Sands China renegotiates $2 billion loan facility amid Covid-19

  Casino operator Sands China Ltd, has renegotiated the conditions of a $2 billion (MOP16 billion) loan facility that the company has held since November 2018. A filing made by its

The Buzz | Macau vehicle circulation tax payment deadline today

Car owners have until tomorrow to pay this year’s vehicle circulation tax for their cars, the government has reminded in a statement. Failure to do so may lead them to

38th confirmed case is another UK returnee

A new case of Covid-19 has been detected in a Macau resident who has returned from the United Kingdom, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center has just announced. This

Gov’t to create 10 billion patacas fund to tackle Covid-19 fallout

The government has decided on the creation of a community relief fund worth 10 billion patacas, the Government Information Bureau informed in a statement. The fund, which will be managed and

Macau records first serious case of pneumonia caused by Covid-19

The health authorities announced yesterday that Macau has recorded its first serious case of pneumonia caused by the Covid-19 disease. Doctor Lo Iek Long, assistant to the Board of Directors of

No plans to extend special arrangement with HK airport

A representative of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) confirmed yesterday that there are no plans to extend the operation of the special vehicle organized by the Tourism Crisis Management

Briefs | Education regulators recommend use of Telegram app

  Macau students who are studying outside the city are encouraged to join the chat group administered by the Higher Education Bureau (DSES) on the instant messaging app, Telegram, which has

Quarantine capacity rising after Sheraton becomes first Cotai property to volunteer

The Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel has become the 12th hotel to be designated as a quarantine facility and the first property in Cotai. The addition of up to 2,000 rooms

Health chief defends home quarantine method used by foreign workers

Macau’s Health Bureau chief has defended the home quarantine method for foreign workers, saying he disagreed with the doubts expressed over it and the discrimination against home-quarantined individuals who have

MGM doesn’t plan to take US loans under coronavirus stimulus

MGM Resorts International has no plans to take direct financial aid from the federal government, but may take advantage of loan guarantees only as a backstop if the coronavirus shutdown

Labour Affairs Bureau dubs Galaxy construction site ‘unsafe and hazardous’

The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has called the Galaxy Macau Phase 3 construction site unsafe and hazardous. The bureau came to the conclusion after it conducted a preliminary investigation of

Macau latest: New Covid-19 cases bring tally to 37

The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced Saturday night the Macau’s 36th and 37th novel coronavirus cases, both classified as imported. The 36th case is a 21-year-old male Macau resident

Sheraton Macao becomes 12th designated hotel for quarantine purposes

The government temporarily utilizes the “Special isolated area at Sheraton Grand Macao” as the 12th designated hotel venue for quarantine and medical observation starting from Saturday, authorities have announced. The

Wong Sio Chak says Guangdong policies were rushed

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has considered Guangdong’s latest entry policies to have been “rushed,” creating in turn a slight chaos in Macau, Wong commented during Friday’s daily press

Health head backs up home quarantine foreign workers  

Head of the Health Bureau (SSM) has straightly backed up home quarantine foreign workers and disagreed with doubts and unfair questioning towards home quarantined foreign workers who have been infected

Money not the issue in quarantine hotel negotiation

During the government’s negotiation with hotel operators on offering their premises to host quarantined returnees, money has not been a main topic, Inês Chan, head of the Department for Licensing

Gov’t auditor uncovers subsidy error

An error made by the organizer of the Macau Food Festival has shifted the event from making a profit to making a loss, the Audit Commission pointed out in its

Hopes for SAR’s unprecedented uncertainty to stabilize in second half of 2020

Secretary for Finance and Economy Lei Wai Nong said during yesterday’s Legislative Assembly plennary meeting (AL) that there are signs the economy will recover in the second half of 2020. Yesterday,

Mak Soi Kun: Foreign-capital corporations ‘out of line’

Lawmaker Mak Soi Kun has accused Macau’s “foreign-capital enterprises” of being “out of line” because they are not helping the local government by renting out integrated resort property for quarantine

Briefs | Mild patients transferred to Coloane

  Three Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms have been transferred to the Public Health Clinical Center on Coloane Hilltop for treatment, Lo Iek Long, medical director of the Conde São Januário

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