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Macau,
* Tourism board budget slashed 35% for next year * Leisure projects adding playgrounds, restaurants, gardens to finish soon * Taxi drivers face investigation for supporting HK’s national security law on their
* Over the Moon — China launches its most ambitious attempt to land rover on Mars * Hong Kong’s daily cases hit record high under renewed Asian wave of infections * Students below
— Macau casinos to post $1 billion loss in second quarter; break even likely in third quarter * MGTO | Platform crashes under helicopter tour demand * A child who broke and
— Irene Lau backs corruption charges against Glória Batalha Ung, saying she broke unwritten rules at IPIM * Historian: Altering street names may affect Macau’s special position * Only a third of
* IPIM trial | Chang’s defense denies ‘criminal organization’ * WeChat only payment method for Golden Bus tickets * Hong Kong announced the extension of social distancing measures as 73 more cases
— Subsidized local tours prove a hit with families and middle-aged couples * Mass market outperforms VIP even at near-zero revenue * Judge dismisses harassment lawsuit against Wynn Resorts — The lawsuit was
* China becomes first economy to grow since virus pandemic * Macau-born Sandy Tang brings Macanese flair to British TV contest * China’s aviation authority aims to realize a cluster airport ambition
— First Covid-19 vaccine poised for final testing in the us injects optimism in global markets * 30-somethings top pro-democracy primaries * Covid-19 test on casino workers expected from today — The Covid-19
* Testing down — Virus test booking system disrupted after Zhuhai border announcement * Foreign Macau ID holders excluded from Zhuhai quarantine waiver * Lifting of quarantine measures could only do so much
— The entire mainland is now off Macau’s list of highly infected zones, meaning that visitors from the north of China will no longer be quarantined upon arrival * Resilient HK
— Plans for a southern China travel corridor are back on hold with even top officials required to undergo 14-day quarantine * The journey back home: How one resident was stranded
* Gov’t seen to tighten issuing of blue cards * IPIM trial | Defense lawyers protest use of WeChat voice messages * Personalities, top officials gather for Stanley Ho funeral * Ho Iat
— Hong Kong reports a second day of rising local infections while a Macau family is quarantined after a domestic helper was diagnosed with Covid-19 in the Philippines * 15 years
— TikTok instant video app will stop operations in Hong Kong as Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google, Twitter balk at providing user data to the SAR authorities * Air Macau crew face
* Kevin Ho dormant shareholder — Shell company at center of illegal residency scheme currently on trial is co-owned by the most recent Macau representative to the National People’s Congress, Kevin
— Lawyers and lawmakers say it is not necessary for Macau to revise its own national security law to match the much tougher version in Hong Kong * Quarantine waiver extends
— Crystal Chang, daughter of the former investment agency president, became the focus of yesterday’s court hearing * E-vouchers to give economy bigger boost than salary subsidy: economist * Australia may offer
— Hong Kong police made 10 arrests on day one under the new law which China says would only affect ‘extremely few criminals who are severely endangering national security’ * Starting
— Pro-China camp celebrates the approval of the new national security law, pro-democracy movements fear dissolution * Liaison Office: New law shows China gov’t ‘craves for constitutional governance’ * Gaming: Thousands lose
— In his first interview since the renewal of his contract as president of Sands China, Wilfred Wong foresees economic recovery will take a couple of years in the best-case
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