Politics

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io said Wednesday that while the government will listen to public opinion about the routing of the southern peninsula section of the Light Rail Transit (LRT), he warned that a prolonged debate could delay the project’s completion. The policy secretary said the construction had to begin as […]

The Public Security Police (PSP) said Tuesday they expect the number of violators of immigration rules to be reduced by 50 percent after new measures concerning period of time mainland passport holders are allowed to stay in Macau in transit takes effect on July 1. Wong Kim Hong, a senior officer of the PSP Immigration […]

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) is drafting a bill to – finally – criminalise animal abuse, according to a statement that was released online by the Abandoned Animals Protection Association of Macau (AAPAM) Tuesday. The statement said several AAPAM members had a meeting with IACM officials – including President Vong Iao Lek and […]

Macau has reduced to five days, from seven, the permitted stay for Chinese passport holders who transit in the enclave effective from July 1. The move announced Monday is aimed at deterring some mainlanders from deliberately breaching the existing entry requirements of transiting in Macau for seven days – without actually traveling elsewhere. However Macau […]

A jetfoil traveling from Hong Kong to Macau on Friday morning crashed into a breakwater, injuring 70 people, one of whom required surgery. The vessel was carrying 220 passengers and 13 crew members when it hit the seawall before listing to its right off Macau’s Outer Harbor. The Marine and Water Bureau revealed that preliminary […]

The Macau government has released a statement Friday denying Chief Executive Chui Sai On’s involvement in the administration’s land-granting decisions when he was the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture. However, the statement did not mention the allegations made against the former CE Edmund Ho Hau Wah The short statement, which consisted only of a […]

Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) Director Cheong Weng Chon told a press conference Thurday  that a public consultation period on the review of consumer rights legislation is now underway and will go on until August 12. Cheong said the primary objective of consulting the public was to improve Macau’s business environment. He pointed out that existing […]

The minimum wage for the city’s 11,800 cleaners, doormen and security guards employed by the property management sector will be set at 30 patacas an hour, according to a bill that the government will submit to the legislature for debate and vote soon. The Executive Council (ExCo) – the government’s top advisory body – finished […]

A group of Taipa residents hand­ed in a petition addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On outside Government House Thursday, expressing their opposition to the government’s plan to replace a small roadside park in Estrada Almirante Marques Esparteiro with a petrol station. This came two days after about two dozen residents held a sit-in […]