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Macau top judge warns more gaming crimes extend beyond casinos

Macau top judge warns more gaming crimes extend beyond casinos

  Court of Final Appeal (TUI) President Sam Hou Fai warned that a rising number of gaming-related crimes appeared to extend beyond casinos, pointing out that there have been several cases in which gamblers died while they were being held against their will by loan sharks. Sam made the remarks on Wednesday when delivering a speech […]
Exhibition organizer says recession affects sales in Macau

Exhibition organizer says recession affects sales in Macau

One of organisers of the annual car, yacht and business aviation exhibitions said on Wednesday that the city’s economic downturn would certainly affect the fair’s sales, adding that the exhibitions would focus on promoting exchanges among exhibitors this year. According to a statement of the exhibitions’ organisers, the 6th China (Macau) International Automobile Exposition, 6th China […]
21st Macau International Trade and Investment debuts partner country and city 

21st Macau International Trade and Investment debuts partner country and city 

The 21st Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) announced on Tuesday that it will have a partner country and a partner city for the first time, which will be Portugal and Beijing respectively. The annual event, once again themed “Co-operation – Key to Business Opportunities”, will be held from tomorrow until Saturday at the Venetian in Cotai. There will be around 1,600 […]
Lawmakers urge Macau government to axe Light Rail peninsula plan

Lawmakers urge Macau government to axe Light Rail peninsula plan

Three lawmakers yesterday urged the government to dump its plan to build a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system on the peninsula. The trio said they were worried that the construction of the project on the peninsula would cause severe traffic jams. Indirectly lawmakers Kou Hoi In, Cheang Chi Keong and Chui Sai Cheong suggested that […]
Property sales in Macau double in September

Property sales in Macau double in September

The number of flats sold last month rose 100 per cent year-on-year to 934, according to official statistics released by the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) on Tuesday. In September last year, 466 units changed hands. Month-on-month, the number of flats sold rose 25.4 per cent. The average price per square metre fell 2.2 per cent […]
Spending on Sino-Lusophone culture week cut by 9 per cent

Spending on Sino-Lusophone culture week cut by 9 per cent

The budget for the 8th China and Portuguese-speaking Countries Cultural Week opening next week is around 8 million patacas, about 9 per cent lower than the previous year, in response to the government’s policy to cut-back on public spending, according to one of the officials preparing the annual event. The event will last from October 24 […]
Ex-Macau Transport Bureau official gets 12 and a half years for graft 

Ex-Macau Transport Bureau official gets 12 and a half years for graft 

  The former chief of the Transport Bureau’s (DSAT) Division of Transport Management, Lou Ngai Wa, was sentenced on Monday to 12 and half years in prison, with a 36,000 patacas fine for his involvement in a public car park management corruption case which took place between 2012 and 2015. Lou was convicted of corruption, abuse […]
Macau supports Pan Pearl River Delta cooperation says Chief Executive

Macau supports Pan Pearl River Delta cooperation says Chief Executive

Chief Executive Chui Sai On said Friday at the 2016 Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) Regional Cooperation Chief Executive Joint Conference in Nanchang, Jiangxi province that Macau will integrate development with its unique advantages, to fully support PPRD cooperation and innovative development, and will promote the “Belt and Road” initiative. Speaking at the conference, Chief Executive Chui Sai […]
Macau International Fair in 2016 will have over 1,600 stands

Macau International Fair in 2016 will have over 1,600 stands

The 21st edition of the Macau International Fair (MIF), taking place from 20 to 22 October, will have the participation of over 50 countries and regions showcased at over 1,600 stands, said the fair’s organising body, the Macau Institute for Trade and Investment Promotion (IPIM). Based on the theme of “Cooperation – The Key to […]
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