Approximately 50 local and foreign groups took part in the “Parade through Macao, Latin City” that spanned several streets of Macau on Sunday.
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The graft trial of former chief prosecutor Ho Chio Meng, which had been scheduled to start at the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) on Monday morning, has been postponed by the court sine die because of an appeal by the defence against the participation of the president of the court, Sam Hou Fai, in the trial.
Macau’s gaming revenue posted a 8.8 per cent increase in revenues to US$ 2.73 billion ( 21.8 billion patacas), according to Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said on Thursday that the government was proposing that cash and bearer negotiable instruments of 120,000 patacas (about US$15,000) or more should be declared to customs officers.
he Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, said on Thursday that “health, education and social welfare are the priorities” for the government. During the first day of the Policy Address presentation by Tam, questions on tourism development, education and healthcare topped lawmakers’ concerns.
A male suspect who works for the Public Security Forces was arrested on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in bogus credit card fraud amounting to 12,000 patacas, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a special press briefing on Thursday.
Traffic Consultative Council member Kou Kun Pang, who also heads the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the University of Macau (UM), said yesterday that building a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system on the peninsula was the only way to tackle the city’s traffic woes.
Foreign trade in Macau totalled 66.613 billion patacas (US$8.326 billion) from January to October, which represents a contraction of 13.565 billion patacas over the same period of 2015, reported the Statistics and Census Bureau.
Macau International Airport (MIA) celebrated a record-breaking milestone yesterday when it welcomed its six millionth traveler from mainland China. The local airport has brought in a number of passengers equal to ten times the city’s population.