Politics

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 […]

Local mothers went on the social media over the weekend to vent their frustration on Macau’s health system, sharing their check-up experiences during pregnancies at the government-run Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre. They alleged that doctors gave them wrong medical advice causing them to almost lose their babies. This came after a local man […]

Criminal cases of unlawful detention and loansharking surged significantly year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, as well as cases of arson, document forgery, and “crimes jeopardizing the territory.” The Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, revealed the police’s latest crime statistics on Thursday, indicating that the number of criminal cases recorded in the […]

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak maintained on Wednesday that the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras is meant to boost public security and to help the police solve crimes, adding that the installation of the public surveillance cameras follows the guidelines laid out by the Personal Data Protection Office (GPDP). He also indicated that […]

The Transport Bureau (DSAT) will hold a public session on June 23 to announce the successful bidders for 200 new taxi licences, according a statement from the bureau on Wednesday. The bureau also said in the statement that 230 taxi licences will expire later this year or next year. The 200 new taxi licences will […]