A report released by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) yesterday accuses the Transport Bureau (DSAT) of tampering with the procedure of open tendering in the outsourcing of public car parks management services, as well as the bureau’s “defective” internal monitoring mechanism. According to the hard-hitting report, DSAT officials have been splitting the cost of public […]
Politics
Chief Executive Chui Sai On said on Wednesday that the government would learn its lesson from the setbacks in the construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Taipa for the still unscheduled LRT project on the peninsula. The Taipa section of the LRT, the construction of which started in 2011, has been hit by […]
Lawmakers criticised the budget and location of the new central library on Thursday after a briefing on the project held by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) at the Legislative Assembly (AL). Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng said last month that the government had already made up its mind to build the […]
Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, will deliver his 2017 Policy Address in the legislature’s hemicycle on November 15, the Legislative Assembly (AL) announced on Tuesday. According to the announcement, Chui will answer lawmakers’ questions about the policy address on November 16. The government’s five policy secretaries will present their respective 2017 portfolio guidelines to the […]
Understanding citizens’ concern about his health, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On told reporters on Thursday before the opening ceremony of the 21stMacau International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) that he was recovering well after consulting a doctor. Chui said he wore thin clothes last Monday, when Premier Li Keqiang arrived for an inspection tour, pointing […]
On the last of his three-day inspection visit to Macau, Premier Li Keqiang elaborated on 19 measures to support Macau’s development, including the implementation by the end of this year of a policy to allow Macau-registered vehicles to enter Hengqin Island, as well as the implementation by June 30 next year of a policy to allow both […]
Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday he was sure that Macau’s future will be even better. On the second day of his three-day working visit, Li visited a raft of places. In the morning, Li presided over a plaque-unveiling ceremony to mark the launch of the construction of a government complex on two plots in Nam […]
China will grant at least 2 billion yuan (US$300 million) in preferential loans to Portuguese-speaking African and Asian countries that are members of Forum Macau, China’s prime minister announced in Macau. Li Keqiang said that these loans are intended to promote the productive capacity of the beneficiary countries and strengthen “further” cooperation in terms of […]
Portugal and China must join “forces” to promote triangular cooperation with other Portuguese-speaking countries in sectors such as agriculture, infrastructure and education, the Prime Minister of Portugal proposed on Tuesday in Macau. António Costa spoke at the opening ceremony of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Macau Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China […]