With a stable economy, housing prices would have a stable rise of within 10 percent for the whole year, which is “very healthy” and the next step for the government is to help young couples get on the property ladder as a way to solve the under supply problem, as forecast by the local branch of US-based real estate consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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The government’s latest overall budget for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project amounts to 16.4 billion patacas ( US$ 2.05 billion) – but not including the still unscheduled LRT peninsula section, Mak Soi Kun, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs, quoted government officials as saying.
Macau’s airport recorded 4 million passengers in the first half of the year, a year-on-year growth of 20 percent, Ma Iao Hang, chairman of the board of directors of the Macau International Airport Company (CAM) has announced.
Macau’s gross gaming and betting revenue for the second quarter fell 3.5 percent from the previous quarter to 74.04 billion patacas, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced Monday.
A scheme named “Macau Classic Brand” opened for applications Monday, aiming to recognise local brands with Macau characteristics.
The sixth ministerial meeting of Forum Macau, which had been scheduled for 2019, will be delayed until 2020, according to diplomatic sources linked to the institution.
Wan Kuok-koi plans to issue one billion tokens of HB cryptocurrency, some of which will be used as prize fund in chess and poker tournament in Hainan according to the Sunday issue of the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post (SCMP).
The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed a government-drafted bill on the management of Macau’s coastal waters, slated to come into effect after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO), during a plenary session Thursday.
A plenary session of the Legislative Assembly (AL) passed the outline of a government-initiated bill proposing a ban on off-duty gaming staff entering local casinos.