Politics

Guinea-Bissau’s infrastructure minister died in Macau Thursday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said. According to a PJ statement, a colleague of Rui Gomes de Araujo went to the latter’s room at the Venetian resort in Cotai Thursday morning where he found him unconscious in bed. Gomes de Araujo was rushed to the public Conde de S. […]

Lawmaker Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong urged the government Tuesday to close the loophole which is being used by mainlanders to stay in the city for up to nine days as “transit passengers”. Ng said in a written interpellation submitted to the Legislative Assembly that the official figure from the Public Security Police (PSP) showed that […]

Li Gang, who heads the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, said Sunday that everyone including officials have the freedom to refuse to answer reporters’ questions. He also said that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and his government communicate with the public “a great deal”. Li made the remarks to reporters on the […]

Women’s rights activist-cum-Good Shepherd Centre Director Juliana Devoy left for Geneva on Friday to speak to the United Nations’ Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) about Macau’s penalties for domestic violence on Thursday and Friday, where she will argue that the government’s classification of domestic violence as a semi-public crime is a violation […]

Directly-elected lawmaker Jose Pereira Coutinho predicts that just two of the government’s five policy secretaries will remain in the Cabinet. Coutinho told government broadcaster TDM’s Portuguese-language channel Radio Macau on Saturday that while Lau Sio Io will stay on as Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Cheong U will also stay on but move from […]

Over 1,000 protestors from about 15 groups took the streets of Macau Thursday to voice out various concerns, demanding better working and living conditions as well as a reform of the political system. This year’s Labor Day march demonstrated a wider variety of concerns and larger participation of casino workers. While gaming industry employees united […]

Li Gang, director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, Wednesday described Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On’s idea of asking Beijing for more land leases on Hengqin Island and jurisdiction over Macau’s coastal waters as “farsighted”. He made the remarks on the sidelines of a public event at the private Macau University […]

Chief Executive Electoral Management Committee President Song Man Lei said yesterday that the committee had picked five locations for polling stations for the election of the Chief Executive Election Commission members. Song, one of the three Court of Final Appeal (TUI) judges, made the announcement while speaking to reporters after the committee held a regular […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said yesterday his government would apply to the central government to lease more land on Hengqin Island, which, if approved, would be used for local enterprises to develop their business there. He also said he believed if more local enterprises set up their business on the island this would […]