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Beijing, China, 23 Dec – China’s president Hu Jintao met Macau Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On in Beijing Wednesday during a visit to report his work to central authorities. Accordint to Xinhua News Agency during the meeting with Chui, Hu spoke highly of the Macau government’s work in 2010. Macau’s economy […]

Beijing, China, 20 Dec – China’s president, Hu Jintao and prime minister, Wen Jiabao, pledged Friday in Beijing that the central government would take all necessary steps, to ensure the financial stability and economic development of Macau, according to a statement issued by the Macau government. The two Chinese leaders were speaking at separate meetings […]

Macau, China, 17 Dec – Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah said Tuesday that a proposal for a national defence and security bill, which includes a 25-year prison sentence for treason against China, has already been submitted to the Executive Council, and will then go to the Legislative Assembly. The bill proposal, which has […]

Macau, China, 10 Dec – A group of local businesspeople and the Macau Foundation (FM) contributed 12 million patacas and 5 million patacas, respectively,Tuesday to support China’s space efforts. Zhang Jianqi, deputy chief comander  of the central government’s manned space missions and head of the visiting Shenzhou 7 delegation receive the 17 million patacas (US$ […]

Macau, China, 28 Nov – Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah said today in Shenzhen that it should jointly generate regional conventions and exhibitions with the Chinese city, as part of strategies to diversify the economy of Macau, according to a statement from the Macau Government Information Bureau. Edmund Ho, who has been on […]

Macau, China, 12 Nov – Around a quarter of Macau’s 2009 budget, estimated at 44.7 billion patacas (US$5.58 billion), will be used for investments and costs relating to developing the region, according to official figures announced Tuesday night. The 10.5 billion pataca (US$1.3 billion) figure set aside for investment represents 2.12 billion patacas (US$265 million) […]

Macau, China, 11 Nov – Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah announced today that the government is going to invest 10.2 billion patacas (US$1.27 billion) in the public works sector in order to stimulate economic growth and to help face potential difficulties going forward for the region. “The government is going to launch a […]

Macau, China, 31 Out – The court of Second Instance (TSI) reduced Thrusday the prison terms of five convicts in a trial linked to the mega -corruption case of local policy secretary Ao Man Long arrested December 2006. The five convicts, who had been sentenced to lengthy prison terms by the Court of First Instance […]

Macau, China, 29 Oct – The government of Macau Tuesday formalised an agreement in Chengdu to grant 308 million renmimbis (US$38.5 million) to help support 17 projects to rebuild the areas affected by the earthquake that hit the Chinese province of Sichuan in May of this year. The agreement, signed by Chui Sai On, the […]