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Macau,
* National People’s Congress to convene May 22 | Back in business * Wong to push creation of national security protection office * Labor Day traditions halted by Covid-19 as epidemic prevention
* Virus screening to extend to wider community * Gov’t grants Melco until 2022 to fully develop Studio City land plot * Covid-19 provides chance to reflect on diversification failures * Hong Kong
* Lawmakers want answers on casino deal details * Over ten earthquakes above magnitude 2 recorded in Guangdong every month * A Covid-19 patient who was discharged from hospital isolation has tested
— On almost every continent, Chinese envoys have set off diplomatic firestorms with a combative defense whenever their country is accused of mishandling the coronavirus * Former graft buster warns too
– Macau is setting aside billions of patacas under an ambitious plan to capture the mainland tourism market as soon as the pandemic clears * IKEA opens first store as visiting
* Ho Iat Seng rethinking the university model * Carrie Lam reshuffles cabinet * Life returns to the Yangtze as Wuhan normalizes * Macau has again seen a rise in its population
– Despite a negative outlook by rating agencies, local economists say Macau will bounce back as borders reopen * Fearing big election loss, China goes on offensive in Hong Kong * Gaming
* Chief hope: Hengqin could be ‘another Macau’ • Chief messages: – Economic goals need not come at environment’s expense – Public to be consulted on new gaming law later this year – Macau
* The fight ahead — Macau looks for signs Ho Iat Seng has political will to save economy * Back to school again | High schools to restart classes for seniors in
* Cybersecurity greenlight – Lawmakers have approved a cybersecurity law that aims to safeguard critical computer infrastructure * Song Pek Kei wants all non-locals exempt from minimum wage law, but not all
* Gaming revenue to fall up to 95% this month: analysts * Tourism prices in Q1 largely resisted the collapse in visitor numbers brought about by the onset of the pandemic *
* Smart shops — Retailers to end discounts before e-voucher credit released * China vows equal treatment for Africans after reports show 111 tested positive * Two more patients have been discharged from
— Most mainland Chinese will shun Macau during upcoming Labor Day holiday: report * Health or wealth? Nations pressured to loosen virus rules * Guangdong province reported its first Covid-19 cases in
* More vouchers for all — SMEs take little, migrants excluded in 13.6B relief fund * Masked crowds fill Wuhan’s streets, trains as lockdown ends * 70 million patacas spent on residents who
* The first day — China reports no Covid-19 deaths * Macau lockdown | No assurance yet for accessing crucial medicine: Gov * The 13 Hotel requested a ‘standstill’ from its lender after
* Two-thirds of Macau’s shipped express mail parcels contain masks * A fundraising campaign launched by Macau’s community to help in the Covid-19 fight in Portugal raised nearly 2 million patacas *
– The suspension of Golden bus services on the delta bridge leaves no remaining public transportation links to neighboring Hong Kong * Non-serious Macau patients said to have low risk of
* Social distance and masks, apps to avoid hidden carriers * 10 billion fund - casino operators not included: Lei * Chinese smartphone health code rules post-virus life * MGTO admits faulty catering
* Budget emergency — Lawmakers call Gov’t to hasten approval * Mass testing, empty ICUs: Germany scores early against virus * Government to evaluate centralization of resources for quarantine hotels to ease management *
* No way back to Macau from HK * Dismantling democracy? Virus used as excuse to quell dissent * Lawmakers call for gaming operators to do more for economic diversification ahead of
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