Politics

Fernando Chui Sai On acknowledged on Tuesday that the government is facing the dilemma of promoting the city’s development and protecting its heritage sites at the same time, but pledged that if “most residents” agreed to protect any building or sites which they thought were worthy of preservation the government would do its best to […]

Fernando Chui Sai On acknowledged on Tuesday that the government is facing the dilemma of promoting the city’s development and protecting its heritage sites at the same time, but pledged that if “most residents” agreed to protect any building or sites which they thought were worthy of preservation the government would do its best to […]

Macau government is still discussing with its Guangdong and Fujian counterparts plans to invest 10 billion to 20 billion patacas of the city’s financial reserves in the two provinces’ infrastructure projects, Chan Sau San, a member of the board of directors of the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) said on Sunday, adding that the government would […]

Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) Director Iong Kong Io said on Wednesday that his bureau was working with relevant government entities to look for ways to provide jobs for senior citizens in the future. Iong was responding to a caller during a phone-in programme at Ou Mun Tin Toi, the Chinese-language radio channel of government broadcaster […]

Public opinions gathered by the Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) last January indicate that the authorities’ first scheme for the future Light Railway Transit (LRT) route in Seac Pai Van is the most popular among locals, according to a GIT statement released on Sunday. As per the suggested blueprint, the transit initially operates through the Lotus […]

Local telecom operator CTM will let customers try out its 4G service next month and tariffs are expected to be lower than its current 3G service, the company’s vice president for commercial affairs, Ebel Cham Pou I, said on Friday. Cham made the remark at the company’s press briefing held at Sands Macau to give […]

Macau Travel Industry Council President Andy Wu Keng Kuong said on Tuesday that all package tours to Bangkok and Pattaya until Sunday will be cancelled. The move came after a deadly bomb explosion, which killed at least 20 people, including two Hong Kong women, in the Thai capital on Monday night. Speaking to The Macau […]

Urban planners, architects and residents gathered on Sunday to discuss alternatives for Hotel Estoril. Urban planning advocacy group Root Planning organized a one-day discussion group at the Diocesan Pastoral Youth Centre gathering local urban planners, architects, activists and residents to talk about other possibilities for the use of the former casino-hotel that is to be […]

The government’s plan to allow high-rise buildings to be built on reclamation Zone B remains among residents’ top concerns, according to a preliminary evaluation of the new reclamation zone blueprint public consultation, now in its third phase. The Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) revealed on Friday that between June and August, it had […]