Politics

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng insisted on Monday that Hotel Estoril’s mosaic was “inappropriate” for the building’s new role the government has in mind. The government announced in April its redevelopment plan for the former casino-hotel and its swimming pool, proposing to turn the former into a youth activities centre […]

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong VaiTac said on National Day he “believed” the government will extend the Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome’s greyhound racing concession “for a short period” without any change in the current contract terms, adding that the duration of the new concession had yet to be decided. The government has commissioned […]

About 100 people attended a candlelight vigil held by the Macau Society for the Protection of Animals (ANIMA) near Nam Van Lake opposite Government Headquarters last night, urging to government to terminate greyhound racing in Macau. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the event, ANIMA President Albano Martins said dog racing should stop in […]

The Macau government has lodged a formal application with the central government on the management of Macau’s “customary” coastal waters, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said on Monday. Chui spoke to reporters at the airport before heading to Zhoushan city in Zhejiang province for a two-day working visit along with senior officials including Secretary […]

The Health Bureau (SSM) says in a statement it estimates that the city’s gaming revenue would be reduced by up to 4.6 percent if a blanket ban on smoking in all gaming venues was implemented, adding that it had taken a preliminary assessment conducted by the Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) as a reference. […]