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Macau, China, 03 Jul – The Macau court of Second Instance (TSI) Thursday rejected convicted 14 K triad boss Wan Kuok Kio’s request for early release from jail. The court described his appeal against a lower court ruling on the matter as " groundless". Wan, widely known by his nickname "Broken Tooth", has been in […]

Macau, China, 17 Jun – Fernando Chui Sai On is set to be the new Chief Executive of the Special Administrative Region of Macau from 20 December of this year for a five-year term. Confirmation of his victory came on Tuesday after he submitted his nomination list, which contained a number of signatures that were […]

Macau, China, 16 Jun – The former and last governor of Macau, Vasco da Rocha Vieira, said on Monday that Portugal forgot and neglected the territory that was under Portuguese administration for 450 years, according with the Portuguese News Agency Lusa. General Rocha Vieira, who governed Macau until 19 December, 1999, said that Macau has […]

Macau, China, 12 Jun – Chief Executive (CE) candidate Fernando Chui Sai On is likely to run alone after Public Prosecutor-General Ho Chiu Meng announced in an interview published by the Chinese-language Macau Daily News Thursday that he will not stand in next month’s CE election. Ho Chiu Meng had been widely rumoured to be […]

Macau, China, 11 Jun – The government will spend 100 million patacas ( US$ 12.5 million)  on the purchase of one million doses of A (H1N1) vaccines, Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion announced  Wednesday. Lei Chin Ion said the order was enough to provide two doses per resident. At the end of March, […]

Macau, China, 10 Jun – Some 73.5 percent of the respondents of a survey commissioned by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said they believed that illegalities and irregularities in the public administration were “very common” or “common” according to he Macao Post Daily. The findings of the annual survey were released by the CCAC Tuesday. […]

Macau, China,  08 Jun – Several hundred low-ranking civil servants in Macau protested Saturday  against unequal pay rises for senior versus junior government employees. The Macau Civil Servants Association, headed by legislator Jose Pereira  Coutinho, lead the  march to government headquarters in the afternoon. José Pereira  Coutinho said it was unfair that salary increases being […]

Macau, China, 8 Jun – Despite the forthcoming change of the chief executive, the political scene in Macau will remain fairly stable according to the June report released by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The EIU said that “the new administration will have a hard task in regaining public confidence, and, to that end, one […]

Macau, China, 05 Jun – Several hundread people, including locals, mainlanders and foreign tourists, attended Thursday "June 4" candleligh vigil on Largo de São Domingos to commemorate  the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen incident. Last year only around 70 people attended the vigil organised by the Macau democratic development Association that is headed by the […]