Hospital asks family to collect corpse

The public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre is requesting the family of U Ip Kuan, who passed away on August 7 at the age of 86, to collect the corpse, the Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, U lived in the “Sol Nascente” (“Rising Sun”) retirement home in Areia Preta district. Her registered address was in Rua Central da Areia Preta.The statement pointed out that if the family does not come forward within seven days after its

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Man with Legionnaires' disease often visited mainland

A 65-year-old local man was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease on Tuesday, marking the fourth such case this year, Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement last night.According to the statement, the retiree, who suffered from a chronic disease, had symptoms such as fever and a cough last Thursday and went to the public Conde de São Januario Hospital Centre for outpatient treatment.The statement said that the man went to the hospital again on Tuesday as the symptoms persisted, and tests

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Govt revenue drops 61.9 pct in Jan-July

The government’s total current revenue fell 61.9 percent year-on-year to 28.53 billion patacas in the first seven months of this year, the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) announced yesterday. The government’s income from gaming taxes dropped 66.9 percent to 22.19 billion patacas. Gaming tax payments accounted for 77.8 percent of the government’s total current revenue between January and July.Total capital revenue rose 1,901 percent from 2.23 billion patacas in the first seven months of

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Infectious disease centre main structure project to start in Q1 2021: govt

The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) has announced that it expects the main structure of the ongoing infectious disease centre project next to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre to get off the ground in the first quarter of next year.The project is carried out in two phases – the foundation work and the main structure.According to the office’s website, the project’s foundation work got off the ground in late 2018. While the foundation work was initially scheduled to

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

A woman wearing a facemask and a child not wearing a facemask stands in front of a poster showing a polar bear, a hot-air balloon and the ocean, near Lilau Square yesterday. Photo: Monica LeongWomen wearing facemasks take shelter from the rain at Oceanus Casino yesterday. Photo: Camy Tam

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All residents can undergo COVID-19 tests at Macau Forum

Addressing yesterday’s press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus situation, the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance of Diseases Department Coordinator Leong Iek Hou announced that from today all Macau residents can also choose to undergo their nucleic acid tests (NAT) at the Macau Forum testing station in Zape under the government’s NAT scheme, in addition to undergoing the tests at the programme’s main testing station in the Taipa Ferry

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Man cheats ‘old friend’ out of HK$1.11 million in bogus share deal

A local man was arrested last Friday for cheating an old friend out of HK$1.11 million by claiming four years ago that he could assist him in investing in the mainland, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said at a regular press conference yesterday.The 52-year-old suspect surnamed Cheong told the police that he is unemployed.According to Choi, the 50-year-old male victim, a local resident, reported the case to the police last Friday, saying he and Cheong had known each other for 6 to

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Dump truck driver damages Mandarin’s House wall in hit-and-run

A man has admitted that the side-view mirror of his dump truck scratched the surrounding wall of the Mandarin’s House when he was driving it through the narrow street and then drove off, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said in a press conference yesterday.The Mandarin’s House is one of the city’s UNESCO World Heritage sites of the Historic Centre of Macau.According to the spokesman, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) last Monday informed the police about highly visible scratches on the

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Taiwan man working for HK drug gang sells drugs in Macau: police

A Taiwanese man hired by a Hong Kong gang was arrested yesterday for selling drugs in Macau, Judiciary Police (PJ) Choi Ian Fai said at a special press conference yesterday.The 39-year-old jobless suspect surnamed Lin had lived in Shenzhen for a long time. He entered Macau via the Barrier Gate checkpoint on Saturday.According to Choi, the Judiciary Police received a tip-off recently that a Hong Kong drug-trafficking gang had hired a Taiwanese man to sell drugs in Macau.In the case busted

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Wynn Resorts (Macau) sets up foundation to promote harmony, prosperity

US gaming operator Wynn Resorts (Macau) has set up a foundation with an initial fund of 10 million patacas (US$1.25 million) to promote Macau's "prosperous and harmonious development", according to the foundation's statues published in the Macau Government Gazette (BO) today.According to the statues, the foundation's establishment was formally recognised by an executive order issued by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng on July 9. The foundation's name in English is "Wynn Care

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Blaze in residential high-rise brought under control in 30 minutes: firefighters

Same block hit by fire last yearA fire which erupted in a flat in the Kong Fok Cheong Garden residential estate in Areia Preta district last night was brought under control within 30 minutes, Leong Iok Sam, the commissioner of the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said at the scene.The fire broke out on the 10th floor of Block 4 of the estate next to Areia Preta Park. The bureau later announced that the cause of the fire could be a malfunctioning air conditioner.He pointed out that the fire did not

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Lawmakers satisfied with govt’s overall investment performance

The president of the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs, Mak Soi Kun, told reporters yesterday that the committee members have reviewed the government’s 2019 foreign exchange reserves, fiscal reserves and Guangdong-Macau Cooperation and Development Fund’s investment scheme, adding that they are satisfied with its investment performance.Mak briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of the committee at the Legislative Assembly Building in Sai

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Ho to start 6-day working visit to Beijing today

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, will pay a six-day working visit to Beijing from today, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced yesterday.According to a GCS statement, Ho’s delegation of senior government officials will stay in the national capital from tomorrow until next Monday for meetings with central government representatives.The statement said that Ho and his entourage will discuss the development of the Guangdong-Macau Intensive Cooperation Zone planned for Hengqin island

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Joint Hengqin checkpoint to start next week

The new Macau-mainland joint border checkpoint on Hengqin Island will come into service at 3 p.m. next Tuesday when Macau’s Lotus Flower checkpoint in Cotai will be relocated there, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced in a statement last night.According to the statement, while the clearance services for travellers and for Macau-bound vehicles will be relocated to the new Hengqin checkpoint building next Tuesday, the clearance services for mainland-bound vehicles will

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