Next year’s budget increases by five per cent but no salary increase for civil servants; Macao’s financial reserve in September down by 2.95% to MOP 562.9 billion.
Macao SAR
Lee to start five-year term on 1 July, succeeding Carrie Lam, who chose not to run for re-election.
Macao government calls report full of ‘prejudice and unfounded accusations’.
Cargo volume rises 45.7 per cent year-on-year to 49,000 tonnes, a 15 per cent increase compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
Passenger numbers increased by 27.95 per cent to 698,500 last year, but still fall a long way short of the 3 million in 2019.
Li stresses “people on both sides of Taiwan Strait should come together to advance cause of China’s rejuvenation and national unification.”
