Politics

An outspoken lawmaker’s bill on animal protection presented Monday, coinciding with World Earth Day, was overwhelmingly rejected with only four lawmakers voting in favour, nine against with nine abstaining. Jose Pereira Coutinho, head of the influential Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM), presented details of his bill during a plenary session of the 29-member legislature. According […]

Macau’s Gini coefficient in 2011 stood at nearly 0.40, the international warning signal, thus the government should come up with measures to tackle income inequality issues such as by subsidising the salaries of low-income employees and speeding upthe construction of public housing flats, Lao Chi Ngai, a lecturer at the University of Macau (UM) said  […]

The newly established Rainbow of Macau association said Sunday that it would strive to protect the rights of the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and transsexual (LGBT) residents in any way possible. Lam Ka Long, who heads the group, made the remarks to The Macau Post on Sunday. The 28-year-old founding president said that the […]

A mobile app design contest jointly organised by the government and the city’s main telecom operator aims to stimulate creativity among the local ICT profession and create potential business opportunities. Telecommunications Regulation Bureau (DSRT) representative Leong Tek Ian told a press conference held at the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Centre (CPTTM) in Zape that […]

The government said Wednesday that it had taken eight plots of land from Hong Kong-based Chinese Estates Holdings’ Moon Ocean property development company near the local airport because of the project’s alleged involvement in a corruption scandal. The government formalised the repossession of the plots in an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) Wednesday. […]

The Personal Data Protection Office (GPDP) Monday slammed the Venetian Macau for transferring data to the United States for its “own interests”, fining the gaming operator 40,000 patacas. The amount consists of two fines of 20,000 patacas each. The bureau said in a statement that investigations into whether the Venetian had violated Macau’s Personal Data […]

Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen told reporters Thursday that the Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) will fully co-ordinate with the Health Bureau (SSM) in implementing the government’s tobacco control policy in local casinos and slot-machine parlours. Tam made the comments after attending the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition marking […]

Air quality in the smoking areas of 28 out of 44 gaming venues in the first two months of this year failed in the government’s assessment of the concentration levels of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, PM2.5, PM10, volatile organic compound and benzo[a]pyrene in the venues, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement Wednesday. It […]

Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) Acting Deputy Director Leong Ka Cheng said Tuesday the city could experience four to six tropical cyclones this year, with one to two of them possibly becoming signal No. 8 typhoons. Leong made the forecast while speaking to reporters after attending a meeting on civil defence operations held at the […]