Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam announced on 3 June that the government had decided to open up public tender allowing local architects to present proposals for the Hotel Estoril revamp project which was originally awarded to Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. Tam admitted his decision was politically driven: “There are good architects […]
News
Macau can assist mainland enterprises in expanding their businesses in Portuguese-speaking countries and markets along the “Belt and Road” by providing construction-finance matching services, Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) President Jackson Cheong was quoted by Xinhua News Agency. Cheong made the remarks in a speech at the opening session of the 7th International […]
The government’s project to use a land plot in Taipa to build public housing was opposed by several members of the Urban Planning Committee. The committee, which has a consultative role, gathered on Thursday to discuss proposals related to fifteen land plots and buildings. One topic debated was the use of a land plot in […]
The latest report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on competitiveness of cities, has placed Macau at ninth, according to a note published this week by the Macau University of Science and Technology. The release of the Chinese Urban Competitiveness Report marks the 14th anniversary of the publication. The report includes 294 cites, […]
Macau’s gross gaming receipts fell 9.6 per cent to 18.4 billion patacas (US$2.3 billion), completing a two-year decline, according to data from Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau released Wednesday. That followed a 9.5 per cent decrease in April and compares with the median estimate of an 8 per cent drop. Macau has been struggling for two […]
The agreement on trade in services between mainland China and Macau, which came into effect on Wednesday, 1 June, will allow companies from 153 areas of activity to offer their services in the interior of China. The document, which is an extension of the Closer Economic and Trade Partnership Arrangement between China and Macau (CEPA) […]
Macau’s balance of trade deficit from January to April showed a 23.9 per cent year-on-year decrease to 19.331 billion patacas (US$2.416 million), reported the Statistics and Census Bureau. The data available on the Bureau’s website shows that the trade deficit in the same period of 2015 amounted to 25.451 billion patacas. The deficit registered in […]
Macau’s imports of motor vehicles – cars and scooters – dropped by 52.1 per cent year-on-year to 434 million patacas in the first four months of the year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Tuesday. Imports of mobile phones fell by 54.7 per cent year-on-year to 1.6 billion patacas. Imports of gold jewellery dropped by 24.3 per […]
Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 13.3 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement on Monday. The bureau attributed the decrease in the city’s economic output mainly to “the continuous decline in exports of services and decrease in investment.” According to […]