Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak says that the police will start recruiting volunteers next month for the government’s civil protection work, pledging that the authorities will ensure the volunteers’ safety while participating in civil protection.
2 Dec, 2020
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said on Monday’s Q&A session that the government expects the Qingmao border checkpoint project to be completed in the second quarter of next year.
2 Dec, 2020
The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement on Tuesday that it has installed 42 plastic bottle recycling machines in different parts of the city.
2 Dec, 2020
The 11th Macau International Short Film Festival is open to the public, with entrance to all the films being shown free to attract movie buffs from Macau and the mainland, the president of the film festival.
2 Dec, 2020
A financial manager was arrested on Monday for buying illegal weapons from the mainland and selling them to local buyers.
2 Dec, 2020
A bronze horse head sculpture, a treasure of Beijing’s Old Summer Palace that went missing after Anglo-French allied forces’ looting 160 years ago, returned to its original palace home on Tuesday.
2 Dec, 2020
China's first experimental astrobiology and cosmochemistry laboratory was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) with experimental platforms that put the territory at the technological forefront of two areas crucial to the Chinese space program.
2 Dec, 2020
Macao's gross gaming revenue (GGR) fell by 70.9% year-on-year to MOP 6.75 billion (US$843 million) in November.
1 Dec, 2020
Macao's 120 hotels and guesthouses recorded 57,000 staycation guests in October, a year-on-year increase of 13.6%.
1 Dec, 2020
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said that while Hong Kong and Macao have adopted different ways to accomplish their respective duties to protect national security, both SARs share the same required standards for safeguarding it.
1 Dec, 2020
A boy who ran out into a three-lane road from a bus parked near the airport was hit by a man on his scooter who was driving in the right-hand lane, sending both falling to the ground.
1 Dec, 2020
Local animal protection group Anima predicts that it will have a MOP 2.5 million deficit by the end of the year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, its president, Billy Chan Hon Keong, said on Monday.
1 Dec, 2020
The annual Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) taking place online on 9 December aims to offer insights to help set new agendas for a swift recovery, in particular of the world’s hard-hit tourism industry.
1 Dec, 2020
Three currency exchange gang members from the mainland were arrested on Sunday for attacking and robbing a scammer.
1 Dec, 2020
A survey conducted in November shows that 93.9% of Macao residents are unfamiliar with glaucoma, Kiang Wu Hospital’s Deputy Director of Ophthalmology Hong Sin U said on Monday.
1 Dec, 2020
The Macao government will prohibit the import and trading of disposable polystyrene takeaway boxes, bowls, cups and dishes from 1 January 2021, the government gazette announced today.
30 Nov, 2020
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong has announced that the government has decided to give residents their annual “wealth-sharing” handout in cash next year – as in previous years.
30 Nov, 2020
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said that in its latest estimate, the government expected Macao’s gross domestic product (GDP) to fall around 56% this year, adding that while the estimate “will be constantly adjusted” the government predicted that this year’s economy would contract over 50%.
30 Nov, 2020
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said during his introductory speech about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year on Friday that he expected the government’s COVID-19 prevention and control measures to be “normalised” next year, adding that protecting residents’ lives and health would remain the government’s top priority.
30 Nov, 2020
Addressing Friday’s Q&A session in the Legislative Assembly (AL) about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said that the local government has not yet carried out an in-depth study on the possibility of setting up a Macao securities exchange in Hengqin, but it would keep an open mind on the possibility.
30 Nov, 2020