Politics

A total of 825 associations are entitled to vote in this year’s chief execcutive election, the government announced Thursday. According to an official statement, seven associations were suspended and 58 were deleted from the electoral roll. The statement did not elaborate on the reasons for the 65 suspensions and deletions. The 825 legal entities comprise […]

Taiwan authorities are planning to tight  immigration requirements for immigrants from Hong Kong and Macau, according to local media. According to the present regulations, residents of HK and Macau are required to have bank deposits or investments totaling no less than HKD1.28 million. A report in the media said that Taiwan is planning to increase […]

The Social Welfare Bureau’s (IAS) Social Solidarity Department Head Choi Sio Un said Thursday that the government would revise the current tools and practices to assess the level of disabilities resident may have with the help of experts from the mainland. He said that the revised assessment tools were expected to be put into use […]

The Macau Association of Parents of the Mentally Handicapped opened its first supermarket Wednesday in which the group aims to provide job training for disabled people so that they are able to find a job in a commercially run supermarket easier after they have completed two years training. Ho Wong Fong, supervisor of the association […]

The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, called on the people to join hands to help build a better Macao in the Year of the Horse. The Government would continue to implement the long-term effective mechanisms and join hands with the people to build a better Macao to achieve fruitful prospects, Mr Chui said in […]

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said that the government’s crowd control measures in the city centre over the Chinese New Year holiday had so far been effective in providing a safer environment for pedestrians due to the huge number of tourists. Cited by The Macau Post Daily, she also […]

The day after the government decided to ban the import of live chickens from Foshan’s Shunde district, as a result of Hong Kong’s  of H7N9 avian flu virus in a batch of poultry imported from the area, forcing the Hong Kong government to cull 20,000 chickens, Macau  residents condidently predicted that an outbreak will not […]

The government has set up a “human resources development committee” that will introduce elite-nurturing programmes and encourage overseas-trained locals to return to Macau as part of the government’s policy to cultivate a skilled workforce. Government spokesperson Alexis Tam Chon Weng announced in Government House Tuesday that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will  head the […]

Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) Director Susana Wong Soi Man said Thursday that the bureau expects to take over some areas of the long-delayed Pac On ferry terminal in Taipa in the middle of this year and aims to have it finally operational within the year. A temporary ferry terminal is currently being used while […]