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China’s top lawmaker, National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo, will arrive in Macau on Wednesday for a three-day visit to mark the 20th anniversary of the Macau Basic Law. According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), Wu will attend the Macau Basic Law commemorative activities on Thursday at […]

The Legislative Assembly (AL) Tuesday passed the outline of  the city’s first-ever urban planning bill with votes of 19 lawmakers, while two abstained. During the  plenary meeting, lawmakers discussed the government-initiated bill, which was introduced to the legislature by several senior government representatives including Secretary for Transport and Public Work Lau Si Io and Lands, […]

After much criticism, lawmakers Tuesday passed the outline of a government-initiated amendment bill on the usage of Macau’s scarce land resources. Macau’s land area amounts to just about 30 square kilometres. A total of 22 lawmakers voted in favour of the bill while two – Au Kam San and Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong, both members […]

Thirty nine people have been chosen as Macau members of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), including seven newcomers one of whom is Melco Crown Entertainment Co-chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho Yau Lung, a son of nonagenarian gaming tycoon Stanley Ho Hung Sun, The Macau Post Daily reports today, […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and newly elected Guangdong Communist Party of China (CPC) Committee General Secretary Hu Chunhua vowed Tuesday to further strengthen co-operation between the two places, according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS). The two regional leaders made the pledge during a meeting in Guangzhou. Chui paid […]

The government’s registration process, which gives local parents or guardians of babies aged below one priority to purchase seven popular brands of baby formula of up to five tins per month, will start today. Only babies holding a local ID card will benefit from the scheme. The government promised on Friday it will guarantee that […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and his delegation held “very positive” meetings with central government officials in Beijing about new border-crossing facilities and flood-prevention measures, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement. The statement paraphrased by Chui and two of his senior officials during a press briefing in the capital after […]

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office chief Lo Muh-kuen said Tuesday that he would leave his current position at the end of next month as his official term ends on March 1. Lo made the announcement to the media on the sidelines of the opening of an exhibition organised by local student groups introducing universities in […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Monday that he was visiting Beijing to “exchange views” on a future Macau-Guangdong cross-border driving scheme but was quick to add that he did not plan to put it on the agenda for this year’s Guangdong-Macau Framework Agreement co-operation work. Chui also said that a new border checkpoint […]