Macau Association of Banks (ABM) Chairman Ip Sio Kai suggested on Sunday that the government should focus on turning Macau into an international financial centre. Ip made the proposal during a forum hosted by the Collective Wisdom Policy Centre at the Bank of China Building in Avenida Dr. Mario Soares. The forum gathered participants from […]
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Edmund Ho Hau Wah, a vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said on Thursday that parents and those in the patriotic camp should “lead by example” when teaching youths national education and instilling a sense of patriotism in them. Ho also said he disagreed with the idea […]
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said on Thursday that the government plans to install 800 more CCTV cameras in the city’s crime black spots on top of the 820 cameras the installation of which is currently undergoing a public tender procedure. Wong made the remarks to the media on the sidelines of a seminar […]
A mainland worker was killed in an accident at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel construction site in Taipa on Thursday. According to a Judiciary Police (PJ) report, the victim was a 40-year-old mainlander who worked on the fifth floor of a building on the site. He fell down the lift shaft after failing to notice the […]
The former executive director at the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), Echo Chan, officially took office Wednesday as the new Coordinator of the Support Office to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese speaking Countries (Forum Macau). “I will apply my experience, accumulated in my […]
Local power utility CEM is looking to replace its fuel oil generators with ones that use natural gas to produce cleaner electricity, which could cost 1.7 billion patacas, CEM Executive Committee Chairman Bernie Leong Wa Kun said on Wednesday. Leong made the remark while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the company’s annual Spring […]
The State Council has appointed Sun Da and Zheng Zhentao as vice-directors of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau, according to a statement announced from the office on Wednesday. Including the two new vice-directors, the office now has a total of five vice-directors. The other three are Chen Sixi, Chen Qiming […]
The Public Police Security Police (PSP) busted a pimping gang from the mainland on Sunday, arresting 36 suspected gang members, including four kingpins, aged between 16 and 27. One of the suspected kingpins was just 16 years old. The suspects were arrested in four guestrooms of a hotel in Cotai. The police did not reveal […]
The Good Shepherd Centre led by Sister Juliana Devoy and the Vital Voices Global Partnership held a one-day conference titled “Business Leadership to End Human Trafficking & Modern Day Slavery” at the MGM Macau on Tuesday. This conference brought together over 100 participants from Macau and abroad. Conference speakers included Cheang Kam Va Advisor to […]