Politics

Grassroots lawmaker Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong said Thursday he hoped that a new round of political reform can begin next year, in time for the introduction of universal suffrage in 2019. He made the plea on the sidelines of a forum held by the New Macau Association (NMA) outside the University of Macau (UM) library […]

The Judiciary Police (PJ) picked up four Fujianese men Wednesday for jamming telecom networks and sending out junk text messages to people crossing the border from five flats in a residential building opposite the Barrier Gate checkpoint. PJ spokesman Vong Chi Hong said at the entrance of the Jardim do Mar do Sul Building that […]

Advocacy group Rainbow of Macau said  Wednesday it would launch a postcard campaign to encourage residents, particularly Macau’s LGBT community, to urge the government to include same-sex cohabitants on the list of couples who will be protected in its domestic violence prevention bill. LGBT is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. […]

A banner that read in Chinese “Macau Also Wants Real Universal Suffrage” was hung on the external wall of the University of Macau (UM) library on its new Hengqin campus Tuesday, but was removed by security guards in less than an hour. The banner was hung on the UM Wu Yee Sun Library sometime after […]

Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan Lai Man vowed yesterday that the government will strengthen communication with the legislature. The policy secretary also said that bills which currently are being discussed by the Legislative Assembly (AL) will not be affected by any personnel changes among the government’s top echelons. Chan made the remarks to […]

The Macau Down’s Syndrome Association launched yesterday “free hugs” to urge the public to accept people who have the condition and other mentally disabled people. The group also said that still many local schools do not enrol disabled children, even those who are physically disabled, urging the government to look into the matter and come […]

The central government “trusts and fully supports” Macau in the diplomatic field, Deputy Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui said yesterday. Zhang made the remarks in a speech during a reception at the Banyan Tree Macau hotel in Taipa in celebration of the 15th anniversary of Macau’s return to Chinese administration and the establishment of the Office […]

A senior government official said Sunday there was still no generally accepted definition of “indecent assault” or “sexual harassment” in local society because of which a consensus needed to be reached first through public consultation next year before drafting legislation on the matter could begin. Law Reform and International Law Bureau (DSRIJI) Vice Director Chan […]

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion acknowledged yesterday that demand for medical services in Macau has increased to the point that it is higher than the city’s population growth, pledging that the bureau would continue to keep up with demand for medical services. Lei made the statement on the sidelines of a meeting at […]