Politics

Macau will be part of the central government’s “One Belt and One Road” initiative, Commissioner of the Foreign Ministry in Macau Hu Zhengyue told the local media on Wednesday. Hu made the announcement in a speech during a Spring Festival reception hosted by the commission for the local press. The “Silk Road Economic Belt” and […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said on Tuesday his government will focus on eight aspects when carrying out a mid-term review of the city’s three gaming concessions and three sub-concessions this year. According to the chief executive, the eight aspects are: 1) Impact of the development of the gaming industry on the local economy; […]

Chief Executive Dr. Fernando Chui Sai On pledged on Monday that he will do his best to make Macau a liveable city as part of the government’s aim of turning the city into a global tourism and leisure hub. Chui pointed out that the government will soon submit a report to the central government about […]

Edmund Ho Hau Wah, a vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said on Thursday that parents and those in the patriotic camp should “lead by example” when teaching youths national education and instilling a sense of patriotism in them. Ho also said he disagreed with the idea […]

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said on Thursday that the government plans to install 800 more CCTV cameras in the city’s crime black spots on top of the 820 cameras the installation of which is currently undergoing a public tender procedure. Wong made the remarks to the media on the sidelines of a seminar […]

A mainland worker was killed in an accident at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel construction site in Taipa on Thursday. According to a Judiciary Police (PJ) report, the victim was a 40-year-old mainlander who worked on the fifth floor of a building on the site. He fell down the lift shaft after failing to notice the […]

The former executive director at the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), Echo Chan, officially took office Wednesday as the new Coordinator of the Support Office to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese speaking Countries (Forum Macau). “I will apply my experience, accumulated in my […]

Local power utility CEM is looking to replace its fuel oil generators with ones that use natural gas to produce cleaner electricity, which could cost 1.7 billion patacas, CEM Executive Committee Chairman Bernie Leong Wa Kun said on Wednesday. Leong made the remark while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the company’s annual Spring […]

The State Council has appointed Sun Da and Zheng Zhentao as vice-directors of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau, according to a statement announced from the office on Wednesday. Including the two new vice-directors, the office now has a total of five vice-directors. The other three are Chen Sixi, Chen Qiming […]