Secretary Rosário blames legal disputes for land recovery delay

In response to accusations that the authorities have been inactive in recovering idle land lots from expired contracts, Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário has claimed that actions have not been immediately taken due to the potential for legal disputes where developers might take cases to court. This would usually end up in long periods of waiting, according to Rosário. The secretary stressed that no land has officially returned to the government yet, as all of the plots are still bound up in ongoing legal proceedings, which will dictate the outcome. So far, up to 22 land parcels have been proven idle.

Macau Pass to issue mainland-compatible cards

Macau Pass will offer a new type of card able to be used nationwide for public transport, starting next January. This comes after Macau joined the City Union network of 72 city members. Up to 150 million cards are currently in circulation. The electronic payment service provider has already been authorized to run the service in RMB. However, the cards that have been issued by the region will only take effect in February. Macau Pass had earlier formed a partnership with the mainland’s third-party online payment platform Alipay, which allows payment to be made by Alipay through Macau Pass terminals.