Author: Julie Zhu, MDT
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MOP43 million spent on new civil protection equipment in 2019
The government has spent approximately MOP43 million this year purchasing new equipment for civil protection purposes. The Commissioner- General of the Unitary Police Service, Ma Io ... -
China Europe Int’l Business Association | ‘Macau is not suitable for entrepreneurship’
Macau is not a good place for people to start a business, said Derio Chan, President of China Europe International Business Association (CEIBA), during yesterday’s seminar ... -
Tourism boon | Beijing lifts major restrictions for mainlanders to visit Macau
China will streamline procedures surrounding the application for exit-entry permits by its citizens, according to information given by the National Immigration Administration (NIA) last week, which ... -
Gov’t said working toward an ecological city
The Macau government is making contributions to the surrounding area’s sustainable development through measures such as strengthening ecological education and the implementation of the polluter-pays principle. ... -
Corruption | Lionel Leong says he expects better for CPTTM recruitment
Macau’s Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong has said that as of late last year he had already required the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer ... -
State censorship | CPPCC members call for internet freedoms to extend into Guangdong
Johnny Ng Kit-chong, member of the Hong Kong Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has expressed his confidence in the proliferation of freedom of internet access ... -
Legislative Assembly | Lawmakers accuse gov’t of lagging on counter-corruption measures
Lawmaker Pereira Coutinho has asked the government about a timetable for the implementation of measures to hold principal government officials more accountable as well as for ... -
Macau’s prosperity stems from love of country, according to UM professor
Speakers at yesterday’s seminar regarding 26 years of the Basic Law indicated that Macau’s prosperity stems, in particular, from the city’s concept of loving the country ... -
Agnes Lam says local SMEs missing out on eco-business opportunity
It is recommended that local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) be more eco-friendly business if they want to operate in the Greater Bay Area, Agnes Lam ... -
136 employers joined gov’t pension scheme since its inception
Since the implementation of the Non-mandatory Central Provident Fund System on January 1, 2018, 136 employers have joined the joint provident fund scheme. Of this number, ... -
Land reclamation for science can diversify Macau economy, mainland expert says
A mainland expert says that Macau can create a technological innovation and entrepreneurship zone through land reclamation. The expert, Qu Jian, is the deputy dean of China ... -
Edmund Ho confident Macau is wise enough to elect next Chief Executive
Former Chief Executive Edmund Ho has implored Macau to refrain from behavior that is not conducive to solidarity and stability. Ho made this suggestion yesterday, at ... -
Gaming | SJM, MGM extensions granted with view to protecting workers
On Friday, the Macau SAR government extended the gaming concession and the sub-concession of Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, S.A. (SJM) and of MGM Grand Paradise, ... -
Higher education | IFT strives to enhance students’ interest in GBA
The Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) is striving to raise the interest of local students in furthering their careers in Guangdong’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) cities, ... -
China-US trade war | 44 percent of foreign companies in southern China shifting investment elsewhere
As the China-U.S. trade dispute continues to deepen, polarized opinions have emerged concerning its impact on the economies of Guangdong and Macau. There is an undeniable ... -
Economy | Lionel Leong confident on 2019 growth
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong is confident in Macau’s economy, he told the media on Friday. “There are a lot of things we have ... -
China-US trade War | Macau could resist fallout acting as bridge between superpowers
Macau is thought to be able to weather the ongoing China- U.S. trade dispute because of its strategic business connections to the world’s two largest economies. ... -
Greater Bay | Macau considered for one-hour travel circle
Guangdong will compile an intercity railway construction plan for the Greater Bay Area, according to a report by Macao Daily News, which will link the major ... -
Baidu accused of failing to vet ‘trusted’ travel agency
China’s most popular search engine, Baidu, has been accused by mainlanders of providing users with untrustworthy results again. This time, Baidu is accused of failing to ... -
Science, technology funding yet to yield results
The Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) has not received any research or development products resulting from the subsidized projects that were approved for funding in ... -
Greater Bay Area | Forum speaker expects inevitable integration
A speaker during the Macao Polytechnic Institute’s (IPM) forum on youth policy in the Greater Bay Area said that the initiative is poised to encourage young people ... -
Greater Bay Area | Guangdong’s export-led growth stalling at a bad time
After the Greater Bay Area plan framework was released earlier this month, government officials from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau were almost unanimous in their ... -
Education | 2,000 graduate jobs offered at IPM Careers Day
The Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) held its Careers Day 2019 event yesterday, attracting 58 exhibitors from the public and private sector offering graduates more than 2,000 ... -
Caritas head says | Traffic assistants face disrespect from pedestrians
Traffic assistants are facing disrespect from pedestrians, the secretary general of Caritas Macau, Paul Pun, told the Times. Paul Pun’s association won the public tender to ... -
Electoral Commission head commits to open election
The Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive (CE) Election, Song Man Lei, has pledged that the fifth CE election will be “open, ... -
New type of tourist budget accommodation proposed
The Executive Council has completed discussions on the draft of the hotel business law, proposing to allow budget accommodation options to meet the demand from different ... -
120 fishing vessels return to Inner Harbor for CNY holiday
A total of 120 fishing vessels have temporarily returned to Macau to spend the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday in the Inner Harbor, according to the Marine ... -
Education | Private school regime considered unfair to school operators
The Second Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) members consider the regime of the System Framework for Private School of Non-tertiary Education unfair to schools ... -
CCAC takes global corruption ranking seriously, says Cheong
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) takes Macau’s global corruption ranking seriously, said the head of the CCAC, André Cheong Weng Chon, yesterday on the sidelines of ... -
AL Plenary | Public financial disclosure guidelines completion expected this year
The local government hopes to finish the guidelines for public financial disclosure within this year, as revealed by Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong during ... -
AL Plenary | Criminalization of public disrespect of national symbols passed
A law which proposes a maximum of three years imprisonment for behavior which publicly insults national symbols has been passed at the Legislative Assembly (AL). The legal ... -
Macau Famine 2019 starts with hopes of HKD1.1m in donations
This year’s Macau Famine is hoping to raise a total of HKD1.1 million to be used in support of children and families in South Sudan and ... -
Our Desk | How to not fail with a Taobao order
For internet users who, in addition to living in Macau, do not understand Chinese, Taobao might be difficult to use as a shopping tool. However, ... -
Education | USJ renews hopes to have mainland students
The University of Saint Joseph is looking forward to becoming accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC), as well as obtaining the Chinese government’s approval to ... -
Extra stamp tax rebate for building reconstruction
The Second Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) signed an opinion- based report on the region’s regime of tax benefits for the reconstruction of old ...
