The government announced on Tuesday during a press conference that the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) will be abolished once the city establishes the new non-political municipal organization, which will be named the Municipal Institution.
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A report on human rights and democracy, released this week by the European Union, has found that the rights and fundamental freedoms of people in Macau continued to be respected by the government in 2016 and the rule of law was generally upheld.
President Xi Jinping said the policy of “one country, two systems” has proved to be the best institutional guarantee for the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macau.
Court of Final Appeal President Sam Hou Fai slammed veterans in the city’s legal profession for insisting on sticking to the old ways of thinking which he said continued to hinder the development of local society.
Businessman Chui Sai Cheong – the elder brother of Chief Executive Chui Sai On – was elected vice-president of the legislature Monday, while businessman Ho Iat Seng was re-elected president.
The new term of the Legislative Assembly (AL) starts today, when its 33 members will take their oaths overseen by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.
China’s top anti-corruption body has punished a former senior official based in Beijing’s representative office in the Macau for what it called “serious disciplinary violations”, the usual euphemism for corruption.
Hong Kong’s Immigration Department announced Monday that self-service departure for visitors to Hong Kong – “Smart Departure” – will be launched at Hong Kong International Airport today.
The Macau government has strongly rejected the “irresponsible” and “unfounded” comments about Macau in the 2017 Annual Report of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, released by Congress in Washington, DC, last week.