Fewer seats for Summer Activities this year

This year’s Summer Activities Program will have 30,000 fewer seats than last year, due to Covid-19 conditions in Macau, the government has announced. Each year, the program is co-hosted by the

Briefs | Typhoon may hit SARs over weekend

  A low-pressure area that is developing near the Philippines has the coast of Guangdong in its trajectory, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) announced in a severe weather reminder. It

Security chief couldn’t guarantee next year’s June 4 vigil

Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, stated yesterday that he would not make assumptions and could not guarantee that the June 4 vigil’s application would be approved by his team

Legislative assembly | Cheong pledges more eco-friendly gov’t vehicles

At the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Secretary for Administration and Justice, André Cheong, replied to the spoken inquiries of lawmakers, saying that they are aiming to reduce the number of vehicles,

Gov’t fails to exercise measures with similar standards, says Agnes Lam

Lawmaker Agnes Lam expressed that the government had acted as though there were different standards for events hosted by the government and private entities. The Times asked the lawmaker about the

Ex-IPIM head heard in court over corruption allegations

The opening court hearing on the corruption allegation against Jackson Chang, the former president of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), was finally held yesterday after being postponed

Association demands gov’t stop repeated quarantine measures

Two local residents delivered a petition of complaint to the government’s headquarters yesterday, urging the Macau SAR to stop measures that require mandatory 14-day quarantines be repeated. The pair were representing

HK to conclude work on mutual health status between Macau, mainland China

The Hong Kong government is about to conclude its work to promote the mutual recognition of health codes between Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China, Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao

Approved mortgage loans drop 35%

The value of new residential mortgage loans (RMLs) approved by Macau banks dropped by 35.1% month-on-month to MOP2.01 billion in April, according to data issued by the Monetary Authority of

Editorial | The serpent’s egg

Police authorities have denied the organization of the annual June 4 vigil in remembrance of the victims of Tiananmen on the grounds of public health safety. Nothing really surprising. June 4

Asia Today: Tracing harder in S. Korea, Indian cases spike

SEOUL — South Korea has reported 45 new cases of COVID-19, all but two of them in the greater capital area, continuing a weekslong resurgence that health authorities fear will

GEG holds parenting skills training for team members

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) organized a parenting skills training workshop for the second consecutive year, in hopes of helping team members enhance their parent-child relationships during the epidemic. Held recently, the

People Power: Group calls for expansion of salary subsidy scheme

Macau People Power has urged the SAR government to expand the salary subsidies scheme to include more residents. Yesterday, a representative of the association delivered a petition of appeal to government

ANM: high-rise building project ‘unreasonable’

The New Macau Association (ANM) has once again urged the local government to suspend the high-rise building project that would obscure the view of the Guia Light House. Yesterday, lawmaker Sulu

Letter to the Editor | Combating the common enemy of mankind through solidarity and cooperation

On June 7, China’s State Council Information Office issued a white paper titled “Fighting COVID-19: China in Action”. Consisting of four parts, namely, “China’s fight against the epidemic: a test

Covid-19 | Gov’t to launch special ferry to and from HK airport

A special ferry service between Macau’s Taipa Ferry Terminal and Hong Kong International Airport’s SkyPier will be operated by both TurboJET and Cotai Water Jet between June 17 and July

SAR flag carrier records MOP150 million profit in 2019

Air Macau, the city’s flag carrier has made a profit of 150 million patacas that has been fully carried forward to this year, as publicized yesterday in its financial report

Crime | ‘Ghost riders’ finally caught

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have finally identified and detained two suspects for a strange case involving the disappearance and reappearance of a motorcycle, a PJ spokesperson revealed yesterday during the

Briefs | Consulate sees increase in residency application

  The Consulate General of Portugal in Macau and Hong Kong has received some 1,100 applications in the first five months of the year, mainly from Hong Kong residents, who are

GBA internship program offers 50 vacancies

The internship program for Macau local youth in the Greater Bay Area is now open for applications, offering a total of 50 positions, the Talents Development Committee announced yesterday. The application

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