Macau, China, 19 Jul – Macau International Fireworks Display Contest will be held in September this year, which will feature teams from 10 nations and regions, the Tourist Office of Macau announced on Friday. Organized by the Tourist Office, the contest will be held respectively on September 11, 18, 22, 25 and October 1 at […]
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Macau, China, 16 Jul – Alexis Tam Chon Weng, director of the newly set-up Preparatory Office for the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Scientific and Industrial Park, said Thursday that he "will not totally deny" the possibility of inviting disgraced former Finance Services Bureau (DSF) Director Orieta Lau Ioc Ip to join his team in the […]
Macau, China, 15 Jul – Macao will add a new ferry terminal in Taipa island to its current two in the first half of 2013, the Macau Post Daily reported on Wednesday. At present, there were two ferry terminals on the Macau Peninsula, the Inner Harbor and the Outer Harbor, and a temporary one on […]
Macau, China, 14 Jul – Qiao Xiaoyang, deputy secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) indicated Tuesday that Macau should follow Hong Kong ‘s so-called "five-step" political reform pace if it wants to change the methods for electing the chief executive or forming the Legislative Assembly. According to The Macau Post […]
Macau, China, 14 Jul – Macau’s 89 hotels and boarding houses recorded 3.19 million hotel guests in the first five months of this year, an increase of 20.3 percent on the same period of last year, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced Tuesday. The number of guests in May rose 46.3 percent year-on-year to […]
Macau, China, 13 Jul – The government of Macau has invested 30 million patacas (US$3.75 million) and adopted a series of measures since 2008 to help quake-hit Sichuan province in southwestern China’s mainland to resume tourism development, Macau’s tourism chief said on Monday. The Tourist Office of Macau has used the money to launch advertising […]
Macau, China, 12 Jul -Newly-launched company Macao Dragon suspended services after crashing Saturdaywith a Macau pier, according to The Macau Post Daily. The company is waiting on the Maritime Administration (CP) to complete a safety survey of a berth at the Pac On temporary ferry terminal in Taipa before it can resume its newly-launched services […]
Macau, China, 12 Jul -Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On announced Sunday that his government will "freeze" plans to build an exhibition complex for the Macau Light Transit System (LRT) in Taipa. Chui delivered the statement prior to his departure for a working visit to Sichuan province where he inspect the progress of the local […]
Macau, China, 9 Jul – The Macau government expects to spend about 600 million patacas (US$ 75 million) on the launch of a scientific and industrial park for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) on a 0.5-square-kilometers site located in Zhuhai’s Hengqin island, government spokesman Alexis Tam Chon Weng announced at Government House Thursday. According to Tam, […]
Macau, China, 8 Jul – Sky Shuttle’ helicopter flight service between Hong Kong and Macao resumed operation Wednesday, after being suspended for four days due to a helicopter accident. The Macao Civil Aviation Authorities (AACM) confirmed that it has approved the airline’s request to resume its helicopter service Wednesday morning after reviewing a document submitted […]
Macau, China, 7 Jul – Indonesia low cost carrier Mandala Airlines will launch this month three flights per week between Macau and Jakarta, according to Mandala Airlines’ President-Director Diono Nurjani. Flights begin on July 21, with three round trips per week.The flights will be scheduled on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. A one-way flight to the […]
Macau, China, 7 Jul – The government of Macau Tuesday said that it will launch at the end of the month the 2010 "wealth sharing" and "medical subsidy" programs, from which local residents will benefit. The Executive Council, the top advisory body of the government, has completed its discussion of the regulations concerning the two […]