Monthly Archives: April 2020
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147 young entrepeneurs fail to pay back subsidies
A group of young entrepreneurs still owe the Macau SAR a total of over 30 million patacas due to their unsettled repayments of government subsidies, the ... -
Briefs | FC Law donates 5,000 masks to gov’t
Macau-based law firm FC Law – Lawyers and Notaries is donating 5,000 surgical masks to the government as part of its initiatives to assist the local ... -
Gov’t proposes three years jail for operators of fraudulent mobile base stations
The local government has proposed a maximum jail term of three years to punish those involved in fraudulent mobile base stations. Yesterday, the First Standing Committee ... -
Slight drop recorded in last quarter’s residential prices
The city’s residential prices have dropped slightly, 0.2% down compared to the last three-month period, the Statistics and Census Service announced yesterday. The data covers the ... -
Two local architecture projects receive international accolades
A Macau residential building and a public information counter won awards in the latest International Property Awards. Both projects are from local firm AETEC-Mo Architecture and ... -
Japan’s state of emergency is no lockdown. What’s in it?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other hard-hit Japanese prefectures to fortify the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. ... -
World of troubles | Wuhan ends lockdown as health workers buckle under strain
After 76 days in lockdown, the Chinese city at the heart of the global pandemic reopened yesterday, and tens of thousands immediately hopped on trains and ... -
Philippines backs Vietnam after China sinks fishing boat
The Philippines yesterday expressed solidarity with Vietnam after Hanoi protested what it said was the ramming and sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat by a Chinese ... -
This Day in History | 2003 Saddam statue topples with regime
There have been scenes of jubilation in Baghdad as US tanks rolled into the very heart of the Iraqi capital, confirming that the government of Saddam ... -
Passover in isolation dampens holiday mood in Israel
Each year, Patricia Sheetrit and her family gather with in-laws for the first night of Passover, bringing together some 20 people for the holiday’s main event, ... -
Coronavirus scams: guard against fraud cures and other cons
Con artists are finding lots of marks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Watchdog groups and authorities report a surge of complaints about scams targeting people who fear ... -
Sands China co-organizes family activity
Sands China Ltd. and the Sheng Kung Hui Social Service Coordination Office have organised a parent-child colouring contest, aimed at enhancing parent-child interactions while schools are ... -
English soccer warned of $1B pandemic losses, clubs closing
English soccer faced warnings this week that losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic could exceed $1 billion and clubs could go out of business. The financial ... -
World briefs
JAPAN The Tokyo Olympic flame has been taken off public display in Japan. And it’s not clear when it will reappear again or where — or ... -
The Buzz | Lufthansa retires big jets, says rebound could take years
German airline group Lufthansa said it was permanently removing some of its large aircraft from service and reducing capacity for the long term, saying it will ... -
Europe struggles to agree on economic response to virus
European governments remained at loggerheads yesterday over measures to help the economy weather the coronavirus outbreak, breaking off a meeting of finance officials who clashed over ... -
Editorial | Small to micro support
Secretary Lei Wai Nong announced yesterday the details of the new Covid-19 relief fund which amounts to 13.6 billion patacas overall, on top of the previously ... -
Thursday, April 9, 2020 – edition no. 3511
* More vouchers for all — SMEs take little, migrants excluded in 13.6B relief fund * Masked crowds fill Wuhan’s streets, trains as lockdown ends ... -
Macau sees its 45th patient of Covid-19
After 24 hours of absence of new infection in the second wave of Covid-19 in the city, Macau has its 45th patient of the disease confirmed ... -
10 billion relief fund details announced: New round of MOP5,000 e-vouchers
An extra round of e-vouchers and salary subsidy for eligible employees, among other financial subsidies, will be issued later this year, Lei Wai Nong, Secretary for ... -
ATFPM proposes ‘extra salary’ and ‘hardship allowance’ for frontline workers
The Macau Civil Servants Association (ATFPM) met yesterday with the Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng, proposing that an extra salary be granted to all frontline ... -
MGTO: Tourism fund not to be used to subsidize tour guides
The local government has no plan to use the city’s tourism fund as means to subsidize tour guides’ income, according to Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, ... -
‘Unacceptable’ explanation over gov’t’s unused properties
Hundreds of the Macau SAR government’s own properties are being left unused, with lawmakers being given an “unacceptable” explanation of the situation. Yesterday, the Follow-up Committee ... -
TSI dismisses appeals on six expired land concessions
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has dismissed the appeals filed with the court in a case in which the government declared the expiration of a ... -
Lawmaker urges temporary visa extension for non-local workers
Lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng is calling on the local government to consider benevolent measures for non-local workers who face problems with their visas and lodging. The ... -
SSM gives no assurance to access crucial medicine
A shortage of essential medications is expected to gradually affect local patients as both sea and land public passenger transports between the two Special Administrative Regions ... -
Gov’t to start accepting applications for salary subsidy today
The application period for the salary subsidy scheme administered by the government for the first quarter of 2020, subsidizing employees over age 40, among other criteria, ... -
Developer of The 13 requests a ‘standstill’ for being unable to pay debt
The developer and promoter of the troubled The 13 Hotel has requested a standstill from its bank to avoid the enforcement of security and liquidation of ... -
Virus puts world in intensive care; state of emergency
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care yesterday fighting the coronavirus, while authorities in New York and elsewhere in Europe hoped that an apparent ... -
Boris Johnson spends night in ICU not on ventilator
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent the night in the intensive care unit of a London hospital with the new coronavirus, but is not on a ... -
Wuhan | farmers struggle as crops wither from travel limits
Stuck in the same bind as many other Chinese farmers whose crops are rotting in their fields, Jiang Yuewu is preparing to throw out a 500-ton ... -
This Day in History | 1986 Eastwood voted mayor by landslide
Residents of the Californian town of Carmel have overwhelmingly voted for actor Clint Eastwood as their mayor. The turnout was double the norm in the picturesque ... -
Modeling coronavirus: ‘Uncertainty is the only certainty’
A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure yesterday [Macau time]for a first wave of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic ... -
MGM donates to Macau Holy House of Mercy’s Welfare Shop
MGM recently donated MOP300,000 to the Macau Holy House of Mercy’s Welfare Shop project for the 8th consecutive year in support of its food hamper distribution to over ... -
China’s corporates are gearing up in Europe for M&A bargains
Chinese firms are getting ready for discount deals in Europe, where the coronavirus pandemic has sent companies scrambling for cash to stay in business. Bankers have recently seen ...
