Manufacture, distribution, sale, import and export of e-cigarettes ruled illegal; violators face fine of MOP 4,000.
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The consumer price index last month rose by 4.76 percent year-on-year to 106.13, down from 4.91 percent the preceding month, reported the Statistics and Census Service. The increase was said to be due to higher rentals for dwelling and rising costs of eating out. Compared to July 2014, notable hikes were seen in the price […]
Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said Monday that his bureau would discuss with the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) a possible increase in the tobacco tax. Lei made the remarks during the legislature’s question-and-answer session in which lawmakers raised a range of hot-button issues. Lawmakers said that more and more of the city’s teenagers […]
