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300 attend June 4 vigil in Macau main square

300 attend June 4 vigil in Macau main square

About 300 people attended Thursday’s June 4 vigil, commemorating the victims of the June 4 incident in Beijing. Several participants in the annual activity stressed the importance of seeing young people at the vigil, saying the events leading up to the night in 1989 should not be forgotten and that the victims deserved justice. Most […]
Govt lowers proposed jail to 1 year for animal abuse in Macau

Govt lowers proposed jail to 1 year for animal abuse in Macau

The government said Thursday that after considering the relevant laws in countries such as Singapore it had decided to lower the maximum prison sentence of three years in the latest version of its animal protection bill to just one year. Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan made the remark to the media […]
Macau Governement raises pensions and allowances

Macau Governement raises pensions and allowances

The government announced Monday that a string of pensions and allowances such the pension for senior citizens paid by the Social Security Fund (FSS) will be increased up to 5.5 percent. According to an order signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, which was published in Monday’s Official Gazette (BO), the increased pay-outs will […]
Property prices fall 21.6 pct in April

Property prices fall 21.6 pct in April

Macau’s average residential property price per square metre dropped 21.6 percent to 103,128 patacas in April, the Finance Services Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to the bureau, the average size of the units amounted to 68 square metres. The average price in Taipa was 139,080 patacas per square metre, up 31.5 percent year-on-year. In Coloane, […]
Macau GDP in Q1 slumps as casino revenues plunge

Macau GDP in Q1 slumps as casino revenues plunge

Macau’s economic output tumbled 24.5 percent in real terms in the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Thursday, as a widening graft crackdown and slowing economy in the mainland keeps high rollers away from the city’s casinos. The fall in gross domestic product (GDP) from a year earlier was the deepest […]
Macau retail sales of watches jewellery fall 31 pct in Q1

Macau retail sales of watches jewellery fall 31 pct in Q1

Sales of watches, clocks and jewellery fell 31 percent to 3.7 billion patacas in the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Tuesday. Watches, clocks and jewellery accounted for 23 percent of all retail sales –the sector’s biggest segment. Sales of leather goods dropped 28 percent to 1.59 billion patacas. Sales of […]
Macau to tighten control over migrant workers visas

Macau to tighten control over migrant workers visas

The government will tighten its control over migrant construction workers’ visas and cut their visa period to a maximum one-month stay after their assigned public work is complete. The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, revealed on Saturday that the authorities will shorten the workers’ permitted period of stay, three months prior to the […]
Mothers complain about bad advice by Macau public hospital

Mothers complain about bad advice by Macau public hospital

Local mothers went on the social media over the weekend to vent their frustration on Macau’s health system, sharing their check-up experiences during pregnancies at the government-run Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre. They alleged that doctors gave them wrong medical advice causing them to almost lose their babies. This came after a local man […]
Macau inflation eases to 4.51 percent in April

Macau inflation eases to 4.51 percent in April

Macau’s inflation rate eased to 4.51 percent in April, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Thursday. According to a DSEC statement, the city’s composite consumer price index (CPI) for April increased 4.51 percent year-on-year, down from the 5.10 percent growth in March. The bureau pointed out that higher residential rents and the rising […]
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