Macau imposes Hubei visitors' ban on casinos

The Macau government announced today a casino entry ban on people who visited Hubei province during a 14-day period before their arrival in Macau. Hubei's capital city Wuhan is the centre of the mainland's novel coronavirus outbreak.According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), the ban took effect today. The statement also reaffirmed the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau's (DICJ) instruction that all casinos measure the body temperature of their staff

January 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau confirms 6th Wuhan virus case

The Macau Health Bureau (SSM) confirmed today the city's sixth novel coronavirus case. According to an SSM statement, the sixth patient is a 15-year-old boy from Wuhan. He is the son of Macau's fourth Wuhan virus patient, a 39-year-old woman. The bureau pointed out that the boy, who has been moved to the public hospital's isolation ward, did not have a fever or cough when the statement was issued late last night.The boy's father and younger brother have tested negative to the novel

January 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau to restrict Hubei visitors' entry, stay over virus threat

The Macau government announced today a string of measures to restrict the entry and stay of residents of Hubei province here. According to a press conference at Government Headquarters attended by several senior officials, including Secretary for Administration and Justice Andre Cheong Weng Chon and Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U, the measures will take effect tomorrow. Visitors from Hubei will have to leave Macau. Otherwise they will be sent to quarantine facilities

January 26, 2020 | BY admin

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Wuhan virus cases in Macau rise to 5

The Macau Health Bureau (SSM) announced today that the number of confirmed Wuhan virus cases here rose this morning from two to five, including four females. According to an SSM statement, the three new patients are Wuhan residents, all of them females. The previous two patients  are also Wuhan residents. All of them are visitors.The statement pointed out that the three new patients all separately left Wuhan before the authorities there had imposed a lockdown on the

January 26, 2020 | BY admin

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Wuhan virus local update Jan 25

Wuhan virus update Saturday, Jan 25 The government announced on Friday that due to the Wuhan virus menace it has decided to extend the schools' Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday from February 3 to February 10. However, the announcement also said that local schools should make the necessary preparations for students to study at home during the extended period. Macau's 10 tertiary education institutions have extended their CNY holiday to February 11, government-owned broadcaster TDM

January 25, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt cancels CNY events due to Wuhan virus threat: Ho

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng announced yesterday afternoon that the government has decided to cancel all its Chinese New Year (CNY) celebratory events with the aim of minimising the possibility of people becoming infected with the novel coronavirus, colloquially known as Wuhan virus, considering that Macau has already recorded two imported case and the virus is spreading on the mainland.In a press conference at Government Headquarters, Ho urged residents not to go out if not necessary during the

January 24, 2020 | BY admin

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Trio using craft pigments, nail varnish make bogus HK$1,000 notes: police

Three mainlanders were arrested on Wednesday in an illegal inn for producing and putting into circulation forged HK$1,000 notes which they made by using craft pigments and nail varnish to “upgrade” replica notes they bought on the Internet, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said in a special press conference yesterday.Leng said that the Judiciary Police were informed on Sunday by the security department of a casino that they had discovered seven HK$1,000 bogus notes.According to

January 24, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt confirms 1st Wuhan virus case, orders 20 million masks

Macau yesterday recorded its first confirmed case of coronavirus, colloquially known as Wuhan virus, with the government saying that the 20 million surgical masks that it has ordered will be released in a rationing system in which locals can each buy a maximum of 10 surgical masks every 10 days at designated pharmacies upon presentation of their Macau ID card starting tonight.During two press conferences about the viral menace yesterday, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon, the

January 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Inflation hits 2.75 pct in 2019

Macau’s average composite consumer price index rose 2.75 percent year-on-year in 2019, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday. According to a DSEC statement, the increase was driven by higher rentals for residential units, the higher cost of eating out, as well as higher prices of fresh pork and gasoline. The price sub-indices of education (+5.65 percent), transport (+4.86 percent), food and non-alcoholic beverages (+3.82 percent) and health (+3.50 percent) recorded

January 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Consumer Council logs 21 enquiries about surgical masks

a statement that it received 21 phone enquiries about not being able to buy surgical masks and alleged price gouging by shops selling the masks yesterday.A joint statement by the Economic Bureau (DSE) and Consumer Council said they and the Health Bureau yesterday beefed up patrols at retail outlets regarding the supply situation of hygiene products.According to the statement, they found that there was a shortage of surgical masks at some retail outlets, and that some shops had increased the

January 23, 2020 | BY admin

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S Korean visitors drop, those from GBA rise in December

Macau’s number of visitor arrivals from South Korea fell 39.3 percent year-on-year to 46,903 last month, while those from the nine Greater Bay Area (GBA) cities in Guangdong province rose 27.5 percent to nearly 1.05 million, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced this week. According to a DSEC statement, last month’s visitor arrivals dropped 13.6 percent year-on-year to 3.08 million. Same-day visitors (1.6 million) and overnight visitors (1.47 million) declined 12.1 percent and

January 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Casino money changer robbed by duo

Two mainlanders robbed an illegal money changer of HK$180,000 in a hotel guestroom of a casino-resort in Cotai yesterday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said in a regular press conference.Leng said that the Judiciary Police were informed by the Public Security Police (PSP) about the case at about 5:30 a.m. yesterday.According to Leng, the victim, a mainlander, who is working as an illegal money changer, met the first suspect, also a mainlander, in a casino-resort hotel in Cotai

January 23, 2020 | BY admin

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Cybersecurity Law implementation ‘not a mere formality’: Ho

In the first meeting of the newly-established Cybersecurity Commission earlier this week, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, who chairs the commission, underlined that the implementation of the new Cybersecurity Law “is not a mere formality”.According to a statement by the Chief Executive Office (GCE) on Tuesday, the meeting was held at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters in Zape on Monday.The commission started operating on December 22, when the Cybersecurity Law came into force.The

January 23, 2020 | BY admin

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DSSOPT gets new vice-director, 2 senior officials

The government has appointed Lai Weng Leong as a deputy director of the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) for a one-year term effective from yesterday, according to an announcement published in yesterday’s Official Gazette (BO).Lai had headed the bureau’s Urbanisation Department since April 2016 before taking up his new position yesterday, according to the announcement.Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário signed an order to formalise Lai’s

January 23, 2020 | BY admin

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