Monthly Archives: October 2022
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Residents required to undergo mass testing tomorrow
A citywide mass testing for Covid-19 will commence tomorrow at 7 a.m. until midnight in response to the new cases that were discovered yesterday and today. ... -
Brazil’s Lula to reclaim presidency after beating Bolsonaro
Brazilians delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a bitter presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power ... -
Gov’t identifies new cases as imported
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center received a report from their Zhuhai counterparts Saturday night that a 43-year-old female Macau resident was found to have ... -
Beijing authorizes land reclamation for airport expansion
The central government has finally approved the land reclamation for the expansion of Macau International Airport’s (MIA) capacity, local authorities have revealed. The central government promised ... -
Unemployment rate at 4% as economic turmoil continues
The general unemployment rate slightly decreased to 4% in the July to September period, while the unemployment rate of local residents stood at 5.2%, dropping slightly ... -
Vong Hin Fai to run for lawyers’ association head
Lawyer and lawmaker, Vong Hin Fai, will run for president of the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM), having submitted his candidacy for the upcoming elections in December. ... -
S. Korea in shock, grief as 153 die in Halloween crowd surge
Concerned relatives raced to hospitals in search of their loved ones yesterday as South Korea mourned the deaths of more than 150 people, mostly in their ... -
Hotel sector employees drop by over 2,800
The total number of persons engaged in the hotel sector decreased by 2,846 to 40,141 in 2021, according to data released by the Statistics and Census ... -
Macau group tours still on table despite new Covid cluster
The local government remains optimistic on the resumption of mainland group tours to Macau amid the discovery of four Covid-19 cases yesterday, according to SSM director ... -
Some 50 scholars sign up for Chinese space missions
Some 50 academics and scholars from Hong Kong and Macau have signed up for the first-ever opportunity to join the country’s manned space missions. Applications for ... -
Committee calls for reinforcement of measures against cyberattacks
The Cybersecurity Committee has called for further attention to and reinforcement of existing measures to protect Macau and China against cyberattacks, according to committee members who ... -
Biden faces ‘unpredictable’ era with China’s empowered Xi
President Joe Biden’s administration is taking stock of a newly empowered Xi Jinping as the Chinese president begins a third, norm-breaking five-year term as Communist Party ... -
Shanghai district orders mass Covid-19 testing, lockdown
China’s largest city of Shanghai is ordering mass testing Friday of all 1.3 million residents of its downtown Yangpu district and confining them to their homes at ... -
Philippine storm victims feared tsunami, ran toward mudslide
Victims of a huge mudslide set off by a storm in a coastal Philippine village that had once been devastated by a killer tsunami mistakenly thought ... -
Global concern on Russia’s suspension of Ukraine grain deal
U.S. President Joe Biden warned that global hunger could increase because of Russia’s suspension of a U.N.-brokered deal to allow safe passage for ships carrying Ukrainian ... -
UK politicians demand probe into Liz Truss phone hack claim
The British government insisted yesterday it has robust cybersecurity for government officials, after a newspaper reported that former Prime Minister Liz Truss’ phone was hacked while ... -
1984 Indian prime minister shot dead
Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, has been killed by assassins in New Delhi. Mrs Gandhi was thought to have been walking through her gardens ... -
Flashy Dubai will cash in on a World Cup a short flight away
The FIFA World Cup may be bringing as many as 1.2 million fans to Qatar, but the nearby flashy emirate of Dubai is also looking to ... -
Trick or trash: Candy makers grapple with plastic waste
Halloween treats have a tricky problem: plastic packaging that’s difficult to recycle. As America loads up on an estimated 600 million pounds of candy for Halloween, ... -
Lebanon president leaves with no replacement, crisis deepens
President Michel Aoun left Lebanon’s presidential palace yesterday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum ... -
Cooperation benefits both Germany and China
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will pay a formal visit to China on Friday at Premier Li Keqiang’s invitation. Short as it may be — reportedly no ... -
Monday, October 31, 2022 – edition no. 4124
* On a loop — The new Covid-19 cluster discovered yesterday triggered tightened measures as city doubles down on zero-Covid * infrastructure | Beijing greenlights land ... -
RAT tests rolled out as city logs four Covid-19 positives in a single day
As the city saw four new positive SARS-CoV-2 results yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) has triggered tighter measures, such as regular tests and shortened Covid-19 test ... -
140,000 residents get ‘life support subsidy’ on the first day
About 140,000 residents received the latest round of government support via the “life support subsidy” on the first day the subsidy was distributed (Friday, October 28). ... -
Gov’t starts to cancel events, mandates residents to undergo RAT
The SAR government has started to cancel events or cut them short, while mandating all people in Macau to take SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for ... -
Patient’s son tests positive, Fai Chi Kei NATs negative so far
The son of the 66-year-old Covid-19 patient tested positive for the virus, authorities announced past midnight, after reports that it had not identified positive results from ... -
Lusofonia returns for silver jubilee from today to Oct. 30
This year’s Lusofonia Festival will return from today to Sunday at the Taipa-Houses Museum in the 25th anniversary celebration of Macanese culture. It will also showcase ... -
Bills on currency, minor alcohol consumption ban enter legislation process
The government presented two legislative bills to parliament yesterday. The first bill relates to currency establishment and issuance. The second bill concerns banning the sale to, ... -
Hengqin to offer subsidies up to RMB60m for financial institutions
Measures to support financial institutions in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin will take effect from November 7, according to a statement issued by the ... -
Ho’s family to continue operating Portugal’s biggest casinos
Family of the late casino tycoon, Stanley Ho, will continue to operate two of Portugal’s largest casinos after a commission jury dismissed a proposal made by ... -
Macau-Hengqin Craft Market calls for booth operators
The SAR government is calling for booth operators for the upcoming Macau-Hengqin Craft Market that will be held at Ocean Square outside Zhuhai Chimelong Ocean Kingdom ... -
Hotel occupancy in Q3 dips 25% y-o-y
The average occupancy rate of hotel guest rooms decreased 12.9 percentage points year-on-year to 37.5% in the first three quarters of this year. The number of ... -
Travel agencies record MOP119m deficit in 2021
The travel agency industry registered a deficit of MOP119 million in 2021, a smaller deficit compared to 2020 (-MOP186 million), according to the latest data from ... -
Melco promotes talent diversification for industry diversification needs
Melco Resorts & Entertainment continues to support local talent diversification to meet the needs of the integrated resorts industry’s diversification. Implementing a systematic approach to accelerate ... -
Top Beijing official in city reiterates Gov’t’s stance on Macau
The central government’s overall jurisdiction and a high degree of autonomy in the special administrative regions should be ensured, according to Commissioner Liu Xianfa yesterday. The ...
