Govt won’t consider closing bordercheckpoints: Ao Ieong

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s latest novel coronavirus situation, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said that for the time being the local government will not consider closing any of the city’s border checkpoints, as many non-resident workers and local residents live in Zhuhai. Ao Ieong made the remarks during the press conference yesterday evening at theHealth Bureau (SSM) next to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital

February 4, 2020 | BY admin

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HK suspends last Macau ferry link

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced yesterday that her government has decided to close the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal (Shun Tak Centre) in Sheung Wan from midnight to protect the city from the novel coronavirus outbreak on the mainland. Lam made the announcement of shutting most of Hong Kong's mainland border checkpoints at a press conference at the Hong Kong government's headquarters. According to Lam, only three Hong Kong- border checkpoints will

February 3, 2020 | BY admin

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Locals' jobless rate remains at 2.3 pct

Macau residents' unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 2.3 percent in the October-December 2019 survey period compared with the previous period of September-November 2019, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. Macau's overall jobless rate - comprising locals and non-resident workers - amounted to 1. 7 percent. The city's total labour force stood at 396,500 and the labour force participation rate amounted to 70.2 percent in the October-December period. Total

February 3, 2020 | BY admin

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Hotel guests dip 2.2 pct in December

Macau's 123 hotels and guesthouses recorded 1.22 million guests in December, a year-on-year drop of 2.2 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. According to a DSEC statement, the number of guests from the Chinese mainland declined 4.9 percent to 821,000, whereas the number of guests from South Korea (47,000) and Hong Kong (163,000) rose 12.5 percent and 20.4 percent respectively. South Koreans are the hotel sector's number-one foreign guest segment.In December,

February 3, 2020 | BY admin

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Package tour visitors fall nearly 42 pct in December

Macau's number of visitors on package tours declined 41.8 percent year-on-year to 543,000 in December, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. According to a DSEC statement, the number of mainland Chinese package tour visitor fell 44.4 percent to 416,000, while the number of package tour visitors from South Korea dropped 39.1 percent to 38,000. South Korea is Macau's top source of foreign visitors. For the whole year of 2019, the number of package tour visitors

February 3, 2020 | BY admin

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Air passengers drop 25 pct over CNY

Macau's airport recorded 115,676 passengers between January 24, Chinese New Year's Eve, and January 28, the fourth day of the CNY, a 25 percent decline compared with the same CNY period of 2019. According to a statement by the Macau International Airport Company (CAM), the decrease was bigger than expected. However, the statement underlined that the airport's passenger movement for the whole of last month still rose eight percent to some 830,000. Due to the novel coronavirus

February 3, 2020 | BY admin

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Bus passengers, bank clients must wear facemasks

Bus passengers and bank clients must wear facemasks from today, both sectors have announced. Macau's banks also require all customers entering their premises to undergo body temperature checks. The local banking sector restarted its operations today after a weeklong extended Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday. The CNY holiday had been extended by two days last week (Thursday and Friday) because of the novel coronavirus threat. Meanwhile, bus drivers can from today refuse passengers

February 3, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt urges bosses to find local homes for non-resident workers living in Zhuhai

Govt urges bosses to find local homes for imported workers living in Zhuhai Local woman confirmed as Macau’s 8th coronavirus patient  Tony Wong Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s latest novel coronavirus situation, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said that for non-resident workers who commute between Macau and Zhuhai every day and whose continued work here is considered necessary by their employers then the latter should provide them

February 3, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau's Catholic bishop addresses novel coronavirus threat

Catholic Diocese of MacauPastoral Letter In Times of Adversity, Greater Love isShown Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our city of Macau, China, and the rest of the world are confronting the novel Coronavirus epidemic. At this critical,painful moment, let us be of one heart in overcoming this epidemic, and not forget to exercise that most sublime and strongest virtue for humanity in theworld -- Love:“Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or

February 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Joining hands in the fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic

Joining hands in the fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic  Commentary by Chen Dongxiao* The novel coronavirus – officially known as2019-nCov – epidemic has become a common concern of the international community. Since the first infection was diagnosed in Wuhan in December 2019,the novel coronavirus has been spreading at a speed even beyond the expectations of medical experts. In response, the central government mandated Wuhan city’squarantine on January 23, and 31

February 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau confirms 8th coronavirus case, 1st local resident to have been infected

The Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced today the special administrative region's 8th confirmed case of novel coronavirus infection, the first case affecting a local resident. The previous seven patients are tourists from Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak in Hubei province, who were visiting Macau when they were diagnosed with the highly infectious and potentially deadly disease. The 8th case if a 64-year-old local unemployed woman. According to a GCS statement, her

February 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Casino gamblers told to wear facemasks

Macau's casinos began last night to require gamblers to wear facemasks, gaming industry sources have told The Macau Post Daily. The sources said the measure was due to a directive by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), based on a suggestion by the powerful Macau Federation of Trade Unions (widely known as Gung Luen, its name in Cantonese). The bureau had already ordered Macau's six gaming operators to scan the body temperature of all gamblers at casino premises'

February 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Hanoi drops Vietnam-Macau flight ban in same-day U-turn

Flights between Macau and Vietnam will be resumed today after a one-day hiatus, the civil aviation authorities in Hanoi announced last night, according to a statement by the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM). The same-day U-turn came after the Vietnamese aeronautical authorities yesterday afternoon had abruptly banned all flights between Vietnam and mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, apparently due to the current novel coronavirus outbreak in the four regions.Consequently,

February 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Leaders of int'l bodies praise, back China's fight against virus outbreak

  BEIJING - In recent days, many leaders ofinternational organizations have spoken positively of, and supported, China'sefforts to battle the novel coronavirus outbreak through various means.   International Olympic Committee (IOC) PresidentThomas Bach said he fully supports, highly appreciates and respects the effortsmade by the Chinese people, adding that the Chinese people are fighting theepidemic in a proactive and orderly way.   Noting that Chinese President Xi

February 1, 2020 | BY admin

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