Politics

Macau, China, 7, Sep – Macau’s two-week legislative election started officially at zero hour on Saturday when 12 of the 16 rival groups and their supporters gathered at the city’s main square, Largo do Senado, to put up their campaign posters at designated billboards. The four other groups started their campaign by putting up their […]

The list headed by lawmaker Pereira Coutinho won the undisputed elections for the Council of the Portuguese Communities, the advisory body for Government policies on emigration and Portuguese communities abroad. The Portuguese Consulate in Macau hosted a trouble-free election that saw only around 2,200 voters from the 15,000 registered to vote. This time the Consulate […]

The list headed by lawmaker Pereira Coutinho won the undisputed elections for the Council of the Portuguese Communities, the advisory body for Government policies on emigration and Portuguese communities abroad. The Portuguese Consulate in Macau hosted a trouble-free election that saw only around 2,200 voters from the 15,000 registered to vote. This time the Consulate […]

Local youths should learn from history and cherish peace, Acting Chief Executive Wong Sio Chak said on Thursday, adding that Macau people’s contributions to their nation’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression were enormous. Even though Portugal, which ruled Macau at that time, remained neutral during World War II, many local residents actively supported their […]

The austerity measures announced by the government on Monday will not be cancelled even if the city’s gross gaming revenues rebound to over 20 billion patacas this month, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said on Wednesday. Chui spoke to reporters at the local airport before departing for Beijing to attend Thursday’s V-Day parade. On […]

The austerity measures announced by the government on Monday will not be cancelled even if the city’s gross gaming revenues rebound to over 20 billion patacas this month, Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said on Wednesday. Chui spoke to reporters at the local airport before departing for Beijing to attend Thursday’s V-Day parade. On […]

Local youths should learn from history and cherish peace, Acting Chief Executive Wong Sio Chak said on Thursday, adding that Macau people’s contributions to their nation’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression were enormous. Even though Portugal, which ruled Macau at that time, remained neutral during World War II, many local residents actively supported their […]

Responding to Tuesday’s 15th straight monthly plunge in casino revenue, the government announced – as widely expected – austerity measures to control public expenditure. The move came after the city’s gross gaming revenue in the first eight months of this year fell below the government’s previously announced “red line” of a monthly average of 20 […]

Responding to Tuesday’s 15th straight monthly plunge in casino revenue, the government announced – as widely expected – austerity measures to control public expenditure. The move came after the city’s gross gaming revenue in the first eight months of this year fell below the government’s previously announced “red line” of a monthly average of 20 […]