Politics

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On will pay his annual duty visit to Beijing next week, the government’s spokesperson announced yesterday. According to the announcement, Chui will visit the national capital from next Monday to Thursday. He will be back in time to preside over celebrations marking the 14th anniversary of the Macau Special Administrative […]

The government is proposing a bill that would raise Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On’s salary by 10 percent to 269,725 patacas a month, Executive Council (ExCo) spokesman Leong Heng Teng said on Friday. Leong told a press conference at Government House said the proposed increase, the first since 2000, was taking several factors into […]

The government’s top public works official made no comment yesterday when asked to give a timetable for when the construction of the peninsula section of the city’s first light rail transit (LRT) will finally begin However, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si Io said he expected the LRT section in Taipa and Cotai […]

Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Raymond Tam Vai Man told the Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday that he had nothing to gain by delaying the submission of documents relating to a burial plot case to the Public Prosecution Office (MP), nor any reason to protect his superior. Tam, who has been suspended […]

Public bus operator Reolian Public Transport Co Ltd was declared bankrupt Wednesday after the government and two Macau banks were unable to reach a deal to keep the firm running. A court press statement says no formal proposal to save the company from bankruptcy was presented during a creditors meeting held Wednesday. According to Business […]

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion assured the public Tuesday that his bureau has the expertise and capability of handling any human cases of avian flu. Lei made remarks in the Legislative Assembly while answering questions from reporters about his bureau’s measures in the wake of this week’s case of a domestic helper in […]

Among the 65 participating countries and territories which took part in the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), local pupils’ mathematical literacy was above the OECD average by ranking between sixth and eighth on the combined mathematics scale. The PISA report, which was released by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) […]

Eighty-five people were injured when a Macau-bound jetfoil carrying more than 110 passengers and crew hit an unknown object off Hei Ling Chau early today. A government spokesman said three men were in a serious condition and 46 others – 25 men and 21 men – were in a stable condition in six public hospitals. […]

The disaster relief operations in the Philippines’ typhoon-hit areas got an added boost  Thursday with the donation of five million patacas from the Macau government. According to Philippine media reports cited by The Macau Post Daily, the amount will be remitted directly by the Macau government to the foreign donation account of the Philippine government’s […]