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Macau, China, 16 Nov – Raising the living standards of Macau residents is top of the government’s agenda in the coming year, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said in 2012 Policy Address presented to lawmakers Tuesday. Chui unveiled a string of measures to fight rising inflation in his address, including a further injection of […]

Macau, China, 14 Nov- About 80 percent of 966 local respondents think that they are under stress, according to the findings of a survey cited by The Macau Post Daily today. About 22.5 percent thought they suffered from “high levels of stress”, about 48.8 percent thought they were under “some stress” and nine percent thought […]

Macau, China, 11 Nov – The Office of the Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) officially launched its website Thursday with information related to Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On as an effort to promote communication between the  government and local residents. The new website, which has both Chinese and Portuguese language […]

Macau, China, 11 Nov – Macau’s estimated population – comprising residents and imported workers – reached a record 560,100 at the end of the third quarter, according to official statistics. Based on its land area of just 29.7 square kilometres, Macau population density reached a world-record 18,858 inhabitants per square kilometre in September. The city’s […]

Macau, China, 10 Nov – The grassroots New Macau Association (NMA) Wednesday  pressed for three more directly elected seats by reducing the number the government-appointed seats from seven to four in the Legislative Assembly (AL) in 2013, The Macau Post Daily reports today, quoting the group’s president, Jason Chao Teng Hei Chao and the association’s […]

Macau, China, 9 Nov – An office dedicated to smoking prevention and tobacco control will be in operation on January 1, Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng announced in a press conference at Government House Tuesday. The Macau Post Daily today quotes Leong as saying that it was necessary to restructure the Health Bureau (SSM) […]

Macau, China, 7 Nov – Macau’s quasi-official representative office in Taipei is slated to open by the end of the month, Alexis Tam Chon Weng, the local government’s point man for relations with the island, announced at a press conference last week. Tam also said during the press conference, held at Government House on Friday, […]

Macau’s Meteorological and Geographical Bureau (SMG) apologised Monday for incorrectly announcing on its website on Sunday that the No. 10 typhoon signal – the highest storm warning signal – was in force at a time when Usagi was 490 kilometres east of Macau. The wrong information was displayed for four minutes – from 6:21 a.m. […]

Macau, China, 16 Sept – Roman-Catholic charity organisation Caritas Macau yesterday established an association for refugees’ welfare, The Macau Post Daily reports today. The new association also strives to educate residents about the plight of refugees and make donations to needy refugees elsewhere. Paul Pun Chi Meng, secretary general of Caritas Macau, made the remarks […]