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Macau lawmaker urges government to explain MTR’s role in LRT project

Macau lawmaker urges government to explain MTR’s role in LRT project

Lawmaker-cum-businessman Si Ka Lon urged the government in an interpellation on Wednesday to explain why it has given Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation Ltd. a 470 million pataca service contract for the light-rail transit (LRT) project. The government said in a notice published late last month in the Official Gazette (BO) that as the contract for the LRT […]
Macau lawmakers raise concerns over private notaries

Macau lawmakers raise concerns over private notaries

Lawmakers raised concerns over the supervision of the city’s private notaries if more lawyers will be able to acquire a private notary licence after a government-initiated bill regulating the profession becomes law, the legislature’s 1st Standing Committee President Kwan Tsui Hang said on Tuesday. The legislature last month passed the outline of the bill, the main […]
Macau government wants 100,000 workers on non-mandatory providence fund

Macau government wants 100,000 workers on non-mandatory providence fund

Having 100,000 workers adhering to the non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund scheme is for now the government’s benchmark. “Our aim is to implement this scheme as soon as possible as to guarantee the rights of retired workers. Given that this is a non-mandatory scheme, it’s hard to make a forecast in terms of the number of […]
Lawmaker calls for 12,000 patacas cash handout to Macau residents

Lawmaker calls for 12,000 patacas cash handout to Macau residents

The government should increase its annual cash handout to 12,000 patacas for permanent residents and 6,000 patacas for non-permanent residents next year, legislator Jose Pereira Coutinho, who heads the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), said on Monday after a meeting with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On at Government Headquarters. According to the Official Gazette […]
Pearl Horizon protesters want “three-party talks” in Macau

Pearl Horizon protesters want “three-party talks” in Macau

Hundreds of pre-sale buyers of Pearl Horizon flats staged a protest march on Sunday from Areia Preta district to the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Zape, urging the office to press the local government and the ill-fated residential project’s developer Polytec to hold “three-party talks” with them. Pearl Horizon Condominium Owners United Association President […]
Beijing vows to intensify audits of SOEs in Macau

Beijing vows to intensify audits of SOEs in Macau

The National Audit Office (NAO) will intensify the auditing of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) operating in Macau, Liu Jiayi, the central government’s auditor-general, said on Tuesday. Liu, who also chairs the governing board of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), was invited by the local government to give a lecture on the National Audit […]
Macau government says no change to ‘local dealers only’ policy

Macau government says no change to ‘local dealers only’ policy

The Spokesperson’s Office of the Government said that there was no change in the government’s current policy that it won’t allow the import of non-resident workers to be employed as dealers (croupiers) by local casinos. This means, according to the statement, that the government’s long-standing policy which only allows local residents to work as dealers […]
Macau government modifying list on construction types for eco-impact assessment

Macau government modifying list on construction types for eco-impact assessment

The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) is modifying an official list classifying which kinds of construction projects are subject to environmental impact assessments, Raymond Tam Vai Man, who heads the bureau, said on Sunday. The city’s eco-chief spoke to reporters on the sidelines of a public event celebrating World Environment Day in Praça da Amizade, popularly […]
Macau’s urban planning committee against public housing lot in Taipa

Macau’s urban planning committee against public housing lot in Taipa

The government’s project to use a land plot in Taipa to build public housing was opposed by several members of the Urban Planning Committee. The committee, which has a consultative role, gathered on Thursday to discuss proposals related to fifteen land plots and buildings. One topic debated was the use of a land plot in […]
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