Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On pledged on the 31st December 2014 that his government will strengthen the study of President Xi Jinping’s “four hopes”, which Chui described as vital guidelines for Macau’s future development and government measures. Chui made the promise in this 2015 New Year’s message. Xi expressed the “four hopes” during his […]
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Macau started the new year of 2015 with a smoking ban, which will be imposed in bars, dancehalls saunas and massage parlours after the buffer period of three years has passed. The Tobacco Control Office says if multiple violations are found in a venue, the venue will be added to a watch list, which is […]
A free-trade zone destined for Guangdong will play a major role in deepening cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau, Xinhua news agency reported Monday. The State Council gave the go-ahead earlier this month for Guangdong, Tianjin and Fujian to set up free-trade zones in their jurisdictions, a little over a year after it gave green […]
The Secretary for Economy and Finance Leong Vai Tac has said that his cabinet is looking at Macau’s economic development in the coming years with both caution and optimism. He believes the city’s economy will continue to develop favorably, but recalled the central government’s advice that Macau’s top officials should be prepared to face the […]
The Judiciary Police (PJ) picked up five men from Hubei province on Monday on suspicion of pimping and human trafficking involving a minor. PJ spokesman Choi Iat Peng said at a special press conference on Monday, while patrolling in Cotai, Public Security Police (PSP) officers came across a 14-year-old mainland girl they believed to be […]
Macau Special Olympics chief Hetzer Siu Yu Hong said on Tuesday that since the city’s disabled people tended to change jobs frequently many of them missed out on stable career development prospects. Siu urged the disabled, including the mentally handicapped, to develop their occupational skills. He also encouraged them to take up sport. He pointed […]
The Unitary Police Service (SPU) joined forces with the Judiciary Police (PJ) and Public Security Police (PSP) in the two-month anti-crime “Thunderbolt 2014” operation, which ended this week, resulting in 827 deportations. Senior officials including Joao Augusto da Rosa, an assistant to SPU Commissioner-General Ma Io Weng, and PSP Deputy Commissioner Mui San Meng the […]
President Xi Jinping has commended Macau’s “great achievements” in implementing the “one country, two systems” principle. Xi made the remarks on Friday during a meeting with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, who was in Beijing to report on his work to the central government. Xi listened to Chui’s report and expressed the central government’s […]
Consumer prices went up by 6.12 percent year-on year in November. The increase in the Consumer Price Index is the same as the one recorded in October. The Statistics and Census Service says the growth was once again driven by higher residential rentals and dearer charges for eating out. For the 12 months ended November […]