The police have arrested a Cameroonian man and a Malaysian woman for drug smuggling, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said .
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Macau’s population at the end of last year increased by 8,200 year on year to 653,100, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Tuesday.
The Macau Literary Festival announced today that four writers including Jung Chang and Suki Kim would not attend this year’s edition scheduled to happen from March 10-25.
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On Chui Sai On said Sunday his government was confident that the Taipa section of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) will come into operation next year as scheduled.
Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares said Monday that the new Patane Market Municipal Complex will come into service next Tuesday.
The Health Bureau (SSM) announced this year’s third flu-related death in a statement on Saturday, a 68-year-old man who died earlier that day after treatment at the public Conde de S. Januario Hospital Centre.
The government has revised up its estimate of financial losses caused by Super Typhoon Hato in August last year, from the initial estimate of 11.47 billion patacas to 12.55 billion patacas (US$ 1.5 billion), according to a statement by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) Thursday.
The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement Wednesday that it has launched a scheme to collect red packets (known as ‘lai see’ in Cantonese) for recycling.
British Book of the Year 1994 winner Jung Chang is among more than 60 guests joining The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival this year.