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Macau, China, 10 Jan – Macau’s Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will make an official visit to Singapore from January 10-13 at the invitation of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said during the visit, Chui will meet with PM Lee, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, […]

Macau, China, 21 Dec – About 1000 protesters marched through Macau Monday, marking the 11th anniversary of its handover to China by calling for affordable housing and universal suffrage. Several hundred activists took aim at skyrocketing rents by wearing panda masks to protest against the "millions" spent on living quarters for two of the animals […]

Macau, China, 13 Dec – The head of the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) revealed Sunday that a bill requiring government officials to declare assets would be open for public comment this month before going to the legislature, but declined to confirm whether the bill would actually ensure the information was released to the general public. […]

Macau, China, 9 Dec – Macau’s police have netted a massive drug haul of slightly over two kilos of cocaine in a 21-year-old woman’s luggage, which they say would fetch some HK$ 2 million (US$ 250 thousand) on the streets. The suspected trafficker, a young woman from the relatively impoverished southern autonomous region of Guangxi […]

Macau, China, 18 Nov – Macau’s Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On Wednesday told lawmakers he intended tostrengthen the leverage of recommendations sent by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) to government bureaus and other public entities about their alleged maladministration. Chui also said that the government was drafting a bill on amending the CCAC’s organisational […]

Macau, China, 17 Nov – Macau’s government’s 2011 budget bill presented Tuesday in the Legislative Assembly provides for receipts of 79.6 billion patacas and expenditures of 57.5 billion patacas, resulting in an expected surplus of 22.1 billion patacas. Next year’s budget is up 50.7 percent from this year’s budget of 52.8 billion patacas. During the […]

Macau, China, 15 Nov – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left Macau for Zhuhai Sunday evening, ending his first official visit to the Macau Special Administrative Region. During his two-day tour, Wen attended the opening ceremony of the third Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries. "Since returning […]

Macau, China, 14 Nov – The prime minister of China, Wen Jiabao Saturday told officials from the Macau administrative, legislative and judicial bodies that they always needed to take into consideration serving citizens, being uncorrupted and having great dedication and efforts in carrying out their roles. Wen Jiabao said during the meeting with Macau senior […]