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Privacy abuse cases rise nearly 20 pct: govt

Privacy abuse cases rise nearly 20 pct: govt

The Personal Data Protection Office (GPDP) reveals in its latest annual report that it probed 141 cases of suspected privacy protection violations last year, compared to 118 cases in 2012, up 19.5 percent. The report, in both Portuguese and Chinese, was released on the office’s website yesterday. According to the report, some 62.4 percent of […]
Imported workers make up nearly 40 pct of workforce

Imported workers make up nearly 40 pct of workforce

Macau’s number of imported workers (commonly known as blue-card holders) reached a record 159,299 at the end of May, 33,699 more than a year earlier, the Human Resources Office (GRH) announced Tuesday. Month-on-month, the number of non-resident workers rose by 3,091. The total number included 20,591 domestic helpers, 48.4 percent of them from the Philippines. […]
CE election to be held on Aug 31

CE election to be held on Aug 31

Chief Executive (CE) Fernando Chui Sai On issued an administrative order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday that the CE election will be held on Sunday, August 31. By law, all elections in Macau must be held on a Sunday. This came the day after the 400-members of the Chief Executive Election Commission were […]
Hospitals log 51,000 in-patients in 2013

Hospitals log 51,000 in-patients in 2013

Macau’s four hospital with a total of 1,366 beds recorded 51,000 in-patients last year, an increase of 4.8 percent from 2012, the Statistics and census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. In-patients aged 65 and over accounted for 21.5 percent of the total number of patients. In 2012, residents aged 65 and over accounted for 7.7 percent […]
Gold jewellery tops imports in Jan-May

Gold jewellery tops imports in Jan-May

Macau imported gold jewellery worth 4.63 billion patacas in the first five months of this year, up 51 percent year-on-year, ranking first among the city’s imports, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Gold jewellery accounted for 12.6 billion of the total value of imports between January and May. Food and beverage imports came […]
4,505 vote in CE Election Commission ballot

4,505 vote in CE Election Commission ballot

A total of 4,505 of 5,448 voters representing several hundred associations elected 344 members of the 400-head Chief Executive Election Commission among 352 candidates – just eight more than the number of seats available. Turnout was 82.69 percent. Some 94 percent of the votes cast were valid, with 70 ballots left blank and 198 deemed […]

Macau’s jobless rate remains at 1.7 pct

Macau’s estimated unemployment rate has remained at a record low 1.7 percent during the past five months, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said yesterday. According to a DSEC statement, the city’s total labour force stood at 387,600 in the March-May employment survey period. Total employment reached 381,100. The labour force participation rate amounted to […]
Macau government vows to ‘fine-tune’ individual visit scheme

Macau government vows to ‘fine-tune’ individual visit scheme

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Cheong U said yesterday that while no final decision about any new measures and policies to improve the so-called “Individual Visit Scheme” (IVS) was made in a meeting with the central government early this week, both the local and central governments agreed that the scheme has to be fine-tuned […]
Taipa residents threaten ‘radical action’ over petrol station

Taipa residents threaten ‘radical action’ over petrol station

Representatives of a group of Taipa residents who are opposed to a government-approved project to convert a small park in Estrada Almirante Marques Esparteiro near the Regency Hotel Macau into a petrol station, warned Wednesday they wouldn’t exclude “radical action” if the government does not scrap the plan. Two representatives of the residents – Rachel […]
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