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The Macau Journalists Association released a statement Wednesday to denounce the stabbing of former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau Chun-to in Hong Kong . The statement said that the association strongly condemned the “barbaric” action, adding that such incidents should not take place in a place governed by the rule of law. It claimed […]

Guest speakers and audience members at the weekly Macau Forum, hosted by government broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park Sunday, voiced their displeasure and frustration at lawmakers’ apparent reluctance to pass an animal rights law, contending no time should be wasted over the issue while calling for the government to protect animals. The forum was […]

Overall reported crime last year in Macau recorded a 7.9 percent increase, with drug-trafficking rising 80.5 percent and the number of reported phone scam cases reaching 108, as opposed to only one in 2012. Secretary for Security Cheong Kuoc Va presented last year’s crime statistics at a press conference Thursday in the Sao Francisco Barracks. […]

Macau and Taiwan officials inked Monday a new agreement for flights between the two places that replaces a previous arrangement signed between unofficial entities. The new pact also lifts previous limits on the number of flights between the two sides. Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau Director Lu Chang-shui and Macau Economic and Cultural […]

A group of staff members of government broadcaster TDM said in a public statement Sunday that they doubted theIR newly government-appointed chief could uphold the freedom of the press and worry TDM could become a government mouthpiece. TDM is fully owned, funded and overseen by the government. Meanwhile, according to The Macau Post Daily, the […]

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Deputy Director Manuel Goncalves Pires Junior will take over from Leong Kam Chun as president of the executive committee of government-owned TV and radio broadcaster TDM from March 1. The government-appointed position is the station’s de facto CEO. Government spokesperson Alexis Tam Chon Weng made the announcement at special a […]

The government said in a statement Tuesday evening that Leong Kam Chun has resigned as chief executive of TV and radio broadcaster TDM. According to the statement from the Government Spokesperson Office, Leong had asked the government last Wednesday if he could resign from his post rather than renew his contract when it expires at […]

Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng said Tuesday that the legislature’s work was still far from what citizens expect, calling on the 33-member body to do better, particularly in terms of monitoring the work of the government, over the next four years. Ho made the comments during a speech at a Chinese New Year […]

Four people stayed overnight in the public Conde de San Januário Hospital Centre suffering from hypothermia, the Health Bureau (SSM) said Tuesday, advising residents to stay warm as the bitterly cold weather is forecast to persist for the next few days. The four hypothermia patients went to the government-run hospital on Monday. While two of […]