Politics

The Abandoned Animals Protection Association of Macau (AAPAM) held a demonstration for animal rights on Sunday. The demonstrators started out from Praça do Tap Seac and marched to the Legislative Assembly (AL) where they handed in a petition, signed by 1,252 people, to an official of legislature. According to Josephine Lau Pau Chan, one of […]

The Housing Bureau (IH) said in a statement on Friday that right now the“conditions” for the government to implement its so-called Macau Residents Home Purchase Plan – popularly known as “Macau People, Macau Land” – were “not right” as civil society had not reached a consensus on the matter. The bureau said in the statement […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said on Thursday he was confident about his government’s decision to invest part of Macau’s financial reserves in major infrastructure projects in Guangdong. Chui made the upbeat remark at a press conference after the one-day 2015 Macau-Guangdong Joint Co-operation Conference in Jiangmen city on Thursday. Secretary for Economy and […]

A group comprising various government bureaus working on the revision of the city’s anti-drug law suggests raising the penalties for drug offences, with the minimum prison sentence for drug trafficking to be raised from three to five years, Social Affairs Bureau (IAS) President Iong Kong Io said on Thursday. The current law dates back to […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said in a Father’s Day audio message on Sunday that “family harmony is the basis for social harmony.” Chui recorded the message to wish all fathers in Macau all the best, namely good health and happiness. The message also pointed out that one’s family home is one’s first school […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will meet Guangdong Governor Zhu Xiaodan on Thursday to strengthen ties between the neighbouring regions. Chui will be attending the 2015 Macau-Guangdong Joint Co-operation Conference in Jiangmen. According to a statement by the local government on Monday, Chui will be accompanied by Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong […]

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) will assess applications for animal acts to decide whether the shows will be approved, the legislature’s 1st Standing Committee President Kwan Tsui Hang said on Thursday. Currently, animal performances are not regulated, and animal fights for entertainment and betting are not banned. Members of Kwan’s committee on Thursday […]

One third of the 48 idle plots of land that were attributable to leaseholders have been exempted from the revocation of concessions by the government, the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, revealed on Tuesday. The secretary notified the Legislative Assembly (AL)’s Follow-up Committee on Land and Public Concession Affairs of the […]

Lawmaker-cum-unionist Jose Pereira Coutinho’s labour union bill was defeated for the sixth time on Monday in the Legislative Assembly (AL). Coutinho proposed six different bills, including the trade union bill, all of which were voted down. The other ill-fated bills concerned a wide range of issues such as employees’ protection from discrimination over gender and […]