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Macau, China, 23 Sept – Macau Legislative Election General Auditing Committee announced Tuesday the official results of the election of the fourth Legislative Assembly of Macau, according to Xinhua news agency. The new legislature is composed of 29 seats including 12 directly-elected seats, 10 indirectly-elected seats, and seven others which will be appointed by the […]

Macau, China, 21 Sept – The Development Union (UPD) of the Macau Trade Unions Federation and the two groups of the grass-roots New Macau Association (NMA), headed by pro-democracy legislators Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San respectively, are the big winners of yesterday’s direct legislative election, according to preliminary final figures released by the […]

Macau, China, 30 Sep – Backed by China’s central government, Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) has experienced a decade of progress and development, the SAR’s chief said on Tuesday. As the nation celebrates the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China this year, the SAR will also enter a new stage of development, said […]

Zhuhai, China, 15 Sept – The Mayor of the Chinese municipality of Zhuhai, which borders Macau, said Monday that work had begun on making Hengqin Island into one of the three strategic new zones in China following Pudong in Shanghai and Binhai in Tianjin, according to Macauhub agency. Zhong Shijian said that Zhuhai planned to […]

Beijing, China, 13 Aug – China’s President Hu Jintao met  Wednesday with Macau’s new Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and expressed the central government’s trust and support to him, according to Xinhua news agency. "Macau is right now at a fresh historic starting point.As the new chief executive of the Macau Special Administration Region […]

Macau, China, 10 Set –  Addressing rising discontent,  combat rising corruption and introduce measures to support the struggling economy will be some of the main challenges facing the future Macau’s Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, according to the September Economist Intelligence Report Unit (EIU). The report said that "Chui Sai On’s challenges include responding […]

Macau, China, 04 Sept – Millions of tourists passing between Macau and mainland China can expect shorter wait times following completion of the Portas de Cerco border gate expansion at the end of next year. More than 170 million patacas (about US$ 22 million) is being spent to increase the border gate’s capacity from 300,000 […]

Macau, China, 09 Jan – Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will meet Saturday Macau’s four undeclared chief executive candidates, according with  Macau Post Daily. The Macau paper  said today the four  potential “candidates” are Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Fernando Chui Sai On, Chief Public […]

Macau, China, 31 Aug -The office of Chief Executive-designate Fernando Chui Sai On will officially start working today, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced Sunday. The office will be located at Macau Chinese Bank Building on Travessa do Padre Narcisco. The building is adjacent to the Praia Grande Government Headquarters. According to the announcement, […]