Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that official bodies including her office and the Public Security Police (PSP) would review their handling of Saturday’s computer glitch in which thousands of people were stuck for hours at the city’s checkpoints.
The tourism chief, who also heads the Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT), was asked by reporters about the incident on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition at the Bank of China Building yesterday.
According to a PSP statement released on Saturday night after the incident, automated passenger clearance systems – also known as e-channels – at Macau’s border checkpoints did not work properly between 5:18 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. that day due to a computer malfunction.
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes talks to reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition at the Bank of China Building yesterday. – Photo: Davis Ip
Huge crowds exit the Barrier Gate checkpoint on Saturday night. – Photo: MPDG
Please read the full article in our print edition.
