The Judiciary Police (PJ) picked up five men from Hubei province on Monday on suspicion of pimping and human trafficking involving a minor. PJ spokesman Choi Iat Peng said at a special press conference on Monday, while patrolling in Cotai, Public Security Police (PSP) officers came across a 14-year-old mainland girl they believed to be […]
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Macau Special Olympics chief Hetzer Siu Yu Hong said on Tuesday that since the city’s disabled people tended to change jobs frequently many of them missed out on stable career development prospects. Siu urged the disabled, including the mentally handicapped, to develop their occupational skills. He also encouraged them to take up sport. He pointed […]
The Unitary Police Service (SPU) joined forces with the Judiciary Police (PJ) and Public Security Police (PSP) in the two-month anti-crime “Thunderbolt 2014” operation, which ended this week, resulting in 827 deportations. Senior officials including Joao Augusto da Rosa, an assistant to SPU Commissioner-General Ma Io Weng, and PSP Deputy Commissioner Mui San Meng the […]
President Xi Jinping has commended Macau’s “great achievements” in implementing the “one country, two systems” principle. Xi made the remarks on Friday during a meeting with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, who was in Beijing to report on his work to the central government. Xi listened to Chui’s report and expressed the central government’s […]
Consumer prices went up by 6.12 percent year-on year in November. The increase in the Consumer Price Index is the same as the one recorded in October. The Statistics and Census Service says the growth was once again driven by higher residential rentals and dearer charges for eating out. For the 12 months ended November […]
Chief Executive Chui Sai On is in Beijing for his annual duty visit. During his three-day visit Chui is expected to meet with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. Chui will be received by the President Xi Jinping and the Premier Li Keqiang today. Chui will report to both leaders the work summary of […]
The President of the Legislative Assembly Ho Iat Seng said to Macau TV (TDM) he hopes to retire after finishing the four-year term. He also says the most important task in the remaining three years as president is to enact the budget framework law. He says the government may bypass the legislature for public works […]
A spokesperson in Beijing commented on the central government’s decision to demarcate the coastal waters of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR), saying it will boost the region’s development. “The decision can help fully implement the ‘one country, two systems’ policy and the Basic Law of the MSAR,” said the spokesperson of the Hong Kong […]
With President Xi Jinping administering the oath of office, Chief Executive (CE) Fernando Chui Sai On, his five policy secretaries and several other principal officials were sworn in Saturday during a solemn inauguration ceremony of Macau’s new government, which also marked the 15th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese administration. In addition, the members […]