13th Macau Literary Festival: The Script Road has started

The 2nd International Film Festival and Awards – Macau (IFFAM) kicked off on Friday with a star-studded red carpet event which included Hollywood star Jeremy Renner, but was marred by “equipment failure” for the screening of “Rashomon” on Saturday.The festival’s opening ceremony took place at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) with “Paddington 2” as the opening film, which had its world premiere in London on November 5.This year’s festival is themed “A New Avenue to the World

Lawmakers yesterday passed a government-initiated bill which proposes that the owners of residential units need to pay housing tax even when their flat is vacant.The urgent bill proposes amendments to the existing housing tax regulations according to which the owners of residential units do not need to pay housing tax when the flat is unoccupied.The legislature yesterday also passed the outline of another government-initiated urgent bill which proposes that an additional stamp duty be levied on