Monthly Archives: January 2020
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Govt: Non-essential civil servants remain at home next week
Civil servants who work in non-essential services will be exempted from work continuously during next week, the local government announced today (Friday) at its daily press ... -
2019-nCoV to impact gaming operators’ cash flow
The local government’s protection measures against the 2019-nCoV outbreak will have a strong effect on Macau’s cash flow, a report by Fitch Ratings released today (Friday) ... -
DSAL found no evidence of forced unpaid leaves
The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has found no cases of gaming operators requiring their employees to take unpaid leaves. Earlier this week, reports from staff at ... -
Italy: two confirmed coronavirus cases, Macau tourist tested negative
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said two coronavirus patients are currently in isolation in a Rome hospital and moved to cancel flights to and from China. ... -
Tourism businesses worldwide brace for a hit worse than SARS
Hotels, luxury shops and attractions around the world that came to rely on a flood of Chinese tourists are facing an even bigger crisis than during ... -
China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed
BEIJING — Carrying permits demanding “fast passage,” truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million ... -
China flying home residents of virus-afflicted region
BEIJING — China’s foreign ministry said today (Friday) it will send charter flights to bring home residents of virus-afflicted region from overseas. The one-sentence statement gave ... -
Economist: Coronavirus scare will have ‘great impact’ on economy for many months
With the enforcement of measures by both the local and central government aiming to contain the outbreak of the coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Macau has seen a drastic ... -
WHO declares novel coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency, commends China’s efforts
GENEVA – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said today (Macau time) that the novel coronavirus outbreak has become a Public Health Emergency of ... -
Companies with China ties start to feel virus impact, casinos included
The dangerous virus spreading through China threatens a wide range of industries with ties to the world’s second largest economy. Chinese authorities have cut off access ... -
Europe evacuates citizens from China, Russia shuts border
LISBON – European countries stepped up efforts today (Thursday) to contain the virus sweeping through central China, sending a chartered plane there to evacuate hundreds of ... -
Fed chair sees China virus as possible risk to world economy
WASHINGTON — Just as the outlook for the global economy had been brightening in recent months, a new threat has suddenly emerged in the form of ... -
Gov’t disposes of unsold firecrackers and fireworks
The local government spent more time than usual to dispose of this year’s unsold firecrackers and fireworks in a safe manner, according to a statement released ... -
DSPA received 2,500 wasted electronic equipment to date
The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) has received more than 2,500 pieces of used electronic equipment since January 1, when the local government began a new recycling ... -
Local companies ‘forcing’ staff into unpaid leave
Insider reports claim that several companies in Macau are trying to reduce the number of their operational staff by asking them to take unpaid leave. Reports ... -
Carnival cruise ship in Italy lockdown after Macau passenger has symptoms
A cruise ship owned by Carnival Corp. was blocked from leaving an Italian port with some 7,000 people on board, after a passenger reportedly from Macau ... -
HK lawmaker criticized for encouraging masks to be reused
Hong Kong democrat lawmakers and netizens are criticizing pro-establishment lawmaker Ann Chiang Lai-wan for posting a video on her Facebook page explaining the process of steaming ... -
Suspected duo clean from coronavirus, leaving infected at 7
Two possible cases of the novel coronavirus reported earlier today – a local nurse and a foreign worker from Hubei – have been tested and proved ... -
Better playground planning wanted
During a TDM radio program, Wong Leong Kuan, deputy director at the policy research office of the Women’s General Association of Macau, said that there are ... -
Corporate Bits | AirAsia implements digital solution to reduce carbon emissions
AirAsia is taking its environmental responsibilities a step further by implementing digital solutions that are aimed at improving fuel efficiency and reducing carbon emissions, the low-cost ... -
Corporate Bits | Association to hold first printmaking exhibition at Taipa Village
The Taipa Village Cultural Association is holding its first printmaking exhibition, “Fallen,” at the Taipa Village Art Space, featuring works using ancient printmaking techniques based on ... -
Corporate bits: Sands China president, executives visit team members to encourage their Wuhan virus prevention efforts
Sands China’s president Wilfred Wong and other senior executives visited team members at the back-of-house and public areas of Sands China properties today (Thursday) to “thank ... -
Analysis: Mistrust hampers Hong Kong’s battle to hold back China virus
Hong Kong was always going to face a huge challenge holding back a disease outbreak raging in mainland China. Deep mistrust built up over seven months ... -
Crowds form long queues to cross industrial zone checkpoint
Long queues of Macau local residents and non-local workers formed at the Zhuhai-Macau Cross-Border Industrial Zone early this morning amid Macau’s implementation of new service hours ... -
Driver dies in motorbike crash
A 24-year-old Macau local resident died in a motorbike crash in the northern area of the Macau peninsula, according to a statement released by the Public ... -
Gov’t using Pousada Marina Infante as new isolation center
The government has transferred 26 tourists from Hubei Province to Pousada Marina Infante, as the isolation center at the youth hostel in Hac Sa has reached ... -
World markets tumble as fears over virus outbreak spread
Shares tumbled in Europe and Asia today (Thursday) as the impact of the virus outbreak in China expanded to include flight cancellations and other wider precautions ... -
Sulu Sou says it’s unreasonable for schools to ask teachers to congregate
It is unreasonable for some schools to require their teaching staff to meet on-site to discuss students’ assignments during the extra holiday period mandated by the ... -
Visitor arrivals slump 76.5% boding ill for economy
Visitor arrivals over the first six days of the week-long Chinese Lunar New Year period slumped 76.5% year-on-year to just 243,200, according to official data, with ... -
Wuhan virus death toll rises to 170, transmission a concern
BEIJING — The death toll rose to 170 in the new virus outbreak in China today (Thursday) as foreign evacuees from the worst-hit region begin returning ... -
Do masks offer protection from new virus? It depends
People around the world are buying up protective face masks in hopes of keeping the new virus from China at bay. Some companies have required them ... -
EU to repatriate 600 citizens seeking to flee China virus
BRUSSELS — The European Union is working to repatriate about 600 citizens from 14 EU countries seeking to leave China because of a spreading new virus ... -
EU stops short of recommending ban on China’s Huawei
The European Union unveiled security guidelines for next generation high-speed wireless networks that stop short of calling for a ban on Huawei, in the latest setback ... -
Airlines suspend China flights, cut services on virus fears
BANGKOK — British Airways said today (Wednesday) it is halting all flights to China, joining several Asian carriers that are either suspending or significantly cutting back ... -
McDonald’s closes several hundred restaurants in Hubei Province
McDonald’s Corp. has closed several hundred restaurants in Hubei province, which is at the center of a viral outbreak in China that has killed more than ...
