President Xi Jinping met Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On in Beijing on Friday.
Politics
The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed on Thursday a government-initiated amendment will which toughens the anti-drug law, slated to take effect 30 days after its promulgation in the Official Gazette (BO).
About a dozen members of the government-appointed Urban Planning Committee urged the government on Wednesday to come up with a more specific strategic development plan for Macau covering the 2016-2030 period.
Addressing a Q& A session in the legislature’s hemicycle on Tuesday, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said that the supply of sand from the mainland for the land reclamation project off the north-eastern coast of the peninsula would resume on Friday. Rosario made the remarks on the last of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guide-lines for next […]
Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said on Thursday that the government was proposing that cash and bearer negotiable instruments of 120,000 patacas (about US$15,000) or more should be declared to customs officers.
he Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, said on Thursday that “health, education and social welfare are the priorities” for the government. During the first day of the Policy Address presentation by Tam, questions on tourism development, education and healthcare topped lawmakers’ concerns.
Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said on Monday that a declaration of allegiance, which candidates will have to sign to be able to run in the Legislative Assembly (AL) elections, to confirm their agreement with the Macau Basic Law and their fidelity to the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), was “a precautionary measure for a rainy day”.
Addressing a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle on Monday, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said that the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras was necessary to keep the city secure.
The Executive Council (ExCo) has finished discussing the government’s draft of an amendment bill on sex crimes listed in the Macau Penal Code, according to a statement by the government’s top advisory body on Friday.