MGM donates 500,000 facemasks to Macau government

MGM donated today 500,000 facemasks to the Macau government to support its anti-novel coronavirus (COVID-19) measures, the local arm of the US gaming operator said in a statement. According to the statement, the facemasks were presented to the government "in one go" by MGM China Holdings Limited CEO and Executive Director Grant Bowie and President, Chief Strategic Officer and Director Kenneth Feng Xiaofeng to Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U."MGM is

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau Portuguese bank BNU donates 100,000 patacas to Caritas

Macau-based Portuguese bank BNU said in a statement today that it has donated 100,000 patacas (US$12,500) to Roman-Catholic social service organisation Caritas Macau "to tackle the epidemic COVID-19 outbreak among the most vulnerable population of the territory". According to the statement, BNU CEO Carlos Alvares handed the donation to Caritas Macau Secretary-General Paul Poon Chi Meng. The statement did not say when and where the donation was handed over. The statement

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

A worker on a construction site looks on as the Catholic Centre building is being demolished for redevelopment near Rua do Campo.Children wearing facemasks enjoy the sun in Praça do Tap Seac.Pedestrians, some with masks on and some without, hang out in Largo do Senado.People arrive in Macau at the Barrier Gate from Zhuhai, as the government is imposing stricter border control measures for non-resident workers returning to Macau starting at 00:00 tomorrow. Traffic congestion affects Rua do

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt worries about possible ‘hidden’ COVID-19 mild symptoms cases

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) situation, Lei Wai Seng, clinical director of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, said that with no new COVID-19 cases having been confirmed in Macau for two weeks does not mean that the epidemic in the city is over, warning that there may be “hidden” cases which only carry mild symptoms in some neighbourhoods so that the city was still facing a threat from the virus.Lei

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Customs seizes haul of 5-million-patacas worth of parallel trading

A haul of about 9,000 items worth at least 5 million patacas (US$625,000) has been seized after customs officers busted an illegal parallel trading activity, the Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday.The statement said that the goods were found in the mezzanine floor of a building near the Barrier Gate on Sunday.The statement said that seizure was part of its effort to support the government’s COVID-19 prevention and control measures and reduce the risk of spreading the novel

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Parents relish family time with stay-at-home COVID-19 measure

From telling to urging to strongly warning, through the social media, megaphones and press conferences, and having shut down schools and partly closed government services as well as businesses, the government has been asking the public everyday for the past couple of weeks to stay at home, don’t go out, don’t gather, to fight COVID-19 together.As can be seen on what people have been sharing on social media about their daily lives at home as they take heed of the government’s call, many of

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Manila to allow workers to return to HK, Macau

MANILA – The Philippines will allow citizens employed in Hong Kong and Macau to return to their jobs, partially lifting a ban imposed earlier this month to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, AFP reported yesterday. A government task force decided to exempt those working in Hong Kong and Macau from the travel ban “subject to certain formalities,” Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said on his Twitter account yesterday. The government also lifted on Friday a travel

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau’s Procession of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus cancelled over COVID-19 threat

This year’s Procession of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus has been cancelled “in view of the continuing [novel coronavirus] epidemic and the call for public health precautions,” the chancery of Macau’s Roman-Catholic diocese announced yesterday.The procession had been slated from February 29 to March 1.According to a statement received by The Macau Post Daily from the chancery yesterday, the diocese has decided to prolong a string of COVID-19 epidemic prevention measures. All public

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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2 drug mules from Guinea caught with cocaine worth 6.8 million patacas

Two female drug mules from Guinea have been caught smuggling 130 pellets of cocaine weighing 2,080 grammes worth a total of about 6.8 million patacas (US$850,000) as they entered Macau via the airport, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference yesterday.According to Chan, the police recently received a tip-off about international drug traffickers trying to smuggle drugs while various local governments are busy fighting against the COVID-19 virus

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Galaxy donates 1 million masks to Macau, Zhuhai, Hengqin

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) is donating one million facemasks to Macau, Zhuhai and Hengqin to support the three areas’ fight against COVID-19, the gaming operator said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Ao Ieong U accepted the first batch of 250,000 masks on behalf of the Macau government yesterday, while the other batch of 250,000 masks will be donated later this week.The statement said that the other 500,000 masks have already

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Hotel occupancy falls to 11.6 pct: MGTO

The average room occupancy rate of Macau’s hotels and guesthouses fell to 11.6 percent between February 1 and14, Inés Chan Lou, head of the Licensing and Inspection Department of the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), said yesterday. 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 guesthouses closed in response to the novel coronavirus threat

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Residential property prices drop 0.8 pct last year

Macau’s average price per square metre of usable area of residential units dropped 0.8 percent year-on-year to 107,522 patacas (US$13,440) last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. The average price of existing residential units (100,977 patacas) rose 3.9 percent, while the average price of pre-sale residential units (142,487 patacas) dipped 0.1 percent.The average price per square metre of office units fell 33.8 percent year-on-year to 108,407 patacas. The average

February 19, 2020 | BY admin

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Hotel occupancy falls to 11.6 pct over COVID-19 threat: MGTO

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

February 18, 2020 | BY admin

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Residential property prices drop 0.8 pct last year

Macau's average price per square metre of usable area of residential units dropped 0.8 percent year-on-year to 107,522 patacas (US$13,440) last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. The average price of existing residential units (100,977 patacas) rose 3.9 percent, while the average price of pre-sale residential units (142,487 patacas) dipped 0.1 percent. The average price per square metre of office units fell 33.8 percent year-on-year to 108,407 patacas. The

February 18, 2020 | BY admin

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