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Macau, CHina, 11 Aug – Macau’s population – comprising residents and non-local workers – reached 558,100 at the end of the second quarter, the highest number on record, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Wednesday. The previous population record stood at 557,330, at the end of the third quarter of 2008. At the end […]

Macau, China, 10 Aug – The Judiciary Police (PJ) has busted a “materials supply base’ that had been supplying materials to the city’s “Ice factory” that the police discovered a fortnight ago, PJ spokesman Chan Kin Hong said Tuesday The owner of the business, which purported to be a bona fide recycling workshop, a 54-year-old […]

Macau, China, 29 Jul – The Judiciary Police (PJ) has busted Macau’s first “Ice factory” -and nine suspects in three separate drug-related cases were arrested by the police this week according to The Macau Post Daily today. The “factory” manufacturing Ice (Methamphetamine) in the densely populated Iao Hon district was bust­ed by police on Wednesday, […]

Macau, China, 29 Jul – World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Mar­garet Chan Fung Fu-chun said Thursday that Macau enjoyed an “advantageous” geographic loca­tion to develop traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as it is one of the most important cities where the East-meets-West heritage created a multi-cultural community. Chan spoke to reporters after signing a co-operation pact […]

Macau, China, 29 Jul – The Legislature’s Third Standing Committee has completed its discussions on the government-drafted finance reserve system bill and committee members signed the report including their opinions on the draft law  to be presented to a plenary session, lawmaker-cum-banker Cheang Chi Keong, told The Macau Post Daily Thursday. Cheang said that about […]

Macau, China, 29 Jul – The Legislature’s Third Standing Committee has completed its discussions on the government-drafted finance reserve system bill and committee members signed the report including their opinions on the draft law  to be presented to a plenary session, lawmaker-cum-banker Cheang Chi Keong, told The Macau Post Daily Thursday. Cheang said that about […]

Macau, China, 28 Jul – Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will sign a 24-million-pataca (US$3 million) co-operation pact with the World Health Organi­sation (WHO) today to launch a host of training programmes in traditional medicine that will last four years starting in September, The Macau Post Daily reports today. Health Bureau (SSM) Di­rector Lei […]

Macau, China, 21 Jul – The central government has appointed Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue as the Foreign Ministry’s new commissioner in Macau. according to Xinhua news agency. According to the Foreign Ministry website, Hu was born in Zhejiang province in 1953. He joined the Foreign Ministry in 1976. His previous postings include Malaysia , […]

Macau, China, 21 Jul – Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io said Wednesday that the final plan of the government’s light rail transit (LRT) project is “the best”, pledging that its construction will follow “international standards” by setting up a fire-prevention system and taking measures to protect the environment. The Macau Post […]