By-election for legislature’s business sector seat slated for Nov 24

The Macau Righteousness candidacy list, No.10 on the ballot paper for the upcoming direct legislative election, calls for everybody to be able to have a job, own a home, and retire comfortably.The Macau Righteousness list is running in the direct election for the second time after failing in its bid for a seat in the legislature’s hemicycle four years ago, when it merely got 393 votes.In the 2017 direct election, around 9,000 votes were enough for a candidacy list to win one seat. Macau’s

Local residents’ unemployment rate remained unchanged year-on-year at 2.4 percent in the May-July survey period, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.The overall unemployment rate – which comprises local and non-resident employees – stayed unchanged at 1.8 percent.However, both jobless rates rose by 0.1 percentage point compared to the previous survey period (April-June).Macau’s total labour force stood at 394,100 in the May-July period, when the labour force