Macau’s former chief prosecutor Ho Chio Meng has been accused of 1,970 crimes such as embezzlement, fraud, money laundering, false testimony and illicit participation in business activities, the city’s top court said in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, the trial of Ho and 9 co-defendants is slated to start on December 5. While […]
Politics
In a meeting of the legislature’s 2nd Standing Committee on Thursday, lawmakers questioned some of the proposed amendments to the Legislative Assembly Election Law, according to lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Chan Chak Mo, who chairs the committee. Chan briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting, which no government officials attended, in the legislative chamber. Customarily, the meetings of the […]
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 […]
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 […]