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Macau, China, 28 Jul – Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will sign a 24-million-pataca (US$3 million) co-operation pact with the World Health Organi­sation (WHO) today to launch a host of training programmes in traditional medicine that will last four years starting in September, The Macau Post Daily reports today. Health Bureau (SSM) Di­rector Lei […]

Macau, China, 21 Jul – The central government has appointed Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue as the Foreign Ministry’s new commissioner in Macau. according to Xinhua news agency. According to the Foreign Ministry website, Hu was born in Zhejiang province in 1953. He joined the Foreign Ministry in 1976. His previous postings include Malaysia , […]

Macau, China, 21 Jul – Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io said Wednesday that the final plan of the government’s light rail transit (LRT) project is “the best”, pledging that its construction will follow “international standards” by setting up a fire-prevention system and taking measures to protect the environment. The Macau Post […]

Macau, China, 14 Jul -First Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying indicated Wednesday that foreign consular staff should stay away from the internal affairs of Hong Kong and Macau, The Macau Post Daily reports today. Fu made the hint during a meeting with about 50 local community leaders in the Office of the Commissioner of the […]

Macau,China, 13 Jul -Macau has become a transit hub for drug traffickers and smugglers, so more attention needs to be paid to this worrying trend, Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Wong Sio Chak said Tuesday. According to The Macau Post Daily, Wong made the remark in a speech during an award ceremony marking the 51st anniversary […]

Macau, China, 13 Jul – Macau has become the latest partner to sign an agreement with Australia that will assist both governments in preventing offshore tax avoidance and evasion, the Australian Consulate-General in Hong Kong, which is concurrently accredited to Macau, announced in a statement.   Australian Consul-General Les Luck signed the Tax Information Exchange […]

Macau, China, 7 Jul – The 10-member Executive Council Wednesday concluded its discussion on a government-drafted bill that proposes to limit graft-busters investigative period per case to a maximum of eight months, The Macau Post Daily reports today. Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng announced the amended bill’s main proposed changes in a press conference […]

Macau, China, 5 Jul – The Macau government announced Monday that it will set up an office in Taiwan this year, in an effort to provide comprehensive services for Macau residents in Taiwan. Alexis Tam Chon Weng, chief spokesman of the Macau government and chief-of-staff of the office of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, […]

Macau, China, 29 Jun – The United States  has urged Macau authorities to “significantly increase efforts to vigorously investigate and prosecute” human trafficking offenders, The Macau Post Daily reports today. The US State Department made the appeal in its Trafficking in Persons Report 2011, which was released in Washington on Monday.   The annual report […]