Politics

Macau’s new pair of giant pandas arrived at the airport on a special Air China flight from Sichuan Thursday afternoon – during which the female panda was a little nervous. A total of 10 central government officials, including State Forestry Administration Deputy Director Chen Fengxue, witnessed the arrival. Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan […]

The government will study how to use its interest-free loan business support programme to help young local people open their start-ups in an area known as Hengqin Entrepreneurship Valley for Macau Youth, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said Wednesday. The policy secretary made the announcement after a meeting at  the Macau […]

The European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, has in its latest annual report on Macau called for the authorities there to involve the local population more in the choice of the region’s chief executive, even though Macau’s Basic Law does not provide for the introduction of universal suffrage. “Macau differs from Hong Kong in […]

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak Monday shot down a rumour circulating on the Internet that four US assassins were killed in a firefight in Macau in 2013. Wong made the denial on the sidelines of a ceremony marking the opening of a fire station on the University of Macau’s (UM) Hengqin campus. Several mainland […]

A 3-year-old local boy who had epilepsy died earlier this month due to complications caused by influenza, the Health Bureau (SSM) said during a press conference at the Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre on Saturday. Disease Prevention and Control Centre Director Lam Chong said the boy, who suffered from congenital developmental delay, was chronically […]

The government will look into starting an electronic patient record system next year, Carlos Leong Kei Hong, who heads the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Organisation and IT Department, said Thursday. Leong made the remark on the sidelines of the launch ceremony of Kiang Wu Hospital’s new digital system. Leong said that bidding for the system was […]

The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Leong Vai Tac led a delegation to Hengqin Island to participate in the opening ceremony of the Hengqin area of Guangdong Free Trade Zone, on Thursday. The “Protocol between the City of Zhuhai People’s Government and the Macau Special Administrative Region Government on the establishment of mechanism Zhuhai-Macau cooperation […]

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) announced Thursday a case in which a division chief of the Transport Bureau (DSAT) and one his lower-ranking staff are suspected of having taken bribes totalling about 16 million patacas (US$2 million) for helping three management firms to be granted over 60 procurement contracts for the running of public car […]

Chief Executive Chui Sai On, Monday in Fuzhou announced the creation of a working team, headed by the Secretary for the Economy and Finance, to discuss the strengthening of cooperation ties with the province of Fujian. Chui, who was speaking during a meeting with the governor of Fujian Province, Su Shulin, recalled that cooperation with […]