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The day after the government decided to ban the import of live chickens from Foshan’s Shunde district, as a result of Hong Kong’s  of H7N9 avian flu virus in a batch of poultry imported from the area, forcing the Hong Kong government to cull 20,000 chickens, Macau  residents condidently predicted that an outbreak will not […]

The government has set up a “human resources development committee” that will introduce elite-nurturing programmes and encourage overseas-trained locals to return to Macau as part of the government’s policy to cultivate a skilled workforce. Government spokesperson Alexis Tam Chon Weng announced in Government House Tuesday that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will  head the […]

Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Director Susana Wong Soi Man said Thursday that the bureau expects to take over some areas of the long-delayed Pac On ferry terminal in Taipa in the middle of this year and aims to have it finally operational within the year. A temporary ferry terminal is currently being used while […]

About 37,000 students will benefit from a subsidy of 3,000 patacas in the 2013/2014 school year, which must be used for their learning material or stationery, Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng Teng said Wednesday. Adressing a press conference at Government House, Leong said that the government had completed a by-law on subsidising local students, […]

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Wong Sio Chak announced Tuesday that the number of scam-related crimes increased drastically in 2013, with phone scams increasing from 14 in 2012 to 133 last year while Internet scams rose by 93 percent from 175 cases in 2012 to 338 last year. Wong made the statement in the PJ headquarters, […]

The central government’s newly appointed most senior representative in Macau, Li Gang, said yesterday that the city was able to cope with the current number of visitor arrivals, which he described as “appropriate,” but he also stressed that Macau must offer its tourists a quality service. Li, director of the Liaison Office of the Central […]

High-profile tycoon Steven Lo Kit-sing yesterday broke his silence in his corruption case, declaring to Macau’s Court of First Instance that he did not bribe the city’s disgraced former public works chief Ao Man-long, according to the South China Morning Post today. Lo, chairman of BMA Investments and convenor of the South China soccer club, […]

The government’s Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) said Wednesday that it has completed drafting a by-law regulating the installation of photovoltaic facilities to generate electricity and that it expected the by-law to be promulgated later this year According to The Macau Post Daily, GDSE Director Arnaldo Ernesto dos Santos made the remarks to the media […]

Graft trial prosecutor says former works chief used Macau government projects to pursue his own interests with Hong Kong businessmen, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) today. It was Macau’s former public works chief Ao Man-long’s “precise design” that allowed a Hong Kong tycoon and businessman to buy the land involved in a […]