Politics

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 […]

Details of the first phase of government restructuring will be announced later this year, Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) Acting Director Kou Peng Kuan said on Tuesday in a reply to an interpellation submitted by lawmaker Si Ka Lon. Si submitted a written interpellation in April, asking for more information about the promised […]

The Housing Bureau (IH) announced on Monday its proposed amendments to the Social Housing Law by defining ‘rich’ households, which would have to return their flats after four years. IH Director Ieong Kam Wa, Vice Director Kuoc Vai Han and Chan Wa Keong, who heads the bureau’s public housing department, jointly hosted a press conference […]

To assist in the implementation of the government’s annual “wealth-sharing” cash handout scheme, a support centre at China Plaza in Avenida da Praia Grande will start operating today, the Finance Services Bureau (DSF) said in a statement on Sunday. The payout started last week. The handout is the same as last year’s – 9,000 patacas […]

Newly appointed Finance Services Bureau (DSF) Director Stephen Iong Kong Leong said on Thursday that the government would start consulting the public on Tuesday about the government’s budget framework bill. Speaking to reporters after his swearing-in ceremony, Iong said the consultation period would last for 45 days, adding that a public presentation about the bill […]

Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) Director Ho Cheong Kei said on Wednesday the government planned to release this month the results of its public consultation about the routs of the light rail transit (LRT) system in the city’s northern districts. Ho made the announcement on the sidelines of a ceremony where he was sworn in as […]

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said on Tuesday that the government had decided to further tighten its tobacco control measures, including the prohibition of the sale of e-cigarettes and a blanket ban on smoking in casinos. Leong made the announcement during a press conference at Government Headquarters. Leong said the Executive Council had completed […]

A sand supply shortage has held up the reclamation works for the region’s new Zone A, which is unlikely to meet its mid- November deadline, confirmed the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário. This was revealed after an introductory meeting for the urban planning committee before the third and final public consultation […]

The city’s top finance official said on Monday that the government would have to retrench its expenditure if the city’s gross gaming revenue fails to bounce back to at least 20 billion patacas next month. Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac made the remark on the sidelines of an opening ceremony on […]