The government has gathered 1,264 opinions and suggestions from residents on the improvement of its mechanism for responding to typhoons and other major disasters, the Policy Research Office (GEP) said in a statement Tuesday.
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The Maritime Silk Road Association (Macau) and the International Institute of Macau (IIM) have signed a cooperation protocol for actions related to the Chinese initiative to promote the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
The government of Macau has approved a US$8.46 million contract with the Hong Kong company MTR Corporation Limited for additional management and technical assistance of the LRT project.
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) forecast on Sunday that tropical storm Talim which recently formed near Guam will move to Luzon Strait and Taiwan later this week.
The government estimates that last month’s Super Typhoon Hato directly and indirectly caused Macau financial losses of MOP 11.47 billion (US$ 1.47 billion)- about half of the gaming industry’s gross receipts last month.
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said on Wednesday that he has ordered the setting-up of a commission tasked with investigating whether any government entities or officials were at fault in their response to Super Typhoon Hato.
Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said on Wednesday that the government plans to build a new pumping station on the waterfront in the Inner Harbour area.
The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) has told candidates to stop publishing commercial advertising on Facebook including “boosting” their Facebook posts and paid advertisements.
A local Portuguese resident was sentenced to five years and six months behind bars on Tuesday for sexually abusing his two children, a two-year-old girl and a five-year-old boy.