Politics

The Health Bureau(SSM) said in a statement Monday that according to information provided by its Zhuhai counterpart a 59-year-old man died of the H7N9 virus on Sunday. The bureau also said in the statement that the death was also the first H7N9 case found in Zhuhai. According to the statement, so far there have been […]

The 12 Macaul deputies to the National’s People Congress (NPC) and the 38 local members of the of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) went to Beijing Sunday to take part in the “two sessions” held in the capital every March. The deputy convener of the local NPC delegates, Lei […]

Macau’s total population – comprising residents and imported workers – rose 4.4 percent year-on-year to 607,500 at the end of 2013, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Thursday. In one year, the city’s population increased by 25,500. Based on Macau’s land area of 29.9 square kilometres, its population density reached 20,318 at the end […]

He Suzhong, deputy director of the Policies and Regulation Department of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in Beijing, Thursday urged local residents to participate in protecting the city’s cultural heritage, while urging the local government to increase public awareness of cultural protection rules. He made the appeal on the sidelines of a ceremony organised […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On pledged Wednesday that his government will look into why sometimes there is a gap between residents’ expectations and the plans which the government comes up with after public consultation sessions. He also vowed that the government would further study how to come up with policies, plans or measures that […]

The government will update the Legislative Assembly on construction of the city’s light rapid transit system on Taipa, and announce the new route across the Macau peninsula by the middle of next month, said Ho Ion Sang president of the Assembly. “It’s the government that requested to explain to us the progress of the LRT […]

The Macau Journalists Association released a statement Wednesday to denounce the stabbing of former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau Chun-to in Hong Kong . The statement said that the association strongly condemned the “barbaric” action, adding that such incidents should not take place in a place governed by the rule of law. It claimed […]

Guest speakers and audience members at the weekly Macau Forum, hosted by government broadcaster TDM in Areia Preta Park Sunday, voiced their displeasure and frustration at lawmakers’ apparent reluctance to pass an animal rights law, contending no time should be wasted over the issue while calling for the government to protect animals. The forum was […]

Overall reported crime last year in Macau recorded a 7.9 percent increase, with drug-trafficking rising 80.5 percent and the number of reported phone scam cases reaching 108, as opposed to only one in 2012. Secretary for Security Cheong Kuoc Va presented last year’s crime statistics at a press conference Thursday in the Sao Francisco Barracks. […]