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Collapsing wall damages World Heritage site in Macau

Collapsing wall damages World Heritage site in Macau

The wall of a building, which was being renovated, collapsed and damaged the listed Lou Kau Mansion next to it on Thursday. The government-run mansion, which is used as a temporary exhibition hall, is one of 20 sites which form the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Historic Centre of Macau. The two-storey grey-brick courtyard house in Travessa […]
Chicken vendors test negative for avian flu in Macau

Chicken vendors test negative for avian flu in Macau

The three vendors who sold live poultry at the Temporary Patane Municipal Market’s Fat Kei stall tested negative for the H7-type avian influenza on Thursday, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement, pledging to closely monitor their health status. The trio were taken to isolation rooms on Thursday for 10-days medical observation, the statement […]
Macau Government stops live poultry sales for 3 days over bird flu scare

Macau Government stops live poultry sales for 3 days over bird flu scare

The government has decided to stop the sale of live poultry in the city for three days starting from Wednesday after discovering the H7-type avian influenza in an environmental sample at the Temporary Patane Market yesterday, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Management Committee President Alex Vong Iao Lek announced last night. The IACM and […]
Macau government to prioritise conventions sector

Macau government to prioritise conventions sector

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said that the conventions sector offered better development opportunities than the exhibitions sector thus the former will take priority over the latter when further developing the city’s conventions and exhibitions industry. Responding to lawmaker Au Kam San’s questions in the Assembly about what the government intended […]
Macau Government to set up medical academy

Macau Government to set up medical academy

The Health Bureau (SSM) is planning to set up an academy of medicine, Secretary for Culture and Social Affairs Alexis Tam Chon Weng said during a Q&A in the Legislative Assembly (AL) on Tuesday. Asked by legislator-cum-doctor Chan Iek Lap about the training of local medical professionals, the policy secretary said that the organisational structure […]
250 taxi licences in Macau up for tender

250 taxi licences in Macau up for tender

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) will invite bids for 250 licences to operate ordinary taxis, according to Monday’s Official Gazette (BO). The gazette did not say when the tenders must be submitted to the bureau nor the minimum bid required. The licences will be valid for eight years only, and cannot be transferred, according to the […]
Support for disease centre in Macau voiced after tour

Support for disease centre in Macau voiced after tour

After joining the Health Bureau’s (SSM) tour of the city’s quarantine facilities on Sunday, all the seven participants speaking during a Q&A session at the bureau expressed their support for the government’s plan to build an infectious disease centre next to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre. Among them was doctor-cum-legislator Chan Iek […]
2015 gold jewelry imports in Macau drop 3 percent

2015 gold jewelry imports in Macau drop 3 percent

Macau’s gold jewelry imports fell 31.2 percent year-on-year to 7.04 billion patacas in 2015, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Imports of watches – another item popular with mainland tourists – dropped 21.5 percent to 6.23 billion patacas. Imports of cars and motorcycles decreased 23.1 percent to 2.85 billion patacas. Imports of handbags […]
Macau lawmaker quits group he co-founded

Macau lawmaker quits group he co-founded

Grassroots lawmaker Au Kam San said that he had decided to leave the New Macau Association (NMA) as he couldn’t agree with the way its new generation of members wanted to run things. Au was one of the founding members of the association, which was formed in 1992. The grassroots lawmaker informed the association’s members […]
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