Politics

Energy Sector Development Office (GDSE) Director Arnaldo Santos said on Sunday that about 20 government entities had managed to reduce their energy consumption by 5 percent annually over the past three years. Santos made the remarks while attending the opening ceremony for this year’s Energy Conservation Week in Praça do Tap Seac, the 9th year […]

The Judiciary Police has busted a Hong Kong drug trafficking syndicate. Authorities say they received information that a Hong Kong drug trafficking syndicate has been hiring Hong Kong students to traffic drugs in Macau. Police have seized drugs on two students near the Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal worth 40,000 patacas on Wednesday night. The students […]

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said Monday the bureau had raised its response level for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) from “alert” to “high alert”. He also urged the public not to travel to South Korea for the time being. The announcement was made during a special press conference in the Conde […]

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement Sunday that at the weekend it had checked two suspected Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) cases but both proved negative. The two cases included a local woman who returned from South Korean on Saturday, according to the statement. The bureau did not give any details on the […]

Macau Gaming Junket and Entertainment Association (AMJEM) Chairman Kwok Chi Chung said Sunday that a blanket smoking ban would be a “disastrous blow” to the troubled gaming industry. Kwok was one of the panellists attending Sunday’s Macau Forum. The open-air debate programme is hosted by government broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park every Sunday. Over […]

About 300 people attended Thursday’s June 4 vigil, commemorating the victims of the June 4 incident in Beijing. Several participants in the annual activity stressed the importance of seeing young people at the vigil, saying the events leading up to the night in 1989 should not be forgotten and that the victims deserved justice. Most […]

The government said Thursday that after considering the relevant laws in countries such as Singapore it had decided to lower the maximum prison sentence of three years in the latest version of its animal protection bill to just one year. Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan made the remark to the media […]

The government announced Monday that a string of pensions and allowances such the pension for senior citizens paid by the Social Security Fund (FSS) will be increased up to 5.5 percent. According to an order signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, which was published in Monday’s Official Gazette (BO), the increased pay-outs will […]

The government will tighten its control over migrant construction workers’ visas and cut their visa period to a maximum one-month stay after their assigned public work is complete. The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, revealed on Saturday that the authorities will shorten the workers’ permitted period of stay, three months prior to the […]