The government’s draft bill on the taxi industry will be completed soon so that it can be submitted to the Executive Council, Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Lam Hin San told reporters on the sidelines of a Road Safety Carnival in Praça do Tap Seac on Sunday. Lam said his bureau was finishing the draft, which […]
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Lawmakers criticised the budget and location of the new central library on Thursday after a briefing on the project held by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) at the Legislative Assembly (AL). Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Guilherme Ung Vai Meng said last month that the government had already made up its mind to build the […]
Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.59 per cent on September, a further slowdown from the 1.65 per cent growth in the previous month, the Statistic and Census Bureau said in a statement. The bureau attributed the increment to higher rentals for parking spaces, the higher cost of eating out, as well as increases […]
Macau’s number of non-resident (imported) workers fell by 474 last month compared with the same month of last year, the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has announced. At the end of last month, the number of non-resident workers stood at 180,277, compared with 182,178 in the previous month and 180,751 a year earlier. Mainlanders accounted […]
The government will allow street performers to show their talents in three designated areas – the Taipa-Houses Museum, Mount Fortress Garden and Anim’Arte Nam Van – starting from November 11, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday during a press conference at the Macau Tea Culture House. Addressing the press conference, IC Vice-President Leung Hio Ming said the bureau will […]
Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, will deliver his 2017 Policy Address in the legislature’s hemicycle on November 15, the Legislative Assembly (AL) announced on Tuesday. According to the announcement, Chui will answer lawmakers’ questions about the policy address on November 16. The government’s five policy secretaries will present their respective 2017 portfolio guidelines to the […]
Macau’s gross domestic product will drop 4.7 per cent in real terms this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts in its World Economic Outlook October 2016. The Macau Post Daily received the report from the Washington-based lender on Wednesday. In its April outlook, the fund had still forecast a negative GDP growth of 7.2 […]
Macau had 2,284 eateries and “watering holes” at the end of last year, 172 more than a year earlier, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced on Wednesday. According to the bureau, local-style cafés and congee and noodle shops accounted for 42 per cent of the total number of restaurants and other kinds of eating […]
A 11-metre tall inflatable rabbit and 40 rabbit lanterns, designed by architect Carlos Marreiros and local and Beijing artists were displayed on Saturday in the waterfront of Nam Van Lake promenade of One Central Macau to coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival and the annual “Macao International Fireworks Display Contest.” Measuring 18-metre in length and 11-metre in […]