Politics

The Executive Council (ExCo) announced on Friday that it has completed discussing a by-law, which regulates the operation of a company which will be fully funded by the government for the transmission of “basic TV channels”. According to the announcement by the chief executive’s top advisory body, the government expects to spend about 10 million […]

Government Information Bureau (IBS) Director Victor Chan Chi Ping said on Friday his bureau has completed the public consultation process on its press bill which it has submitted to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, vowing the release its wording in the middle of this month. Chan also said that after public consultations ended last […]

The Macau Public Security Police (PJ) caught four women from Tanzania over the week­end in a hotel in the centre of Macau on suspicion of human trafficking and prostitution. PSP spokesman Lao Kuok Hei told a press conference Sunday that officers received a tip-off on Friday that a group of Tanzanian women were involved in […]

The Municipal Affairs and Civic Bureau (IACM) said in a statement Thursday that about 7,600 live chickens and 1,900 live pigeons will be on sale today after a 21-day ban on the import of live poultry came to end yesterday. The bureau said that IACM staff had confirmed that the birds are virus free after […]

Chief Executive Electoral Management Committee President Song Man Lei said Wednesday the committee would improve the way the votes are counted in the election of members of the Chief Executive Election Commission. However, she also said that the committee needed more time to discuss the matter so she was unable to elaborate. Song, one of […]

The government announced Tuesday that the import of live poultry will be resumed tomorrow and they will be back on sale in markets on Friday. The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) held a press conference about the resumption of poultry imports, co-hosted by IACM Administration Committee Acting Chairman Alex Vong Iao Lek, Committee Member […]

Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan Lai Man said Sunday that the local government and the Hong Kong Department of Justice were working on striking a deal on the transfer of fugitives wanted by either jurisdiction. The policy secretary said that the talks were going smoothly. Chan said she was optimistic that both governments […]

Lawmaker-cum-educator Chan Hong said Sunday a better way to promote the Macau Basic Law was to make it “more lively” for schoolchildren to digest and understand the city’s mini-constitution. Chan, who heads the influential Macau Chinese Educators Association, made the suggestion on the sidelines of an outdoor forum in Iao Hon held by local think […]

Three associations representing Macau’s physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists urged the government Sunday at a press conference to consult the sector before beginning to import up to 40 non-locals to work in the three professions in the second half of the year. Representatives of the Macau Physical Therapists Association (MPTA), Macau Occupational Therapists Association […]