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UNWTO to offer IFT students internships

UNWTO to offer IFT students internships

The Madrid-based World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) will provide internships for five students of the Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) every year, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said on Monday. The policy secretary made the announcement before attending the Global Tourism Economy Forum’s welcome dinner, which was hosted by the local […]
Macau should develop multi-destination tourism

Macau should develop multi-destination tourism

Macau’s tourism sector should connect with the surrounding areas, particularly Hong Kong and the mainland, to develop a multi-destination approach, United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary-General Taleb Rifai said on Monday. Speaking to reporters after the opening ceremony of the Global Tourism Economy Forum at the Venetian in Cotai on Monday, Rifai commended Macau […]
Macau and Hong Kong to begin CEPA negotiations

Macau and Hong Kong to begin CEPA negotiations

Macau and Hong Kong will soon start negotiations on a free trade agreement, namely the Hong Kong and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (HK-Macau CEPA), according to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government’s press release announced on Friday. The new arrangement will cover elements including commitment to bind tariff at zero, minimizing non-tariff barriers, […]
Alexis Tam unsure of Coloane hospital opening

Alexis Tam unsure of Coloane hospital opening

Alexis Tam has said that he does not know when Macau’s second public hospital will be ready to open, adding that he “has not been made privy to the information.” “I have been asked by many [people] as to when the new hospital in Taipa will open and I can tell you that I myself […]
Caritas Macau’s English suicide helpline gets at least 2 calls per day

Caritas Macau’s English suicide helpline gets at least 2 calls per day

Caritas Macau’s English-language suicide prevention hotline, which was launched in mid-June, receives at least two calls a day, Paul Pun Chi Meng, secretary general of the Roman-Catholic welfare organisation, said on Sunday. Speaking on the sidelines of an award ceremony in Praça do Tap Seac, Pun said he believed that local non-Chinese speakers’ demand for […]
Caritas Macau’s English suicide helpline gets at least 2 calls per day

Caritas Macau’s English suicide helpline gets at least 2 calls per day

Caritas Macau’s English-language suicide prevention hotline, which was launched in mid-June, receives at least two calls a day, Paul Pun Chi Meng, secretary general of the Roman-Catholic welfare organisation, said on Sunday. Speaking on the sidelines of an award ceremony in Praça do Tap Seac, Pun said he believed that local non-Chinese speakers’ demand for […]
Alexis Tam unsure of Coloane hospital opening

Alexis Tam unsure of Coloane hospital opening

Alexis Tam has said that he does not know when Macau’s second public hospital will be ready to open, adding that he “has not been made privy to the information.” “I have been asked by many [people] as to when the new hospital in Taipa will open and I can tell you that I myself […]
Macau and Hong Kong to begin CEPA negotiations

Macau and Hong Kong to begin CEPA negotiations

Macau and Hong Kong will soon start negotiations on a free trade agreement, namely the Hong Kong and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (HK-Macau CEPA), according to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government’s press release announced on Friday. The new arrangement will cover elements including commitment to bind tariff at zero, minimizing non-tariff barriers, […]
No request from US over UN graft scandal: Wong

No request from US over UN graft scandal: Wong

The local police have not received any request for assistance from the US in investigating a UN graft scandal involving local developer David Ng Lap Seng, Macau’s top security official said on Thursday. Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak made the remark at the end of an inspection tour of Long Chao Kok, a bay […]
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