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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
* Int’l events doomed – Fireworks contest canceled — what is next? * LRT: Barra station on track * Rosário at the AL: Public works cannot advance without long-awaited master plan * Mainland visitors
— Little do we know * Mask use gets in the way of physical education outdoor activities, experts say * Dragon boat races in June without foreign teams * High courts have dismissed
– It has been Macau’s via crucis where all governments have tumbled or achieved little. Secretary Ao Ieong wants to conquer that path, with medical and sports tourism as cornerstones
– Macau residents vent online over supermarket price hikes, but authorities say there’s no evidence of that. Globally, analysts say price inflation may make a nasty comeback next year * 929,000
* 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 *
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