Politics

In an evaluation of the performance of Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On and his five policy secretaries, Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan Lai Man scored 44.06 out of 100 points in terms of overall satisfaction, the lowest score, while the score for Chui rose by 2.11 to 59.79 points compared to June […]

Lawmaker Melinda Chan Mei Yi said Thursday she hoped the government would toughen the penalties for drug-related crimes. Speaking to reporters in her capacity was chairwoman of the local Sin Meng Charity Association after holding a press conference about an event the group will hold next month, Chan said as the average age of people […]

About 100,000 residents are eligible to receive a rebate of 60 percent on their income tax they paid for 2012 from next month, totalling 390 million patacas, Financial Services Bureau (DSF) Deputy Director Stephen Iong Kong Leong said Wednesday. Iong made the announcement at a special press conference held at the bureau. According to Iong, […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On announced in Monday’s Official Gazette (BO) that the election of the 400 members of the Chief Executive Election Commission will be held on June 29. According to the Chief Executive Election Law, the election of the members of the commission should be held at least 60 days before the […]

The Executive Council (ExCo) said Monday it has finished discussing a government-drated bill on increasing the public servants – the city’s top earners – by 5.71 percent, as well as a by-law in which the government will top up the wages of all those residents earning less than 5,000 patacas a month to that amount, […]

Hong Kong is in talks with Macau to establish a bilateral extradition agreement as ties grow between the two cities, according to the Sunday edition of South China Morning Post. The Department of Justice offered the reassurance after Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau Luen-hung and businessman Steven Lo Kit-sing were sentenced to five years and […]

A survey commissioned by Banco Weng Hang released Wednesday found that 15.7 percent of locals aged 30 or above possess liquid assets of at least million patacas. The bank commissioned the public  University of Macau (UM)  to conduct the survey, the first time  a survey of pataca millionaires in Macau has been done. The findings […]

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) Director Lu Chang-shui  highlighted Tuesday the “crucial effects” of the growing relationship between Taiwan and Macau . Lu praised the bilateral ties in a speech delivered Tuesday at Macau Tower as the quasi-official office held its Chinese New Year dinner. According to The Macau Post Daily, Lu also said […]

A total of 238 applications of the 312 received are permitted to import domestic helpers from Guangdong and Fujian , the Human Resources Office (GRH) said in a statement Monday. The statement cited by The Macau Post Daily said that from December 16 to January 30, the office received a total of 312 applications to […]