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Fresh meat prices to remain stable: wholesalers

Fresh meat prices to remain stable: wholesalers

Prices of fresh meat and produce will remain stable this year and there won’t be a steep price increase in the run-up to next month’s Chinese New Year, representatives of Nam Kwong Commercial Company and Nam Yue Food Stuffs & Aquatic Company said yesterday. All of Macau’s fresh meat and produce is imported by the […]
Alexis Tam gives Health Bureau one year to improve

Alexis Tam gives Health Bureau one year to improve

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said on Monday that he will keep his promise that the local health care system will be fully reformed, saying he has given the Health Bureau (SSM) one year to improve the system. While Tam did not say what will happen if they bureau fails […]
Pan-democrat lawmaker Emily Lau turned away from Macau

Pan-democrat lawmaker Emily Lau turned away from Macau

Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau was turned away from Macau by the police on the 2nd of January on the grounds that she might pose a threat to local public safety, despite having no political agenda for her trip. Emily Lau Wai-hing was the latest among Hong Kong politicians and activists shut out of Macau, […]
Handbag imports drop 25 percent

Handbag imports drop 25 percent

Macau’s import of handbags and wallets in November 2014 fell 25 percent year-on-year to 242 million patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Handbags and wallets are popular with shoppers from the mainland. In the first nine months of last year, the import of handbags and wallets dropped six percent. Gold jewelry imports […]
Secretary vows to minimise impact of economic fluctuations

Secretary vows to minimise impact of economic fluctuations

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said in a statement on the 4th of January that the government would try to minimise any adverse impact resulting from economic fluctuations on the market and residents’ livelihoods. The newly-appointed policy secretary also said that to diversify the city’s economy the government would be “proactive […]
Chui pledges to study Xi’s ‘four hopes’

Chui pledges to study Xi’s ‘four hopes’

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On pledged on the 31st December 2014 that his government will strengthen the study of President Xi Jinping’s “four hopes”, which Chui described as vital guidelines for Macau’s future development and government measures. Chui made the promise in this 2015 New Year’s message. Xi expressed the “four hopes” during his […]
Guangdong free-trade zone to forge links with Hong Kong and Macau

Guangdong free-trade zone to forge links with Hong Kong and Macau

A free-trade zone destined for Guangdong will play a major role in deepening cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau, Xinhua news agency reported Monday. The State Council gave the go-ahead earlier this month for Guangdong, Tianjin and Fujian to set up free-trade zones in their jurisdictions, a little over a year after it gave green […]
Secretary Leong Vai Tac looks at Macau’s economy with caution and optimism

Secretary Leong Vai Tac looks at Macau’s economy with caution and optimism

The Secretary for Economy and Finance Leong Vai Tac has said that his cabinet is looking at Macau’s economic development in the coming years with both caution and optimism. He believes the city’s economy will continue to develop favorably, but recalled the central government’s advice that Macau’s top officials should be prepared to face the […]
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