Politics

Maritime Administration (CP) Director Susana Wong Soi Man announced Sunday that a water recycling plant to serve the Macau peninsula and Taipa would possibly be built in one of the city’s five new areas to be reclaimed from the sea in the next few years. Two of the future land reclamation areas are located off […]

Macau and Shenzhen will enhance co-operation in fields including food, supervision of medical drugs and finance, Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui SaiOn and Shenzhen Mayor Xu Qin vowed Tuesday, the China Daily reported. Chui and Xu made the commitment after witnessing the signing of six co-operation agreements at the annual Shenzhen-Macau co-operation meeting in the […]

A trial involving eight defendants accused of bribing jailed former policy secretary Ao Man Long was delayed for the second time Monday after Hong Kong realty tycoon Joseph Lau Luen Hung’s lawyer presented a medical certificate that says Lau suffers from diabetes and other conditions. Presiding judge Mário Augusto Silvestre said during Monday’s Court of […]

Macau and Hong Kong Monday signed an arrangement to provide mutual recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in both places. The pact was signed by Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan Lai Man and her Hong Kong counterpart Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung during a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Macau government. Under the […]

Several lawmakers Monday criticised the government for its alleged failure to supervise the city’s telecom services as there were five major network failures last year with telecom operator CTM having three of them, the last one in late December andrival operator Hutchison having two. During a Q&A session in the legislative hemicycle, directly-elected lawmaker Lee […]

The government said yesterday it expected a by-law on the supply of recycled water to be completed later this year and to put the service out to public tender next year. Maritime Administration (CP) Director Susana Wong Soi Man made the remarks during a press conference at the CPheadquarters in Barra, The Macau Post Daily […]

The Legislative Assembly (AL) Thursday passed the amended income and asset declaration bill drafted by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) after its second reading and vote. Commissioner Against Corruption Vasco Fong Man Chong admitted during the meeting that the law was not a “panacea” which could cure all ills in society. The bill will take […]

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said in a New Year’s message that the government still needed to improve its administration. The Government Information Bureau (GCS) released Chui’s message Monday to mark New Year’s Day. Chui said in the message that the local economy and civil society had developed in a stable manner and continuously […]

Only about 35 percent of 798 local respondents said that they were very satisfied or satisfied with the overall performance of the government this year, according to the results of a survey released THursday. The survey also found that about 50 percent of the respondents said that the performance of the government this year was […]