Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

BEIJING – China successfully sent two satellites of “Macao Science 1,” a space exploration program, into space yesterday.The China National Space Administration (CNSA) said that the satellites were launched at 4 p.m. by a Long March-2C carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and entered the preset orbits successfully.Macao Science 1 takes a twin-satellite approach. Satellite A carries payloads like high-precision magnetometers to detect Earth’s magnetic field. Satellite

Only 27 taxis participated in a slow-drive protest, which lasted less than 20 minutes, from a road near the Barrier Gate checkpoint to the Transport Bureau (DSAT) yesterday for a better regulation of taxis and fair policing. The protest was jointly organised by two cabbie groups –  the Taxi Drivers Rights Association and the Local Drivers Rights Association. The groups had expected 50 and 100 taxis would join the slow-drive. Speaking to reporters before the protest in Avenida