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Macau, mainland medical team support Hong Kong Covid-19 response efforts
A Macau nucleic acid testing team was sent to Hong Kong via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Friday, to support the fight against the fifth ... -
Covid-19 Health authorities report another three imported asymptomatic cases
Three further cases of asymptomatic infection with Covid-19 have been found in residents arriving in Macau from Hong Kong, health authorities have reported. According ... -
Health Authorities urge vaccination of three age groups
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center have issued a statement calling on people unvaccinated against Covid-19 to become inoculated as soon as possible. ... -
Gov’t orders civil servants to complete vaccination before Feb. 21
All civil servants eligible for vaccination must receive two doses (primary vaccination) of a vaccine against Covid-19 before February 21, the Novel Coronavirus Response ... -
Health authorities make contingency plans for potential outbreak
Local health authorities have prepared contingency plans for a potential outbreak of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Macau, Dr. Leong Iek Hou, coordinator ... -
Committee awaits gov’t reply on gaming bill questions
The parliament’s Second Standing Committee has finished its preliminary discussion of the gaming law amendments and awaits government’s answers to its questions on Tuesday. ... -
S&P downgrades credit rating on LVS, Sands China amid slow recovery
S &P Global Ratings has downgraded the issuer credit rating for Las Vegas Sands (LVS) and Sands China, due to a slower recovery unfolding ... -
UM appoints new vice-rector
The University of Macau (UM) has appointed Mok Kai Meng as vice rector (student affairs), the university announced in a statement. An expert in ... -
Pair arrested for TNR quota fraud
A man and a woman have been detained for alleged document forgery with the aim of securing entry permits for non-resident workers (TNRs), the ... -
IC calls for Tap Seac market vendors
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is calling on stall operators and creative handicraft workshops for the Tap Seac Craft Market that will be held ... -
Survey finds 80% agree on Taipa footbridge extension
Nearly 80% of respondents from a recent survey supported extending Taipa’s major footbridge to the neighborhood of the Lakeside Economic Housing Estate. The survey ... -
Property transactions total MOP49.8b in 2021
The number of building units and parking spaces transacted decreased 2.2% year-on-year to 8,802, and the transaction value fell 2.6% to MOP49.77 billion in ... -
Three education funds to be merged
A parliamentary committee has concluded its discussion of the reviews of two education-related laws, in which the integration of three existing education funds has ... -
Covid-19 Full vaccination needed for HK, Taiwan entrants
The Macau government announced yesterday that, from February 21, entrants older than 12 years from Hong Kong or Taiwan will need to be fully ... -
40 local students to return from Hong Kong from today
A group of 40 local students who have been studying in Hong Kong university institutions are to return to Macau today and tomorrow, the ... -
Gaming | Committee on track to complete law analysis before ‘deadline’
The Second Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) has been meeting daily, aiming to finish its discussion of the new gaming law. According ... -
JLL names Oliver Tong as general manager
Real estate services firm JLL Macau has recently appointed Oliver Tong as general manager, effective March 1. While taking up his new role, Tong ... -
Gaming | Wynn seeing pent-up demand ‘at all levels of business’
The only measure by which to judge the impact of the disappearance of junket operators is activity over the Chinese New Year holiday, during ... -
Chinese nation moving with Macau towards the ‘great rejuvenation’: Fu Ziying
China is moving forward into a new chapter of “great power and worldwide significance” and Macau is moving with it, assuming the responsibilities and ... -
Alec Baldwin sued by family of cinematographer killed on set
The family of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film “Rust” sued Alec Baldwin and the movie’s producers yesterday [Macau ... -
Expected proceeds from 2022 Macau Famine kept at 2021 level
The group organizing the annual Macau Famine events hopes to retain the total of MOP1 million in donations from the events this year, the ... -
English, Portuguese local media help ‘world’ to better understand Macau: CE
English and Portuguese language media efforts are “crucial to enhancing understanding about Macau and China across the world,” Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said ... -
A boost in efforts required to attract talent to cooperation zone
The Chief Executive, Ho Iat Seng, said more effort is needed to attract a greater number of skilled professionals to the Guangdong-Macau In-Depth Cooperation ... -
Hao vs LVS | Court finds link between AAEC and LVS unproven at the time of swap for Galaxy
A local court has found that there is no proof that an agreement between the Asian American Entertainment Company (AAEC) and the Las Vegas ... -
Gaming | Committee: Stipulation on concessionaires ownership of casinos ‘not new’
The requirement that gambling concessionaires need to operate in venues they own “is not a new introduction,” lawmaker Chan Chak Mo, president of the ... -
Foreign exchange reserves at MOP216.6b
The preliminary estimate of Macau SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP216.6 billion at the end of January 2022, the Monetary Authority of Macao ... -
Post CNY gaming revenue surge driven by strong visitation
Macau’s gross gambling revenue (GGR) post Lunar New Year has hit the highest daily revenue figure since the Golden Week holiday in May 2021, ... -
Two more imported asymptomatic cases recorded
Two Macau residents who arrived from the U.S. via Singapore on Monday have tested positive for Covid-19. They were classified as imported cases of ... -
Crime | Four apprehended for alleged ecstasy trade
Four Vietnamese men were arrested on February 14 on allegations of dealing MDMA through international mail, the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed yesterday. Known scientifically ... -
Gaming | Committee expresses concerns over casino operator executives’ dual nationality
The question of the backgrounds of managing directors of casino operators under the gaming law amendment was tabled yesterday by the Second Standing Committee. ... -
City’s Urban Master Plan announced as Executive Regulation
Macau’s Urban Master Plan was finally promulgated yesterday in the form of an Executive Regulation, alongside a separate ordinance enacting the categorization of land ... -
Gov’t wants to replace ‘obsolete’ mopeds with electric models, offers MOP3,500
The government wants the owners of small motorcycles (also known as scooters or mopeds) to replace them with new, electric-powered models, the Environmental Protection ... -
Crime | Man apprehended for manufacturing, consuming cocaine
A Tanzanian man has been arrested for allegedly “illegally manufacturing and consuming [a] psychiatric and anesthetic substance,” the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in a special ... -
Foreign domestic workers’ entry still ‘not an option’
Bringing in foreign domestic workers is still not an option, Wong Chi Hong, director of the Labor Affairs Bureau (DSAL), insisted in a reply ... -
GBA | Guangdong to promote infrastructure implementing HK, Macau rules
Guangdong is pledging to boost efforts to advance the development of Hengqin and Qianhai cooperation zones, improve working mechanisms and policy systems, and give ...
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