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Macau’s Cotai hospital won’t be completed by 2019

Macau’s Cotai hospital won’t be completed by 2019

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said on Wednesday he was “sure” that the construction of the public hospital in Cotai will not be completed by 2019 as previously planned by the government. Rosario talked to reporters about the large-scale project after attending a meeting of the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land […]
Macau graft buster says Jinan University donation is legal

Macau graft buster says Jinan University donation is legal

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said in a statement on Wednesday that it has come to the conclusion that the Macau Foundation (FM) Council of Trustees’ decision in April to donate 100 million yuan (120 million patacas) to Jinan University in Guangzhou did not contravene the law. Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On is both […]
Macau’s vehicle imports drop 53 per cent in January-May

Macau’s vehicle imports drop 53 per cent in January-May

Macau’s imports of motor cars and motorcycles dropped by 53 per cent year-on-year to 529 million patacas in the first five months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Wednesday. Mobile phone imports fell by 50.5 per cent to 1.97 billion patacas. Imports of watches decreased by 42.3 per cent to […]
Macau Polytechnic Institute to launch Portuguese teacher training courses

Macau Polytechnic Institute to launch Portuguese teacher training courses

Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) President Lei Heong Iok said the tertiary education institution would launch Portuguese-language teacher training courses soon. Lei made the announcement on the sidelines of a graduation ceremony for IPM students of the academic year 2015-2016. Lei said that after the launch of a new bachelor’s programme in International Chinese Language Education […]
Pansy Ho says MGM Cotai, Macau, project going smoothly

Pansy Ho says MGM Cotai, Macau, project going smoothly

The construction of MGM China’s casino-hotel resort in Cotai is going smoothly, Pansy Ho Chiu King, co-chairperson and executive director of the gaming company, said, adding she believed it will open in the first quarter of next year. The US-based brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein said last week there was a possibility that the opening of […]
Macau government hopes panda cubs will meet public in 6 months

Macau government hopes panda cubs will meet public in 6 months

Macau’s first panda cubs, born in Coloane on Sunday afternoon, will hopefully make their first public appearance with their mother Sam Sam in six months’ time, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Administrative Committee Member Leong Kun Fong told reporters on Monday. Coloane’s Macau Giant Panda Pavilion, which houses the four-member panda family, will be […]
Science & techno week to show ‘Intelligent Life’ in Macau

Science & techno week to show ‘Intelligent Life’ in Macau

The annual Science and Technology Week by the government-run Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) will start next week. The week is themed ‘Intelligent Life’. According to a press conference held on Monday, this year’s science and technology week will focus on “Intelligent life – Our Future”. The meeting will take place from next Wednesday […]
Wynn Palace to open in Cotai, Macau on Aug 22

Wynn Palace to open in Cotai, Macau on Aug 22

Wynn Macau will open its new integrated resort, Wynn Palace, in Cotai on August 22, the US gaming company said in a statement on Monday. The USD 4 billion (32 billion patacas) property features 1,706 rooms, restaurants, cable car rides around the resort, a water fountain show and a luxury shopping centre, as well as […]
First-ever ‘made in Macau’ pandas born

First-ever ‘made in Macau’ pandas born

For the first time a giant panda gave birth in Macau – and it was double happiness on Sunday as not just one cub but twins were born – and both were locally conceived. The “lovely giant panda twins” were born to eight-year-old Sam Sam and her mate Hoi Hoi, who is seven years old, […]
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