The government expects to spend about one billion patacas next year to pay rent for office spaces, a year-on-year rise of 38.6 percent, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said on Wednesday. Leong and several senior officials of his portfolio including Finance Services Bureau (FSM) Director Iong Kong Leong attended Wednesday’s plenum […]
Politics
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said that the government will launch a so-called “Blue Sky Project” with the aim of improving the environment of the city’s schools to ensure that each school will have a playground from which the children can see the blue sky. The policy secretary said the […]
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said that the government will launch a so-called “Blue Sky Project” with the aim of improving the environment of the city’s schools to ensure that each school will have a playground from which the children can see the blue sky. The policy secretary said the […]
Addressing Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle, Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said she expected a non-political municipal organisation to be set up in 2017, pledging to carry out a public consultation on the matter next year. Article 95 of the Macau Basic Law states that “municipal organisations which are not […]
Addressing Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle, Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said she expected a non-political municipal organisation to be set up in 2017, pledging to carry out a public consultation on the matter next year. Article 95 of the Macau Basic Law states that “municipal organisations which are not […]
In the wake of Friday’s fire, the Macau Science Centre will be closed until further notice, according to an official statement. The smoky fire broke out at the top floor of the centre in Nape. According to a report by the Chinese-language Macao Daily News on Saturday, the Fire Services (CB) initially believed a worker […]
In the wake of Friday’s fire, the Macau Science Centre will be closed until further notice, according to an official statement. The smoky fire broke out at the top floor of the centre in Nape. According to a report by the Chinese-language Macao Daily News on Saturday, the Fire Services (CB) initially believed a worker […]
Roman Catholic Macau Diocese Bishop Jose Lai Hung Seng has been awarded the city’s third highest decoration of honour, the Silver Lotus. According to this year’s honours list, three former policy secretaries – Florinda Chan Lai Man, Tam Pak Yuen and Cheong Kuoc Va – and former unitary police service chief Jose Proença Branco were […]
The government’s Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre will adopt a range of measures to protect patients’ privacy, said Health Bureau (SSM) Vice-Director Kuok Cheong U. Kuok, who heads the hospital, made the announcement during a press conference at the bureau, adding that the hospital’s Guidelines for Handling Confidential Waste were updated earlier this month. […]