Politics

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 […]

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 […]