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Macau encounters fewer flu cases than last year

Macau encounters fewer flu cases than last year

There have been fewer reported cases of influenza so far this year than a year earlier, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, the bureau recorded 239 cases of flu last month, down 57.7 percent from the same month of last year when 566 cases were reported. A […]
Chinese New Year messages from Beijing and Macau

Chinese New Year messages from Beijing and Macau

Beijing’s most senior representative in Macau, Li Gang, said in his Chinese New Year message last Tuesday that the local government should face social problems head-on and save for a rainy day. He also said that his office would fully support the local government. Li heads the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in […]
Macau police log 116 breaches by rogue cabbies in 6 days

Macau police log 116 breaches by rogue cabbies in 6 days

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement on Monday there were 116 violations by rogue taxi drivers between last Tuesday and Sunday. The statement said the incidents included 69 cases of overcharging and 25 cases of refusing to pick up passengers. However, it did not reveal what the remaining 22 cases were, nor […]
Macau residential property prices rise 22 pct in 2014

Macau residential property prices rise 22 pct in 2014

The average price of residential units rose 22 percent year-on-year to 99,795 patacas per square metre of usable area last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced last Tuesday. The average price per square metre of residential units in the Macau Peninsula (95,576 patacas), Taipa (106,316) and Coloane (122,697) rose 19.8 percent, 29.6 percent […]
Macau phone scams rise 161 pct last year

Macau phone scams rise 161 pct last year

The number of reported phone scams rose 161 percent year-on-year to 282 last year, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Check announced on Friday. Addressing a press conference on last year’s crime figures, Wong described the increase in phone scam cases as “serious. The policy secretary also revealed a 100 percent increase in the number of […]
52 University of Macau students support department head in open letter

52 University of Macau students support department head in open letter

A total of 52 students from the University of Macau’s (UM) Department of Government and Public Administration issued an open letter on Wednesday, expressing their support of department head Wang Jianwei in the wake of recent allegations of sexual harassment against the academic. They also said in the letter that comments and messages in favour […]
Chui vows to give public explanation of University of Macau woes

Chui vows to give public explanation of University of Macau woes

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On pledged Tuesday that his government will give the public an explanation of the problems listed in a hard-hitting report by the Commission of Audit about the public University of Macau (UM) earlier this week. He made the promise before attending the annual Chinese New Year reception hosted by the […]
Govt says Macau LRT project marred by depot fiasco

Govt says Macau LRT project marred by depot fiasco

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo Arrais do Rosario said Monday the government couldn’t say for sure when the delayed light rail transit (LRT) project will finally be completed, adding that there were serious problems with the construction of the LRT depot in Cotai near the airport. Rosario made the remarks after a meeting […]
University of Macau failed to better manage public money

University of Macau failed to better manage public money

The University of Macau (UM) failed to better manage public resources when granting housing units to staff who already owned a home, according to a report released Monday by the Commission of Audit (CA). “UM’s actions are a clear breaching of the government’s social housing policy principle, while going against the principle of good management […]
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