Politics

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Monday he believes that his new team will govern Macau with an “innovative spirit” and “new dynamism”. Chui also said he had difficulty in choosing the members of his new team. Chui officially presented the members of his new team during a press conference at Government Headquarters after […]

Semi-retired businessman Victor Ng Wing Lok has been awarded the Golden Lotus Decoration of Honour, the government announced last night. The Golden Lotus is the second highest decoration awarded by the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR). The highest decoration – Grand Lotus – was not awarded this year. Ng, who is in his mid 80s, […]

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement Sunday that the number of new HIV infections recorded in the first 10 months reached 40, an increase of nearly 66 percent compared with the same period of last year. The bureau also said that homosexual or bisexual contacts were for the first time the main channels […]

Macau’s private and public sectors don’t do enough to ensure that the information stored in their servers is protected from hacking and other security breaches, Gilbert Chan Tong Seng, executive director of Macau New Technologies Incubator Centre (Manetic), said Thursday. Chan issued the warning while revealing the findings of the 5th Macau Information Security Survey, […]

The line-up of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On’s new government will be officially announced on Friday, informed sources told The Macau Post DailyTuesday. The sources, who asked to remain anonymous, said the line-up would “not be a big surprise” since the complete list was leaked earlier this month to the local press.  “This name […]

The government said Monday that the city’s increased taxi fares will take effect on December 14 with the flagfall to be raised to 17 patacas – up 13.3 percent – for the first 1.6 kilometres, while the distance-based interval charge will be increased to two patacas for every 260 metres and the waiting time charge […]

Macau will sign an anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing agreement with the United States, according to an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) Monday. The order issued by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On authorises Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the […]

The government’s chief spokesman announced Thursday that the opening hours of three Macau-Zhuhai border checkpoints will be extended from December 18. According to the announcement, the Macau Cotai-Hengqin checkpoint will be open 24 hours seven days a week. The Barrier Gate’s opening hours will be extended by one hour each in the morning and at […]

The government has completed proposed amendments to the law on the reparation for damages arising from accidents at work and occupational diseases by introducing a mandatory insurance that employers must buy for their employees who need to work when the No. 8 or a higher typhoon signal is hoisted. Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng […]