Author: Anthony Lam, MDT
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Group to move June 4 vigil online again
Following last year’s online vigil, the Macau Union for Democratic Development, represented by member and lawmaker Au Kam San, said at a press conference yesterday that ... -
Urban renewal methods in big cities may not suit Macau
Urban planner and representative of the Urban Renewal Investigation Project, Lam Iek Chit, said that it may not be realistic to replicate external urban renewal methods ... -
Wellness event returns with focus on mental health
A worldwide event targeting health awareness will return to Macau in the middle of this month with this year’s focus being mental health, Cintia Martins, co-organizer ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t defends uninterrupted movement with Guangdong
Director of the Health Bureau (SSM), Alvis Lo, said that due to the more effective tracing of Covid-19 cases in Guangdong, Macau has decided to retain ... -
Most patients with fever will be tested for Covid-19 from today
Patients who have a fever, except those with whose ailment has an obvious cause not related to SARS-CoV-2, will be tested for Covid-19 when they seek ... -
Gov’t to plan how to handle returning students
The government has set up a special taskforce that meet today to discuss contingencies in handling returning students, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Elsie Ao ... -
New photography association hopes to bridge Chinese-Portuguese communities
A new photography association that was inaugurated yesterday with 18 ethnic Portuguese founding members aims to include photographers of different ages, ethnicities and nationalities. Several founding ... -
AL committee proposes to allow provisional residential permit holders as residents
A parliamentary committee has proposed to the government to allow new immigrants on provisional residential permits to be considered as residing in Macau even if they ... -
Crime | Drug trafficking in eggroll can busted
A crime in which a Hong Kong drug cartel used eggroll cans to contain narcotics and send them by mail to Macau has recently been busted, ... -
Police ban June 4 vigil on grounds of libel, defamation
In his capacity as a member of the Macau Union of Democratic Development, lawmaker António Ng Kuok Cheong announced that the Public Security Police Force (PSP) ... -
Labor bureau investigator sentenced for corruption
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has decided to uphold the judgment made previously by the Court of First Instance (TJB) to sentence a then-investigator with ... -
Crime | Man arrested for allegedly committing sexual assault in elevator
A nearly 40-year-old man from mainland China was recently apprehended on allegations of committing sexual assault on a woman in a hotel elevator, the Public Security ... -
Lawyers say control needed against cybercrime
Some lawyers see control of cybercrime, which normally concerns foreign jurisdictions, as necessary and that law-enforcement entities should find ways to gather digital evidence. The ... -
Survey: 70% of university students anxious about employment prospects
Nearly 70% of respondents were worried about demand in the employment market and saw a surplus of human resources, a survey conducted by the General Union ... -
Travel Industry Council sees room for capsule hotel
The addition of capsule accommodations will enrich tourism elements and choices of accommodation in Macau, Andy Wu Keng Kuong, chairman of the Travel Industry Council ... -
Civil servants should be allowed to nominate candidates: Neto Valente
Jorge Neto Valente, President of the Macau Lawyers Association, said yesterday that civil servants should have the right to nominate candidates at parliamentary elections, although he ... -
Crime | Teenager commits arson to relieve stress
A 17-year-old male junior secondary school student has been arrested on allegations of committing four counts of arson, confessing to the Judiciary Police (PJ), that ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t encourages vaccination with PCR waiver
Following hints last week of a new policy for boosting the local Covid-19 immunization rate, Dr Leong Iek Hou of the Centre for Disease Control and ... -
Taiwan closes borders to foreigners and transit passengers
In an effort to better control the current wave of infections, Taiwan will close its borders to foreigners and transit passengers from tomorrow, its Central Epidemic ... -
Group to arrange flights from Taiwan for returning students
More than 500 Macau students currently in Taiwan have expressed their intention to take a unified flight to return to Macau, Choi Man Cheng, President of ... -
MUST’s dust storm research plays a role in Chinese debut Mars mission
Research on dust storms on the planet Mars by the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) has played a role in the success of China’s ... -
City’s Prosperity Index still at unsatisfactory level
The city has obtained a slightly worrying prosperity forecast as the Macao Economic Association gave the Macau’s economy 3.5 to 3.7 points in the period from ... -
Crime | Apostate and iconoclast apprehended
An unemployed man suddenly lost faith in a deity in which he previously believed before destroying the statue of the deity he had at home and ... -
MUST hosts Chinese painting exhibition to celebrate double 21st anniversary
The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) held an exhibition to celebrate Chinese painting arts, and stressed the importance of the marking of the 21st ... -
Two more vaccination points to come into service
It is expected that the city will soon have two more Covid-19 vaccination points; one at the University Hospital and another at the Macau Forum, Dr ... -
Gov’t turns down June 4 exhibition application
Lawmaker Au Kam San announced yesterday on his social media page that his group’s application to use public open-air venues to host the annual June 4 ... -
MGTO director confident in summer holiday performance
Considering the tourism heat during the past May 1 long holiday period, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) expressed ... -
IC defends initial green light for antique customs tear-down
With an antique customs facility described as representing high national education value saved from danger at the last minute, Mok Ian Ian, president of the Cultural ... -
Third stimulus | Registration for consumption subsidy starts tomorrow, transfer of funds possible
Registration for the third round of the consumption subsidy scheme will start tomorrow, Tai Kin Ip, director of the Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) announced ... -
Hotel industry believes worst time has passed
General hotel occupancy in Macau reached levels of between 80% to 90% during the May 1 holidays, giving the industry confidence that the worst has passed, ... -
Gov’t explains proposed collection of passports at parliament
In order to avoid illegal immigrants from destroying their passports while waiting in Macau, there is a need to collect these passports when an alleged illegal ... -
Anti-smoking group supports tobacco tax increase
Macau should raise its tobacco tax to 75% of the retail price for each pack of cigarettes, Brenda Chan, executive director of the Smoke-free and Healthy ... -
Budget for LRT East Line not yet ready: Rosário
Although the preliminary design of the Light Rapid Transit’s (LRT) East Line has been announced, the budget is still difficult to determine, Raimundo do Rosário, Secretary ... -
Academic proposes ‘Macau ambience’ for Hengqin success
Innovative social administration of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone will be required to make it successful, an academic at the Macau University of Science and Technology ... -
US participation in city’s gaming requires heightened security involvement: report
The involvement of American investments in Macau’s gambling industry “necessitates” the western country’s collaborations with local law-enforcement entities, the U.S. Integrated Country Strategies report on Macau ...
