Politics

Macau Cultural Resources Association (MCRA) Vice President Cheong Cheok Fu said Tuesday that while residents should not reject the universal value of democracy, neither should they rush to demand the introduction of universal suffrage to elect the chief executive and all lawmakers as they are not yet fully prepared. Cheong made the remark on the […]

Colonel Wen Yufa, spokesman of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Macau Garrison, announced,  that  Major General Zhu Qingsheng, commander of the PLA Macau Garrison, was appointed as the director of the Armaments Department of the PLA Guangzhou Military Area Command (MAC). Senior Colonel Wang Wen will succeed him as commander of the PLA Macau […]

Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) President Jorge Neto Valente said Monday that he had no intention of running in next month’s chief executive (CE) election. He confirmed, however, that he had nominated a candidate for the CE election without further elaboration. He made the remarks in a phone interview with The Macau Post Daily yesterday after […]

Macau Development Strategy Research Centre (CPEDM) President Lionel Leong Vai Tac said Sunday that the government’s co-operation with civic associations was important to Macau’s development, adding that there was a need for administrative reform. Leong made the remarks on the sidelines of the think tank’s annual conference in which civic leaders in various fields were […]

The government has started a survey to collect data about breeding sites for Aedes aegypti, the dengue fever carrying mosquito, and warned that a number of public areas in residential buildings have been found to contain stagnant water, which is the main breeding site for the insect. Lam Chong, a doctor who heads the Health […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said in his re-election manifesto Tuesday that he will give “priority to issues concerning people’s livelihoods, such as housing, transport, environmental protection, social security and human resources.” The 57-year-old public health expert made the pledge during a press conference about his re-election bid at the Macau World Trade Centre […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will announce this morning that he will seek re-election, veteran  lawmaker Vong Hin Fai said Monday. Chui has chosen Vong as his “mandatary” once again. In a Portuguese-style election process, a “mandatary” is the legal representative of a candidate. He said that Chui, 57, and his campaign team would […]

Macau’s chief government spokesman Alexis Tam Chon Weng said at the weekend that a “referendum” planned by three local grassroots groups was a violation of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and the Macau Basic Law. Tam, who also heads the office of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and holds a string […]

The number of residential flats in an area to be reclaimed from the sea known as Zone A will be increased to 32,000 from the 18,000 the government had announced in 2012, the Executive Council (ExCo) announced in a press conference Thursday. The 1.38-square-kilometre Zone A lies north-east of the peninsula, stretching from Areia Preta […]