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Macau,China,5 Dec – Some 64 percent of people who have AIDS in Macau have contracted the disease through unprotected sex, followed by drug abuse, which accounts for 27 percent of local AIDS suffers, Macau Aids Care Association President Maria Fatima Tse told The Macau Post Daily Sunday. The association organised a play and poster competition […]

Macau, China, 29 Nov – Macau and Shenzhen inked three co-operation agreements Monday in the areas of creative industries, tourism and investment incentives, The Macau Post Daily reports today. The pacts were signed by representatives from the two governments after their annual co-operation meeting that this time was held in Macau . The half-day meeting […]

Only about 40 percent of 959 young and middle-aged respondents said that they were very satisfied or satisfied with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On’s 2013 Policy Address, according to a survey released Wednesday. The survey also found that about 52 percent of the respondents said that the “welfare measures” stated in Chui’s policy guidelines […]

Macau, CHina, 28 Nov – Among the respondents who choose to use Macau ’s public health services for medical treatment, only 6.34 percent thought that local public health facilities are able to “provide a professional medical service”, according to the findings of a survey cited by The Macau Post Daily today. The survey, aimed at […]

Macau, China, 22 Nov – The government said Monday it expects to collect 85 billion patacas (US$ 10.625 billion) in direct gaming taxes next year, based on an estimation of gross casino gaming revenue standing on average at 20 billion patacas a month – or 240 billion patacas (US$30 billion) in 2012, The Macau Post […]

Macau, China, 21 Nov  – The “final” construction cost of the University of Macau ’s new campus in Zhuhai’s Hengqin Island will amount to 9.8 billion patacas (US$ 1.225 billion), 50.8 percent more than originally planned, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io revealed during a visit to the project site on Friday, […]

Macau, China, 21 Nov – Macau’s inflation rate hit 6.71 percent last month, the highest rate since November 2008, according to official statistics. A government statement attributed the “significant” increase in the composite consumer price index (CPI) to higher prices of petrol, eating out, gold jewellery, fresh fish and fresh pork, and food and non-alcoholic […]

Macau,China, 17 Nov – Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On pledged Wednesday that as long as he heads the local government there will be no croupiers recruited from outside Macau . According to The Macau Post Daily, Chui made the promise while he returned to the legislative hemicycle for a question and answer session after […]

Macau, China, 17 Nov – The Monetary Authority of Macau (AMCM) plans to propose to the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to authorise the Macau Special Autonomous Region (MSAR) Fiscal Reserve to invest in the mainland inter-banking and stock market, the AMCM said in a statement published Tuesday. The statement also said that the AMCM […]