Politics

The newly elected board members of the Macau Chamber of Commerce (ACM), including Chairman Ma Iao Lai and board member Lionel Leong Vai Tat, both members of the government’ top advisory Executive Council (ExCo), flew to Beijing Sunday for meetings with a number of central government entities, including the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau […]

Macau’s long-delayed legislation on animal protection is heading for another delay due to procedural matters in the legislature. The Legislative Assembly’s Rules and Statutes Committee reached a consensus Thursday that a government-drafted bill on protecting animals is a “repeat” of the one unsuccessfully proposed by lawmakers José Pereira Coutinho and Leong Veng Chai in February, […]

Government broadcaster TDM said in a statement Thirsday that it had submitted a complaint to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) over an incident in which several casino workers taking part in a demonstration outside the Venetian “harassed” the TV station’s journalists. The statement, signed by TDM Executive Committee Chairman Manuel Gonçalves Pires Jr., added that […]

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 […]