A total of 50 local residents Tuesday submitted applications to register as members of anelectoral council that will elect local 12 deputies to the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC). It was the first day that residents could hand in their registration applications in an ad hoc office set up by the Standing Committee of the […]

The public Macau Foundation (FM), which has recently come under strong criticism by the Commission of Audit (CA) for its lax subsidy policies, will further strengthen supervision of its subsidies, Au Weng Chi, a member of the foundation’s administration committee, said Tuesday. According to The Macau Post Daily Ao made the pledge on the sidelines […]

Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng Teng announced in a press conference at Government House Monday that the 10-member advisory body has finished discussing the government’s two amendment bills on the methods of electing the chief executive (CE) and the Legislative Assembly (AL). Under the proposed changes, the Chief Executive Election Committee will comprise of […]

Macau Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, meet Saturday with the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Paulo Portas at the end of his eight-day trip to China that took him to Beijing and Shanghai. According to the Government Information Bureau, Chui and Portas discussed a wide range of issues including measures to reinforce […]

The government’s approval rating has dropped over the last six months, according to a survey conducted by the Macau New Vision Association on June 21-22 and quoted by The Macau Post Daily today. The survey has been conducted every six months since June 2010 and uses a sample pool of 1,038 Macau residents over the […]

Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan Lai Man said Wednesday that a survey found that 85 percent of respondents are satisfied with the services the government provides. She made the remarks during a Q&A session in the legislative hemicycle in which the lawmakers raised questions about the public administration. Directly-elected lawmaker-cum-businessman Ung Choi Kun […]

Macau Prison (EPM) Director Lee Kam Cheong said Tuesday that manpower in the city’s prison is lacking and that there are not enough beds for female inmates. Lee made the remarks during the 2012 Macau Prison Inmates’ Handcrafts Exhibition opening ceremony at Macau Forum. According to Lee, there is only enough space for nine more […]

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday met with Chui Sai On, chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) and expressed the recognition of the current situation of Macau as well as the work of the Macau SAR government. He urged the SAR government to attach great importance to the work related to local […]

The high-profile trial related to the graft-tainted La Scala luxury development in Taipa will comprise eight defendants and start in September, the Portuguese-language Jornal Tribuna de Macau newspaper reported Thursday. According to the report, the trial at the Court of First Instance (TJB) is slated to start on September 17. Prominent Hong Kong property tycoons […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On told reporters over the weekend that he has accepted the explanation given by Executive Council (ExCo) member Leonel Alves concerning bribery allegations raised in an article published by The Wall Street Journal earlier this month. Chui made the remark to reporters on the sidelines of a public function on […]

The Audit Commission (CA) released a report Thursday slamming the Macau Foundation (FM) for not exercising stricter inspection on subsidized organizations, resulting in over subsidies and repeated subsidies which are financed by public funds. The CA said the Foundation currently only conducts casual reviews of the subsidized bodies’ written accounts, without careful verification of the […]