Politics

The government’s chief spokesperson Alexis Tam Chon Weng, who heads the office of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, said yesterday that a “referendum” which three groups plan to hold next month was “illegal” and “invalid.” Tam made the remarks after a press conference at Government Headquarters which he hosted to announce details of the […]

Internet group Macau Conscience is teaming up with the Open Macau Society and Macau Youth Dynamics to hold a so-called “civic referendum” at the end of next month on universal suffrage and this year’s chief executive election. Addressing a press conference at the New Macau Association (NMA) headquarters, high-profile political activists Jason Chao Teng Hei […]

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io said yesterday that the government had no timetable for when it will finish drafting an amendment bill on its home ownership scheme (HOS), adding the main reason for amending the law was to fix some issues that cropped up during its implementation. He made the remark […]

Chief Executive Electoral Management Committee President Song Man Lei announced the dates for the nomination and campaign periods for next month’s chief executive election. Song said that between July 14 and 29, permanent residents could collect nomination forms for the new chief executive from the Public Administration Building in Rua do Campo, and return them […]

The Personal Data Protection Office (GPDP) reveals in its latest annual report that it probed 141 cases of suspected privacy protection violations last year, compared to 118 cases in 2012, up 19.5 percent. The report, in both Portuguese and Chinese, was released on the office’s website yesterday. According to the report, some 62.4 percent of […]

Chief Executive (CE) Fernando Chui Sai On issued an administrative order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday that the CE election will be held on Sunday, August 31. By law, all elections in Macau must be held on a Sunday. This came the day after the 400-members of the Chief Executive Election Commission were […]

A total of 4,505 of 5,448 voters representing several hundred associations elected 344 members of the 400-head Chief Executive Election Commission among 352 candidates – just eight more than the number of seats available. Turnout was 82.69 percent. Some 94 percent of the votes cast were valid, with 70 ballots left blank and 198 deemed […]

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Cheong U said yesterday that while no final decision about any new measures and policies to improve the so-called “Individual Visit Scheme” (IVS) was made in a meeting with the central government early this week, both the local and central governments agreed that the scheme has to be fine-tuned […]

Representatives of a group of Taipa residents who are opposed to a government-approved project to convert a small park in Estrada Almirante Marques Esparteiro near the Regency Hotel Macau into a petrol station, warned Wednesday they wouldn’t exclude “radical action” if the government does not scrap the plan. Two representatives of the residents – Rachel […]