News

24 Jul 2017

Nepal says young girls being trafficked to Macau

Nepal’s human trafficking watchdog says young girls are being trafficked to Macau. According to local broadcaster TDM, the latest report of the watchdog also reveals there have been complaints over scams related to jobs here in the special administrative region.

24 Jul 2017

No complacency in anti-money laundering work says Lionel Leong

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said at the weekend that the government will not be complacent after achieving good results in the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) 2017.

24 Jul 2017

Alexis Tam wants city to become cultural exchange hub

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said that the government aims to turn Macau into a “cultural exchange centre”

21 Jul 2017

Police bust bogus VIP room, nab 19 suspects

The police busted a fake VIP gaming room in a hotel suite in Nape on Wednesday and arrested 19 gang members from the mainland.

21 Jul 2017

Government to urge CTM to further lower charges

The government will urge CTM to further lower its leased line and International Direct Dialling (IDD) service charges this year.

20 Jul 2017

Jockey Club reports 4 billion patacas in accumulated losses

The Macau Jockey Club in Taipa reported accumulated losses of 4.07 billion patacas, assets of 240 million patacas and liabilities of 1.3 billion patacas at the end of last year.

19 Jul 2017

University of Macau admits more than 1,500 new local students

The University of Macau (UM) has completed the admission process for the 2017/18 academic year and it has admitted a total of 1,535 local students.

19 Jul 2017

FM chief says businessman didn’t profit from Lisbon mansion deal

Macau Foundation President, Wu Zhiliang, said that local businessman did not make a profit from a deal in which a palatial mansion in Lisbon was sold to the foundation.

18 Jul 2017

Taxi fares to go up on Sunday: flag fall rises 11.8 percent

Transport Bureau Director Lam Hin San announced on Monday that the city’s taxi fares will be raised on Sunday, with the flagfall increased by 11.8 percent, from 17 to 19 patacas, and the distance for subsequent incremental charges to be shortened from 260 to 240 metres.