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Macau government axes 5 La Scala leaseholds

Macau government axes 5 La Scala leaseholds

The provisional leaseholds of five plots of land where the aborted La Scala residential project is located, covering an area of 78,789 square metres, or around 95 percent of the project site’s total area, have been annulled because the plots had not been developed when the leaseholds expired on December 13, according to Official Gazette […]
Three arrested in Macau’s third greatest drug bust since 1999

Three arrested in Macau’s third greatest drug bust since 1999

The Judiciary Police (PJ) raided a drug trafficking syndicate and arrested three foreign suspects in what they are describing as the third largest drug trafficking case since 1999. A total of six kilograms of cocaine was appropriated with an estimate street value of MOP18 million. The police first arrested a Nigerian man as he was […]
Macau’s former chief prosecutor Ho Chio-meng fails in release bid after arrest

Macau’s former chief prosecutor Ho Chio-meng fails in release bid after arrest

Macau’s former chief prosecutor was back in prison on Tuesday night after the city’s top court rejected his bid for release on the grounds that he was wrongly detained following his arrest in connection with an alleged multimillion-dollar corruption racket. The city’s Court of Final Appeal threw out a habeas corpus application from Ho Chio-meng […]
Chan pledges to make Macau government more efficient

Chan pledges to make Macau government more efficient

Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said that she and her staff would put every effort into making the government more efficient. “In the year ahead, in order to implement the Special Administrative Region government’s policy of strenghtening the economy, improving the wellbeing of residents and consolidating development, the administration and justice […]
Sonia Chan says MP tendering process in Macau will be reviewed

Sonia Chan says MP tendering process in Macau will be reviewed

The Secretary for Administration and Justice told journalists that the eventual need to renew or restructure staffing in the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) is a matter for the MP. However, she also said that there is a plan to review the way the MP assesses tenders and decides upon the suppliers of works and services. […]
Ex-chief prosecutor of Macau in jail over graft claims

Ex-chief prosecutor of Macau in jail over graft claims

Macau’s former chief public prosecutor Ho Chio Meng was remanded in custody on Saturday on allegations of graft, according to a special press conference held by Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) chief André Cheong Weng Chon at his office. Cheong said the Public Prosecution Office (MP) passed the case to the CCAC in the first half […]
Ho Chio Meng, former Macau Prosecutor General arrested in bribery case

Ho Chio Meng, former Macau Prosecutor General arrested in bribery case

Ho Chio Meng, former Macau Prosecutor General, has been arrested and charged with fraud, abuse of power and document forgery , according to the English TV news of Macau television (TDM). The city’s graft watchdog says a former head of the Public Prosecutions Office and main officers are suspected of colluding with a private company […]
Raymond Tam to head DSPA of Macau

Raymond Tam to head DSPA of Macau

Raymond Tam Vai Man, the former head of Civil and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), has been appointed to head the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA). According to a statement issued on Thursday by the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, a notice of the appointment will be published soon in the Official Gazette. Tam was put […]
Macau Chief Executive “upholds freedom of the press and freedom of publishing”

Macau Chief Executive “upholds freedom of the press and freedom of publishing”

The Chief Executive stated that the media plays a significant role in connecting the government and the public by providing information on policies and social issues. He added that the contributions of the media toward the development of Macau are widely recognized by the community. Mr Chui made the comments during a lunch which he […]
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