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Macau government strengthens push for breastfeeding

Macau government strengthens push for breastfeeding

The government plans to further strengthen its push for breastfeeding in Macau, such as by drafting regulations which require all public places to include nursing rooms, informed Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion. Lei made the remarks during a Q&A session about Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng’s portfolio’s policy […]
Macau increases exports to China under CEPA

Macau increases exports to China under CEPA

Macau’s goods exports to mainland China under the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) totalled 89.39 million patacas between January and November, according to the Macau Economic Services (DSE). In November the value of exported goods amounted to 12.5 million patacas, an increase of 114.2 percent over the figure for October, a month in which exports […]
False imprisonment cases rise 135 percent in Macau

False imprisonment cases rise 135 percent in Macau

The police recorded 308 false imprisonment cases in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year surge of 135.1 percent, from just 131 in the same period last year, announced the Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced. Wong said that the total number of recorded crimes, however, saw a 2.2 percent year-on-year drop, […]
Paulo Chan vows to put Macau’s gaming industry in order

Paulo Chan vows to put Macau’s gaming industry in order

Former Assistant Public Prosecutor-General Paulo Martins Chan was officially sworn in on Tuesday as the director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), bracing himself for a new chapter of his career expected to be fraught with challenges. The gaming regulator’s new head, appointed by the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, told […]
Macau’s gambling revenue plunges by a third in November

Macau’s gambling revenue plunges by a third in November

Gambling revenue in Macau plunged 32.3 percent in November from a year earlier, extending a decline from the previous month and hovering near five-year lows as the world’s biggest gambling hub struggled to attract wealthy Chinese punters. Revenues in Macau have fallen for 18 consecutive months due to slowing economic growth and a broader crackdown […]
Police to set up cyber security centre in Macau

Police to set up cyber security centre in Macau

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said the Judiciary Police (PJ) planned to establish a cyber security centre. Wong did not say when the centre would get off the ground. On the first day of the two-day Q&A session in the legislative hemicycle, 18 lawmakers raised a range of issues concerning the city’s public security. […]
Macau Government aims to begin building 4th water pipeline by year’s end

Macau Government aims to begin building 4th water pipeline by year’s end

A Marine and Water Bureau’s (DSAMA) statement said that the government was trying to begin the construction of a fourth water pipeline in Cotai by the end of the year. According to the statement, the local government signed an agreement with its Guangdong counterpart in Zhuhai yesterday, for the construction of the new water pipeline […]
Macau GDP shrinks 24 pct for 5th straight quarter

Macau GDP shrinks 24 pct for 5th straight quarter

Macau’s economy in the third quarter contracted a fifth straight quarter as the world’s largest gambling hub was pummelled by an economic slowdown in the mainland and the central government’s attack on corruption which scared off high-rollers. The city, which relies on gamblers for about two thirds of economic output, saw its gross domestic product […]
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