Politics

Macau and Taiwan officials inked Monday a new agreement for flights between the two places that replaces a previous arrangement signed between unofficial entities. The new pact also lifts previous limits on the number of flights between the two sides. Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau Director Lu Chang-shui and Macau Economic and Cultural […]

A group of staff members of government broadcaster TDM said in a public statement Sunday that they doubted theIR newly government-appointed chief could uphold the freedom of the press and worry TDM could become a government mouthpiece. TDM is fully owned, funded and overseen by the government. Meanwhile, according to The Macau Post Daily, the […]

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Deputy Director Manuel Goncalves Pires Junior will take over from Leong Kam Chun as president of the executive committee of government-owned TV and radio broadcaster TDM from March 1. The government-appointed position is the station’s de facto CEO. Government spokesperson Alexis Tam Chon Weng made the announcement at special a […]

The government said in a statement Tuesday evening that Leong Kam Chun has resigned as chief executive of TV and radio broadcaster TDM. According to the statement from the Government Spokesperson Office, Leong had asked the government last Wednesday if he could resign from his post rather than renew his contract when it expires at […]

Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng said Tuesday that the legislature’s work was still far from what citizens expect, calling on the 33-member body to do better, particularly in terms of monitoring the work of the government, over the next four years. Ho made the comments during a speech at a Chinese New Year […]

Four people stayed overnight in the public Conde de San Januário Hospital Centre suffering from hypothermia, the Health Bureau (SSM) said Tuesday, advising residents to stay warm as the bitterly cold weather is forecast to persist for the next few days. The four hypothermia patients went to the government-run hospital on Monday. While two of […]

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) expects the temperature to drop to 6° Celsius today. with 85% of humidity. According to SMG meteorologist  Antonio Cheong, a sudden drop in temperature such as this is not atypical for this time of year, while the winter period hasn’t yet given way to warmer days. “It is normal […]

The Macau Jockey Club (MJC) said yesterday that the company suffered a loss of 50 million patacas last year, about 10 million patacas less than 2012, adding that the current construction of the city’s light rail transit (LRT) system was an “inconvenience for customers”. Thomas Li Chu-kwan, executive director and CEO of the Macau Jockey […]

Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) Administration Committee Member Leong Kun Fong said yesterday that next year would be “ideal” for Hoi Hoi and Sam Sam – the two pandas residing in the Macau Giant Panda Pavilion in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van Park – to mate. Sam Sam is Hoi Hoi’s “wife”. According to The […]