Standby Signal No. 1 hoisted in Macau at 5 p.m.

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that her bureau will improve its notification mechanism for tourists during typhoons in response to the predicament of a large number of visitor arrivals who were stuck at Macau’s border checkpoints waiting for taxis during Monday’s typhoon.Senna Fernandes made the remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a business matching event at MGM Macau, when the media asked her whether she

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) forecast yesterday that the temperature is set to dip “significantly” over the weekend, with the mercury early next week expected to drop to as low as about 10 degrees Celsius.The observatory said that under the influence of a northeastern monsoon, northerly winds will strengthen this weekend, together with gusty winds and showers, adding that the temperature will drop to about 12 degrees Celsius on Monday and drop even further to about 10