Politics

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 […]

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 […]