A survey conducted by the Macau Gaming Industry Frontline Workers (FMG) shows that 77 per cent of the 3,044 casino workers surveyed said that their sector should be barred from gambling in local casinos, activist Ieong Man Teng, who heads the group, said on Thursday. Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan […]
Politics
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said on Wednesday he was “sure” that the construction of the public hospital in Cotai will not be completed by 2019 as previously planned by the government. Rosario talked to reporters about the large-scale project after attending a meeting of the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land […]
The government will establish a company to replace the Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) next year, lawmaker Ho Ion Sang, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession Affairs, told reporters on Thursday, adding that the firm will be fully owned by the government. The office, which is responsible for the construction and […]
The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) has rejected Moon Ocean Ltd’s request to annul a 2012 administrative order by Chief Executive Chui Sai On which invalidated the company’s provisional leaseholds of five plots of land where the aborted La Scala residential project is located, according to a statement issued by the court on Wednesday. Chui’s […]
The Macau and Guangdong governments signed a deal to join forces in the development of the central government’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative on Tuesday. The two sides inked the letter of intent during the one-day 2016 Macau-Guangdong Joint Co-operation Conference. Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and Guangdong Governor Zhu Xiaodan co-hosted a press […]
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Tuesday that the central government was “deeply concerned about the safety of Macau’s residents,” amid concerns about safety at the still under-construction Taishan Nuclear Power Plant. Chui also vowed that his government will always be in close contact with the Guangdong provincial government about the plant’s construction progress […]
The government’s bill for the city’s long-delayed non-mandatory central provident fund was finally passed by the legislature on Tuesday, eight years after it had first been presented by the government. During a plenary debate about the bill’s outline, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said he was “confident” that the government […]
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said on Sunday it was important for the various public entities in the city to always be innovative so that the government will be able to better meet residents’ needs. The policy secretary also said it was important to encourage public entities not to be afraid […]
There should be two municipal bodies for the Macau peninsula and one for Taipa and Coloane, Zhu Shihai, an associate professor at the Faculty of Law of the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), said on Thursday. Zhu, who holds a PhD in law from Renmin University of China in Beijing, made the remarks […]