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Macau, China, 18 Aug – The central government of China has declined a request by the authorities in Lisbon to allow the Portuguese navy’s school ship Sagres to drop anchor in Macau, Portuguese media reported Tuesday. According to the reports, the vessel planned to stop over in Macau on her way to East Timor’s capital […]

Macau, China, 16 Aug – All government-organised entertainment and sports events were cancelled and all national and regional flags flew at half-mast Sunday, as Macau observed a national day of mourning for the devastating number of casualties from the recent mudslides in Zhouqu county in Gansu province. Government House, the Liaison Office of the Central […]

Macau, China, 13 Aug – The government of Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) Thursday announced its decision to allocate 50 million yuan (7.37 million U.S. dollars) for the relief effort in Northwest China’s Gansu province. Torrential rain prompted an avalanche of sludge and debris to crash down on the county seat of Zhouqu, Gansu, early […]

Macau, China, 12 Aug – The law for the revised social security system in Macau was passed by the legislature in a plenary meeting Wednesday, requiring beneficiaries of the scheme to stay in Macau for at least 183 days in the year before joining the scheme. According to the revised social security system, all local […]

Macau, China, 12 Aug – Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) Director Vanessa Kong Pek Fong announced Wednesday that a pilot survey begins Friday to prepare for the 2011 population census in August next year. In order to prepare for the big-scale census to be carried out on August 12 next year, a pilot survey that […]

Macau, China, 10 Aug – The Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced Monday that the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) will be tasked with carrying out a study comparing several regions and countries’ press and broadcasting laws, which will be used as a reference for amending Macau’s outdated press and broadcasting laws. […]

Hong Kong, China, 4 Aug – The governments of Guangdong Province and the Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions are expected to set up the managing authority for the massive Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge this month to manage the structure, the HKSAR government said on Tuesday. The project was discussed at the Hong Kong-Guangdong Co- […]

Macau, China,  2 Aug – Nearly two thirds of Macau’s citizens wish to see universal suffrage for the election of the chief executive (CE) and more members of the Legislative Assembly (AL), according to the findings of a survey released by the New Vision of Macau Association (NVM) and the Macau New Chinese Youth Association […]