Macau News the effective appreciation of the pataca and high real interest rates may hamperboth the Territory s economic recovery and the macau government s efforts to http://www.wtc-macau.com/news/n21/n21-5page.htm
Extractions: WTO says Macau's trade and investment regime "remains among the most open in the world" M acau's trade and investment regime remains among the most open in the world, the Secretariat of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) says in its second Trade Policy Review of Macau. "Neither the Asian crisis, nor Macau's reversion to China in December 1999 has materially altered the Territory's trade and investment regime, which remains among the most open in the world," says the review, which also points out that Macau's handover to China "had little, if any, effect on the Territory's trade and trade-related-policies." The review was released by the WTO in Geneva on March 21. The Secretariat's first report on Macau was published in 1994. According to the review, the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) has retained its status as a free port and is exempted from all taxes imposed by the Central Government in Beijing. The report points out that since the handover the authorities of the MSAR "have succeeded in sharply reducing crime, much to the benefit of tourism; they have also taken steps to build a more robust civil society, with local people seemingly participating more in public life than previously."
Political Resources On The Net - Macau Law Translation Office. macau government. Provisional Municipal Councilof Macau. Imprensa Oficial de Macau macau government printing department. http://www.politicalresources.net/macau.htm
Extractions: Macau (Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China) Last updated: Macao 1999 December 20, 1999: Handover Ceremony Joint Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Portugal on the Question of Macao The Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Elections in Macau by Wilfried Derksen Governments on the WWW: Macau by Gunnar Anzinger Macau Web Servers and Sites University of Macau Law Translation Office Macau Government Provisional Municipal Council of Macau Macau City Guide Municipal Council Macau Economic Services DSF Department of Finance AMCM Monetary and Foreign Exchange Authority DSSOPT Department of Lands, Public Works and Transport DSEC Department of Statistics and Census IPIM Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute Imprensa Oficial de Macau Macau government printing department Boletim Oficial de Macau Official Journal Macau Magazine Macau Daily News Macau Hoje Back to Asia
U.S.-Macau Policy Act Report Over the past year, the macau government has reiterated its support for the globalantiterrorism campaign and enacted anti-terrorism legislation; taken more http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rpt/19555.htm
Extractions: B. Post-handover Macau SAR-PRC Agreements I. SUMMARY Macau continued to develop in a positive direction during the period of this report and cooperation between the United States and Macau remained broad, effective, and mutually beneficial. Over the past year, the Macau government has reiterated its support for the global anti-terrorism campaign and enacted anti-terrorism legislation; taken more steps to open and reposition its economy; and, continued to project its own identity through official interaction with the rest of the world. Macau residents continue to enjoy basic human rights and a unique way of life distinct from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), although Macau's civil society and democratic institutions remain weak. The PRC has respected its commitments regarding Macau's high degree of autonomy. Macau officials continue to run Macau and make their decisions pursuant to Macaus own identity and interests.
Extractions: Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor On December 20, 1999, Macau reverted from Portuguese to Chinese administration (the handover) and became the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC) with a high degree of autonomy. Both the Basic Law, Macau's constitution, and the Religious Freedom Ordinance provide for freedom of religion and prohibit discrimination on the basis of religious practice, and the Macau Government generally respects these rights in practice. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report, and government policy continued to contribute to the generally free practice of religion. The generally amicable relationship among religions in society contributed to religious freedom. Macau has a small number of Falun Gong practitioners. Police occasionally observed and questioned practitioners as they performed their exercises, according to reports from Falun Gong practitioners. The U.S. Government discusses religious freedom issues with the Government in the context of its overall dialogue and policy of promoting human rights. Officers at the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong also are responsible for Macau, and meet regularly with Macau religious leaders.
Extractions: Macau, China It gives me great pleasure to welcome Chief Executive Edmund Ho, other officials from the Macau government, distinguished members of Macau society, and representatives of the American community in Macau, to this evening's reception. Let me begin by congratulating Macau on Sunday's legislative election, the first since the establishment of the Special Administrative Region Government in 1999. The smooth and successful conduct of the election reflected the careful preparations and extensive efforts undertaken by the Macau government, and the large voter turnout reflected a desire by the people of Macau to participate actively in the political process and to express their democratic aspirations. These elections mark an important step towards more democratic government. They also highlight Macau's distinct way of life and its special status Congratulations especially to the newly elected members of the Legislative Assembly. We look forward to working with all of you in pursuit of our common goals. This evening's reception is a celebration of the strong friendship and cooperation between the United States and Macau. That friendship was demonstrated most recently in the many expressions of sympathy and condolence we received from the people of Macau after the heinous terrorist attacks of September 11. Your expressions of support - from government leaders, business people, school teachers, clergy and ordinary citizens - were a source of much comfort during this difficult time and very much appreciated.
Frommers.com : Destinations : Asia : Macau : Planning A Trip Visitor InformationOn the InternetYou can obtain information on Macau throughthe Internet by visiting the macau government Tourist Office s website at www http://www.frommers.com/destinations/macau/1491010002.html
Extractions: Planning a Trip Visitor InformationOn the Internet You can obtain information on Macau through the Internet by visiting the Macau Government Tourist Office's website at www.macautourism.gov.mo Macau has finally opened a U.S. office. Contact the Macau Government Tourist Office (MTGO), 5757 West Century Blvd., Suite 660, Los Angeles, CA 90045-6407 (tel. 877/Macau-00 or 310/670-2234; fax 310/338-0708). In England, contact MTGO at 1 Battersea Church Rd., London SW11 3LY (tel. fax 207/771-7059). In Hong Kong Your first stop for information about Macau should be as soon as you arrive in Hong Kong, at the new Hong Kong International Airport. In the arrivals lobby, at 3B, you'll find the Macau Government Tourist Office (MTGO) information counter (tel. ), open daily from 9am to 10:30pm (closed for lunch 1-1:30pm and dinner 6-6:30pm). Stop here for a wealth of printed material about hotels and sightseeing in Macau. In addition, there's another MTGO information bureau at the Macau Ferry Terminal, the departure pier for most jetfoils and other craft bound for Macau. You'll find it on the third-floor Departure Floor, in room 336 of the Shun Tak Centre, 200 Connaught Rd., in Central (tel. ). It's open daily from 9am to 5:30pm. Be sure to pick up a map of Macau, as well as the tourist tabloid
Extractions: Visitor Information On the Internet You can obtain information on Macau through the Internet by visiting the Macau Government Tourist Office's website at www.macautourism.gov.mo Macau has finally opened a U.S. office. Contact the Macau Government Tourist Office (MTGO), 5757 West Century Blvd., Suite 660, Los Angeles, CA 90045-6407 (tel. 877/Macau-00 or 310/670-2234; fax 310/338-0708). In England, contact MTGO at 1 Battersea Church Rd., London SW11 3LY (tel. fax 207/771-7059). In Hong Kong Your first stop for information about Macau should be as soon as you arrive in Hong Kong, at the new Hong Kong International Airport. In the arrivals lobby, at 3B, you'll find the Macau Government Tourist Office (MTGO) information counter (tel. ), open daily from 9am to 10:30pm (closed for lunch 1-1:30pm and dinner 6-6:30pm). Stop here for a wealth of printed material about hotels and sightseeing in Macau. In addition, there's another MTGO information bureau at the Macau Ferry Terminal, the departure pier for most jetfoils and other craft bound for Macau. You'll find it on the third-floor Departure Floor, in room 336 of the Shun Tak Centre, 200 Connaught Rd., in Central (tel.
Macau's Big Bet When the governor needs money he turns to his right, explains Paulo JorgeReis, former deputy director of macau government Information Services. http://members.tripod.com/~orgcrime/bigbet.htm
Extractions: Macau's Big Bet This article originally appeared in the August 1997 issue of A SIA , I NC. A joke circulates among the cynical inhabitants of Portugal's colony on the mouth of the Pearl River: Casino czar Stanley Ho sits on the righthand side of the governor, they say, and a senior representative from China sits on the left. "When the governor needs money he turns to his right," explains Paulo Jorge Reis, former deputy director of Macau Government Information Services. "Then he turns left and asks permission to spend it." In reality, this joke accurately reflects the way Macau has been run since the mid-1970s, when a newly democratized Portugal unsuccessfully tried to give the 440-year-old colony back to China. The Chinese Communist Party hierarchy preferred to leave the Portuguese as closely monitored tenant-managers. A reluctant Portugal was content to let Ho fill his and the colony's coffers with profits from his monopoly franchise to run the port city's 24-hour, 7-day-week gambling operations. The cozy arrangement has made Hong Kong-born Ho a $2 billion fortune and hugely enriched and rejuvenated what was a crumbling, cash-starved outpost of an impoverished Mediterranean country. In 1996 alone, Macau collected $630 million from Ho's Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM) more than 40 percent of government revenues. In the same year, the STDM had revenues of more than $2.1 billion roughly 27 percent of Macau's $7.7 billion GDP.
Annual Report 1995 -- 6 MACAU-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES lecturing, thesis supervision, joint university research, and proposing and discussingjoint development project possibilities with macau government authorities http://www.iist.unu.edu/home/Unuiist/newrh/I/3/4/page_6.html
Extractions: Annual Report 1995 UNU/IIST is devoting a substantial proportion of its resources to lecturing, thesis supervision, joint university research, and proposing and discussing joint development project possibilities with Macau Government authorities. Macau's involvement in high technology concepts is very new. This gives a special dimension to UNU/IIST's interaction with Macau institutions. It also means that UNU/IIST must spend extra resources on "nurturing the ground", supporting the maturation process, etc. During the Autumn of 1994 and Winter and Spring of 1995, Prof. Wang Ju An of Macau University, together with Prof. Zhou Chaochen and others, researched, as part of the Hybrid Systems research programme, A Duration Calculus Approach to Specifying a Steam-boiler Control System. The resulting report was accepted for presentation at a by-invitation only workshop at the International Informatics Workshop Centre: Dagsthul, Saarland, Germany. UNU/IIST was proud to fully fund Prof. Wang Ju An's three week visit to Denmark, Germany, France and England. See items
Paris-HongKong.com :: The Macau Dildo Incident Some officials of the old Ladies House, the macau government (official organiserof the event) and the participating Macanese artists are worried about the http://www.paris-hongkong.com/articles/20021006macau/
Extractions: suffer dictatorship deserve it ". Many thanks to Michel Bonnin for the translation. Saturday 12 October Sunday 13 October Monday 14 October Friday 18 October ATV World airs a story about the exhibition (RTHK Mediawatch watch it online We meet with 5M6, the cartoonist of the Hong Kong Economic Journal , to decide what we do. Saturday 19 October
Chinalaw - Law Of Macau We started this page on the law of Macau and are in touch with the macau governmentto obtain more English translations of laws applicable in the territory. http://www.qis.net/chinalaw/maclaw2.htm
Extractions: Macau was the last colony to return to control of the central Chinese government. We started this page on the law of Macau and are in touch with the Macau government to obtain more English translations of laws applicable in the territory. If you have translations of laws in Macau and you would like to contribute them to our site, please contact chinalaw@qis.net The Joint Declaration by the Governments of the Republic of Portugal and the People's Republic of China on the Question of Macau.
Government Links Regional Asia macau government. http://www.jaspergifts.com/Regional/Asia/Macau/Government/
Commercial macau government Tourist Office, Responsibilityand structure. Information Counters. http://www.cityguide.gov.mo/gov/tour/tour_e.htm
New Page 3 Macau. They negotiated with the macau government for permission toset up an international university in the territory. Consent http://www.aiou.edu/eng/u_profile.htm
Extractions: University Profile In 1978, when the economy of South East Asia was in rapid growth and the Open Door Policy of China was initially confirmed, Dr. Peter Eng, Dr. Edward P. H. Woo and Dr. K. K. Wong, founders of the University, recognized the desirability of having an international university in Macau. They negotiated with the Macau Government for permission to set up an international university in the territory. Consent was promptly given and the first university in Macau, the University of East Asia commenced operation in September 1981. In February 1988, the University of East Asia was restructured to become a public university, renamed as University of Macau. Programs previously offered by the Open College and Graduate Collage of the University of East Asia were handled by a new East Asia Open Institute. To cope with the ever increasing and changing needs in the territory, the East Asia Open Institute entered into a joint venture with Universidade Aberta (Open University) of Portugal to form a new university - the Asia International Open University (Macau), with the approval of the Macau Government in 1992. Dr Hsueh Shou Sheng was appointed as the Founding Rector and Professor Zhuang Shanyu succeeded the position on 1 January 2001.
Travel-Library.com Macau Travel Information And Travelogues City Guide of Macau by Macau Municipal Council; macau government Tourist Office;Macau information From Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau; http://www.travel-library.com/asia/macau/
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Extractions: A non-profit joint venture between Macau Government and the private sector. The vision of CPTTM is to support enterprises to utilize effectively new conceptual thinking, information and resources in order to increase the value-added of its products or services. Public Works and Transportation Services Statistics and Census Department The Museum of Macau (Museu de Macau)
Macau Casinos And Macau Gambling International News Brief Gamingindustry executive say that the macau governmentcan expect to collect record 12 billion patacas in casino gross-revenue taxes http://www.casinocity.com/MO/cities.html
Extractions: Macau Casinos ordered by City or by Name Cotai The Sands Macau Macau Casino Lisboa Casino Macau Palace ... The Legend Club Macau Sar Diamond Casino Taipa Casino Marina MJC Casino and Grandview Hotel ... New Century Casino Taipa Island Casino Taipa Macau Horse Tracks Macau Canidrome Taipa Macau Jockey Club Racing Complex Macau Gambling News 4 June 2004 2 June 2004 2 June 2004 1 June 2004 The Macau General Assembly passed credit legislation on Monday that will allow casino promoters to extend credit in the form of gambling chips to high-rollers, Wall Street analysts said today.
Giesecke & Devrient - Public Relations This is a result of our excellent cooperation with the macau government, commentedMr. Winfried Holz, head of Solution Business at Siemens Business Services http://www.gdai.com/gdai-pr/press010903.htm
Extractions: Location: South China coast. Note: On 20 December 1999, Macau became a Special Administrative Region of China. Operating under a one country, two systems policy, Macau will maintain its own political, social and economic systems in an arrangement that will last for 50 years. Portuguese and Chinese will both remain the official languages.
