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— SJM suffering cash bleed, reports Q1 losses of HKD1.3b * Domestic violence doubles to 81 cases in 2021 * GBA | Vaccine Transformation Center opens in Guangzhou * Tourism arrivals continued to
— AL committee to meet with gov’t with aims to resolve intensified unemployment issue, describes city’s unemployment data ‘lagging’ * MOP250 incentive for elderly with Covid-19 jabs * Using Lego to train
— Casinos revenue slumps in April, the lowest in 18-months; arrivals surge on May holiday * Labor | Number of unemployed increases to 13,300 * Authorities hint at fully vaccinated new school
* Covid-19 | Gov’t spent MOP120 million on quarantine NATs * Residents currently studying full-time at schools and universities abroad will be granted a 50% discount on Covid tests * Gaming: Sands
— Multipurpose land plots trigger debate among Urban Planning Committee * Property | Gov’t to build commercial tower at Cotai border post * Survey: 85% of former workers in junket sector still
* May Day — Gaming revenue slightly picks up while hopes of a turning point lie on Labor Day * Fire reignites at Inner Harbour, no casualties reported * AL committee calls on
* Macau Tourism Office is looking for photographs from the first 25 years of the Grand Prix, between 1954 and 1979 * Storeowner accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old child: PJ *
— The MGTO is expecting May Golden Week daily arrivals to reach 25,000 as Guangdong relaxes NAT validity to 48 hours * Survey: 50% fewer Black-faced spoonbills due to light pollution *
— premium residential units hit 10-year low in pricing * Forum Macao | 928 Challenge returns with more partners, entities * Ruby O, IC2 | More regulations needed to tackle city’s food
— Using the same formula as the second round, gov’t hopes to launch next consumption cards June 1 * Economy | More studies needed to reinforce HK-style SME support in Macau *
* On the ledge — Suicide cases tripled in first quarter, association calls for ‘stepped care’ model * SME survey | Pandemic halved companies’ revenues * Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng is heading
* Helpers exodus — Domestic workers choosing to leave employers by the thousands this year after over two years of ‘lockdown’, despite new gov’t measures to ease hiring foreign labor * Economy
* IMF Report | GBA, new gaming concessions to drive recovery * GBA | Tax office for Lusophone countries set up in Hengqin * Education | CE confirms two international schools on
— Ho Iat Seng calls on public servants, unaffected by financial hurdles, to give back to local economy all stimulus money received from the gov’t * Gaming | Casino sector on
— The manufacturing hub of Guangzhou closed itself to most arrivals as China battles a major Covid-19 surge in its big eastern cities * Covid-19 | Non-local medics may help in
— Premier Li Keqiang: China is willing to increase cooperation with Lusophone countries in vaccines, medication and health; sets up communication center on epidemic prevention * Ramadan | Macau ‘feels like
* Slow motion — Fitch Ratings forecasts Macau’s economy will only expand by 19% in 2022, based on less than expected gaming revenue * Health | Foreign domestic helper entrants pose risks:
— Lawmaker, lawyer appeal for independent supervisory for call monitoring * GBA | Contactless self-declaration of tax caters to expats in Hengqin * Hong Kong | John Lee confirms leadership bid * A
— Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam won’t seek new term after rocky five years as Chief Executive; media hints her No. 2 John Lee is likely to succeed her * Philippine Consulate
— The gov’t is set to introduce a new round of consumption subsidy that could go ahead as early as next month * New wave of lows | Gaming revenue plunged
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