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Macau, China, 20 Apr -The Chinese central government has approved "in essence" the "split management" of the border checkpoints on Hengqin Island , Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua said in Zhuhai Monday. Huang also said that Beijing had "essentially" given the green light for a special tax incentive scheme for the Hengqin New Area that will […]

Macau, China, 18 Apr -The European Union said in a report late last week that it "notes with concern that in 2010, like in 2009, several Hong Kong-based journalists and NGO members have been denied entry in Macau ." The "concern" was expressed in the 2010 Macau Report by the European Commission and High Representative […]

Macau, China, 14 Apr -Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will attend this week’s annual conference of the Bo’ao Forum for Asia (BFA), the local government has announced According to the announcement, Chui will leave for Bo’ao in Hainan on Thursday and attend the opening ceremony of the annual Forum on Friday. Secretary for Administration […]

Macau, China, 24 Mar – The Legislative Assembly (AL) Wednesday passed the government-drafted pay hike bill for Macau’s 22,700 public workers who will possibly receive their 5.08 percent salary increase next month – backdated to January. According to The Macau Post Daily public servants and utility company workers are Macau’s top earners. Public servants’ median […]

Macau, China, 23 Mar-Former chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah Tuesday urged Macau’s civic leaders to assist the government in maintaining long-term political stability. Ho, who is now a state leader in his capacity as a vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), made the appeal in a speech during a two-hour brain-storming […]

Macau, China, 21 Mar – The historical Moorish Barracks on Barra Hill has housed the Maritime Administration (CP) for a century, but now the government has launched an architecture design competition for registered architects and architectural companies to design a new building for the Maritime Administration (CP) and make the best use of the surrounding […]

Macau, China, 15 Mar – No abnormal radiation level has been recorded in Macau so far after series of nuclear power incidents occurred at Fukushima Prefecture Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, Macau’s meteorological authority confirmed on Monday. According to the data of Gamma Radiation located on the Taipa Grande Station of the Macau Meteorological Bureau, […]

Macau, China, 8 Mar – The daily opening hours of the Macau-Zhuhai Barrier Gate checkpoint are expected to be extended by two or three hours by the end of this year or early next year, the head of the government’s Policy Research Office, ex-legislator Lao Pun Lap, said on Sunday. Lao said that the proposal […]

Macau, China, 7 Mar – Macau and Guangdong signed a framework cooperation agreement in Beijing Sunday in a ceremony wit-nessed by Vice-President Xi Jinping who oversees Macau and Hong Kong affairs for the central government. Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua said that the pact was creating the foundation and setting the principles and targets for bilateral […]