Politics

The government seized Wednesday the operations of Reolian Public Transport Co, one day after the public bus firm filed for bankruptcy because it ran out of money to pay its workers. According to Business Daily paper the decision could force a reshuffle of the three-operator bus system introduced just two years ago. Reolian filed for […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said this week that he will never break his promise that only locals can be employed as croupiers in the city’s casinos. Chui’s current 5-year term ends on December 20 next year. However, he is widely expected to be re-elected for a second term which, according to the Macau […]

Macau is ready to help bailed-out Portugal overcome its severe economic crisis, Alexis Tam Chon Weng, chief-of-cabinet of the Macau chief executive’s office, said last week. Tam, who also is the Macau government’s top spokesperson, made the remark during a TDM interview in Lisbon last week where he co-chaired the 2nd Macau-Portugal Joint Committee meeting. […]

Civic and Municipal Affair Bureau (IACM) administration committee member Ung Sau Hong said Wednesday that penalties proposed in the latest version of the government’s long-delayed animal protection bill are “very tough.” Ung said the maximum fine of 100,000 patacas should be deterrent enough to prevent animals from being abused. According to The Macau Post Daily, […]

Central People’s Government Liaison Office Director Bai Zhijian said Wednesday that more businesspeople in the newly-elected legislature than in the previous one would not cause the government’s future policies to lean towards the interests of the business community. According to The Macau Post Daily, he made the comments after attending the opening ceremony of the […]

The Macao Foundation donated 24 million yuan (US$ 3.9 million) to the Chinese Foundation for Lifeline Express at a ceremony  held in Beijing. The money will be used to aid the maintenance and equipment replacement of the mobile ophthalmology clinic trains and sponsor two service stations in central China’s Hubei Province and northwest China’s Gansu […]

Commissioner Against Corruption Vasco Fong Man Chong said Tuesday that if the government decided to amend the Legislative Assembly Election Law, he believed it was the right time now to re-assess the role that Macau’s gaming operators play in the election. Fong made the suggestion on the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremony for six new […]

The 13 grassroots groups that competed in Sunday’s direct legislative election garnered 48,879 votes, or 33.3 percent of the total 146,453 valid votes cast, The Macau Post Daily reports today. In the 2009 election, the grassroots camp’s then seven groups won 47,987 votes, or 33.83 percent of the 149,006 valid votes cast. The grassroots camp […]

The new campus of the University of Macau (UM) on Hengqin Island is not yet ready as quality inspections still have to be carried out so that students had to start the new term Monday on the old campus in Taipa. The government-owned university said in a statement  it expected the Hengqin campus to be […]