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Macau and Zhongshan to establish ‘co-operation pilot zone’

Macau and Zhongshan to establish ‘co-operation pilot zone’

The Macau government Wednesday signed a framework agreement with Zhongshan city to establish the “Guangdong-Macau Co-operation Pilot Zone” in Cuiheng district, Guangdong province. The signing ceremony took place after the annual joint meeting of co-operation between Guangdong and Macau, which was held in the Four Seasons Hotel Macau in Cotai. The agreement was signed by […]
Macau’s forex reserves reach $15.76 bln in June

Macau’s forex reserves reach $15.76 bln in June

The preliminary estimate of the Macau Special Administrative Region’s foreign exchange reserves reached to 125.9 billion patacas (15.76 billion U.S. dollars) at the end of June 2014, according to the figures released on Tuesday by the Monetary Authority of Macao. The reserves for June increased by 2.6 percent over the revised value of 122.7 billion […]
Chui’s manifesto focuses on people’s livelihood

Chui’s manifesto focuses on people’s livelihood

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said in his re-election manifesto Tuesday that he will give “priority to issues concerning people’s livelihoods, such as housing, transport, environmental protection, social security and human resources.” The 57-year-old public health expert made the pledge during a press conference about his re-election bid at the Macau World Trade Centre […]
Govt vows to study tobacco tax hike

Govt vows to study tobacco tax hike

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said Monday that his bureau would discuss with the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) a possible increase in the tobacco tax. Lei made the remarks during the legislature’s question-and-answer session in which lawmakers raised a range of hot-button issues. Lawmakers said that more and more of the city’s teenagers […]
Chui to announce re-election bid today

Chui to announce re-election bid today

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will announce this morning that he will seek re-election, veteran  lawmaker Vong Hin Fai said Monday. Chui has chosen Vong as his “mandatary” once again. In a Portuguese-style election process, a “mandatary” is the legal representative of a candidate. He said that Chui, 57, and his campaign team would […]
Govt spokesman says ‘referendum’ is unconstitutional

Govt spokesman says ‘referendum’ is unconstitutional

Macau’s chief government spokesman Alexis Tam Chon Weng said at the weekend that a “referendum” planned by three local grassroots groups was a violation of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and the Macau Basic Law. Tam, who also heads the office of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and holds a string […]
Govt vows to build 28,000 public housing flats in Zone A

Govt vows to build 28,000 public housing flats in Zone A

The number of residential flats in an area to be reclaimed from the sea known as Zone A will be increased to 32,000 from the 18,000 the government had announced in 2012, the Executive Council (ExCo) announced in a press conference Thursday. The 1.38-square-kilometre Zone A lies north-east of the peninsula, stretching from Areia Preta […]
Govt says 3 groups’ “referendum” is illegal

Govt says 3 groups’ “referendum” is illegal

The government’s chief spokesperson Alexis Tam Chon Weng, who heads the office of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, said yesterday that a “referendum” which three groups plan to hold next month was “illegal” and “invalid.” Tam made the remarks after a press conference at Government Headquarters which he hosted to announce details of the […]
Groups to hold “referendum” on CE election

Groups to hold “referendum” on CE election

Internet group Macau Conscience is teaming up with the Open Macau Society and Macau Youth Dynamics to hold a so-called “civic referendum” at the end of next month on universal suffrage and this year’s chief executive election. Addressing a press conference at the New Macau Association (NMA) headquarters, high-profile political activists Jason Chao Teng Hei […]
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