Macau, China 26 Jan – Current head of the Cultural Activities and Recreation Department of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Ung Vai Meng will be replacing Heidi Ho Lai Chun da Luz as the president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (ICM), according to The Macau Post Daily. The paper said that details of […]
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The Macau Customs Service said in statement on Monday their officers and officials of the Food Safety Centre have seized about 586 kilogrammes of smuggled food from six eateries and two vegetables stalls near the Barrier Gate checkpoint. The Customs Service said in the statement that their officers and officials of the centre, which comes […]
An 88-year old woman has died of hypothermia. The Health Bureau issued a statement earlier this evening saying the elderly was hospitalized on Monday. She was among five citizens suffering from hypothermia who sought medical assistance over the past 24 hours. This happens as Macau continues to be under a cold front, with the mercury […]
Macau’s various industries, such as tourism, catering and logistics, will benefit from the 13th China Expo Forum for International Co-operation (CEFCO 2017) slated to be hosted in the city next year, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said in a statement. During the annual forum’s opening ceremony earlier this month in Yinchuan, capital […]
Several public services have been criticised by the Commission of Audit for overspending when commissioning public surveys and consultancy services. In a report issued today, the Commission notes several instances which lack transparency and disregard legal guidelines in the award of services. According to the report, between 2010 and June 2013, 62 public services requested […]
The Secretary for Administration and Justice said that Macau needs to abolish half of the 1,200 laws and regulations inherited from the Portuguese era that are no longer suitable to the international city the SAR has become. In a recent interview with Exmoo News, Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said that the co-ordination and revision of […]
The central government will keep supporting Macau to become a yuan clearing platform between China and the Portuguese-speaking bloc, Yao Jian, deputy director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, said on Wednesday. Yao made the remarks when addressing a seminar jointly hosted by the Bank of China Macau Branch (BOC Macau) and […]
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said internal “house cleaning” over the past year was difficult but necessary, as rogue officers give the police a bad name. Wong made the remarks during a speech at a media dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Cotai. A number of police corruption cases erupted over the last […]
Lawmakers approved on Wednesday the outline of a government-drafted bill to increase the minimum prison terms for the selling of drugs from the current three years to five years, as well as the minimum and maximum sentences for drug-taking. Government officials including Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan and Judiciary Police (PJ) […]