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Group urges Macau government to monitor local online food shops

Group urges Macau government to monitor local online food shops

A food safety group urged on Thursday the government to more closely monitor the operation of local online shops selling food items, amid the increasing popularity to order food online. Philip Choi Shoi Meng, who heads the Macau Food Safety Management Association, made the suggestion on the sidelines of a food safety seminar, which was organised by the […]
Macau lawmaker urges government to explain MTR’s role in LRT project

Macau lawmaker urges government to explain MTR’s role in LRT project

Lawmaker-cum-businessman Si Ka Lon urged the government in an interpellation on Wednesday to explain why it has given Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation Ltd. a 470 million pataca service contract for the light-rail transit (LRT) project. The government said in a notice published late last month in the Official Gazette (BO) that as the contract for the LRT […]
Macau St Augustine’s Church roof repairs to cost 1 million patacas: official

Macau St Augustine’s Church roof repairs to cost 1 million patacas: official

The three-month restoration of the partially collapsed roof of an outbuilding of St Augustine’s Church will cost about one million patacas, Leong Wai Man, who heads the Cultural Heritage Department of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), said on Tuesday. Several senior IC officials, including Leong, spoke to reporters during the bureau’s “Cultural Gathering” with the […]
Macau lawmakers raise concerns over private notaries

Macau lawmakers raise concerns over private notaries

Lawmakers raised concerns over the supervision of the city’s private notaries if more lawyers will be able to acquire a private notary licence after a government-initiated bill regulating the profession becomes law, the legislature’s 1st Standing Committee President Kwan Tsui Hang said on Tuesday. The legislature last month passed the outline of the bill, the main […]
Macau government wants 100,000 workers on non-mandatory providence fund

Macau government wants 100,000 workers on non-mandatory providence fund

Having 100,000 workers adhering to the non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund scheme is for now the government’s benchmark. “Our aim is to implement this scheme as soon as possible as to guarantee the rights of retired workers. Given that this is a non-mandatory scheme, it’s hard to make a forecast in terms of the number of […]
Lawmaker calls for 12,000 patacas cash handout to Macau residents

Lawmaker calls for 12,000 patacas cash handout to Macau residents

The government should increase its annual cash handout to 12,000 patacas for permanent residents and 6,000 patacas for non-permanent residents next year, legislator Jose Pereira Coutinho, who heads the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), said on Monday after a meeting with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On at Government Headquarters. According to the Official Gazette […]
Sharp decline in MICE events in Macau

Sharp decline in MICE events in Macau

A total of 191 MICE events were held in the first quarter of 2016, down by 20 per cent year-on-year. Information released on Monday by the Statistics and Census Service indicates that the total number of participants and attendees decreased by 50.4 per cent to 124,960. There were 187 meetings and conferences held in the […]
Pearl Horizon protesters want “three-party talks” in Macau

Pearl Horizon protesters want “three-party talks” in Macau

Hundreds of pre-sale buyers of Pearl Horizon flats staged a protest march on Sunday from Areia Preta district to the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Zape, urging the office to press the local government and the ill-fated residential project’s developer Polytec to hold “three-party talks” with them. Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association President […]
Police considers longer detention for visa overstayers in Macau

Police considers longer detention for visa overstayers in Macau

The Public Security Police (PSP) says they are considering a proposal to increase the detention period for people overstaying their Macau visas from 60 to 90 days. That’s despite authorities admitting there has been a drop in crimes committed by overstayers or illegal migrants. According to the PSP, there has been a decrease in the […]
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