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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 […]
Chui implies no Q&A after 1st term wrap-up

Chui implies no Q&A after 1st term wrap-up

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On reaffirmed Monday that since there will be changes in his team of policy secretaries he will not, as usual, appear before the legislature in November to present his policy address for next year but instead give a wrap-up of his work during his first five-year term. Chui did not […]
Govt launches guidelines for cleaning water systems

Govt launches guidelines for cleaning water systems

Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Director Susana Wong Soi Man said Sunday that the government has introduced new guidelines on the cleaning of water systems in residential buildings. Wong also said her bureau tries to convince residents in public housing estates to follow the guidelines first, then introduce them to commercial and public buildings before […]
AL chief urges CE to attend Q&A after 5-year wrap-up

AL chief urges CE to attend Q&A after 5-year wrap-up

Responding to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai’s remark last week that he would attend a meeting of the Legislative Assembly (AL) next month to summarise his work over the past five years, AL President Ho Iat Seng Thursday urged Chui to consider using a “different method” in which lawmakers could raise questions about the government’s […]
MGM chief says HK protestors should not disrupt economy

MGM chief says HK protestors should not disrupt economy

MGM Macau CEO Grant Bowie said Wednesday that protestors backing Hong Kong’s “Occupy Central” movement should not impact the city’s economy while expressing their views. Bowie made the comment in response to a reporter’s question on whether the protests in Hong Kong has affected Macau. The TDM reporter mentioned in her question that the Hong […]
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