Safeguarding China’s national sovereignty while preserving the prosperity of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) are core considerations in creating central government policies for Macau, the nation’s top legislator said in a speech Thursday. They are also guiding principles for the central government in handling Macau affairs, Wu Bangguo, chairman of the National People’s Congress […]
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National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo said Wednesday he trusts that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and his government will continue to manage Macau well and score new achievement, after his predecessor Edmund Ho Hau Wah achieved sustainable growth for the local economy, improved people’s livelihood and made Macau’s civil society […]
Macau’s Chinese New Year visitor arrivals rose 13.6 percent to 1.28 million compared to last year’s holiday period, the Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced Tuesday. The city’s seven border checkpoints logged 3.73 million departures and arrivals by locals and visitors between February 8 and Sunday 17. The Barrier Gate checkpoint recorded nearly two thirds of […]
High-profile legislator Jose Maria Pereira Coutinho urged the government Tuesday to provide Macau residents with free tap water and free bus rides to help them cope with rising living costs. The president of the influential Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM) also said that the government should subsidise housing rents that were rising beyond what locals […]
>Macau’s 100 hotels and inns logged a record 9.54 million guests last year, an increase of 10.8 percent from the previous year, according to official statistics released Monday. However, the hospitality industry’s average occupancy rate dropped by 1.1 percentage points to 83.1 percent. At the end of last year, the number of guestrooms stood […]
Lawmaker Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong confirmed to reporters Monday that he and his fellow lawmakers Paul Chan Wai Chi and Au Kam San will run for re-election later this year. Ng, Chan and Au are members of the grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) and are directly-elected legislators. Ng said that the trio’s objective is to […]
China’s top lawmaker, National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo, will arrive in Macau on Wednesday for a three-day visit to mark the 20th anniversary of the Macau Basic Law. According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), Wu will attend the Macau Basic Law commemorative activities on Thursday at […]
The government’s top tourism official said Thursday she believed that the mainland’s Individual Visit Scheme would continue to benefit the development of tourism in the city. Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes made the remark on the sidelines of a public activity to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Taipa […]
There are currently 11 hotels under construction and another 25 hotel projects are awaiting official building permits, involving a total of 25,500 guestrooms and 17,200 parking spaces, the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) says in a statement cited by The Macau Post Daily today. The number would nearly double the number of existing […]
The Legislative Assembly (AL) Tuesday passed the outline of the city’s first-ever urban planning bill with votes of 19 lawmakers, while two abstained. During the plenary meeting, lawmakers discussed the government-initiated bill, which was introduced to the legislature by several senior government representatives including Secretary for Transport and Public Work Lau Si Io and Lands, […]
After much criticism, lawmakers Tuesday passed the outline of a government-initiated amendment bill on the usage of Macau’s scarce land resources. Macau’s land area amounts to just about 30 square kilometres. A total of 22 lawmakers voted in favour of the bill while two – Au Kam San and Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong, both members […]
Public Security Police (PSP) Barrier Gate Commissioner Ku Keng Hin said Monday that police expect a rise of up to eight percent in the number of travellers using the checkpoint during Chinese New Year holidays, as he predicted that many would take advantage of the newly opened Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Railway link to Zhuhai and travel […]