Politics of Macau

11 Aug 2012

Pamela Peck Wan-kam, who is contesting a 'super seat' in the Legco election, has received complaints from pan-democratic candidates in all five geographical constituencies because she is using the...

Macau flats linked to graft case still on sale

25 May 2012

Sales of flats in a luxurious project being developed in Macau by Chinese Estates on land linked to a corruption trial were continuing yesterday, a day after a court ruled that company chairman...

Political reforms likely in Macau

3 May 2012

Macau is likely to go ahead with political reforms as a public consultation has found most residents supportive of the proposed legislative and election changes, the administration says.

Tragic judge's successor is first female in job

7 Jan 2012

When Song Min Li was sworn in as the new judge of Macau's Court of Final Appeal this week - after tragedy struck her predecessor last year - she became the first female judge in the top court of...

Retirement of Macau judge raises concerns

18 Nov 2011

One of Macau's top judges has been forced to retire after he was hurt in a car accident in Guangdong, sparking concerns over the impact on the quality of the judiciary in the former Portuguese...

Opinion

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

Alice Wu

John Tsang's confused middle-class claim

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Tang's robust defence of trade seats dismays critics

Chief Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen yesterday fuelled speculation that functional constituencies are to stay indefinitely when he said other jurisdictions enjoyed equal suffrage with a 'one person...

No in-between

Former Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference member Lau Nai-keung, who is a member of the Basic Law Committee, continued to hide behind the cover that pro-establishment politicians...

Hu praises outgoing Macau chief, pledges gift of pandas

President Hu Jintao heaped praise on Macau's outgoing Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau-wah yesterday and promised to send a pair of pandas to the city.

Political Animal

Macau shuts the door on birthday boy

Following Portugal's Carnation Revolution of 1974, the new socialist government in Lisbon offered to return Macau to China but the offer was turned down. China knew that, if it took back Macau,...

Macau security law praised at handover event

The mainland's top lawmaker yesterday praised Macau for its legislation on national security and maintaining social harmony, as he formally concluded the first 10 years of its post-handover...