Zhuhai restricts entry of vehicles from Macau

Zhuhai has announced a string of restrictions on the entry of vehicles from Macau. According to Tuesday’s statement by the Zhuhai city government, the restrictions take effect at 10 a.m. today. The statement, which was relayed to the local media by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), states only a small segment of vehicles are now allowed to enter the adjacent city from Macau, such as goods vehicles, hearses and emergency vehicles, as well as Macau licence plate vehicles

April 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Where is the praise for the Chinese people?

Commentary by Tom Fowdy*Coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak concerning China has been very binary. Western commentary has focused extensively on a zero-sum interpretation as to whether the “government” did well either to praise or discredit its efforts.As the situation in the Western world has deteriorated, the former has largely pushed an aggressive position that the country’s efforts to combat the virus could not possibly be better than their own, thus rendering them illegitimate and

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Local-born pandas ‘Jianjian’ & ‘Kangkang’ will become ‘adults’ next year: IAM

Local-born giant pandas “Jianjian” and “Kangkang” are nearly 4 years old, and have entered their subadult (juvenile) phase and will be “adults” in the next year, according to a statement by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) yesterday.“Jian” and “Kang” are two characters that together mean “Health” in Putonghua.The statement pointed out that giant pandas are solitary animals in the wild that have their own home ranges and do not encroach on one another’s. Each year,

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Police nab ketamine user

A local man was arrested for taking ketamine, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference on Tuesday.The 34-year-old local suspect, surnamed Hoi, told police that he is unemployed.According to Wong, Hoi was at his home in Rua de Má Káu Séak when he called the Public Security Police at around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday to report that he felt unwell and needed to be taken to hospital. After the police arrived at his home the police suspected that Hoi

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Alcoholic beverage seller embezzles 1 million patacas of company funds for gambling: police

A non-resident worker employed as an alcoholic beverage salesman who embezzled company funds of over one million patacas (US$125,000) claimed that he had used the ill-gotten money for gambling, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said at a regular press conference on Tuesday.Another staff member of the alcoholic beverage company reported the case to Judiciary Police last Friday, and the suspect was arrested later that day at his home in Rua da Felicidade, Chan said.The 31-year-old

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HK karaokes, nightclubs, mahjong parlours shut

HONG KONG – The Hong Kong government yesterday ordered the temporary closure of more types of entertainment venues, after facing growing calls for further restrictions over the coronavirus pandemic.All karaoke lounges, nightclubs, and mahjong premises were ordered to close for 14 days from 6 p.m. yeterday to help slow the spread of COVID-19.The venues were added to a list announced on Friday that covered cinemas, gyms, ice rinks and video game arcades.The new regulations were published in the

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Baby among 51 new COVID-19 infections in HK

HONG KONG – A 40-day-old baby became Hong Kong’s youngest Covid-19 patient yesterday, while health authorities confirmed more infections linked to a karaoke session last week.The last two people who went to karaoke last week together with five others previously confirmed with the disease, also came down with the illness.The announcement came shortly after the government extended a 14-day mandatory closure of leisure facilities to karaokes, night clubs and mahjong parlours earlier in the

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Handle return of nation’s students carefully

Commentary by Yang Jingmin and Yang Xuedong*The rapidly worsening situation around the world due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced many countries to close down schools to curb the spread of the virus, which has affected Chinese students studying there, particularly those in the worst hit countries and regions.Aside from the threat posed by the novel coronavirus, a number of these students have also become the target of social discrimination and xenophobia in some places.

April 1, 2020 | BY admin

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20 bodies unclaimed in Macau last year: Health Bureau

Macau's Health Bureau (SSM) has revealed that the number of unclaimed bodies rose from 15 in 2018 to 20 last year. The bureau released the data to public broadcaster TDM-Radio Macau today. According to TDM's Portuguese-language radio channel, the number of unclaimed bodies stood at 20 in 2017 and just two each in 2016 and 2015. Last year, the public Conde de S. Januario Hospital recorded 15 unclaimed bodies, while the private Kiang Wu Hospital recorded just one. Four bodies were

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Melco International profit rises 10.5 pct in 2019

Macau gaming operator Melco International said in a statement yesterday that its 2019 profit rose 10.5 percent to HK$1.8 billion.According to the statement, net revenue increased 10.5 percent to HK$45.0 billion. Adjusted EBITDA grew 15.1 percent to HK$12.5 billion. "Construction on the Phase 2 expansion of Studio City [in Cotai] is progressing which will further elevate the integrated resort to offer a significant point of differentiation from all other Macau resorts."Upon

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Gaming receipts fall 79 pct in March

Macau's gross gaming revenue fell 79.7 percent year-on-year last month to 5.25 billion patacas, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced today. According to a DICJ statement, last month's revenue rose 69.3 percent month-on-month.Macau's casinos were closed by government order for 15 days in February as one of the authorities' anti-COVID-19 measures. Revenue dropped 60.0 percent to 30.48 billion patacas in the first quarter. The government has imposed

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Govt can’t ‘endlessly’ run special transport measure from HK airport: MGTO official

Addressing yesterday evening’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Inês Chan Lou, who heads the Licensing and Inspection Department of the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), said that the local government could not “endlessly” ask its Hong Kong counterpart to continue offering the special arrangement allowing Macau residents returning from overseas to transit at Hong Kong’s airport en route to Macau by special bus.The local government’s

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A well-deserved salute to our anti-COVID-19 cleaners – Editorial

I think it’s high time to salute our city’s anti-COVID-19 cleaners and other vitally important support staff, many of them non-resident workers, toiling hard to keep all of us safe. I have great respect for them. Incidentally, I respect all hard-working people, be they medical workers, waiters, sales assistants, rubbish collectors or, last but not least, journalists. I have always held so-called “3-D” workers in high esteem – that is to say all those engaged in dull, dangerous

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65 victims report online facemask sales scams worth 2.9 million patacas: police

A total of 65 victims reported separately to the Judiciary Police (PJ) between February 18 and March 30 that they had been cheated when ordering facemasks online, involving a total loss of 2.89 million patacas, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference yesterday.Woman cheated out of 363,000 patacas for facemasks from IndonesiaChan said that in one case a local businesswoman who runs a hotel supply company reported to the Judiciary Police on Monday that she had been

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