Health | Local youth call for stricter anti-smoking regulations

Local youngsters are calling on the government to consider banning smoking in some streets and to have designated smoking places, particularly in tourist areas. Recently, the Health Bureau

Chief Executive Election | 5,000 voters eliminate just six contenders from Electoral Committee

Five thousand and one voters cast their ballot in the election to determine the Electoral Committee for the Chief Executive Election, reported the Electoral Affairs Commission

Taxi association: police officers don’t understand new rules

THE Macau Taxi Association expressed its concerns regarding the enforcement of the new taxi regulations that came into effect on June 3, noting that some law enforcement

Hong Kong | Massive protests draw apology from Carrie Lam

Hong Kong citizens marched for hours yesterday in a massive protest that drew a late-in-the-day apology from the city’s top leader for her handling of legislation

Courts | TUI rules occasional technical support not illegal

The Court of Final Instance (TUI) has ruled that it is not illegal for non-local residents to provide occasional technical support in Macau under agreements between local and

São João Festival: A growing ‘street party for all communities’

Scheduled for next weekend, the São João Festival promises to continue to bring the same traditional flavors, sounds, fun, and liveliness to the streets of the

Hong Kong in limbo as extradition protests crisis deepens

Hong Kong’s legislature suspended meetings yesterday as leaders considered their next steps following violent clashes between police and protesters who oppose a bill that would

UK | Boris Johnson takes strong lead in race for 10 Downing Street

Boris Johnson took a commanding lead yesterday in the contest to become Britain’s next prime minister, winning by far the largest share of support in first-round

Chief Executive election | New Macau to hold Sunday meeting calling for universal suffrage

New Macau Association (ANM) is planning a meeting on Sunday in front of Escola Luso-Chinesa Técnico-Professional to demand universal suffrage in the upcoming Chief Executive election. ANM,

The underworld of Macau’s human resources

The lack of human resources and the difficulties in recruiting qualified staff have long been divisive topics in Macau. While some would prefer stricter rules and quotas

Hong Kong risks Occupy 2.0 as protesters vow to keep fighting

Protesters flooding downtown Hong Kong to stop the government’s proposed extradition law effectively presented the city’s leaders with an ultimatum: back down, or risk violent clashes that

Australia | Opposition calls for review of press freedom

Australia’s opposition yesterday called for a parliamentary inquiry into press freedom after police raids on a media organization’s Sydney headquarters and a journalist’s Canberra home seeking

Grassroots candidates knocking on Chief Executive’s door

Many Macau residents hope that they will have more people listening to their voices through different opportunities, such as the opportunity for election,” the city’s youngest lawmaker Sulu

Gaming | DICJ planning with operators ahead of peak typhoon season

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) met with Macau’s gaming operators earlier this week in order to coordinate measures to be enforced ahead of what is

Political strife continues on eve of extradition bill second reading

Opponents of legislation in Hong Kong that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China are planning more protests and labor strikes in an attempt

South Korea | Agencies can’t confirm Kim brother as CIA source

South Korean agencies said yesterday they could not confirm a report that the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was a U.S. intelligence

Crime | Taxi driver accused of ‘hit-and-run’ involving his passenger

A 73-year-old taxi driver stands accused in a case of “hit-and-run” involving a female tourist from the mainland that he had just transported from Taipa to Rua

Legislative Assembly | Secretary Wong refutes claims Macau is undemocratic

The Civil Protection Law was approved in general terms during yesterday’s Legislative Assembly (AL) plenary session, amid some lawmakers’ worries against the advent of a

Tourism | Dragon Boat Festival visitors 60% higher than last year

The police released immigration figures yesterday for the three-day weekend holiday period of the Tuen Ng Festival. The preliminary figures showed that Macau had taken

‘King of protesters’ becomes third CE candidate

For the first time in its post-handover history, Macau will be fielding three candidates in the upcoming Chief Executive election. The latest contestant is 79-year-old Hoi Weng Chong,

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