Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On praised on Sunday the “indispensable” role of the Macanese community as a “bridge of communication and exchanges between different cultures”.
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The Executive Council (ExCo) has finished discussing the government’s draft of an amendment bill on sex crimes listed in the Macau Penal Code, according to a statement by the government’s top advisory body on Friday.
A scheme for free-sailing yachts journeying between Zhongshan city and Macau was officially inaugurated on Wednesday. The new scheme shortens the traveling time between the two cities to approximately 45 minutes. Customs on both sides will take altogether 10 minutes to complete all custom checking procedures. In Zhongshan, yachts covered by the new scheme are allowed […]
Macau’s number of visitor arrivals rose 1.6 per cent year-on-year and 10.4 per cent month-on-month to 2.67 million in October, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Wednesday. A DSEC statement attributed the two-digit month-on-month increase to the National Day “Golden Week” holiday in the first week of last month. Overnight visitors rose 12.1 per […]
Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) has finally snapped a two-year contraction amid a recovery in casino receipts. GDP grew 4 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the third quarter, the first positive quarterly growth recorded over the past two years, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. The bureau attributed the return to […]
Apart from the five-square-kilometre area known as the Hengqin Guangdong-Macau Co-operation Industrial Park, Hengqin Island has enough land for investors from Macau, the director of the Administrative Committee of Hengqin New Area, Niu Jing, said on Tuesday. Niu made the remarks on the sidelines of a seminar at the Zhuhai Holiday Resort Hotel about the […]
According to information released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), total visitor spending (excluding gaming expenses) increased by 17.4 per cent year-on-year to MOP14.64 billion in the third quarter of 2016, putting to an end the seven consecutive quarters of year-on-year decline. The third quarter also showed an expansion of more than 25 per […]
Chief Executive Chui Sai On met with the President of Jinan University, Hu Jun, to exchange views on the tertiary education sector and on talent development on Friday. The CE was on a two-day visit to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, following an invitation from Jinan University to participate in the celebrations of the institution’s 110th anniversary. […]
A total of 14 hotel projects were under construction during the third quarter of the year, expected to bring 5,606 new hotel rooms to the MSAR, according to the official data from the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT). These new hotel projects occupy a total of 512,316 square metres. Of the total, three […]