The economic advantages of Macao’s Portuguese connections, and promotion of the Greater Bay Area, are expected to form the bulk of the agenda.
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An array of agreements signed this week between provincial governor Wang Weizhong and Hong Kong’s John Lee brings GBA integration a step closer.
The local government dismisses as ‘baseless’ a US State Department survey on human rights in Macao, which comes just as Beijing releases its own report on rights abuses in the US.
Exxon appears to be restarting LNG production in the southern African country, following on from TotalEnergies’ announcement that it was likely to do the same.
News outlets in Hong Kong have made unconfirmed reports that Ding Xuexiang, recently described as President Xi’s “most trusted aide”, will take over from Han Zheng.
The airport is seeing an uptick in private jet arrivals, reports say, with one charter operator hoping the market will recover half of its pre-pandemic volume this year.
The latest figures put Macao’s birth rate at its lowest level in 37 years. If that’s allowed to continue, it will pose big problems for the city.
There are 470 million patacas ready to be disbursed by the Science and Technology Development Fund to eligible projects this year.
The company has leased an Airbus 320 and has begun operating services to Bali, with flights to Jakarta and Singapore starting next week.