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Macau government vows to study innovation in public administration

Macau government vows to study innovation in public administration

Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said on Sunday it was important for the various public entities in the city to always be innovative so that the government will be able to better meet residents’ needs. The policy secretary also said it was important to encourage public entities not to be afraid […]
More Macau teens caught for drug-related crimes

More Macau teens caught for drug-related crimes

Official figures released by principal investigator Ho Tai Meng of the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Sunday showed that the number of teenagers arrested for drug-related crimes in has increased year-on-year. Addressing an anti-drug seminar, Ho said the police will regularly inspect places where teenagers tend to congregate such as amusement arcades and cyber cafes. Several […]
Macau should have 3 municipal bodies says scholar

Macau should have 3 municipal bodies says scholar

There should be two municipal bodies for the Macau peninsula and one for Taipa and Coloane, Zhu Shihai, an associate professor at the Faculty of Law of the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), said on Thursday. Zhu, who holds a PhD in law from Renmin University of China in Beijing, made the remarks […]
Group urges Macau government to monitor local online food shops

Group urges Macau government to monitor local online food shops

A food safety group urged on Thursday the government to more closely monitor the operation of local online shops selling food items, amid the increasing popularity to order food online. Philip Choi Shoi Meng, who heads the Macau Food Safety Management Association, made the suggestion on the sidelines of a food safety seminar, which was organised by the […]
Macau lawmaker urges government to explain MTR’s role in LRT project

Macau lawmaker urges government to explain MTR’s role in LRT project

Lawmaker-cum-businessman Si Ka Lon urged the government in an interpellation on Wednesday to explain why it has given Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation Ltd. a 470 million pataca service contract for the light-rail transit (LRT) project. The government said in a notice published late last month in the Official Gazette (BO) that as the contract for the LRT […]
Macau St Augustine’s Church roof repairs to cost 1 million patacas: official

Macau St Augustine’s Church roof repairs to cost 1 million patacas: official

The three-month restoration of the partially collapsed roof of an outbuilding of St Augustine’s Church will cost about one million patacas, Leong Wai Man, who heads the Cultural Heritage Department of the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), said on Tuesday. Several senior IC officials, including Leong, spoke to reporters during the bureau’s “Cultural Gathering” with the […]
Macau lawmakers raise concerns over private notaries

Macau lawmakers raise concerns over private notaries

Lawmakers raised concerns over the supervision of the city’s private notaries if more lawyers will be able to acquire a private notary licence after a government-initiated bill regulating the profession becomes law, the legislature’s 1st Standing Committee President Kwan Tsui Hang said on Tuesday. The legislature last month passed the outline of the bill, the main […]
Macau government wants 100,000 workers on non-mandatory providence fund

Macau government wants 100,000 workers on non-mandatory providence fund

Having 100,000 workers adhering to the non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund scheme is for now the government’s benchmark. “Our aim is to implement this scheme as soon as possible as to guarantee the rights of retired workers. Given that this is a non-mandatory scheme, it’s hard to make a forecast in terms of the number of […]
Tourist arrivals in Macau grew 10.44 per cent during dragon boat festival

Tourist arrivals in Macau grew 10.44 per cent during dragon boat festival

Immigration authorities recorded a total of 1,838,717 crossings at the checkpoints of Macau during the Dragon Boat Festival (between 9 and 12 June), Public Security Police Force (PSP) revealed on Monday. The total number of arrivals stood at 920,027, with 626,996 tourists arriving to Macau, representing a 10.44 per cent growth. Regarding the total number […]
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