Macau launches colour code to fight COVID-19

Macau's Health Bureau (SSM) announced today the launch of a digitil colour code to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).The QR three-colour code system will start operating at 9 a.m. on Sunday when it will replace the bureau's digital health declaration that is required at border checkpoints and for enterring public administration premises, casinos and other venues. The new system was announced by Leong Iek Hou from the bureau's Disease Prevention and Control Centre

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Gaming revenue falls 96.8 pct in April

Macau's gross gaming revenue fell 96.8 percent year-on-year to 754 million patacas (US$95.1 million) in April, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced today. DICJ records show that last month was the sector's lowest monthly gross gaming revenue since its previous monopoly system came to an end with the opening of Sands Macao in May 2004.Both the mainland and Macau governments have imposed increasingly stricter entry and quarantine measures since the first

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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May Day holiday

We wish all our readers, advertisers and distributors a happy May Day. The Macau Post Daily team decided to work on yesterday’s public holiday, Buddha’s Birthday, so that our print edition could be published on Labour Day. In return, our team will take a day off on Sunday so that our next print edition will be published on Tuesday. However, our digital edition – https://www.macaupostdaily.com/- will continue to be updated 24/7. Our local news stories, features and commentaries are also

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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The world needs cooperation not confrontation

Commentary by Zheng Guichu* Major infectious disease is the common enemy of all mankind rather than a political game. When Trump is busy halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) while finger-pointing its role in “severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus”, musicians around the world, including Lang Lang, Céline Dion and John Legend, raised US$127 million via the livestreamed benefit concert “One World: Together at Home” co-organized by the

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt urges shoppers to heed COVID-19 prevention warnings

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance of Diseases Department Coordinator Leong Iek Hou said that residents could enjoy their shopping activities, as the government’s consumption subsidy smartcard scheme starts today, provided that they continue to adhere to the government’s COVID-19 prevention measures.When asked by the media about today’s

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Consumption subsidy smartcard spending starts today

Over 80 pct of residents have picked up their cardsThe government-issued consumption subsidy smartcards can be used from today, and by the end of Wednesday nearly 530,000 residents had picked up their smartcards, which accounted for over 80 percent of the registrants’ pool, the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) and Economic Services Bureau (DSE) said in a joint statement yesterday.According to the statement, the government’s first round of the consumption subsidy scheme aims to “promote

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Ho thanks workers for role in social stability amid COVID-19 crisis

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has called for Macau’s workforce to acquire new skills and knowledge and so complement the government’s effort in advancing the special administrative region’s adequate economic diversification, according to a statement released by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) last night. Ho said in the statement marking the International Workers’ Day he wished to thank those workers involved in maintaining the everyday services required by society

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Trio nabbed for online scam, HK$3.8 million seized: police

Three locals comprising a married couple and a second man, including the suspected kingpin, were arrested on Wednesday for cheating four local women aged between 20 to 30 out of 1.43 million patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special conference yesterday.Lai said that the police seized HK$3.8 million from the trio. The three suspects are the suspected leader of the gang, a 32-year-old man surnamed Wong, who told the police that he’s a construction worker

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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IAM launches Lotus Cycling Track optimisation project

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has announced the launch of the Lotus Cycling Track optimisation project in Taipa early this month to improve the facilities. The project aims to extend the cycling track and build additional recreational facilities to provide a high-quality leisure space, the bureau said in a statement on Wednesday.According to the statement, the main aim of the optimisation project is to lengthen the cycling and running track by about 250 metres and to widen it by about 11

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

A woman wearing a facemask waters plants and flowers in Flora Garden.People wearing facemasks queue outside a Buddhist temple that is giving out free rice as a blessing marking Buddha’s birthday. A man wearing a facemask walks his dog in Flora Garden.Photos taken yesterday by Camy Tam

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Falun Gong, bar-benders' union plan May Day action

A bar-bending workers' union and the Falun Gong sect are the only two groups that plan to mark May Day with gatherings tomorrow, the Portuguese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM reported this week. According to Radio Macau, a spokesman for the Public Security Police (PSP) announced details of the two groups' Labour Day activities during the daily press conference by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre about the novel coronavirus disease situation on

April 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Imports fall 40.1 pct in March

Macau's merchandise import fell 40.1 percent to 4.22 billion patacas in March, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a DSEC statement on Wednesday, imports of mobile phones, gold jewellery and watches declined 78 percent, 76.6 percent and 61.3 percent respectively. Total merchandise exports declined 9 percent year-on-year to 1.08 billion patacas. Re-exports accounted for 87.1 percent of all exports. Macau's external merchandise trade deficit stood at

April 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Hotel guests drop 79.7 pct in March

Macau's number of guests of hotel and guesthouses dropped 79.7 percent year-on-year to 240,000 in March, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a DSEC statement this week, the number of guests from the Chinese mainland (170,000) and Hong Kong (44,000) declined 79.8 percent and 58.8 percent respectively. Guests from other countries and territories fell by more than 90 percent. Guests' average length of stay rose by 0.5 night year-on-year to 1.9

April 30, 2020 | BY admin

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COVID-19 epidemic has ‘many impacts’ on public security

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that Macau’s novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic “has resulted in many impacts” on the city’s public security.Wong made the remarks during a one-day Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for this year.“The development trend of cybercrime, the significant changes in the operations of criminal organisations, the increased risk of cross-border crimes, the complexity of

April 30, 2020 | BY admin

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