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Macau’s Sin Meng Charity Association, headed by lawmaker Melinda Chan Mei Yi released its Macau Happiness Index 2013 Wednesday, which scored 70.4 points out of 100, a 0.8 point decrease on last year’s study to measure citizens’ overall happiness. The findings of the privately-funded index, which were released in the premises of the association, found […]

Premier Li Keqiang Tuesday met with Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On in Beijing, pledging full support for his government, Xinhua reported. According to Xinhua, Li praised the Macau government’s achievement in boosting the local economy and improving people’s livelihood as “positive”, saying that the overall situation in Macau was good. Li also said […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday he would “seriously consider” whether to stand for re-election after he returns from his duty visit in Beijing later this week. Chui made the remarks to reporters before his departure from the local airport on a flight to Beijing to meet the nation’s top leaders to brief […]

Only 61.3 percent of local residents believe that they can elect lawmakers in a “fair” and “just” manner, while 55.5 percent believe that the current method of electing the chief executive is unfair, according to the results of a survey released by the Macau Civic Power group yesterday. Agnes Lam Iok Fong, the think tank’s […]

Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen said yesterday the government does not intend to raise the number of gaming concessions or sub-concessions. Currently, there are three gaming concessions (SJM, Wynn, Galaxy) and three sub-concessions (Venetian, MGM and Melco Crown Entertainment). The policy secretary also said that if the six gaming operators want […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will pay his annual duty visit to Beijing next week, the government’s spokesperson announced yesterday. According to the announcement, Chui will visit the national capital from next Monday to Thursday. He will be back in time to preside over celebrations marking the 14th anniversary of the Macau Special Administrative […]

The government is proposing a bill that would raise Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On’s salary by 10 percent to 269,725 patacas a month, Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng Teng said on Friday. Leong told a press conference at Government House said the proposed increase, the first since 2000, was taking several factors into […]

The government’s top public works official made no comment yesterday when asked to give a timetable for when the construction of the peninsula section of the city’s first light rail transit (LRT) will finally begin However, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io said he expected the LRT section in Taipa and Cotai […]

Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Raymond Tam Vai Man told the Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday that he had nothing to gain by delaying the submission of documents relating to a burial plot case to the Public Prosecution Office (MP), nor any reason to protect his superior. Tam, who has been suspended […]