The government’s Youth Business Incubation Centre is talking to its counterparts in the China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) about encouraging young local people to set up shop in the zone, Economic Services Bureau (DSE) Director Tai Kin Ip said on Sunday. Tai spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of […]
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The government plans to draft a 10-year development plan for the higher education sector after its tertiary education bill is passed by the legislature, Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) Director Sou Chio Fai said on Wednesday. The higher education chief made the remarks when addressing the founding ceremony of the Macau Tertiary Education Development and […]
The National Audit Office (NAO) will intensify the auditing of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) operating in Macau, Liu Jiayi, the central government’s auditor-general, said on Tuesday. Liu, who also chairs the governing board of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), was invited by the local government to give a lecture on the National Audit […]
The Spokesperson’s Office of the Government said that there was no change in the government’s current policy that it won’t allow the import of non-resident workers to be employed as dealers (croupiers) by local casinos. This means, according to the statement, that the government’s long-standing policy which only allows local residents to work as dealers […]
Macau should make use of the Internet and big data to build itself into a data city, Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, said at University of Macau (UM) on Monday. Ma, also known as Ma Yun, made the suggestion during a public lecture hosted by the Zhejiang Chamber […]
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said on Monday the government hoped to boost co-operation between Macau companies and their counterparts in Zhejiang, adding that the cultural and commercial exchanges between the two places were becoming more frequent. Addressing the founding ceremony of the Association of Zhejiang Entrepreneurs of Macau at Macau […]
Hundreds joined on Saturday the annual candle light vigil to commemorate those who died in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing. Three decades on and the bloody events continue to divide opinions, in Macau and beyond. Once more, hundreds joined a candle-light vigil in Macau to honour those killed on June, 4th 1989 when Chinese […]
About 70 residents took part in a celebratory march on Sunday to express their gratitude for the long-awaited passage of a government-drafted bill on preventing and combating domestic violence. The Good Shepherd Centre, organiser of the event, began the walk from Vasco da Gama Garden at around 3 p.m., heading towards Government Headquarters, where the group […]
The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) is modifying an official list classifying which kinds of construction projects are subject to environmental impact assessments, Raymond Tam Vai Man, who heads the bureau, said on Sunday. The city’s eco-chief spoke to reporters on the sidelines of a public event celebrating World Environment Day in Praça da Amizade, popularly […]