Politics

Macau, China, 24 Feb – Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Thursday that his government would study allowing local social service providers to hire non-local professionals for the care of the elderly to fill manpower shortages. He made the vow during a meeting with the members of the government-appointed Senior Citizens Affairs Committee and […]

Macau, China, 22 Feb – Macau’s long-delayed light trail project got finally off the ground Tuesday and Secretary for Transport and Public Works Lau Si I asked for residents’ understanding for any traffic snarl-ups and inconvenience caused. Construction for the Taipa-section of the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) system started, after 10 years of preparatory work,The […]

Macau, China, 15  Fev – Secretary for Security Cheong Kuoc Va announced Tuesday a 7.4 percent increase in the number of reported crimes last year, including an 18.5 percent growth in violent crime such as extortion, robbery, murder, rape and sexual abuse of children. A total of four murders were reported in 2011, two more […]

Macau, China, 10 Feb – A total of 43 civil servants were prosecuted last year, with wounding cases the most at 14, followed by 12 cases concerning traffic accidents and injury liability, Assistant Public Prosecutor General Vong Vai Va told The Macau Post Daily Thursday. Vong  also revealed that the Public Prosecution Service (MP) handled […]

Macau, China, 2 Fev – Macau’s only member of the Standing Committee of National People Congress (NPCSC), Legislative Assembly Vice President Ho Iat Seng said Wednesday  that it was “inappropriate” to have a discussion about universal suffrage in the election of the chief executive and legislators right now as the Macau Basic Law does not […]

Macau, China, 31 Jan – The Macau government so far has received over 1,000 opinions from the general public – out of a population of around 560,000 – about the city’s political development, Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) Director Jose Chu said Monday. According to The Macau Post Daily, Chu made the announcement […]

Macau, China, 26 Jan -Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has underlined the importance of showing solidarity with the elderly and vulnerable as well as all those who need society’s help. Chui made the appeal in his Chinese New Year speech that was released by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) on Lunar New Year’s […]

Macau, China, 26 Jan -Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has underlined the importance of showing solidarity with the elderly and vulnerable as well as all those who need society’s help. Chui made the appeal in his Chinese New Year speech that was released by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) on Lunar New Year’s […]

Education will be one of the key areas that the Office of the European Union to Hong Kong and Macau is looking to push to further develop traditionally “strong and warm” co-operative ties between the bloc and Macau, particularly as an increasing number of universities in continental Europe are also offering courses in English. Vincent […]