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The Housing Bureau (IHM) said in a statement Tuesday that up to Monday it had received a total of 13,299 applications for 1,544 one-bedroom flats under the government-subsidised home ownership scheme (HOS), an oversubscription of about eight times the number on offer. The bureau said in the statement cited by The Macau Post Daily that […]

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said Sunday that they found a15-year-old mainland girl working as a prostitute in Macau. A PJ spokesperson announced the shocking news at a special conference saying that two mainland men were arrested on Saturday for their alleged involvement in the case. The spokesperson said the duo were arrested for suspected human […]

Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan Lai Man said Thursday that she reserves the right to take legal action against those who made calumnious accusations against her concerning the so-called perpetual burial plots case dating back to 2001. Chan said that the accusations had tarnished both her reputation and the government’s image. Chan held […]

Duan Hongyi, president of the Nam Kwong Group said Wednesday at the opening ceremony  of the Natural Gas Operation Center, in Coloane, that  natural gas and clean energy, has officially entered people’s daily lives in Macau. Chief Executive Chui Sai On and the Director of the Central Government’s Liaison Office Bai Zhijian cut the ribbon […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Wednesday that the government was not launching an internal administrative investigation of Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan Lai Man since the city’s highest court had already cleared her of all wrongdoing in the long-running burial plots saga. Chui made the comment prior to the opening ceremony […]

The number of suspected cybercrimes rose 55 percent year-on-year to 78 cases in the first five months of this year, the Public Prosecution Office (MP) said in a statement Wednesday. According to the statement, the office instituted 43 proceedings in the five-month period to investigate suspected cybercrimes. A total of 36 cybercrime suspects were detained […]

Macau’s top court Tuesday cleared Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan Lai Man of all wrongdoing in the so-called burial plot saga, rejecting claims that she committed the crimes of document forgery, misfeasance and abuse of power. Based on the pre-trial hearing’s ruling by Court of Final Appeal (TUI) Judge Song Man Lei, Chan […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has decided to suspend Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Raymond Tam Vai Man and Vice President Lei Wai Nong from their posts for 90 days with the suspension starting today, according to Alexis Tam Chon Weng, the government’s chief spokesperson who also heads Chui’s office. The 90-day […]

The repeatedly delayed hearing of the corruption trial in which 61-year-old  Hong Kong real-estate tycoon Joseph Lau Luen-hung and his business partner Steven Lo Kit-sing stand accused of bribing jailed policy secretary Ao Man Longfinally began Monday but without Lau. However, Lau’s 36-year-old girlfriend attended the hearing, The Macau Post Daily said. It is the […]