Politics

Macau’s public transportation was suspended Wednesday morning as Typhoon Utor headed towards south China, prompting local meteorological authorities to hoist the typhoon signal No. 8. Macau’s Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMGM)issued the typhoon signal No. 8 at 5:00 a.m. local time. The bureau said the center of Typhoon Utor was estimated to be about 220 […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai will attend today a Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle in which its 29 sitting lawmakers have the last chance to ask Chui prepared questions on a wide range of hot-button issues. This is Chui’s second Q&A session in the legislature this year. The first took place in April. Customarily, […]

The Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement iWednesday that its email account might have been accessed illegally, insisting that it has not sent any emails to any media outlets in the last few days. The statement came after the bureau received enquiries from several local newspapers about a message that they received from […]

Yoko Choi and Lau Pui Chan, key members of the Abandoned Animals Protection Association of Macau (AAPAM), Wednesday handed in a petition, addressed to Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan Lai Man, calling for tougher penalties for animal abuse. After handing in the petition to a representative outside Government House, Choi told reporters: “In […]

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted the storm warning signal No. 1 at 6 p.m. Monday, as Typhoon Utor moved towards the western coast of Guangdong. Utor was moving across the South China Sea  and was about 610 kilometres south-east of Macau at midnight. The bureau said the storm was now moving in a […]

The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Committee (CAEAL) Monday began training civil servants that will be working at polling stations on Election Day about the rules and regulations of the direct and indirect legislative elections on September 15, such as verifying eligible voters and ballots. The training session was held at the Tap Seac Multi-Sports Pavilion, […]

Non-local workers accounted for 20.5 percent of Macau’s population at the end of June, according to data released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) on Friday. Non-local workers totalled 121,194 at the end of the second quarter, an increase of 6,478 quarter-to-quarter. Macau’s population rose to 591,900 at the end of the second quarter, […]

Overall reported crime in the first half of this year recorded a 7.4 percent year-on-year increase, with drug-trafficking crimes rising 63.6 percent. Secretary for Security Cheong Kuoc Va presented crime statistics for the first half of the year in a press conference Thursday in the Sao Francisco Barracks. Security Forces Co-ordination Office Director Cheang Seng […]

Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen said Wednesday the government would complete drafting amendments to the Budget Law next year and in future all information on spending on large-scale public construction projects will be submitted to the legislature for analysis and discussion. Tam made the pledge during yesterday’s Q&A session in the […]