Archive for June 14, 2008

Tougher penalties proposed for drug producers, traffickers

{ June 14, 2008, Saturday @ 2:08 am } · { Law & Politics }
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Issue 374, Page 3
Word count: 522
Published in: Macau Daily Times

By Poyi (Natalie) Leung

Drug makers and traffickers may face 15 years in jail under tougher new penalties proposed by the government. … continue reading this entry.

Top bureaucrats paid to stay straight

{ June 14, 2008, Saturday @ 1:56 am } · { Government Administration, Law & Politics }
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Issue 374, Page 5
Word count: 599
Published in: Macau Daily Times

By Poyi (Natalie) Leung

The government is willing to pay leaving top bureaucrats a lump sum of six months of their salary to temporarily prohibit them from taking up jobs in the private sector.

Directors and deputy directors from major bureaus currently receive a monthly salary of 55,000 patacas and 47,850 patacas respectively, while heads of second-level bureaus earn up to 50,600 patacas. … continue reading this entry.