Hospital urges family to collect body of 102-year-old man

The public Conde de S. Januario Hospital Centre has urged the family of a 102-year-old man who passed away at the facility on February 3 to collect his mortal remains.  According to a statement by the Health Bureau (SSM), Lau Heng had lived in a second-floor flat of a building in Patio do Rochedo.The statement reminded the late centenarian's next of kin that if the body is not collected within 7 days after today's statement, it will be treated as an unclaimed body. 

February 14, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau int'l eco-forum/expo axed over COVID-19 threat

The Macau government announced today the cancellation of the 2020 Macau International Environmental Cooperation Forum & Exhibition (2020MIECF) due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) threat. According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), the event hosted annually by the local government and co-organized by the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) was originally scheduled to be held on March

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Philippines to airlift nationals stranded in Macau back home

The Consulate-General of the Philippines in Macau announced today that Philippine nationals stranded in Macau will be able to return to their home country on special Philippine Airlines flights next week.According to the announcement, the Macau-Manila flights by the national flag carrier have been arranged in response to requests by Philippine nationals in Macau. The consulate posted earlier this week an online survey on its website - Advisory on the survey of stranded Filipinos who would like

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Wynn donates 1 million facemasks to government

US gaming operator Wynn Macau Limited donated today 1 million facemasks to the local government. According to a statement by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, Linda Chen Chih-ling, the casino firm's vice-chairman and executive director, handed the donation to Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U, who expressed the government's gratitude for the facemasks. The statement pointed out that the donation aids the government's ongoing effort to

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Civil service to resume 'basic' services next week, no date yet for casinos to reopen

Macau's civil service will gradually resume its "basic" services next week, the government announced at its daily press conference about the COVID-19 threat this afternoon.According to Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) Director Kou Peng Kuan, "some" basic services will be "gradually" resumed on Monday. The services had been reduced to "urgent" services this week. Kou stressed that from Monday all citizens must present a

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Valentine’s Day takes place in the shadow of COVID-19

Traditional gifts for Valentine’s Day are flowers and chocolates and this year appears to be no exception, despite the CORVID-19 virus scare shutting down much of the city.Yesterday The Macau Post Daily spoke to Anna Ng Ian Na, the owner of Flower Land in Avenida Ouvidor Arriaga, about the effect of the city’s near-shutdown on her business.Compared to the rest of the street the shop was all hustle and bustle with staff preparing bouquets and customers perusing the catalogue to place their

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MGM says losing US$1.5 million a day due to Macau casino closure over COVID-19 threat

US gaming company MGM Resorts International says that it is currently losing US$1.5 million (12 million patacas) a day in Macau, where the city’s 41 casinos have all been closed by government order since February 5 for at least 15 days in order to reduce the risk of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, Bloomberg reported yesterday.Moreover, the Nevada-based casino operator said in a statement this week that it withdrew its earnings forecast for this year, citing the COVID-19 impact on its

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Welshman to head Macau’s Catholic university: report

Macau’s private University of Saint Joseph, which is co-owned by the local Roman-Catholic diocese and the Lisbon-based Portuguese Catholic University (UCP), will be headed by Stephen Morgan, a deacon from Wales who has worked for the tertiary education institution since 2018, public broadcaster TDM-Radio Macau reported this week. The report cited unnamed sources as saying that Roman-Catholic Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang has chosen Morgan as the successor of Peter Stilwell, 73, who confirmed

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Macau residents in Hubei to receive psychological counselling: MGTO

In an effort to assist the 97 Macau residents stuck in Hubei province, Inês Chan Lou, who heads the Licensing and Inspection Department of the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), said yesterday that they would be provided with psychological counselling and supplies.Chan made the remarks during the daily press conference by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre at the Health Bureau (SSM). People in Hubei are currently supposed not to leave the province due to the central

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2 more patients diagnosed with COVID-19 visited Macau: SSM

There are two more COVID-19-confirmed patients who had visited Macau before they came down with the disease, Lam Chong, who heads the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of the Health Bureau (SSM), said yesterday at the daily press conference by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre. The two patients’ infection with the novel coronavirus has been confirmed by the mainland health authorities, Lam pointed out.According to Lam, Zhuhai officials reported this week that one

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A notice to our dear readers & advertisers

This is just to inform our dear readers and advertisers that the size of the print edition of our - your - newspaper will have to remain at 12 pages for the time being, considering the very serious situation caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. Two of our team members – who work for our design section – are stuck on the mainland, which has immensely complicated the production of our print edition. Consequently, our popular Weekender liftout cannot be published for the time

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IAM boosts cleaning of street vendor areas to fight COVID-19

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that in order to decrease the risk of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading around local communities, it is boosting cleaning and disinfecting work around local public facilities, now also including areas for street vendors.According to the statement, the measures are to protect residents and vendors’ safety and environmental hygiene when using public facilities during the ongoing fight against COVID-19.The bureau has hired

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Govt launches financial support to help residents cope with COVID-19 impact

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong announced a raft of financial support measures with the aim of relieving the heavy burden on residents and businesses amid the “huge” impact on the local economy due to the epidemic.Lee revealed a string of measures such as net profit tax and income tax deductions, various tax exemptions, a special interest-free loan scheme for small- and

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Ho congratulates new HKMAO chief

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has congratulated Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Vice-Chairman Xia Baolong on his concurrent appointment as director of the State Council Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) today , according to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) last night. According to the statement, Ho sent the congratulatory message in his own name and on behalf of the government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) to

February 13, 2020 | BY admin

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