A project that offers subsidies to GBA companies taking on Hong Kong university leavers is to remain in operation after a two-year trial.
Zheng Xincong of the central government made the remark at a meeting yesterday to discuss the outcome of the recently concluded Two Sessions in Beijing.
The nation’s new premier says the central government will be supporting Macao’s further alignment with national development plans.
Health services, financial services, technology and events are seen as essential secondary sectors to support Macao’s central activity of tourism.
The Macau University of Science and Technology’s ties with the GBA are being strengthened, its president and vice chancellor tells graduates.
In an interview with the CGTN television network, the billionaire CPPCC member says being international ‘does not mean that we become just part of them’.
Lee’s trip is part of a broader series of visits to Greater Bay Area cities by Hong Kong’s chief executive as the region pushes for closer integration.
Scheduled to open next September, Cotai-Hengqin LRT Line will connect Macao with Zhuhai Airport via express train from Hengqin Island in 30 minutes journey.
Prefabricated components, such as walls and floors, are currently being installed, with 27 residential towers and school buildings expected to reach topping-out in December, while entire project scheduled to finish in second half of 2023.
Macao playing its part, rolling out air quality improvement measures, including optimising and raising emission limits for exhaust gases from vehicles.
Trip aims to promote Hong Kong’s business advantages and opportunities, highlighting its strategic role in the Greater Bay Area.
Following slightly improved results so far this year, Macao Government Tourism Office lines up roadshows and touring caravans alongside social media blitz.
As only city in the Greater Bay Area without 5G, Macao lags behind in tech stakes; CTM awaits licence from government, stating it has been ready since last summer.
Group plans to work with universities and companies to educate locals on Web 3.0; French village food market planned for this autumn.
Younger generation urged to distinguish between right and wrong, strive for self-improvement, adhere to virtue and grasp opportunities.
Lee to start five-year term on 1 July, succeeding Carrie Lam, who chose not to run for re-election.
Macao residents to be given priority to buy the 4,279 two- and three-bedroom flats on Hengqin; under mainland China rules, ownership expires after 70 years.
Daily numbers dive to less than 25,000; tourism chief vows to continue promotions in GBA, lining up two-for-one deals when Macao reopens borders.
Extension, consisting of viaduct, tunnel and two stations, expected to cost MOP 3.5 billion and will not be ready until 2025 at the earliest.
Tourism chief hoping for 60% hotel occupancy; discount vouchers and drone shows mainstay of campaign to encourage cross-border tourists.
Latest figures show visitor numbers dropped 19.6% last month, 30.3% in annual terms, as city feels the pinch from Covid-19 and economic downturn.
Start-up initiative helps participants learn more about sustainable development goals, digital technology innovations and socially responsible businesses.
Future plans include greater cooperation with other Greater Bay Area cities and promotions in other areas of mainland China.
Activities include book exchange programme and cross-border reading sessions with cities in the Greater Bay Area.
Vice-Rector Lei Ngan Lin says more institutions from Greater Bay Area took part in fair and online career talks this year.
Economy expected to accelerate to 23% in 2023, growth not expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels until 2025.
Equatorial Guinea joins Forum Macao, whose members look to China for help in recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
City seen as conduit for financial services between China and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Six months in the making, the deal is expected to greatly increase AGTech’s recognition in the region.
Compared to the millions who flocked to Macao back in early 2020, last month’s total of 655,505 – more than 90% mainlanders – was a paltry result.
Inducements include subsidies for investors and rewards for highly qualified young workers; plans for convention and exhibition centre also mooted.
CEO Lawrence Ho hopes higher vaccination rate will lead to reduction of travel restrictions, remains positive about upcoming gaming concession tender.
Sports Bureau planning to used closed-loop management system similar to Beijing Olympics; 200 Macao athletes set for September’s Asian Games.
Gaming industry can create a good ‘template’ for Macao companies to follow by reporting on environmental, social and governance risks.
Covid-19 blamed for fewer arrivals; GBA supplies more than half of Macao’s visitors, with most coming from Zhuhai.
Shenzhen tycoon Bill Wong’s new carrier granted permission to carry passengers and cargo on 104 routes with no frequency limits.
Fu points to development of gaming industry and diversification of industry laying a solid foundation for long-term prosperity and stability of Macao.
Plan positions Macao as a key city within the GBA, as well as a world centre for tourism with a highly diversified economy.
Opening in December, the 10.5 hectare ‘intelligent logistics park’ is expected to handle 500,000 metric tons of cargo annually.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng praises Forum as a platform for commercial cooperation, promises strong support from Macao government.
Overseas investors may buy shares in start-ups and take part in private placements by listed companies, private equity and venture capital products.
Revamp includes automated room reservation service with artificial intelligence-powered voice agents and smart dial-in and dial-out system.
Rector Song Yonghua looks forward to university taking part in the growth of the GBA, integrating with the nation and going international.
Gaming operator says it aims to support development of both Greater Bay Area and Macao’s financial market.
System awaits approval, but double-vaccinated travellers could get the green light within a week. Priority given to those with urgent personal or medical needs.
Integration and development of information technology also given high priority during top-level discussions.
Other findings show city still affected by Covid-19, with many in the shrunken tourism sector earning less than MOP 10,000 a month.
Young linguists win MOP 45,000, beating more than 160 other teams from 40 universities around the world.
Headquartered in Guangzhou, the international commercial bank will focus on cutting-edge technology, green finance and cross-border finance.
Both economic and social development likely to improve next year as Macao spreads its wings in the Greater Bay Area.
Mutual recognition certificates between Macao and mainland China encouraged so locals can explore jobs in the Greater Bay Area.
New facility, which will be run as a public-private partnership, due to open 2023. Senior doctors and top management to be recruited from Beijing.
Top official calls on legislators to build a united team and communicate, discuss and coordinate more in unprecedented address.
Chairman Andy Wu Keng Kuong laments poor handling by government, saying industry has been worn out by two years’ pandemic.
Ho Iat Seng encourages athletes to prepare for 2025 when the Greater Bay Area will host Games.
Summer architectural exhibitors pondered a future of integration, connection and coexistence with the Greater Bay Area.
Chief Executive gives thumbs-up to the 24/7 smart border crossing, which can handle up to 200,000 people a day.
Students will compete for MOP 22,000 in prizes during two-week online bootcamp that aims to build bridges via sustainably oriented business.
Macao, Guangdong and State Council Information Office will each set out their stalls with details of the 106-square-kilometre zone’s opportunities for living and working.
New-look Hengqin will provide a wealth of extra residential and business space to allow Macao to take its place in fast-growing GBA by 2035.
Integrated resorts operator pins its immediate hopes on mass and premium mass market, while looking to Greater Bay Area for future expansion.
Some 75,000 pupils at kindergartens, primary and secondary schools stand to benefit.
Bases are part of a 4,000 residential unit site that is due to be completed by 2023.
Candidates have all now set out their stalls for the 12 September elections to the Legislative Assembly.
Gaming giant will partner with Guangzhou-based developer to build state-of-the-art mixed-use complex in key Greater Bay Area city.
Cross-border video conference sets out an array of new ideas and proposals which will bind Macao’s fortunes closer to the Greater Bay Area.
Leading businessman Wu Zhiwei points to numerous incentives offered to investors in Portugal.
Candidates promise to focus on issues such as housing, traffic, care of the elderly and integration with the Greater Bay Area.
Transport was made a priority in 2019; a year later, the GBA received funding for 18 railroad projects spanning 775 kilometres.
The 24-kilometre-long, RMB 44 billion combined bridge and tunnel mega project will transform travel in the GBA.
Cross-border data will be key in newly formed association which aims to nurture young IT engineers and talent for the region.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture says tertiary institutions should aim to train ‘more patriotic youths for future development’.
New regime will spur officials to get out of the office and talk directly to ordinary residents, as Macao prepares for the next Five-Year Development Plan.
Airport chief hopes flying a mix of passengers and cargo will be a new revenue stream, after facing up to unprecedented challenges in 2020.
Massive investment in road, rail, air and sea links includes faster access to GBA neighbours Hong Kong and Macao.
The new tours will be aimed at locals and visitors, part of a campaign to attract tourists from GBA and tier-one mainland cities.
Guangdong province, in South China, will accelerate the development of the intercity railway network in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to help boost the local economy.
The government will upgrade the area of responsibility of the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) in February when it will also be tasked with promoting Macao’s scientific and technological innovation.
Yin Rutao of the Department of Publicity and Culture of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) told journalists from Macao’s English- and Portuguese-language media last week he wishes that Macao, the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and the whole nation, as well as Portugal, will succeed in their Covid-19 prevention and control measures and achieve an economic recovery as soon as possible.
The three-day “1st Macao Quality of Life Expo” co-organised by the Macau Jiangmen Chamber of Commerce and the Jiangmen Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, which started on Friday, attracted 230 companies from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), according to a statement provided by the organiser.
Macao continues to assist Guizhou’s Congjiang county in getting rid of poverty.
Liu said that restrictions on “blue cards” are not the best way to protect local workers, not least because “if it is well managed” competition is positive.
The government launches a one-month public consultation on the drafting of its youth policy to be implemented from next year to 2030.
The International Science, Technology and Innovation Forum (ISTIF) of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) will be held in Macao again next year, BFA Secretary General Li Baodong, a former foreign minister, said on Wednesday, adding that a science technology expo will take place concurrently.
The first conference of the International Science, Technology and Innovation Forum (ISTIF) of the Boao Forum of Asia (BFA) attracted a lot of overseas sci-tech experts because a lot of “frontier issues” in the global technology field would be discussed.
The Guangdong Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), with a well-established 5G industry chain, could well grow into the world’s leading smart city cluster.
The Higher Education Bureau (DSES) held an experience-sharing event last week for local tertiary education students who had joined the bureau’s scheme to intern at science and technology enterprises in Guangdong for one day.
The central government has started a three-year pilot programme to enable law practitioners from Hong Kong and Macao to practice law in nine cities of Guangdong province.
Macao can learn how to develop through innovation from Shenzhen’s experience of its 40-year reform and opening-up, and play a unique role in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and the national development, said a Macao scholar Ip Kuai Peng in a recent interview with Xinhua.
The government’s urban development plans for the next 20 years were unveiled on Thursday when the public consultation document was presented by the interdepartmental group in charge of the Urban Master Plan.
The new Hengqin immigration port to facilitate travel between Macao and Zhuhai was officially put into use on Tuesday.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng met with the leading officials from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and the National Development and Reform Commission to discuss Macao’s economic diversification strategy.
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) adopted a decision to allow law practitioners in Hong Kong and practising lawyers in Macao to qualify and work as lawyers in nine cities of Guangdong province on a trial basis.
A review of the Greater Bay Area in southern China has identified shortcomings that have slowed progress on Beijing’s plan for the region to become a hi-tech hub, including not enough research facilities and poor coordination and flow of talent and capital between the cities.
China will invest CNY 474.1 billion (US$67.9 billion) to improve rail connection in the Greater Bay Area, building 775 km (480 miles) of intercity railway and five transport hubs, according to a plan approved by the National Development and Reform Commission.
Major airports within the Greater Bay Area (GBA) would achieve consolidation into a single airport cluster by 2025 under a proposal issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Covid-19’s adverse impact on Macao’s economy exposed its over-dependence on the gaming industry. Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng pledges his government will push ahead with economic diversification.
The public University of Macau (UM) and state-owned Nam Kwong Petroleum & Chemicals Co. Ltd. (NKOIL) have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement.
The Macao government will be extending the scope for the quarantine waiver to include 8 other Greater Bay Area (GBA) cities, according to a statement from the Government Information Bureau (GCS) this morning.
An exhibition of photos taken by teachers and students from the University of Macau’s (UM) Department of Chinese Language and Literature is on display at the 10 Fantasia gallery.
