The central government started issuing its first renminbi (RMB) sovereign bonds in Macau on Friday, and Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said that the issuing marked a new phase of development for the city’s financial services.
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China’s Ministry of Finance on Thursday issued debt securities in the amount of 2 billion renminbi, “in order to support the development of the territory’s bond market.”
At least 100 more Eva Air flights between Macau and Taiwan have been cancelled as the strike initiated by the airline’s flight attendants on June 20 continues.
Air Macau raised yesterday the number of round-trip Macau-Tokyo flights from one flight to two flights per day, the airline said in a statement Monday.
Gross gaming revenue (GGR) was MOP 23,812 billion patacas (US$ 2.96 billion) in June, up 5.9 percent from a year earlier, according to data released today by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) .
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and his predecessor Edmund Ho Hau Wah attended Thursday the opening ceremony of the Dah Chong Hong Logistics Centre in Hengqin.
Originally, the application fee for Chinese citizens for a Hong Kong or Macau travel document was RMB80. The new price will be set at RMB60.
The central government will issue government bonds worth 2 billion yuan (2.34 billion patacas) in Macau on July 4, the Ministry of Finance and the local government announced
Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.69 percent last month, slowing down by a 0.08 percentage point from the 2.77 growth recorded in April.