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Elderly woman dies of hypothermia as cold wave persists in Macau

Elderly woman dies of hypothermia as cold wave persists in Macau

An 88-year old woman has died of hypothermia. The Health Bureau issued a statement earlier this evening saying the elderly was hospitalized on Monday. She was among five citizens suffering from hypothermia who sought medical assistance over the past 24 hours. This happens as Macau continues to be under a cold front, with the mercury […]
Macau to host first CEFCO outside mainland

Macau to host first CEFCO outside mainland

Macau’s various industries, such as tourism, catering and logistics, will benefit from the 13th China Expo Forum for International Co-operation (CEFCO 2017) slated to be hosted in the city next year, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said in a statement. During the annual forum’s opening ceremony earlier this month in Yinchuan, capital […]
Audit report slams Macau government overspending on public surveys

Audit report slams Macau government overspending on public surveys

Several public services have been criticised by the Commission of Audit for overspending when commissioning public surveys and consultancy services. In a report issued today, the Commission notes several instances which lack transparency and disregard legal guidelines in the award of services. According to the report, between 2010 and June 2013, 62 public services requested […]
Macau needs to amend and abolish 1,200 laws, regulations from Portuguese era

Macau needs to amend and abolish 1,200 laws, regulations from Portuguese era

The Secretary for Administration and Justice said that Macau needs to abolish half of the 1,200 laws and regulations inherited from the Portuguese era that are no longer suitable to the international city the SAR has become. In a recent interview with Exmoo News, Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said that the co-ordination and revision of […]
Beijing backs Macau as yuan hub

Beijing backs Macau as yuan hub

The central government will keep supporting Macau to become a yuan clearing platform between China and the Portuguese-speaking bloc, Yao Jian, deputy director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, said on Wednesday. Yao made the remarks when addressing a seminar jointly hosted by the Bank of China Macau Branch (BOC Macau) and […]
Police ‘cleaning house’ is necessary says Macau Secretary for Security

Police ‘cleaning house’ is necessary says Macau Secretary for Security

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said internal “house cleaning” over the past year was difficult but necessary, as rogue officers give the police a bad name. Wong made the remarks during a speech at a media dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Cotai. A number of police corruption cases erupted over the last […]
Macau Lawmakers pass bill on longer jail time for drug crimes

Macau Lawmakers pass bill on longer jail time for drug crimes

Lawmakers approved on Wednesday the outline of a government-drafted bill to increase the minimum prison terms for the selling of drugs from the current three years to five years, as well as the minimum and maximum sentences for drug-taking. Government officials including Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan and Judiciary Police (PJ) […]
Agreement to advance chinese medicine industry from Macau inked

Agreement to advance chinese medicine industry from Macau inked

The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, was in Beijing last week to witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the Guangdong-Macau Traditional Chinese Medicine Technology Industrial Park Development. The secretary said that Macau intends to use the ties forged with Lusophone […]
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