Former Assistant Public Prosecutor-General Paulo Martins Chan was officially sworn in on Tuesday as the director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), bracing himself for a new chapter of his career expected to be fraught with challenges. The gaming regulator’s new head, appointed by the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, told […]
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Gambling revenue in Macau plunged 32.3 percent in November from a year earlier, extending a decline from the previous month and hovering near five-year lows as the world’s biggest gambling hub struggled to attract wealthy Chinese punters. Revenues in Macau have fallen for 18 consecutive months due to slowing economic growth and a broader crackdown […]
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said the Judiciary Police (PJ) planned to establish a cyber security centre. Wong did not say when the centre would get off the ground. On the first day of the two-day Q&A session in the legislative hemicycle, 18 lawmakers raised a range of issues concerning the city’s public security. […]
A Marine and Water Bureau’s (DSAMA) statement said that the government was trying to begin the construction of a fourth water pipeline in Cotai by the end of the year. According to the statement, the local government signed an agreement with its Guangdong counterpart in Zhuhai yesterday, for the construction of the new water pipeline […]
Macau’s economy in the third quarter contracted a fifth straight quarter as the world’s largest gambling hub was pummelled by an economic slowdown in the mainland and the central government’s attack on corruption which scared off high-rollers. The city, which relies on gamblers for about two thirds of economic output, saw its gross domestic product […]
A Marine and Water Bureau’s (DSAMA) statement said that the government was trying to begin the construction of a fourth water pipeline in Cotai by the end of the year. According to the statement, the local government signed an agreement with its Guangdong counterpart in Zhuhai yesterday, for the construction of the new water pipeline […]
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said the Judiciary Police (PJ) planned to establish a cyber security centre. Wong did not say when the centre would get off the ground. On the first day of the two-day Q&A session in the legislative hemicycle, 18 lawmakers raised a range of issues concerning the city’s public security. […]
Previously named Hoi Hoi, the seven-year-old male giant panda known as Shuxiang in Putonghua, which had lived in Macau since 2010, returned yesterday to his birthplace in Sichuan to join a breeding programme. A Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) lorry took Shuxiang to the local airport from Coloane’s Oscar Farm, where he had been […]
Macau and China’s mainland have signed a new agreement under the framework of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), further liberalizing trade in services. The new deal, signed in Macau on Saturday, will further expand the total areas of the mainland economy that are fully or partially open to Macau providers of services to 153 […]