The government has decided to stop the sale of live poultry in the city for three days starting from Wednesday after discovering the H7-type avian influenza in an environmental sample at the Temporary Patane Market yesterday, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Management Committee President Alex Vong Iao Lek announced last night. The IACM and […]
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Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said that the conventions sector offered better development opportunities than the exhibitions sector thus the former will take priority over the latter when further developing the city’s conventions and exhibitions industry. Responding to lawmaker Au Kam San’s questions in the Assembly about what the government intended […]
The Health Bureau (SSM) is planning to set up an academy of medicine, Secretary for Culture and Social Affairs Alexis Tam Chon Weng said during a Q&A in the Legislative Assembly (AL) on Tuesday. Asked by legislator-cum-doctor Chan Iek Lap about the training of local medical professionals, the policy secretary said that the organisational structure […]
Trade between Macau and the city of Zhongshan in 2015 increased 13.9 percent over the previous year and reached US$230 million, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said Monday. The announcement was made after a meeting in Macau between a delegation from Zhongshan headed by the vice president of the Chinese municipality Yang […]
Macau’s gross gambling revenues in January dropped 21.4 percent on yearly basis to 18.67 billion patacas (about 2.33 billion U.S. dollars), according to figures released by Macao Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau on Monday. Gaming industry of Macau kept its downturn trend from the start of 2016, marking the 20th consecutive monthly decline, but the […]
The Transport Bureau (DSAT) will invite bids for 250 licences to operate ordinary taxis, according to Monday’s Official Gazette (BO). The gazette did not say when the tenders must be submitted to the bureau nor the minimum bid required. The licences will be valid for eight years only, and cannot be transferred, according to the […]
After joining the Health Bureau’s (SSM) tour of the city’s quarantine facilities on Sunday, all the seven participants speaking during a Q&A session at the bureau expressed their support for the government’s plan to build an infectious disease centre next to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre. Among them was doctor-cum-legislator Chan Iek […]
Macau’s gold jewelry imports fell 31.2 percent year-on-year to 7.04 billion patacas in 2015, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Imports of watches – another item popular with mainland tourists – dropped 21.5 percent to 6.23 billion patacas. Imports of cars and motorcycles decreased 23.1 percent to 2.85 billion patacas. Imports of handbags […]
Grassroots lawmaker Au Kam San said that he had decided to leave the New Macau Association (NMA) as he couldn’t agree with the way its new generation of members wanted to run things. Au was one of the founding members of the association, which was formed in 1992. The grassroots lawmaker informed the association’s members […]