Politics

Macau’s newly selected pair of pandas, 7-year-old male Yalin and 8-year old female Shurong, to be renamed Hoi Hoi and Sam Sam (in Cantonese), will arrive in the city on Thursday next week, according a statement from the office of Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan yesterday. Local government representatives including Chan […]

Caritas Macau’s long-awaited English-language suicide prevention hotline is finally to get off the ground next month, Secretary-General Paul Pun Chi Meng said on Sunday. Pun spoke to reporters on the sidelines of an event in Iao Hon Park promoting the Roman-Catholic charity’s food bank. He said that Caritas Macau was currently testing the system, adding […]

Large swathes of the city suffered a massive blackout Wednesday morning, affecting about 42 percent of CEM’s clients. The outage lasted about one and a half hours. Following the blackout at about 11 a.m., the power utility began to gradually restore power to the city after about an hour. A malfunction in the 110kV high-voltage […]

Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) President Anselmo Teng Lin Seng said Tuesday he will reveal details of the government’s planned setting-up of an investment development fund in the fourth quarter of this year. Teng made the announcement on the sidelines of Tuesday’s annual spring reception in the quasi-central bank’s garden. Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On […]

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said on Monday he hoped that the “love the country, love Macau” concept will be one of local people’s “core values”, adding that now was the right time to strengthen teenagers’ understanding of the nation and their city. The policy secretary made the remarks during […]

The Health Bureau (SSM) announced on Sunday the immediate recall of Simegel Chewable Tablets from Taiwan for containing non-pharmaceutical ingredients such as calcium carbonate. The bureau said it ordered the recall after receiving a warning from its counterpart in Taiwan. The announcement failed to state the remedy’s health risks. The tablets are produced by Purzer […]

Nearly 2,700 netizens have signed an online petition started by the Macau Society for the Protection of Animals (ANIMA) which urges the government to abolish the city’s greyhound races for good by not renewing Yat Yuen Canidrome’s betting licence which will expire in October 2015. Talking to The Macau Post Daily about the group’s campaign […]

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak stressed on Thursday the important role that closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras play for the police since officers often need the video footage to identify suspected criminals and investigate traffic accidents. Wong made the remark during a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for this […]

Macau’s consumer confidence levels dropped in the first quarter compared to the previous quarter, according to a survey conducted by the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) between March 16 and 25. However, the private university’s survey shows that there was a slight increase in confidence in buying real estate, despite the fact it […]