Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) chief Wang Yu-chi said Wednesday that the procedures allowing local students studying in the island’s universities will be eased very soon. Wang spoke to reporters during a visit to the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial House in Rua de Silva Mendes as he concluded his two-day visit to Macau, saying that […]
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Wang Yu-chi, who heads Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), said Tuesday that his meeting with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On earlier in the day was “very meaningful”. This was the first time that an MAC head met a Macau chief executive, The Macau Post Daily points out. Wang also said that such a meeting […]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says in a statement that is “deeply concerned that the right to receive information is being restricted in Macau, negatively affecting social diversity, after a dispute over TV transmission rights.” The Paris-based federation, which says that it represents 600,000 journalists worldwide, expressed the concern in a statement issued on […]
More than 6,200 hotel rooms were being built at the end of June but most will be scaled for high-end accommodation in the Cotai strip, according to information released by the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau. By the end of the second quarter, there were 11 hotel projects being built, most of them in […]
Macau Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) Director Kong Pek Fong said Thursday that the bureau had studied how to calculate the ratio of the city’s tourism sector contribution to gross domestic product (GDP)and that the findings were expected to be announced for the first time in the next quarter. Kong made the remarks on the […]
Legislative Assembly (AL) President Lau Cheok Va held a press conference yesterday in the legislative chambers to sum up the legislature’s achievements since last October, when the last year of its four-year term had started, saying that looking back at his three-decade long career as a lawmaker and unionist he had “no regrets.” Lau also […]
The government said Monday that its annual subsidy paid to the city’s senior citizens aged at least 65 will increase from 6,000 to 6,600 patacas this year, a 10 percent increase from last year. The government made the announcement in the Official Gazette (BO). The payment of the adjusted old-age subsidy took effect Monday. To […]
Several hundred people joined a candlelight vigil in front of Sao Domingos Church in the city centre last night to remember a dog that was killed two weeks ago by the caretaker of a government-run recycling centre who admitted he was going to cook and eat it. The vigil, which was organised by the Abandoned […]
Macau 99 hotels and guesthouses welcomed a record 5.23 million guests in the first half of the year, a 16.9 percent increase from the same period of last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday. The average occupancy rate – including bulk bookings by junket operators – stood at 79.6 percent, down by […]
The Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP) urged website administrators Thursday to improve their protection of users’ personal data. The office said in a statement that officials looked into 60 websites serving local residents – including 15 sites run by SJM, Wynn Resorts, Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), MGM Resorts, Melco Crown Entertainment and the Venetian […]
Macau’s public transportation was suspended Wednesday morning as Typhoon Utor headed towards south China, prompting local meteorological authorities to hoist the typhoon signal No. 8. Macau’s Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMGM)issued the typhoon signal No. 8 at 5:00 a.m. local time. The bureau said the center of Typhoon Utor was estimated to be about 220 […]
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai will attend today a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle in which its 29 sitting lawmakers have the last chance to ask Chui prepared questions on a wide range of hot-button issues. This is Chui’s second Q&A session in the legislature this year. The first took place in April. Customarily, […]