Macau govt's 32nd round of facemask sales to start on Monday

Local residents have in the five days, since they were valid, spent 295 million patacas on goods and services with their government-issued consumption subsidy smartcards as part of its effort to stimulate the economy, a statement from the Economic Services Bureau (DSE) said this week.Under the scheme, each permanent or non-permanent resident is eligible for the consumption subsidy smartcard into which the government has injected 3,000 patacas, which residents have to spend from May 1 to July 31

A dried fish snack sold locally was found to contain excessive preservatives – sorbic acid which exceeded the legally permitted maximum amount in line with local health standards, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) announced in a statement yesterday.The bureau has ordered shops to stop selling the snacks that weigh 100 grammes and expire on January 10 next year. It urged consumers not to eat them, the statement said, which did not elaborate on the health standards involved.According to the