Macau
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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 ... -
SME credit approved by banks dropped 37.5% in H2 2021
In the second half of 2021, the new small and medium enterprise (SME) credit limit approved by Macau banks totaled MOP12.1 billion, a drop ... -
Covid-19 | Hong Kong to vaccinate 3-year-olds amid new Covid-19 surge
Hong Kong plans to offer COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 3 as infections rage through the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The announcement late ... -
Group forecasts Q1 rise in Prosperity Index
The city’s Prosperity Index may rise from 2.8 – its level at the end of last year – to 3.1 at the end of ... -
The Buzz | South Korea to allow special voting for Covid-19 patients
South Korea’s parliament yesterday approved plans to provide a special time for COVID-19 patients to vote during the March 9 presidential election as the ... -
Airport records 29,000 passengers in first five days of Lunar New Year
During the first five days of the Chinese New Year holiday the Macau International Airport (MIA) recorded passenger traffic of over 29,000, the MIA ... -
Returnee from Portugal classified as asymptomatic for Covid
A local resident who arrived in Macau February 9 after travelling from Portugal via Munich and Singapore, has tested positive for Covid-19 upon his ... -
MGTO: Visitors continue to rise after CNY
The director of the Macao Government Tourism Office, Helena de Senna Fernandes, has said that the number of visitors continues to rise following the ... -
Civil servant group calls for more quarantine hotel rooms
A civil servant group has issued a letter to the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture to call for sufficient quarantine hotel rooms for ... -
Dozens of taxi drivers protest at DSAT, urge authorities to restart taxi meters
Several dozen taxi drivers participated in a protest at the Transport Bureau (DSAT), requesting the authority to unlock their taxi meters, which were suspended ... -
Secret purchase of antique mansion backed by privacy protections
The heretofore undisclosed purchase of the Chio Mansion was facilitated by the involvement of personal privacy protections, Leong Wai Man, president of the Cultural ... -
Gaming | Moody’s downgrades SJM as concerns for financial management grow
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded SJM Holdings Limited’s corporate family rating (CFR) to Ba2 from Ba1, reflecting the gaming operator’s delays in “its execution ... -
Pandemic opens a window on existing problems
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted some extant structural problems in Macau, making them visible to society and allowing the community to take action to ... -
Cross-border case completed via online legal service
The Guangdong High Court has announced that a Macau resident has successfully completed a cross-border filing of a case through an authorized witness pass ... -
Cross-border RMB tax online services open to Macau residents
Hengqin has now implemented full electronic payment of cross-border RMB taxes, social insurance premiums and tax refunds, with the services available to Macau residents, ... -
Transportation | Public bus budget at MOP970m in 2021
The budget for public bus transport services last year was around MOP970 million, a lower amount than that of 2020, according to the Transport ... -
No illegality found in police CNY inspections
Of the 331 people who were stopped and questioned by Public Security Police Force (PSP) officers in the Lunar New Year operation, none were ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t warns outbreaks may suspend vaccine plan
People in Macau should get vaccinated against Covid-19 with urgency, as this might not be possible later on, health authorities stated during yesterday’s regular ... -
Crime | Man arrested for privacy intrusion and harassment over online broadcasting
A 34-year-old man from the mainland has been detained by the Public Security Police Force (PSP) after he uploaded a live-stream to the ... -
Approved residential and commercial loans decrease
Residential mortgage loans approved by Macau banks fell by 22.5% month-on-month to MOP2.49 billion in December, according to data provided by the Monetary Authority ... -
Gaming MGM seeks to convert junket players to direct players amid sector’s turmoil
MGM China is set to focus on targeting the mass market, saying “it is where the future resides,” as the city’s junket sector faces ... -
GBA | Hengqin issues first license to Macau-owned clinic
The first wholly Macau-owned medical institution in the Guangdong-Macau In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin has received its license to provide diagnostic and treatment services ... -
BEIJING DIARY | Testing positive at the no-Covid Olympics
The phone call comes in the early afternoon, six hours or so after the mandatory morning test. The number is immediately recognizable because it’s ... -
Sports | Macao International 10K budgeted at MOP8 million
This year’s Macao International 10K will have a budget of MOP8 million, title sponsored by Sands China. As reported by the Times earlier this ... -
Pereira Coutinho questions gov’t on Islands Hospital laws and regulations
Lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho has put questions to the government concerning the laws and regulations to govern the Islands Hospital Complex, which the government ...
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