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The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) expects the temperature to drop to 6° Celsius today. with 85% of humidity. According to SMG meteorologist  Antonio Cheong, a sudden drop in temperature such as this is not atypical for this time of year, while the winter period hasn’t yet given way to warmer days. “It is normal […]

The Macau Jockey Club (MJC) said yesterday that the company suffered a loss of 50 million patacas last year, about 10 million patacas less than 2012, adding that the current construction of the city’s light rail transit (LRT) system was an “inconvenience for customers”. Thomas Li Chu-kwan, executive director and CEO of the Macau Jockey […]

Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Administration Committee Member Leong Kun Fong said yesterday that next year would be “ideal” for Hoi Hoi and Sam Sam – the two pandas residing in the Macau Giant Panda Pavilion in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van Park – to mate. Sam Sam is Hoi Hoi’s “wife”. According to The […]

A total of 825 associations are entitled to vote in this year’s chief execcutive election, the government announced Thursday. According to an official statement, seven associations were suspended and 58 were deleted from the electoral roll. The statement did not elaborate on the reasons for the 65 suspensions and deletions. The 825 legal entities comprise […]

Taiwan authorities are planning to tight  immigration requirements for immigrants from Hong Kong and Macau, according to local media. According to the present regulations, residents of HK and Macau are required to have bank deposits or investments totaling no less than HKD1.28 million. A report in the media said that Taiwan is planning to increase […]

The Social Welfare Bureau’s (IAS) Social Solidarity Department Head Choi Sio Un said Thursday that the government would revise the current tools and practices to assess the level of disabilities resident may have with the help of experts from the mainland. He said that the revised assessment tools were expected to be put into use […]

The Macau Association of Parents of the Mentally Handicapped opened its first supermarket Wednesday in which the group aims to provide job training for disabled people so that they are able to find a job in a commercially run supermarket easier after they have completed two years training. Ho Wong Fong, supervisor of the association […]

The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, called on the people to join hands to help build a better Macao in the Year of the Horse. The Government would continue to implement the long-term effective mechanisms and join hands with the people to build a better Macao to achieve fruitful prospects, Mr Chui said in […]

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said that the government’s crowd control measures in the city centre over the Chinese New Year holiday had so far been effective in providing a safer environment for pedestrians due to the huge number of tourists. Cited by The Macau Post Daily, she also […]