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 […]
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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 […]
Four people – a male and three females, including one from Hong Kong – have been arrested for defrauding people in a pyramid scheme by selling ‘anti-cancer’ and antioxidant juice, costing at least 4,800 patacas for 12 bottles. The Judiciary Police (PJ) made the announcement in a press conference Thursday. On Wednesday PJ officers raided […]
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) released a report Wednesday stating that the announcement by the Telecommunications Regulation Bureau (DSRT) to cancel the city’s 2G mobile telephone network service violates the Code of Administrative Procedure because it would deprive consumers of their right to choose and their right to fair treatment. According to a CCAC statement […]
An opinion poll carried out by the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) between May 28 and June 4, indicated that residents’ confidence in the “One Country, Two Systems” principle, while remaining high, has decreased slightly compared to the two previous opinion polls conducted in mid and late last year. This is the third time that the […]
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On declined Monday to comment on Hong Kong property developer Chinese Estates Holdings’ announcement on Sunday night that it and/or its subsidiaries would consider demanding compensation for possible losses arising from any decision by the Macau government that would invalidate its huge land concession in Taipa. Chui made the remarks […]
Macau telecom operator Hutchison Telephone (Macau) Company Limited was hit by unstable cellular data services so that its customers were continuously disconnected when they used the cellular data for Internet services from 4 a.m. on Friday. According to a statement from the Telecommunications Regulation Bureau (DSRT) on Friday, cited by The Macau Post Daily today, […]
The Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) said Thursday that it was drafting a by-law regulating the installation of photovoltaic facilities to generate electricity for the city and that it could promulgated next year. According to The Macau Post Daily, GDSE advisor Lei Chou San made the remarks to the media on the sidelines of a […]
The Macau government said in a terse statement Tuesday that it has started reviewing the concession of five plots of land linked to the mega-graft scandal involving jailed ex-secretary for transport and public works Ao Man Long. Hong Kong-listed Chinese Estates Holdings is building is luxury La Scala residential development on the five plots of […]
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) has started preparations for the election of deputies from Hong Kong and Macau to the 12th NPC, Xinhua reported Monday. The general office of the NPC Standing Committee sent letters on Sunday to eligible residents in the two special administrative regions (SARs), asking them if they […]
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said in a statement Thursday that it passed a case to Public Prosecution Service (MP) recently, in which a high-ranking official of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) once again is suspected of abuse of power while another senior official of the bureau issuspected of having breached official secrecy rules. A […]