Locals’ jobless rate dips to 2.3 pct

The average room occupancy rate of Macau's hotels and guesthouses fell to 11.6 percent between February 1-14, Ines Chan Lou, head of the Licensing and Inspection Department of the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), said today. Chan revealed the figure during the daily press conference by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. The number of hotels and guesthouse closed in response to the novel coronavirus threat

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement that a local woman in her thirties was taken in for questioning about throwing various household items from a residential flat into the street yesterday morning and afternoon.As of last night, there were no updates as to whether the police have confirmed that the items were thrown by the woman questioned at a police station. The incident began at around 9 a.m. outside the entrance of Pak Wai Car Park, a public car park on the podium