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* Chamber of Commerce suggests MOP3,000 subsidy to non-locals * Hong Kong | Last sawmill faces closure amid development plan * Nearly 2,000 smuggled goods in 39 cases were caught by police
— Arrivals surge causing NAT delay and long hours of waiting for returnees at airport * Andy Wu | Travel sector confident of city’s economic recovery * Gaming | MGM China puts
— Sino-American relations reach a new low following Nancy Pelosi’s high-profile visit to Taiwan that drew official ire from Beijing to Macau * EASL | Basketball league moves ahead without Macau
* ‘Playing with fire’ — Pelosi landed in Taipei last night defying Beijing: ‘Some American politicians are playing with fire on the issue of Taiwan,’ Wang Yi said * Al-Zawahiri | US
* Vertigo — Embattled casino sector suffers worst GGR result in decades in July * Zero-Covid | Restrictions eased from today * IAM sees no significant harm in the composition of some cooking
— Macau is expected to enter a ‘stabilization period’ tomorrow as city records nine days of zero Covid cases * MOP10b subsidy | Financial stimulus kicks off Aug. 17 * Two police
* Covid-19 | Health Bureau hints at possible loosening of restrictions * Crime | Fire breaks out in industrial building, PJ suspect arson * Two people have been arrested by the Judiciary
— They are the members of the tender commission that will dictate the engagement of six gaming concessionaires for the next ten years * Economy woes | Lawmakers call on gov’t
— Dozens of cleaners endure three months without wages, the Times has learned * SME | Gov’t business restrictions a challenge for smaller firms * Gaming | Chinese analyst pessimistic about July
— SMEs on the brink as they struggle to tide over rent payments amid suspended operations * Struggling F&B workers desperate for resumption of dine-in service * Outdoor NAT | Suspended on
— Legal grounds to wiretap social media contacts founded * Manila on deck | PH gov’t to boost assistance following viral clip * Discriminated in NAT * Philippine passport holders and condominium management
* Gov’t faces backlash for ‘discriminatory’ directive * Lawmakers doubt effectiveness of new stimulus * The number of domestic disputes and cases of domestic violence have both undergone upward trends due to
* Macau limited — Casinos, some businesses, public buses will be allowed to operate with limited capacity amid the city’s consolidation period * Lawmakers want the gov’t to enact additional and more
* Casino industry to hit new record low this July * Two-thirds of SMEs on the brink of bankruptcy: Sector rep * Consolidation period | Tighter measures underway * MGTO has no idea
— Gov’t refuses to give guarantees that the city’s partial lockdown will end Friday * 27 locals hired for NAT services; social media users unimpressed * Economy | Prosperity Index to reach
— An extra MOP10 billion will be withdrawn from the fiscal reserves for use in another round of financial subsidies * Low community cases boost prospects for deconfinement * PSP: Police smoking
— Authorities hinted at a potential alternative being considered to the current partial confinement measure as lawmakers and community leaders fear extension * UN Human Rights Committee | DSAL grilled over
— ‘Prosecutors target people, not dogs’, authorities say amid the controversial regulation, noting the manner of handling cases would depend on the decision of officers concerned * Mandatory Confinement | Mental
— Care facility workers under confinement call for a decent place to rest, slams IAS for lack of communication on concern * Mandatory confinement | Nine prosecuted for breaching rules * NGOs
— Police authorities issued nearly 1,000 warnings to people found in breach of regulations on the first day of confinement, 126 denied boarding buses * Gaming shares plunge amid casino closure *
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