Author: Julie Zhu, MDT
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Immigration law | Illegal entrants face much longer detention periods pre-deportation
Foreigners who enter Macau illegally may be put in detention for a time in excess of 60 days, according to Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak. ... -
Fire safety law | Government given power to confiscate forfeitable assets
The city’s latest approved amendment of the fire safety law will give the government authority the power to confiscate forfeitable assets. Some members of the Second ... -
Gov’t plans to crack down illicit real estate advertisement
The Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong has recently met with Zhuhai authorities to discuss plans regarding the crackdown on illicit mainland real estate ... -
Fire safety law | Gov’t bids to reconcile potentially overlapping contracts
The local government has purportedly decided to review a specific article of the recently approved fire safety law in order to reconcile potentially overlapping contracts, according ... -
Survey shows stable performances of gaming staff
The annual survey of casino resort staff performance showed that they have demonstrated steady performance, as the Gaming Service Index (GSI) in 2020 increased slightly, rising ... -
MGTO lowers tourist arrival expectations following mainland travel warnings
The local government has adjusted its predictions for tourist arrival numbers during the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday as a result of mainland China issuing travel ... -
Local families express difficulties in hiring mainland domestic helpers
The coronavirus is still making its impact felt this year as it causes financial distress and misfortune globally. In Macau, Covid-19 mostly left the city with ... -
Survey: Consumer satisfaction in Q4 2020 rebounds by 25.39%
The latest results of the Macau Consumer Satisfaction Index show that local consumers’ confidence overall rebounded by 25.39% in the fourth quarter of last year compared ... -
Police ‘suggesting’ or ‘petitioning’ may be considered a violation
Police officers who make suggestions or petitions to the government authority may be deemed in violation of their special obligations, according to the Third Standing Committee ... -
Gov’t appoints new members of Women and Children Affairs Committee
The organizational members of the Women and Children Affairs Committee have largely been replaced, according to a notice published in the Official Gazette. Approximately one ... -
Gov’t looking to tighten immigration control
The Executive Council (ExCo) has completed its discussion on the amendment of laws relating to immigration control, staying permits and residency, the ExCo said during a ... -
Gov’t’s procurement limit value proposed to increase six-fold
The Executive Council (ExCo) has completed its discussion on the amendment of law No. 122/48/M, during which the government proposed increasing the limit value of ... -
Patriotic education | Mainland youth groups issue policy targeting SARs’ students
The central office of the Communist Youth League and the secretary of the All-China Youth Federation recently issued a policy providing instructions to Mainland authorities on ... -
New law officializes off-duty security officers’ disciplinary obligations
The statute of personnel of the security service force highlights that the government has officially included off-duty security force officers’ disciplinary obligation in the law. In ... -
Citizen of China | Majority foster sense of affinity with the motherland: survey
A record number of teenage students at the secondary school level say they have a sense of affinity with the motherland, according to a survey recently ... -
Mainland routes will increase to accommodate CNY travelers
Macau International Airport (MIA) has scheduled more flights to and from mainland China to accommodate passengers traveling during the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday. Yesterday, the ... -
Hengqin opens law service center for foreign legal affairs
The Hengqin government has opened a law service center specifically for legal affairs involving non-mainlanders, according to a statement released by China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade ... -
Crime | Teenager accused of rape
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has remanded a local teenage boy and referred him to the prosecution authority on the charge of rape, the department reported yesterday ... -
Property | Centaline anticipates 50% growth in residential sales next year
Centaline Property (Macau) has anticipated that the housing market in Macau in 2021 will perform far better than this year, expecting residential sales to grow by ... -
Construction process of fourth Macau-Taipa bridge suspended
The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) has issued a work suspension order towards the construction company responsible for building the fourth Macau-Taipa Bridge. The Labour Affairs Bureau ... -
SMG anticipates more days with poor air quality due to stricter standards
The Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) will begin to assess Macau’s air quality with new and stricter standards from January 1. The bureau has anticipated ... -
Heavier punishment wanted for sex crimes against minors
The General Union of Neighborhood Associations of Macau has urged the SAR government to apply heavier punishments to perpetrators of sex offences against minors. The association ... -
Gaming | Scholar anticipates large revenue growth during CNY
With the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, local scholar Siu Chi Sen is anticipating significant growth in gaming revenue. As cited in a TDM report, the ... -
Education | Int’l market expected to take Macau’s student number totals to 50k by 2025
The Macau SAR government is hoping to enroll more international students, with the total number of students at local universities projected to increase by 28% by ... -
Education | Non-teaching civil servants may be allowed to work as temporary teachers
The Macau SAR government has proposed allowing civil servants who are not teachers to work in public schools as lecturers, according to the Third Standing Committee ... -
Crime | Police crack down on fake employment arrangements
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have cracked down a large fake employment operation, apprehending a total of 17 suspects, according to a report by TDM. In total, ... -
Law proposing DSSOPT to have power to suspend water, electricity supply pass
The government has been given the right to suspend the supply of water and electricity to illicitly built properties or properties with illegal engineering work under ... -
Survey: Majority suffer residential building problems
The majority of residents living in the northern district have encountered residential building problems, according to an investigation recently conducted by the General Union of ... -
New regulation suggests broader uses of street market
The recently passed law regarding the management of public street markets has expanded the definition of street markets to include more uses than those attributed to ... -
Wong Sio Chak says HK, Macau elections affect each other
The Secretariat for Security has not ruled out “risks” which may impede the smooth running next year of the election of the Legislative Assembly (AL), according ... -
Public consultation for hazardous items management law to start in January
The government plans to carry out a public consultation on the law for the management and storage of hazardous items on January 23. Yesterday, on the ... -
DSEJ to offer more external study chances for students
The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) hopes to provide more opportunities for students with different talents and strengths to study outside of Macau. On Friday, ... -
Testing underway for bus recording devices
Some of the city’s public buses are currently equipped with voice recording devices, but Director of the Transport Bureau (DSAT) Lam Hin San says that ... -
Gov’t makes ‘largest scale’ amendment in 30 years to stamp duty law
The Third Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) believes that the government has just made the biggest changes to the city’s stamp duty policy in ... -
Survey: Permanent residents use western new media at a higher frequency
A survey conducted by the Macao Media Research Center at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) has shown that, in 2020, permanent residents of ...
