MSAR anniversary/Winter Solstice break

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about the local government’s ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) threat, Chan Iok Wai, who heads the Higher Education Institutions Students Department of the Higher Education Bureau (DSES), said that up to 4 p.m. yesterday about 1,200 local residents enrolled in higher education institutions outside Macau had registered for the new measure that allows them to buy their facemasks via the local government’s facemask purchase

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) urged the public in a statement yesterday to stop using herbal skincare cream sold under the Chinese name 草本護膚膏 as it was found to contain triamcinolone acetonide. The statement did not mention the product’s name in English. According to the Hong Kong health authorities, the product does not have an official English name. Translated directly into English, the Chinese name means “Herbal Skincare