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Macau’s population totalled 636,200 people at the end of 2014, an increase of 28,700 people or 4.7 percent over the number recorded in 2013, reported the Macau Statistics and Census Bureau. At the end of the year 50.6 percent of the population was female and the population aged over 65 years (8.4 percent of the […]

The cost of the massive bridge linking Hong Kong with Zhuhai and Macau will rise above its HK$132.9 billion estimate because of a significant delay and the extra expense will be shared by the three cities, says a senior Guangdong planning official. Li Chunhong, director of the Guangdong Development and Reform Commission, said the completion […]

Central People’s Government Liaison Office Director Li Gang said on Monday that after rapid growth in the past decade the local gaming industry has entered a phase of mid-speed growth. Li also said the industry would not suffer any big losses if it deals with the situation well. Li, who is attending the annual meeting […]

Central People’s Government Liaison Office Director Li Gang said on Monday that after rapid growth in the past decade the local gaming industry has entered a phase of mid-speed growth. Li also said the industry would not suffer any big losses if it deals with the situation well. Li, who is attending the annual meeting […]

The Telecommunications Regulation Bureau (DSRT) announced on Monday that it has granted four companies licences to provide 4G services. A total of six companies tendered for the licence last year. The four telecoms which won the bid are CTM, China Telecom, SmarTone and Hutchison. The two that did not meet the government’s requirements are China […]

The Macau government will submit a report to the central government about the city’s tourism carrying capacity with the aim of “optimising” the flow of individual travellers from the mainland, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said in Beijing on Friday. Chui also was quoted as saying in a statement released by the Macau Government […]

A prisoner bribed a senior guard with expensive alcoholic beverages, some costing more than 20,000 patacas each, abalone, ginseng, cosmetics, deluxe travel and hotel stays, expensive lunches and dinners and other goods and services, the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, the suspect, surnamed Wong, received the […]

The central government is determined to support the development of Hong Kong and Macau, and to promote co-operation between the mainland and the two special administrative regions, according to a government work report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday. The central government will steadfastly carry out the principles of “one country, two systems,” the […]

Echo Chan Keng Hong is from Wednesday onwards, the new coordinator of the Support Office to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. Echo Chan, who was previously the director at the Macau Institute for Promotion of Trade and Investment (IPIM), succeeds Rita Botelho Santos, who […]