Politics

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will attend a Q&A session today in the legislature’s hemicycle which will be streamed live on YouTube for the first time, according a statement from the Government Information Bureau (GCS) yesterday. According to the GCS statement, apart from four websites including the legislature’s own website which will stream the […]

The government started to connect the signal for its “basic TV channels” provided by “Macau Basic Television Channels, Limited” at midnight last night, marking the end to Macau Cable TV’s 15-year monopoly. The connection was made at 34 signal access points from where the TV signal is relayed to local households through overhead cables belonging […]

Chief Executive Electoral Management Committee President Song Man Lei said  Tuesday that the committee expected the budget for the upcoming election of the 400-member Chief Executive Election Commission and the election of the chief executive to be increased. However, she did not say by how much it will be increased as the committee is still […]

It will take three years for Macau to be ready for convergence of television, video and data communication services into one single network, Telecommunications Regulation Bureau (DSRT) Acting Director Horry Hoi Chi Leong said Wednesday. Hoi made the remarks at a press conference on the future development of the local television service. According to Hoi, […]

The Social Security Fund (FSS) announced Tuesday that the public consultation period for a non-mandatory central provident fund system begins today and will end on June 13, in which four consultation sessions will be held, two on April 28 and May 7 respectively for employers and two on May 10 and 17 respectively for the […]

With only nine votes in support, 14 against and seven abstentions, a bill submitted by lawmakers José Pereira Coutinho and Leong Veng Chai on the right of workers to form trade unions was rejected by the Legislative Assembly (AL) Monday. While Coutinho heads the Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), Leong a board member of the […]

Macau and Taipa will not be linked by the Light rail transit system (LRT) before 2018 or 2019, the government announced Friday during a meeting with legislators at the Legislative Assembly. Lei Chan Tong, coordinator at the Transportation Infrastructure Office, told the legislators on Friday that by July the government would provide all the numbers […]

The Macau Youth Federation (MYF) announced in a press conference Sunday  that registration is now open for those wishing to take part in its seventh annual programme to boost their political awareness. MYF President Amy Chan Sao Chai said her association would accept 100 applicants aged 18 to 39. She said the programme would include […]

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes admitted Sunday she believes that there will be some inconvenience to the public during the 8th Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Tourism Ministers Meeting (TMM) in the city next month, vowing that the government will do its best in minimise the hassles it may cause […]