Covid-19 | Coming week the ‘critical juncture’: SSM

The coming week is considered the “critical juncture”: the moment that will determine whether Macau can pull through the current wave of Covid-19, Tai Wa Hou, coordinator of the Health

Briefs | Macau records MOP659b in financial reserves

  As of June this year, the city has recorded a total of MOP658.9 billion in financial reserves. Of this sum, the city has MOP309 billion in deposits and current accounts.

Crime | ‘Goalkeeper man’ who blocked police motorcycle apprehended

The “goalkeeper man” who allegedly lay in front of a police motorcycle in an attempt to prevent the police officer from leaving the scene of an accident has been apprehended

Cyclones moving east to west not unheard of, says weather bureau

Tropical cyclones with a movement path from the west coast to the east coast of the Guangdong Province are not unheard of, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) suggested in

AL Committee pushes for opening of gaming consultation

The Legislative Assembly’s (AL) Follow-up Committee for Land and Public Concession is pushing the government to launch the public consultation on amendments to gaming legislation as early as possible. The committee

Gov’t offers free Covid-19 tests to smoke out hidden cases 

People can now enjoy free nucleic acid test (NAT) services offered by the government as of yesterday, Tai Wa Hou, coordinator of the Health Bureau’s Covid-19 Vaccination Operation, who announced

DSF educates school students about taxation

  The Financial Services Bureau (DSF) has educated school students from approximately a dozen primary and secondary schools about the duty of taxation in the first half of this year. Primary

City’s ‘immediate prevention status’ lifted

The city’s “immediate prevention status,” which had been placed last Tuesday following the announcement that a family of four locals tested positive, was lifted at 10 p.m. last night. The order

Gaming | Casinos’ daily revenue drops 48% in a week following Delta cases

Casino revenues in the first week of August have reverted to the levels of September last year, investment research and institutional asset management company, Sanford C Bernstein Ltd reported. According to

Unpaid leave at casinos is only ‘temporary’, says Cloee Chao

The city’s casino operators have not put into action another wave of unpaid leave, even after the emergence of the four confirmed Delta cases in Macau, Cloee Chao, president of

Population figures remain stable, TNRs continue to drop

Local population figures remained stable during the second quarter (Q2) of this year, official statistics released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) show. At the same time, the number

Hairstylists call for accreditation system to ensure fair competition

The Hairstyling Industry Certification Committee is calling for the government to establish a standardized accreditation mechanism for local hairstylists to ensure fair competition and upward mobility within the industry. According to

New loans on the rise, unpaid ones also growing

New approvals of both residential mortgage loans (RMLs) and commercial real estate loans (CRELs) have registered growth in June this year, statistics released by the Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM)

14th Five-Year Plan | Guangdong wants companies to reach RMB800 billion income by 2025

Guangdong Province will further support the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in a bid to establish a bond platform in the Greater Bay Area to attract qualified Hong Kong and Macau financial

Romance scam | Local woman loses RMB500,000 over parcel from online lover

  A 50-year-old woman, resident of Macau, has reportedly lost RMB500,000 in a scam involving an alleged virtual lover, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported. According to the report, the woman met a

Lawmaker Coutinho calls for extra financial subsidy

Lawmaker Pereira Coutinho wrote an enquiry to the Chief Executive (CE) calling for another round of consumer subsidies to “safeguard quality of life and employment.” This will be his last written

Elections 2021 | CE announces air time designation for election candidates

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has announced the airtime designations on the public broadcasters for election candidates to campaign for the upcoming Legislative Assembly election, the Official Gazette has announced. Each

Gov’t urged to enhance internal communication and vaccination promotion

Lawmaker Agnes Lam called on Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng, in a written query, to review the handling of the previous three-day citywide mass testing. She outlined several chaotic scenes

Briefs | Gov’t sweeps away illegal rooftop structures

  The government has resumed a cross-departmental operation to dismantle illegal rooftop structures. During a recent operation, three structures, located on Rua das Estalagens and Rua de Nossa Senhora do Amparo,

Anima appeals for financial support of ‘at least’ MOP4 million

Animal rights protection group Anima Macau is again appealing to the public for financial support, with an urgent need to find “at least MOP4 million.” The group issued a statement, signed

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