Politics

Echo Chan Keng Hong is from Wednesday onwards, the new coordinator of the Support Office to the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. Echo Chan, who was previously the director at the Macau Institute for Promotion of Trade and Investment (IPIM), succeeds Rita Botelho Santos, who […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said on Wednesday he was“cautiously optimistic” about Macau’s economic future. He made the remark during a press conference at the local airport Wednesday morning, before his flight to Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the annual meeting of the third session of the 12thNational People’s Congress (NPC). According […]

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said on Wednesday that he will be able to provide Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On with concrete Chinese New Year (CNY) tourism statistics related to the so-called Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) within a week. Tam made the pledge while speaking with reporters on the […]

The Public Security Police (PSP) recorded 1,333 cases of taxi drivers’ misconduct in the first two months, according to a PSP report released on Tuesday. Of the 1,333 cases, 53 percent were for overcharging and refusal to take passengers. The rest included parking in restricted zones, ignoring traffic laws or obstructing traffic when picking up […]

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosario told reporters on Monday there was no plan to examine the quality of every of the city’s thousands of subsidised home ownership scheme (HOS) flat. Rosario said that due to the fact that many owners have already moved into their flats, it was “impossible” to expect […]

The 2ndStanding Committee of the Legislative Assembly met on Monday to review the government’s bill to reform the city’s tertiary education system, but its members found many of the points laid out in the bill to be unclear and said that they would require further clarification from the government. It was the committee’s first meeting […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai on will pay a four-day visit to the national capital from Wednesday, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said on Sunday. According to a GCS statement, Chui will attend the opening session of this year’s meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC) on Thursday. Chui is not a member of […]

About 10 people are missing after a speedboat believed to be carrying illegal visitors on a gambling trip from the mainland capsized off Macau early on Friday. Mainland and Macau authorities have launched an air and sea search-and-rescue operation after the boat overturned about 500 metres off the Grand Coloane Resort before dawn. Four men […]

There have been fewer reported cases of influenza so far this year than a year earlier, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, the bureau recorded 239 cases of flu last month, down 57.7 percent from the same month of last year when 566 cases were reported. A […]