Monthly Archives: June 2022
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Analysts say Beijing’s eased quarantine a step in the right direction
China’s easing of quarantine for foreign arrivals caught analysts by surprise, while others saw the move as just the right step even though Beijing is sticking ... -
Rapid Antigen Test: Easily available but price savvy needed
With a growing number of workplaces requiring daily negative tests for Covid-19, fears have arisen regarding both the quantity and price of rapid antigen tests (RAT). ... -
Health chief defends regular NATs for casino workers
SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid tests (NAT) and rapid antigen tests (RAT) will complement each other for key groups, now including casino and construction workers, the local health ... -
CE to attend Hong Kong’s 25th anniversary and inauguration of John Lee
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng is in Hong Kong until July 1 as the neighboring region marks the 25th anniversary of its return to the motherland. ... -
Hong Kong bars some journalists from handover anniversary
Hong Kong authorities, citing “security reasons,” have barred more than 10 journalists from covering events and ceremonies this week marking the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s ... -
Gov’t: Amendments to itineraries published were not unprecedented
Yesterday, it was reported that the itinerary of Case 271 had been modified and an updated version was published. In the first version, the itinerary stated ... -
Gov’t denies six infected medical staff contracted virus at work
Since June 18, the city has seen six SSM staff contract the virus. Four are directly employed by the bureau and the remaining two are third-party ... -
Residents call for more support for the elderly in reporting rapid tests
Some radio listeners have called on the government to provide more support to the elderly in their use of the Macao Health Code. Callers to yesterday’s ... -
Issuance of T3 ‘relatively high’ tomorrow
The chance of issuing tropical cyclone signal no.3 is “medium to relatively high” from the early morning to noon tomorrow. Since another low pressure area is ... -
Hotel occupancy plummets 34% in May
The average occupancy rate of guest rooms in May dropped by 27.9 percentage points year-on-year to 34.2%, with the occupancy rate for 5-star hotels lower than ... -
Hong Kong Palace Museum – a new cultural landmark of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM), located in the West Kowloon Cultural District of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, was inaugurated on June 22 and ... -
Ressa says courts to decide Rappler closure order
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa said her Rappler news website was operating “business as usual” yesterday and would let Philippine courts decide on a government ... -
Gov’t approves first homemade Covid-19 vaccine
Health officials in South Korea yesterday approved the country’s first domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine for people 18 years or older, adding another public health tool in ... -
Ukraine’s leader pushes for fuller NATO embrace, more arms
Ukraine’s president chided NATO for not embracing his embattled country more fully and asked for more weapons to fight off Russia, as the leaders of the ... -
1971 Space mission ends in tragedy
Three Russian cosmonauts have been found dead in their space capsule after it made what looked like a perfect landing in Kazakhstan. Lieutenant-Colonel Georgi Dobrovolsky, Vladislav ... -
China’s Baidu races Waymo, GM to develop self-driving cars
With no one at the wheel, a self-driving taxi developed by tech giant Baidu Inc. is rolling down a Beijing street when its sensors spot the ... -
Serena Williams loses at Wimbledon in 1st match in a year
Serena Williams began — and ended — her comeback at Wimbledon after 364 days out of singles competition looking very much like someone who hadn’t competed ... -
Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican amid abortion debate
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis yesterday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position ... -
EU proposes ban on flavored heated tobacco products
The European Union’s executive branch yesterday proposed a ban on the sale of flavored heated tobacco products as part of its plan to fight cancer. The ... -
Women’s rights sacrificed at the altar of US judiciary
The Supreme Court of the United States has overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade of 1973 that legalized abortion in the country. By ruling on Friday that the ... -
Thursday, June 30, 2022 – edition no. 4042
* Quarantine control — Gov’t did not rule out the possibility of further reducing quarantine duration for foreign arrivals as Beijing eases Covid controls in biggest ... -
Developer suggests ‘more practical’ transportation system amid cable car proposal
The proposed cable car between New Urban Zone A and ZAPE District will not be a feasible means of diverting traffic, according to a Macau architect ... -
Authorities await final results to decide on more rounds
Local health authorities will soon decide whether more community testing is needed to tackle the recent Covid-19 outbreak. Such a decision could include additional rounds of ... -
Restaurant owners lose hope as end of restrictions remains uncertain
Restaurant owners have expressed their dismay over the current pandemic situation in the SAR, as they are required to close their dine-in services to deter the ... -
Trade union federation calls for clearer guidelines for casino employees
Lawmakers representing the workers’ association have called for clearer guidelines for casino employees regarding who is to bear the costs of mandatory nucleic acid tests (NATs) ... -
China reduces quarantine for people arriving from abroad
China yesterday announced an easing of its quarantine requirement for people arriving from abroad but stopped short of lifting what remains a stringent COVID-19 policy compared ... -
Hong Kong confirms Chinese leader Xi’s visit for anniversary
Hong Kong police confirmed yesterday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the city this week for the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s return ... -
Authorities to send ‘NATmobile’ to yellow zones
Local health authorities will dispatch a new nucleic acid test (NAT) vehicle to assist with administering tests to those under close control of the authorities in ... -
SMG expects typhoon this week
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) says that there is a high chance that a typhoon will form in the vast low-pressure area in the Philippines, ... -
Biden aims at China in new illegal fishing policy framework
The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China, ordering federal agencies to better coordinate among themselves as well as with foreign ... -
G-7 leaders end summit pledging to hurt Russia economically
Leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies struck a united stance to support Ukraine for “as long as it takes” as Russia’s invasion grinds on, and said ... -
Russian missile strike hits crowded shopping mall in Ukraine
Russian long-range bombers struck a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine’s central city of Kremenchuk with a missile on Monday, raising fears of what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ... -
Ghislaine Maxwell to be sentenced in Epstein sex abuse case
Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, is set to be sentenced yesterday for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein ... -
1995 US shuttle docks with Russian space station
American and Russian spacecraft have successfully docked in orbit for the first time in 20 years. The US shuttle Atlantis delivered a relief crew of two ... -
Europe’s central bank ready to ‘stamp out’ surging inflation
The head of the European Central Bank said yesterday that it will move gradually to combat soaring consumer prices with interest rate hikes in July and ...
