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Health chief vows to meet demand for medical services

Health chief vows to meet demand for medical services

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion acknowledged yesterday that demand for medical services in Macau has increased to the point that it is higher than the city’s population growth, pledging that the bureau would continue to keep up with demand for medical services. Lei made the statement on the sidelines of a meeting at […]
Over 130 co-operation deals signed at MIF

Over 130 co-operation deals signed at MIF

Trade visitors from more than 50 countries and regions joined the 19th Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) during which the organiser assisted in about 1,500 business-matching sessions and the signing of more than 130 co-operation agreements over the four-day fair that ended Sunday. According to a statement from the fair’s organiser Macau Trade […]
Top prosecutor calls for tougher drug penalties

Top prosecutor calls for tougher drug penalties

Public Prosecutor-General Ho Chio Meng said Sunday that the Public Prosecution Office (MP) has suggested to the government there should be tougher penalties for cases involving “huge amounts of drugs” or defendants who pushed others to engage in drug-related crimes. Ho made the remarks to reporters on the sidelines of a public event at Lin […]
Macau to have 24-hour border crossing with Hengqin by year end

Macau to have 24-hour border crossing with Hengqin by year end

The border between Macau and Hengqin Island is likely to be opened up to 24-hours a day by the end of this year, according to Niu Jing, the director of the Hengqin New Area Management Authority. Speaking in Macau he said that the government is currently seeking to put the necessary infrastructure into place to […]
Government plans trial run for 2016 by-census next year

Government plans trial run for 2016 by-census next year

Statistics and Census Bureau (DESC) Director Kong Pek Fong said Wednesday in order to ensure that the 2016 population by-census won’t run into hitches her bureau plans to carry out a trial run in 2015. She also said the contents of the questionnaires for the trial run would be confirmed by the end of year. […]
Govt expects 4,500 participants to attend 19th MIF

Govt expects 4,500 participants to attend 19th MIF

About 4,500 exhibitors and trade visitors from Macau, the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and several dozen foreign countries have registered to participate in the four-day 19th Macau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF), which will kick off tomorrow, Irene Va Kuan Lau, co-ordinator of the organising committee of the fair, said Tuesday. Lau made the […]
Inflation reaches 6.08 pct in Jan-Sept

Inflation reaches 6.08 pct in Jan-Sept

Macau’s average consumer price index (CPI) for the first nine months rose 6.08 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Tuesday. In the third quarter, the index was up 5.94 percent year-on-year. For the 12 months including last month, the index increased 6.03 percent from the previous period. Last month, the index was […]
Chui to spend 45 minutes on 1st term wrap-up

Chui to spend 45 minutes on 1st term wrap-up

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will attend a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly (AL) on November 11 to give a wrap-up of his work during his first five-year term and present a “mini-budget” for the first quarter of next year. He expects to spend about 45 minutes in the legislature’s hemicycle. Chui’s office […]
Centaline says housing prices ‘reasonable’

Centaline says housing prices ‘reasonable’

The city’s housing prices may have skyrocketed over the past decade but its current housing price levels are “reasonable”, Centaline (Macau) Property Agency Director Jacky Shek Pou Tak said Monday. Shek spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the company’s 10th anniversary bash. “Housing prices have multiplied over the past 10 years but if you […]
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