National strategies such as the central government’s 13th Five-Year Plan and the ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative have provided Macau with “incredible and historic opportunities” for achieving its goal of developing the city into a “world centre of tourism and leisure”, Du Jiang, a vice-chairman of the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), said on Wednesday. […]
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The police have arrested 15 men and women on suspicion of credit card fraud involving HK$100 million, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a press briefing yesterday. The spokesperson said that after launching an investigation following a tipoff in July, the police identified a shop in Nape, disguised as a jewellery and phone shop […]
The Macau government has established a Commission for the Development of the Service Platform for Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, according to an executive order published Monday in the official bulletin. The creation of this commission aims, according to the order, at an “integration of the various services and government entities involved, in […]
Newly sworn-in Macau Customs Service Director-General Alex Vong Iao Lek said on Monday that he and his team would be ready to tackle and overcome any challenge which may come up. Vong’s swearing-in ceremony took place at Government Headquarters yesterday, with Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On presiding over the function. Vong made the remarks […]
Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On announced on Saturday that Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Alex Vong Iao Lek has been appointed director-general of the Macau Customs Service by the State Council in Beijing. The post had been vacant since Macau Customs Service director-general Lai Man Wa died last October in what an […]
The government will launch a public consultation on an amendment bill to the Legislative Assembly Election Law in March or April, Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said on Thrusday. The policy secretary made the pledge after a meeting with members of the Legislative Assembly’s 1st Standing Committee on Thursday. Chan said […]
The police arrested a Filipina domestic helper on Thursday for dumping her newborn in a waste bin in a residential building in Taipa on Tuesday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said. The spokesperson made the announcement during a special press briefing last night. A baby girl was left inside a bin in a communal utility […]
Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng said on Wednesday the legislature’s performance was “still far from satisfactory”. Addressing the assembly’s Chinese New Year media luncheon at Macau Tower, the city’s top lawmaker said the legislature had encountered some rather big challenges and difficulties, pledging to “meet the challenges” with all of his fellow legislators. […]
A cleaner found a newborn baby girl abandoned in a bin on the 17th floor of a residential building in Flower City in Taipa on Tuesday morning, said Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai. Choi said the Public Security Police (PSP) got a call from residents of the 17th floor flat in Lei Yip […]