A total 359 of the 364 members of the Electoral Committee to elect the local deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) Monday cast their votes for Macau’s 12 NPC deputies. Nine of the ballots were invalid. There were 15 candidates. Among the 12 elected NPC deputies, comprising four females and eight males, 10 were […]
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The Communist Party of China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection member Li Gang, currently a vice-director and spokesman for the central government’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong, will become Beijing’s top representative in Macau early next year, Hong Kong media reported at the weekend. The South China Morning Post quoted “Beijing sources” as confirming the […]
Macau’s Legislative Assembly Thursday approved the budget proposal for 2013, which includes expenditure of 82.57 billion patacas (US$10.321 billion) and a surplus of 52.23 billion patacas (US$6.528 billion). The proposal presented by the government projects growth of 17 percent in overall revenues to 134.8 billion patacas (US$16.850 billion) and of 6.74 percent in expenditure to […]
Among the government’s five policy secretaries, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Cheong U was given the highest marks – 63.7 points, while Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan Lai Man obtained just 53.5 points – merely 3.5 points higher than the “pass mark” and the lowest among the quintet, according to the findings […]
A study released yesterday suggests that the defunct shipyards near Coloane Village be revived with a ship-building museum showcasing boat-building tools and machinery as exhibits as well as having on-site workshops in order to preserve the area, culture and industry that once flourished in Macau. The government’s Consultative Council for the Renewal of Old Quarters […]
Fifteen locals have been confirmed as candidates for election to the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC), which will be held next Monday. The 15 candidates comprise 10 NPC veterans running for re-election and five newcomers Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for the presidium overseeing the election, made the announcement after a meeting presided over by Chief […]
The Environmental Bureau (DSPA) urged citizens who visit the current Food Festival near Macau Tower to take their own utensils to promote “greener living” while encouraging them to reduce the amount of rubbish generated. Over 30 pupils from four secondary schools took part in a campaign Sunday in Sai Van Lake Square, where the annual […]
Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) Vice President Ho Iat Seng, who is Macau’s only member of the Standing Committee of the National People Congress (NPC) in Beijing, said Sunday he believed that Xi Jinping, the newly-elected leader of the Community Party of China, will further improve co-operation between Macau and Guangdong after his expected election as […]
Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion told reporters Monday that the local 51-year-old local woman diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) – commonly known as “mad cow” disease – was infected some time before she had brain surgery in Hong Kong in September. Lei was at local charity organisation Tung Sin Tong’s opening ceremony of […]
A woman from Macau has “most probably” contracted a rare and fatal brain disease after undergoing an operation at a private hospital in Hong Kong in September, the Hong Kong and Macau governments said Thursday. The woman, who is 51, has been diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and is now severely ill in a hospital […]
The Macau Customs Service nabbed eight suspects – three males and five females aged between 20 and 60 – on Wednesday at four souvenir shops in the central and northern districts for allegedly selling various kinds of counterfeit products including mobile phone covers, greeting cards, children’s underwear, soft toys and stationery. Six of the suspects […]
Property prices may be pushed up if the government imposes the “Macau people, Macau land” formula on private land, Macau Association of Building Contractors and Developers (MABCD)Chairman Paul Tse See Fan said Wednesday. Tse made the remarks during a press conference at the association’s headquarters in Rua do Campo regarding current hot-button issues such as […]