Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

A discarded facemask lies on the ground at the entrance to Hac Sa Reservoir Natural Park in Coloane.People take photos at the Summer Sunflower Garden in Hac Sa Reservoir Natural Park in Coloane. Some 1,500 sunflowers that the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has planted in the garden are currently in full bloom. The park is open 24 hours daily.Photos taken on Friday by Monica Leong

July 13, 2020 | BY admin

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HK COVID-19 outbreak 'a bit out of control': official

HONG KONG - Health officials in Hong Kong today urged people to stay at home and avoid gatherings as they announced another 38 confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Hong Kong, 30 of them locally acquired infections and the rest linked to overseas travel.Centre for Health Protection spokeswoman Chuang Shuk-kwan noted that more taxi drivers have come down with COVID-19, and a cluster involving an eatery in Jordan continues to grow. The source of infection for 13 of the new local cases has not been

July 12, 2020 | BY admin

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HK reports 16 more local COVID-19 cases

   HONG KONG - Health authorities confirmed 28 new cases of COVID-19 in Hong Kong yesterday, with another 33 cases pending confirmation.The Centre for Health Protection said 16 of the 28 confirmed cases were locally-transmitted, with nine of the patients linked to previous cases and seven cases spread across the special administrative region and their sources of infection still unknown.They include residents who live in To Kwan Wan, Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long and Tsz Wan Shan - the

July 11, 2020 | BY admin

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Edmund Ho to stay at 'special place' for quarantine: official

Former Macau chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah will stay at a "special place" for 14 days of quarantine after attending today's funeral of Macau gaming magnate Stanley Ho Hung Sun as one of the pallbearers, officials at the regular press conference of the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre have announced. The funeral took place as the COVID-19 situation in Hong Kong is deteriorating, while the situation in Macau has remained stable. Senior Macau Health Bureau

July 10, 2020 | BY admin

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HK records 32 more local Covid-19 cases: report

Hong Kong health authorities today confirmed 32 new, locally-transmitted cases of COVID-19 in Hong Kong today – including 11 people who live at the same public housing estate in Sha Tin, and nine cases spread across the territory whose source of infection remains unknown. At the same time, six more imported cases were confirmed, taking the overall COVID-19 tally in Hong Kong to 1,403.Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said the 11 newly-confirmed cases at Shui Chuen O

July 10, 2020 | BY admin

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High-profile figures attend Stanley Ho funeral in HK

HONG KONG – Dozens of government officials, politicians, celebrities and business tycoons bid their final farewell to the late Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho Hung Sun today at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point. The pallbearers included Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, former Macau chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah and Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Hong Kong  Luo Huining. Edmund Ho attended

July 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Ho says COVID-19 impact exposes city’s overdependence on gaming, pledges active GBA participation

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said yesterday that the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Macau’s economy “once again” exposed its overdependence on the gaming industry, pledging that his government will push ahead with its economic diversification drive particularly by making good use of the advantage of the “One Country, Two Systems” policy and actively participating in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA).Ho made the remarks in a speech while

July 10, 2020 | BY admin

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IAS provides care for individuals & families during COVID-19

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted lives in different ways and at different levels. While schools and businesses were suspended so that people could be safe at home, some social services had to continue to ensure that senior citizens living alone, single parent families and those with disabilities were properly looked after and protected during the pandemic.Due to the severity of the virus situation, the government ordered the halting of the operation of 171 social service

July 10, 2020 | BY admin

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CEM provides free electrical safety checks for households in need

Power utility CEM Ambassadors Team and Macau Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM) members yesterday visited 20 households in need in Areia Preta and Iao Hon to provide free safety inspections of electrical installations to ensure the safe use of electricity.It is one of the first activities the Ambassadors Team has organised since the resumption of the team’s outreach caring service, which was suspended because of the COVID-19 epidemic.More than 20 CEM Ambassadors and FAOM volunteers joined the

July 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Urban Kitchen reopens with new buffet concept amid COVID-19

Galaxy Macau’s JW Marriott Hotel has reopened its Urban Kitchen restaurant with a new buffet-dining concept with live cooking stations and seafood platters delivered to the table to ensure food freshness and safety.The buffet line covers international delicacies from Macanese to Japanese, Thai, Italian and Southeast-Asian, with seafood, roasted meat and desserts.Each table will begin with a seafood platter served at the table featuring Boston Maine Lobsters, freshly shucked French and Irish

July 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Stanley Ho funeral procession to take place today

The Stanley Ho Hung Sun funeral procession will take place today at the Hong Kong Funeral Home.Ho, the founder of Macau gaming companies STDM and SJM as well as Hong Kong-based shipping operator and property developer Shun Tak Holdings, died in Hong Kong on May 26, aged 98.Ho was the recipient of Hong Kong’s Grand Bauhinia Medal and Macau’s Grand Lotus Medal of Honour. He was also a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative

July 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Over 40,000 haven’t collected their consumer cards: DSE

The Economic Services Bureau (DSE) said in a statement yesterday that 614,000 residents have collected their first round of consumption subsidy smartcards, which equates to 93 percent of those registered.According to DSE statement earlier this year, 658,000 residents registered for the government-issued consumption promotion cards known in Cantonese as “siufai kat”.Consequently, some 40,000 residents have still not picked up their cards.In the first tranche of the scheme, residents were

July 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Retiree shares child porn videos on social media: police

A retiree was arrested on Wednesday for sharing two child porn video clips on social media, Judiciary Police (PJ) Sou Sio Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.The 65-year-old suspect surnamed Tam told the police that he is retired.According to Sou, PJ officers received an Interpol notice on Tuesday about a 1-minute and a 3-second-long child porn video clip from an IP address in Macau, and suspected the case was related to a resident in Macau.According to Sou, PJ officers

July 10, 2020 | BY admin

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IFTM student project helps LESS IS MORE startup

The public Macau Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) said in a statement yesterday that it continues its effort to support small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic through student projects.According to the statement, one of the projects began in January and used virtual approaches to guide and lead students towards their learning. The project helped a new startup called LESS IS MORE that offers environmental-friendly products to stimulate lifestyle changes and healthier living, the

July 10, 2020 | BY admin

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