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Macau government expects legal assistance deals with HK, mainland next year

Macau government expects legal assistance deals with HK, mainland next year

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said the government would do its best to ink separate mutual legal assistance (MLA) agreements with its mainland and Hong Kong counterparts next year. Chan made the remarks after attending a seminar at Hotel Royal on the planned legal co-operation deals. Chan attended the one-day seminar […]
Union urges Macau government to stop granting more gaming tables

Union urges Macau government to stop granting more gaming tables

Several members of the Gaming Employees Advancement Association petitioned the government on Sunday not to authorise any more gaming tables for Macau’s six casino operators. After handing the group’s petition to an official outside Government Headquarters, Willis Chan Chi Kin, who heads the union, insisted that the current number of gaming tables was “quite enough”, […]
Macau government strengthens push for breastfeeding

Macau government strengthens push for breastfeeding

The government plans to further strengthen its push for breastfeeding in Macau, such as by drafting regulations which require all public places to include nursing rooms, informed Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion. Lei made the remarks during a Q&A session about Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng’s portfolio’s policy […]
HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge good for passenger flow says Simon Chan

HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge good for passenger flow says Simon Chan

The head of the Civil Aviation Authority, Simon Chan, says passenger flow will be positively affected with the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. Simon Chan has also hailed improvements being done at the Macau International Airport. The President of the Civil Aviation Authority believes that the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge will have a significant and […]
Macau government strengthens push for breastfeeding

Macau government strengthens push for breastfeeding

The government plans to further strengthen its push for breastfeeding in Macau, such as by drafting regulations which require all public places to include nursing rooms, informed Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion. Lei made the remarks during a Q&A session about Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng’s portfolio’s policy […]
Macau increases exports to China under CEPA

Macau increases exports to China under CEPA

Macau’s goods exports to mainland China under the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) totalled 89.39 million patacas between January and November, according to the Macau Economic Services (DSE). In November the value of exported goods amounted to 12.5 million patacas, an increase of 114.2 percent over the figure for October, a month in which exports […]
False imprisonment cases rise 135 percent in Macau

False imprisonment cases rise 135 percent in Macau

The police recorded 308 false imprisonment cases in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year surge of 135.1 percent, from just 131 in the same period last year, announced the Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced. Wong said that the total number of recorded crimes, however, saw a 2.2 percent year-on-year drop, […]
Paulo Chan vows to put Macau’s gaming industry in order

Paulo Chan vows to put Macau’s gaming industry in order

Former Assistant Public Prosecutor-General Paulo Martins Chan was officially sworn in on Tuesday as the director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), bracing himself for a new chapter of his career expected to be fraught with challenges. The gaming regulator’s new head, appointed by the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, told […]
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