About 2,000 Pearl Horizon homeowners staged a street protest on Sunday, hoping to meet with the Chief Executive to find a way out for the suspended Areia Preta residential project. An owners association says a short-term assistance program introduced by the developer is no solution. Some 2,000 Pearl Horizon homeowners took to the streets to […]
Macau
In recent years, China’s e-commerce and online payment markets are getting mature and popular. Smartphone payments tools like Alipay and Wechat are now inseparable from public life. Yet, these markets are still at the beginning stage in Macau. An e-commerce expert from Guangdong suggested the two places to build together an online payment platform, or […]
The chairman of the executive committee of the Macau International Airport Company Ltd. (CAM), Dr Deng Jun, led a delegation to pay a visit to the Civil Aviation Authority of Macau (AACM), where they discussed with Simon Chan, president of AACM, how to enhance cooperation between the two organizations. According to a press statement from […]
Last week, Beijing approved Guangzhou’s ambitious plans to become an international trade center and regional transportation hub by 2020, but urged Guangzhou authorities to pursue closer economic integration with Macau and Hong Kong. China’s State Council urged authorities to focus on improving infrastructure in the Pearl River Delta by integrating road, port, rail and air […]
Trade between Macau and the city of Zhongshan in 2015 increased 13.9 percent over the previous year and reached US$230 million, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) said Monday. The announcement was made after a meeting in Macau between a delegation from Zhongshan headed by the vice president of the Chinese municipality Yang […]
The New Silk Road will increase the commercial ties between China and other parts of the world bringing many opportunities to Macau said former President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, who received Tuesday an honorary professorship from Macau Polytech Institute (IPM). “Tourism is a great opportunity for Macau, and globalisation can promote more […]
Macau and the four member states of the Pacific Alliance, namely Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, can share their cultural tourism experiences, gaming operator Pansy Ho Chiu King, secretary-general and vice-chairwoman of the Global Tourism Economy Forum, said on Monday. The Pacific Alliance is a Latin American trade bloc officially established in 2012. The forum […]
Macau’s tourism sector should connect with the surrounding areas, particularly Hong Kong and the mainland, to develop a multi-destination approach, United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Secretary-General Taleb Rifai said on Monday. Speaking to reporters after the opening ceremony of the Global Tourism Economy Forum at the Venetian in Cotai on Monday, Rifai commended Macau […]
Macau and Hong Kong will soon start negotiations on a free trade agreement, namely the Hong Kong and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (HK-Macau CEPA), according to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government’s press release announced on Friday. The new arrangement will cover elements including commitment to bind tariff at zero, minimizing non-tariff barriers, […]