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Hotel’s closure won’t affect Macau’s image said government

Hotel’s closure won’t affect Macau’s image said government

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said Sunday that the temporary closure of Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel in Taipa won’t have a negative impact on Macau’s image as an international tourist destination. Tam said the hotel’s six-month closure by the government on Friday was necessary as the condition of the property constituted a public safety […]
Macau government expects visitors to revamped Grand Prix museum to triple

Macau government expects visitors to revamped Grand Prix museum to triple

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said on Thursday she expected the revamped Grand Prix Museum to attract up to three times more visitors than it does currently. On Thursday, the office organised a media briefing about plans to revamp the museum at the Tourism Activities Centre (CAT) in Zape, […]
Canidrome to relocate or shut down its operations by 2018

Canidrome to relocate or shut down its operations by 2018

The Macau government has ordered Macau (Yut Yuen) Canidrome Co Ltd. to relocate its greyhound racing track or shut down its operations within the next two years. The racing track is located in the northern area of the Macau peninsula. A press release issued today by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) states that […]
Spending on public projects boosts Macau’s competitiveness

Spending on public projects boosts Macau’s competitiveness

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said on Wednesday that the development of public infrastructure did help enhance the city’s competitiveness in the long term. Chui also said he was still considering whether to add the proposed renovation of the Grand Prix Museum to his policy address for next year. Chui spoke to reporters at […]
Macau Liaison office has new chief

Macau Liaison office has new chief

The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau said in a statement on Tuesday that the State Council has appointed Wang Zhimin as director of the Liaison Office, replacing Li Gang as the central government’s top official posted to Macau. According to the statement, Wang, aged 59, was born in Fujian’s Xianyou county. […]
Macau and Hong Kong sign CEPA agreement

Macau and Hong Kong sign CEPA agreement

The ninth Hong Kong-Macau Cooperation High Level Meeting was held in Macau on Friday. Both Hong Kong and Macau initiated the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement Between Hong Kong and Macau (HK-Macau CEPA) during the meeting, according to a statement from the Government Information Bureau (GCS). The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong Vai Tac, […]
Proposal to reinterpret Macau’s Land Law’s articles rejected

Proposal to reinterpret Macau’s Land Law’s articles rejected

The president of the Legislative Assembly (AL), Ho Iat Seng, revealed on Thursday that the proposal to add a so-called “interpretative note” to the Land Law, submitted to the assembly by lawmaker Gabriel Tong, has already been rejected by the board. The assembly’s board, which consists of the president and vice-president of the AL and […]
Macau’s Iec Long Firecracker plant land swap is invalid

Macau’s Iec Long Firecracker plant land swap is invalid

Upon Wednesday’s release of a hard-hitting Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) report on a land swap deal involving the former Iec Long Firecracker Factory site in Taipa, the government said it had determined that the agreement is invalid and defective, adding that the anti-graft body would launch a criminal investigation into the case if any indication […]
Macau government hires consultancy for study on 2 Macau-Taipa tunnels

Macau government hires consultancy for study on 2 Macau-Taipa tunnels

The Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) said in a statement on Monday that the government has hired CCCC Highway Consultants Co. Ltd. Macau Branch to carry out a feasibility study on the construction of two tunnels either on the west or the east side of the old Macau-Taipa bridge, or a tunnel on […]
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