Author: Julie Zhu, MDT
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Air Macau soon to increase flights to some mainland cities
Search results on Air Macau’s official website suggest that the local airline is preparing to increase the number of flights to some mainland cities starting March ... -
Local advisor wants to spread communist Lei Feng Spirit in town
Lei Feng Spirit, one of the core symbols of nationwide propaganda of mainland China, has been proposed into Macau. Lei Feng joined the People’s Liberation Army ... -
59 Macau residents expected to land in Taipa between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
A total of 59 Macau residents are expected to land at the Macau International Airport (MIA) between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, Director of ... -
Animal disease prevention law requires Macau report to Beijing
Macau must report any outbreak of animal diseases to the central government, according to lawmaker Ho Ion Sang, but Hong Kong does not have the same ... -
501 million patacas donated to mainland
Various entities in Macau have donated a total of 501 million patacas to mainland China since the start of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, according to a ... -
Crime | Firefighter accused of theft; second case in under a week
The police authority has charged another firefighter with theft, the second case in less than a week. During yesterday’s joint police press conference, the Judiciary Police ... -
Macau People Power asks for second cash handout in 2020
Local association Macau People Power has asked the Macau government to consider a second cash handout for 2020. The request comes after the government confirmed it ... -
Local netizens say they oppose repatriation plan
Some Macau local residents have expressed anger and disagreement over the local government’s recent decision to bring home Macau residents that have been hitherto stuck in ... -
Medical tests at border may include Macau residents
The Macau SAR government has indicated the possibility of also requiring mandatory medical examinations and tests performed at Macau’s medical checkpoints for Macau local residents. During ... -
Two Taiwanese men charged for operating phone scam
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has discovered that two men from Taiwan living in a residential unit in northern Macau were responsible for a phone scam. The ... -
Community complains foreign workers have moved into monastery
The local community in Ilha Verde area has expressed their worries about non-local workers moving into the Casa Retiro monastery. Earlier this week, the president of ... -
Patriotic students write letters to support Wuhan
Three teachers and 19 students of Macau Pui Ching Middle School’s primary school section wrote heartfelt letters to the television program, “Letters From Wuhan”, expressing their ... -
Crime | Local man stopped from breaking into Coloane prison
A Macau resident tried to break into the Coloane Prison, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) said during yesterday’s joint police press conference. The incident took ... -
Taxi and cosmetics sectors ask for government help
The city’s cosmetics industry and taxi industry have both asked the government to help them. The Macao Beauty Industry Business Association said it received complaints from ... -
Macau residents in Hubei complain about being unable to return
Some Macau residents who are currently in Hubei have expressed their unhappiness towards the fact that the Macau local government is unable to help them returning ... -
Over half of gaming workers concerned about jobs
Over half of the local gaming sector’s employees have expressed concern about losing their jobs this year, according to a survey conducted by the Gaming Employees ... -
Gaming workers call for extension of casino shutdown
The city’s casino workers were yesterday urging the local government to suspend its decision to reopen casinos and instead asking it to extend the shutdown. Yesterday, ... -
2 kilograms of cocaine seized from flight passengers
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has seized over two kilograms of cocaine from two Guinea women, the PJ reported yesterday. The two drug trafficking suspects arrived at ... -
MUST launches ‘Cloud Classroom’ so students can continue their studies at home
The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) has launched a ‘Cloud Classroom’ program to help its students continue their studies remotely in order to reduce ... -
Crime | Suspects stand firm against evidence of lies, say police
Two suspects in two unrelated cases have refused to cooperate with law enforcement agencies, maintaining their innocence even after they were found to be lying. The ... -
Ho sent congrats to new HK and Macau affairs boss
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng expressed his congratulations towards the recently appointed Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council. This ... -
Villages told to end food supply interruption
A series of barricades set up by Guangdong citizens to stop the free movement of people and goods within the province have forced the Guangdong government ... -
Basic public services resume Monday, government urges avoiding crowds
The local government is resuming basic public services Monday but urges the public to avoid creating crowds at public departments, it announced on today’s (Friday) daily ... -
Home-delivered meals, internet usage rise during virus ‘staycation’
Members of the public have been spending more time on the internet and opting for more home-delivered meals than normal while they wait for the government’s ... -
Hundreds of local students unable to return to Taiwan
Nearly 1,200 Macau students are unable to return to Taiwan to resume their studies after the Taiwan government suspended Hong Kong and Macau residents’ entry to ... -
IAM removes infographic after accusations of racism
Municipal Affairs Bureau president José Tavares removed an inflammatory message that incited discrimination against domestic helpers from the government website after the bureau was accused of ... -
90% approval of government epidemic prevention measures
Nine out of 10 members of the public are satisfied with the local government’s measures to prevent a further outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as ... -
Daily press conference updates: Gov’t extended public servants work exemption until Feb 16
The SAR government has once again extended the work exemption of civil servants until February 16, as announced on its daily press conference today (Friday). Until ... -
Chinese medicine experts offer opinions on protection against coronavirus
Three experts from the University of Macau’s (UM) Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences (ICMS) talk about how to prevent novel coronavirus from three perspectives: immunology, virology, ... -
Where to draw the line with self-study? Mainland and Macau instructions differ
With the announcement of school re-openings being indefinitely postponed, the motherland’s education authority and Macau’s education authority have given different instructions to teachers, students and parents ... -
Macau donations to mainland unaffected by charity scandal revelations
Local associations in Macau are donating hundreds of millions to Hubei province even after corruption within Hubei province’s government-owned Red Cross was exposed. It was found ... -
Most gov’t services to remain suspended into next week
The Macau SAR government will continue the suspension of non-emergency public services, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng announced yesterday. Ho said that the local government will ... -
Mainland slogans invoke class struggle in virus warnings
Macau is closing its casinos, Hong Kong is closing its borders, and mainlanders are calling upon their compatriots to report “enemies” of the communist “class struggle.” ... -
One meter away from each other, mainland physicians suggest
A trusted online community of mainland healthcare professionals, Ding Xiang Doctor (DXY), has suggested that mainland residents stay at least one meter away from each other. ... -
Panic turns mainland cities into ghost towns
This Spring Festival holiday, ghost towns have become the norm across the entire mainland, even in the most populous of provincial capitals. Usually, during the Chinese ...
