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Macau Chief Executive starts visit to Portugal

Macau Chief Executive starts visit to Portugal

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On arrived on Sunday for a five-day official visit to Portugal at the invitation of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), Chui will also meet Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa and co-chair a meeting of the Macau-Portugal Joint Commission with […]
Macau’s tourism chief expects 10 per cent rise in international tourists

Macau’s tourism chief expects 10 per cent rise in international tourists

Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said on Thursday that she expected the number of “international” tourists to rise by 10 per cent this year. Senna Fernandes also said that the total number of tourists rose slightly year-on-year during the first six months of this year. According to the Statistics […]
Macau Polytechnic Institute chief expects ‘fierce’ competition for students

Macau Polytechnic Institute chief expects ‘fierce’ competition for students

Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) President Lei Heong Iok said on Tuesday that he expected competition among the city’s 10 tertiary education institutions for local students to become “fierce”. Lei pointed out that the Tertiary Education Service Office (GAES) has forecast that about 3,000 local pupils will choose to pursue their tertiary education in the city […]
Macau Chief Executive reassures public of Taishan nuclear plant safety

Macau Chief Executive reassures public of Taishan nuclear plant safety

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On said Tuesday that the central government was “deeply concerned about the safety of Macau’s residents,” amid concerns about safety at the still under-construction Taishan Nuclear Power Plant. Chui also vowed that his government will always be in close contact with the Guangdong provincial government about the plant’s construction progress […]
Macau Chief Executive can close failing tertiary institutions

Macau Chief Executive can close failing tertiary institutions

A government-drafted bill proposes to give the chief executive the power to close any local privately-owned higher education institution if their teaching standards have  “obviously declined”, Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) Director Sou Chio Fai said on Thursday. Sou talked to reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) 2nd Standing Committee’s […]