan Mei Yi released its Macau Happiness Index 2013 Wednesday, which scored 70.4 points out of 100, a 0.8 point decrease on last year’s study to measure citizens’ overall happiness. The findings of the privately-funded index, which were released in the premises of the association, found […]