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— Lagogate: Over 43,000 fallen tiles found in two social housing buildings, including Edifício do Lago * Labor bureau sees above 200 pay-cut notices in 2020 * The Michelin Guide Hong Kong
— President Joe Biden won’t confront Beijing right away because he wants to focus on the coronavirus and the economy * Macau GP to tentatively include TCR Asia ‘season finale’ * A
— TNRs included in waived Covid-19 vaccines * Secretary Lei pledges to crack down illicit promotion of mainland real estate * China pushes fringe theories on pandemic origins, virus * Photoshop: The faces
— The SAR government will obtain insurance for Covid-19 recipients, offering financial support in case the recipient develops side effects * Local property agents paint a grim picture for 2021 * Voter
— Quality of public and economic housing, namely Edifício do Lago, and guarantees to buyers and tenants questioned by lawmakers * Anima in financial hardship, calls for funding to save over
— On his first day in office, President Joe Biden will take a series of executive actions – on the pandemic, climate, immigration – to undo the heart of Trump’s
— Experts say WHO, China, other countries should have acted quicker and more resolutely to stop pandemic in its early stages * Returnee residents stir controversy on social media * Gov’t proposes
— Local associations urge the public to care about solitary elderly who are suffering from depression * Graft buster uncovers mortgage loans fraud involving 11 banks * China’s economy grows in 2020
* Mentally-challenged | Theatre bids to open door to a higher acceptance * Universal suffrage | Gov’t condemns US commission’s report on Macau * UM celebrated its 40th anniversary with Secretary Ao
— Less than six million visitors in 2020 show how gambling town was hard hit by Covid-19, but Q4 estimates are somehow encouraging * Gaming | Morgan Stanley projects casino earnings
— Industry and commerce association forecasts fresh wave of small business shutdowns this year * Animal Cruelty | Police looking into suspicious cat deaths at Ocean Gardens * MGTO lowers tourist arrival
* Sheldon Adelson (1933-2021) — The inventor of Cotai Strip dies at 87 * Local families express difficulties in hiring mainland domestic helpers, lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng has revealed * Government travel advice
* Stay put — Gov’t encourages locals to stay in Macau during CNY * Covid probe | WHO experts to come this week to China looking for virus origins * Pansy Ho has
* Illegal migration crackdown — The SAR government mulls at tightening migration controls to curb illegal stay * SSM: entry restrictions for foreign arrivals will not be eased * Morgan Stanley has lowered
— Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong forecasts that Macau economy will be ‘stable and improving’ in 2021 * Blue cards at risk at TDM * USA | After excusing
— Survey shows Macau students’ growing affinity towards motherland * Nam Van Plan | Gov’t given greenlight to proceed with court house project * Citizens Airlines | Stranded residents making Plan B
* Another way home — The upcoming Amsterdam-Tokyo and Tokyo-Macau route is expected to bring home stranded local residents in Europe * 30,747 tourists: City ends year with record-high arrivals * The International
— The government suggested maintaining the current compensation limits of local cleaners and security guards despite the economic impact triggered by the pandemic * Gov’t: no plans to negotiate with neighboring
* Stranded residents — At least 36 local residents have been affected by Taiwan’s suspension of transit passengers * December’s GGR of MOP7.8b represented the smallest drop since February * Eileen Stow |
— Taiwan will suspend transit of airline passengers through its airports from tomorrow cutting-off the link between Macau and the world beyond China * More arrivals expected from mainland China during
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