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The Chief Executive Electoral Management Committee said Tuesday it expected that all ballots in the election of the chief executive on Sunday will be cast in the first two hours so that the result can be released at about midday. Judge Song Man Lei, who heads the committee and is one of three judges of […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Tuesday that his next-term government would study the possible cancellation of the city’s so-called setback regulation, insisting that even if the rule is axed it does not mean that buildings can be built higher than now. A setback is the distance which a building or other structure is […]

High-profile political activist Jason Chao Teng Hei, one of the key organisers of the controversial “civic referendum”, said Monday he was “not afraid of being jailed” and insisted that he would continue to help locals exercise their right to express their views on the city’s political development by taking part in the online version of […]

Four “civic referendum” activists were taken in for questioning by Public Security Police (PSP) officers yesterday in Rua de S. Lourenço, shortly after they had begun the controversial street poll. One of them was New Macau Association (NMA) Vice President Scott Chiang Meng Hin. Political activist Jason Chao Teng Hei was also taken in for […]

Representatives of the city’s Macanese community yesterday urged Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, the sole candidate of the August 31 chief executive election, to improve the quality of health care and administrative efficiency in his second 5-year term which begins on December 20. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a cocktail party which […]

Outspoken businessman David Chow Kam Fai, a local member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), complained Thursday about what he regards as a bloated government structure in which bureaus often overlap each other’s job descriptions, thus reducing administrative efficiency. Chow, a former lawmaker known for not mincing his words, […]

Chief Executive (CE) Fernando Chui Sai On said Thursday he hopes that Macau will have a place one day to train medical professionals. Chui visited the headquarters of the Macau Returned Overseas Chinese Association as part of his re-election campaign trail, where he spoke about his hope in a meeting with the association’s representatives. He […]