Macau Civic Power (ECM) Chairwoman Agnes Lam lok Fong submitted 500 registered voters’ signatures endorsing her group’s candidacy in the upcoming elections to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) Monday. The direct and indirect legislative elections will take place on Sunday, September 17.
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Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On expressed his deep sadness and condolences over the many lives lost to wildfires in central Portugal on Monday.
Local Portuguese community association “Casa de Portugal em Macau” announced on Monday that it has set up a donation account at BNU for the victims of wildfires.
The Legislative Assembly (AL) has passed a government-initiated amendment bill on sex crimes listed in the Macau Penal Code, which is slated to take effect 60 days after its promulgation in’ the Official Gazette (BO).
Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said Thursday that enhancing security in the 39 city’s casinos was “an urgent matter”, even though there was a low risk of the city being attacked.
Macao Water, responsible for providing the city’s water supply, has reached a consensus with the Macau government on the building of the Seac Pai Van Water Treatment Plant in Coloane, the company informed in a statement released Wednesday.
The number of groups who have submitted nomination signatures to the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) already exceeds the number of lists who ran in the last direct election, official data showed Wednesday.
Alexis Tam said that the government pays great importance to the protection of the city’s cultural heritage. “Not only do we educate our society for the importance of cultural heritage, but for environmental protection as well.”
The government opened the city’s first Paediatric Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre and launched the official website of the Paediatric Integrated Assessment Centre on Monday, according to the Macau Post Daily.