Hengqin authorities say they have basically completed drafting the management plans and details for Macau vehicles to access the neighbouring Hengqin island. However, a timetable for implementation of the measure is yet to be set by the Macau and Guangdong authorities. Niu Jing, director of the Hengqin New Area’s Administrative Committee said: “Plans and details […]
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The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, was in Beijing last week to witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the Guangdong-Macau Traditional Chinese Medicine Technology Industrial Park Development. The secretary said that Macau intends to use the ties forged with Lusophone […]
The secretary for security, Wong Sio Chak, accompanied by customs officials, took a field trip Thursday morning to inspect two black spots generally understood to be an entry point for illegal migrants – Coloane’s Long Chao Kok and the University of Macau’s Hengqin campus. According to the secretary, the number of illegal migrants has surged […]
Mainland authorities are striving to draw up a preliminary scheme within the year that would allow local currency to be used in Hengqin before they move to seek approval from the Chinese central bank. This information was revealed by Hengqin New Area Administrative Committee director Niu Jing on the sidelines of a session exploring financial […]
The locally incorporated Guangdong-Macau Traditional Chinese Medicine Technology Industrial Park Development Company, which is tasked with developing the Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park on Hengqin Island, said in a statement on Tuesday that the park’s three service buildings would be ready in the first half of 2017. The company funded by the […]
Local lender Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) is applying to the mainland authorities to set up a branch on Hengqin Island, the Portuguese bank’s executive director Ronald Kan Cheok Kuan said on Thursday, adding that BNU was also in discussion with the University of Macau (UM) about opening a branch on its new campus on the […]