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Beijing, China, 3 Nov – China’s State Council on Wednesday approves a feasibility report on the construction of a bridge linking Hong Kong, Macao and a mainland city Zhuhai, according to the Xinhua News Agency. The construction of the bridge will forge stronger economic and social ties between the west bank of the Pearl River […]

Hong Kong, China, 30 Oct – Officials of the central and Guangdong governments unveiled an ambitious plan Thursday  to transform a sleepy island next to Macau into an international tourist destination and hi-tech centre, according to the South China Morning Post. It aims to turn Hengqin , which has three times the land area of […]

Macau, China, 29 Oct – Vehicles from Macau could be allowed to drive in the so-called Hengqin New Area, the president of the Guangdong City Development Research Centre, Song Jinsong, told reporters Wednesday. Song said this would be one of the planned measures to facilitate the movement of people and goods among Guangdong, Hong Kong […]

Macau, China, 29 Oct – Seamless cross-border connections between Macau and the other cities of the Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD) will play an important role in changing Macau’s "marginalised" status in the Pearl River Delta traffic network, Wong Chan Tong, chief-of-cabinet of the Secretary for Transport and Public Works said Wednesday. Wong made the […]

Macau, China, 28 Oct – The Macau government generally respected religious freedom in practice, according to the 2009 International Religious Freedom Report, released Monday by the United States Department of State. The document said that "there were no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice". "Relations among the various […]

Macau, China, 22 Oct – The president of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) Sam Hou Fai Of said Wednesday that from the 126,082 cases processed by the three Courts in Macau between 2000 and 2009, a total of 115,826 cases had judgments delivered. The president of the Court of Final Appeal made the announcement […]

Macau, China, Oct 22 – The relationship between Macau and Taiwan will enter a new phase of development, said Wednesday the Chief Executive, Edmund Ho Hau Wah, in his speech Wednesday at the opening ceremony of a symposium on Macau-Taiwan relations. Edmund Ho announces that the government of Macau Special Administrative Region will strengthen, in […]

Macau, China, 19 Oct – Veteran lawmaker Lau Cheok Va was elected president of the Legislative Assembly last Friday, succeeding Susana Chou who decided to retire from political life after leading the legislature for a decade, according to The Macau Post Daily. Lau, aged 64, received 23 votes, or 79.3 percent of the 29 votes […]

Macau, China, 06 Oct – The Chief Executive (CE) of Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) Ho Hau Wah Monday announced his decision to appoint seven persons from various local socio-economic sectors as the non-elected members of the SAR’s fourth-term Legislative Assembly, according to an official statement. In line with the Basic Law, the SAR’s mini […]