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Macau needs to amend and abolish 1,200 laws, regulations from Portuguese era

Macau needs to amend and abolish 1,200 laws, regulations from Portuguese era

The Secretary for Administration and Justice said that Macau needs to abolish half of the 1,200 laws and regulations inherited from the Portuguese era that are no longer suitable to the international city the SAR has become. In a recent interview with Exmoo News, Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said that the co-ordination and revision of […]
Police ‘cleaning house’ is necessary says Macau Secretary for Security

Police ‘cleaning house’ is necessary says Macau Secretary for Security

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said internal “house cleaning” over the past year was difficult but necessary, as rogue officers give the police a bad name. Wong made the remarks during a speech at a media dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Cotai. A number of police corruption cases erupted over the last […]
Macau Lawmakers pass bill on longer jail time for drug crimes

Macau Lawmakers pass bill on longer jail time for drug crimes

Lawmakers approved on Wednesday the outline of a government-drafted bill to increase the minimum prison terms for the selling of drugs from the current three years to five years, as well as the minimum and maximum sentences for drug-taking. Government officials including Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan and Judiciary Police (PJ) […]
Low risk of terrorist attack in Macau

Low risk of terrorist attack in Macau

Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Chau Wai Kuong said on Tuesday that the risk of a terrorist attack locally is “relatively low”. Chau made the remarks on the sidelines of a meeting with the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (“Kai Fong”) and the Macau Property Management Association at the PJ headquarters. According to the 2016 […]
Alexis Tam pledges measures to attract non-Macau students

Alexis Tam pledges measures to attract non-Macau students

The government will come up with measures to attract more mainland and foreign students to study in Macau, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said estimating that the number of new high-school graduates will decrease over the next five years and level out at about 3,500. “We’ll not have enough local […]
Lai Man Wa’s case closed in Macao, no suicide cause revealed

Lai Man Wa’s case closed in Macao, no suicide cause revealed

Lai Man Wa’s case has been closed. The Judiciary Police says the Prosecutions Office has determined that the former Customs director committed suicide. However, information on the reason behind the suicide will not be made public following a request made by Lai’s family. On October 30th last year, the body of Macau’s first female Customs […]
Secretary for Economy evokes “Macau spirit” to overcome setbacks

Secretary for Economy evokes “Macau spirit” to overcome setbacks

The Secretary for Economy and Finance evoked the “Macau spirit” to bring people together, overcome the difficulties they face and use the opportunity to improve the city’s economy.s . Lionel Leong Vai Tac said in a recent interview with Exmoo News that, in meetings with friends, social groups and people in industry, he felt the […]
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