Politics

The government won’t allow the monthly rental of parking spaces in new car parks but drivers who currently rent spaces won’t have their monthly passes cancelled and will still be able to rent them. This is what Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said during a plenary session in the legislature on […]

Legislator-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho said on Tuesday that the legislature’s s 2nd Standing Committee could not alter the government’s tobacco control amendment bill. Coutinho was attending a Q&A session in the legislature when he made the remark. The outline of the government-drafted tobacco control and prevention amendment bill was passed on Friday. The bill proposes […]

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said on Monday that he would consider amending the law to keep Coloane free of casinos – if the public wishes. The policy secretary made the remark during a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle on Monday. Directly-elected lawmaker Au Kam San asked Leong on Monday […]

Lawmakers on Thursday passed government-drafted amendments to the sales tax law by tripling tobacco tax in an urgent procedure without lawmakers’ usual committee-level discussion as is customary for government-drafted bills. Meanwhile, chief executive Fernando Chui Sai On signed an order on Thursday according to which from Tuesday each person is permitted to bring in only […]

Given the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge’s opening looming on the horizon next year, the local government on Thursday signed a framework agreement with authorities from Zhuhai and Hong Kong, ramping up regional collaboration on tourism development. The trilateral partnership was reached at a conference held on Thursday in Hengqin where both tourism departments’ major officials came […]

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) went on a joint sales mission to Malaysia and Singapore together with five tourism entities including Tourism Administration of Guangdong Province, Tourism Administration of Guangzhou Municipality, Zhongshan Municipal Tourism Bureau, Zhuhai Culture Sports and Tourism Bureau as well as Tourism Administration of Shaoguan Municipality. The six offices jointly promoted international […]

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) went on a joint sales mission to Malaysia and Singapore together with five tourism entities including Tourism Administration of Guangdong Province, Tourism Administration of Guangzhou Municipality, Zhongshan Municipal Tourism Bureau, Zhuhai Culture Sports and Tourism Bureau as well as Tourism Administration of Shaoguan Municipality. The six offices jointly promoted international […]

Lawmakers on Thursday passed the government bill declaring September 3 this year as a mandatory holiday to celebrate the nation’s anti-fascist victory over Japan. Lawmakers unanimously passed the bill in an urgent procedure without legislators’ usual committee-level discussion as is customary for government-drafted bills. Government representatives including Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi […]

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario said on Wednesday he hoped the government will decide by year’s end whether the city’s fourth Macau-Taipa link will be a bridge or a tunnel. The policy secretary made the remark after attending a meeting of the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Administration Affairs about the […]