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Shipyard pillar collapses heightening risks for villagers in Coloane, Macau

Shipyard pillar collapses heightening risks for villagers in Coloane, Macau

A main supporting pillar of an endangered shipyard in Coloane has collapsed on Monday morning. Authorities cordoned off the area and the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture visited the site and listened to the residents’ complaints, stressing the government’s commitment to revitalize the area. However villagers demand immediate action and call for a sit-down […]
World wushu masters to gather in Macau

World wushu masters to gather in Macau

The government is inviting wushu masters from all over the world to join Macau’s four-day Wushu Grand Gathering in August, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng told reporters on Thursday. ‘Wushu’ is Putonghua for martial arts. The policy secretary made the remarks after chairing a plenary meeting of the government-appointed Cultural […]
Inflation growth slows in March

Inflation growth slows in March

Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 3.31 per cent in March from a year earlier, according to official data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) revealed on Thursday. This is a decrease of 0.57 per centage points from the 3.88 per cent year-on-year growth recorded in February. DSEC attributed […]
Macau government prepares to destroy 150 kilos of ivory

Macau government prepares to destroy 150 kilos of ivory

The government is preparing to destroy 150 kilos of confiscated ivory, Economic Services Bureau (DSE) Director Tai Kin Ip said on Wednesday. Tai made the remarks during a plenary session in the Legislative Assembly (AL). Asked by lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho, Tai said his bureau had transferred 748 kg of confiscated ivory to the Finance […]
Macau’s cars are one-step closer to be allowed into Hengqin

Macau’s cars are one-step closer to be allowed into Hengqin

Hengqin authorities say they have basically completed drafting the management plans and details for Macau vehicles to access the neighbouring Hengqin island. However, a timetable for implementation of the measure is yet to be set by the Macau and Guangdong authorities. Niu Jing, director of the Hengqin New Area’s Administrative Committee said: “Plans and details […]
Macau based association claims operators violate their holiday entitlement rights

Macau based association claims operators violate their holiday entitlement rights

Macau Gaming Enterprises Staff Association Director Kelvin Choi Kam Fu urged the government on Wednesday to mandate employees’ holiday entitlement in its next revision of the Labour Relations Law. Choi made the plea during a press conference at the Macau Federation of Trade Unions’ headquarters. Choi said many gaming employees had told his group that their […]
Macau government plans to set up info platform on policies

Macau government plans to set up info platform on policies

Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) Director Kou Peng Kuan says in a reply to a written interpellation by directly elected legislator Si Ka Lon that the government plans to set up an information platform from which the public can receive answers to their questions about the government’s policies. Si, a local Fujianese community […]
Venetian Macao hosts China Music Awards

Venetian Macao hosts China Music Awards

The 20th Channel [V] China Music Awards and Asian Influential Power Grand Ceremony returned to The Venetian Macao on Friday for the fifth consecutive year, holding the award ceremony at its Cotai Arena. A press release issued by Sands China described how The Venetian’s main lobby was the location for hundreds of fans as they […]
Pearl Horizon homebuyers launch new protest in the streets of Macau

Pearl Horizon homebuyers launch new protest in the streets of Macau

About 2,000 Pearl Horizon homeowners staged a street protest on Sunday, hoping to meet with the Chief Executive to find a way out for the suspended Areia Preta residential project. An owners association says a short-term assistance program introduced by the developer is no solution. Some 2,000 Pearl Horizon homeowners took to the streets to […]
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