Politics

The Chief Executive Chui Sai On vowed to enhance Macau’s competitiveness, to facilitate the cultivation of talent and to develop a diversified economy. The promises were made last Friday after the CE concluded a visit to Beijing to attend the opening of the First Plenary Session of the 12th National People’s Congress. Chui said that […]

The Judiciary Police (PJ) and Public Security Police (PSP) Thursday said that they had not received any information to show that Xinjiang pro-independence terrorists were targeting Macau. Spokespeople for the two police forces insisted during a regular press briefing that a mobile phone message claiming that the Xinjiang separatists’ terror attack in Kunming on Saturday […]

Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday that the central government will continue to support the chief executives of Hong Kong and Macau and their governments, vowing that Beijing will further develop co-operation between the mainland and the two special administrative regions which he believes will promote the competiveness of both. Li’s speech at the opening meeting […]

Money laundering is more prevalent in Hong Kong and Macau than in most parts of the world, with rates far above the global average, according to an economic crime survey by PwC quoted by the South China Morning Post. A poll by the accounting firm found 37 per cent of companies in Hong Kong and […]

Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On announced Tuesday that he will run for re-election later this year. He made the announcement at the local airport before departing for Beijing to attend the opening of this year’s session of 12th National People’s Congress (NPC), when he was asked whether he was interested in serving another five-year […]

Secretary for Security Cheong Kuoc Va said Monday he was concerned about the violent terrorist attack on Kunming Railway Station in Yunnan province on Saturday, adding that the local police forces are maintaining close contact with their counterparts in the mainland to fight terrorism. According to The Macau Post Daily, Cheong made the remarks at […]

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 […]