Briefs | Spotify to begin streaming in Macau

  Audio streaming service Spotify has recently announced that it will soon start serving the Macau market, although it did not specify when. The company added that it is rolling out

Briefs | Guangdong’s plan for Foshan shortens distance to Macau

Guangdong province has drafted a 15-year plan to develop the railway transport system of Foshan. According to this plan, the future railway network will shorten the travel time between the

Briefs | Taxi driver arrested three months after defrauding passenger

  A taxi driver who defrauded a passenger he transported from the Border Gate Plaza to the Rua de Malaca on November 22 has finally been caught by the police, the

Briefs | CPI falls 1.18% in January

  Macau’s consumer price index (CPI) fell 1.18% year-on-year in January, marking a continual decline for five consecutive months. The fall was linked with lowered prices of package tours, telecommunications services,

Briefs | First tropical cyclone of the year develops

  The first tropical cyclone of the year, named Dujuan, developed yesterday above the Northwest Pacific. It was located, as of 2 p.m. yesterday, 1,460 km from Manila, the Philippines. It

Briefs | Foreign exchange reserves amount to MOP197B

  The preliminary estimate of Macau SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP195.4 billion at the end of January 2021, according to data issue by the Monetary Authority of Macao. The

Briefs | Lowest rainfall in 60 years recorded

The Pearl River Water Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources has pointed out that, since November 2020, the rainfall in the Pearl River Basin has continued to be

Briefs | 122 residents tested negative for antibodies

  122 residents who are under medical observation after coming back to Macau via Tokyo on January 21 tested negative for antibodies, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center announced last night. Among the

Briefs | 3,782 non-Chinese departed Macau with gov’t assistance

The Macau SAR government has assisted a total of 3,782 foreign persons to leave Macau between March 2020 and the end of 2020. Lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho wrote to the

Briefs | Qingmao port expected to open in 2h of 2021

Qingmao Port, another immigration facility located next to the Border Gate, is expected to be operational in the second half of this year, according to Secretary for Security Wong Sio

Briefs | Lio Chi Chong sworn in as DICJ deputy director

  Yesterday, Lio Chi Chong took the oath to serve as the deputy director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ). Lio joined the civil service in 1999 and served

Briefs | Gov’t to start constructing document storage in Q3

  The local government expects to start constructing its document storage building in the third quarter of this year. The project, located at land plot O4 in Pac On, will be

Briefs | Citigroup lowers Macau Jan GGR estimate to MOP7.25 billion

  The international investment bank and financial services corporation Citigroup has scaled down its previous forecast of Macau’s January gross gaming revenue (GGR) from MOP7.5 billion to MOP7.25 billion according to

Briefs | Head of loan shark group handed to Macau

  The suspected head of a money laundering cartel, which was busted by the Judiciary Police (PJ) two years ago, has been arrested in Zhuhai and was handed over to local

Briefs | Ao Ieong U urges locals to stay in Macau during CNY

  The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Ao Ieong U called on residents to spend the Lunar New Year in Macau to help keep Covid-19 at bay. Ao delivered her

Briefs | Macau Dancing Festival to be held on Jan 30

  The Macau Dancing Festival will take place at The Venetian Theater on January 30. The show follows on from the Music Festival and Full Band Festival held last year, and

Briefs | Gov’t sets up new award catalogs

  The Talents Development Committee has set up two new award catalogs to encourage local talent in Macau to obtain more certifications. According to a statement released by the committee, the

Briefs | Guangdong sees first case of South African Covid-19 variant

  On January 2, neighboring Guangdong Province recorded its first case of SARS-CoV-2 variant 501Y.V2, which first occurred in South Africa. State media Xinhua News Agency reported that a 55-year-old South

Briefs | Validity period of Covid-19 test certificate shortened

  The validity period of a negative Covid-19 test certificate will be shortened to three days from seven days as part of the government’s response to the worsening pandemic outbreak. The

Briefs | 2,500 social housing applications recorded since August

  The Housing Bureau has received upwards of 2,500 applications for social housing since the introduction of a new permanent application method on August 20, 2020. Around 2,200 applications have all

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