China's Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) and Brazil have started to offer each other visa-free access for a maximum stay of 90 days.

A press release issued here on Wednesday by Macao's Information Bureau said the mutual visa-free access pact has been effective since March 24, 2006.

There are currently 69 countries and territories having agreed to grant visa-free access or visa-on-arrival to MSAR passport holders, said the release.

(Xinhua News Agency March 29, 2006)