Entry by foreign nationals holding Chinese visas, residence permits suspended

BEIJING – The central government last night announced the temporary suspension of foreign nationals’ entry holding valid Chinese visas or residence permits.In view of the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the world, the central government has decided to temporarily suspend the entry into the Chinese mainland by foreign nationals holding visas or residence permits still valid at the time of this announcement, effective from 0:00 a.m. today (March 27), said a statement jointly released by the

March 27, 2020 | BY admin

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World can take a leaf out of China’s crisis book

Commentary by Zhang Zhouxiang     “I request you to remain wherever you are …,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while announcing a nationwide 21-day lockdown in a televised address on Tuesday night.The same day, the United Kingdom announced London’s exhibition center is to be turned into an emergency coronavirus hospital, making many equate it with the temporary hospitals China built in Wuhan, Hubei province.Whether they admit it or not, one country after another

March 27, 2020 | BY Zhang Zhouxiang

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2 Filipinos become Macau's 32nd & 33rd COVID-19 cases

Two non-resident workers from the Philippines became Macau's 32nd and 33rd COVID-19 cases today, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced. A statement by the centre tonight described both cases as imported. Macau has confirmed 23 imported cases since March 15. The 32nd case is a 31-year-old male bakery warehouse worker living in the first-floor flat "M" of Chi Lok Building in Rua de Fernao Mendes Pinto. The 33rd case is a 37-year-old female hotel

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau opens 10th 'quarantine hotel'

The Macau government announced yesterday the opening of the city’s 10th hotel designated for medical observation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 144-room Royal Dragon Hotel in Zape on the Macau peninsula. According to a statement by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), the Royal Dragon started operating as a quarantine hotel yesterday. According to the statement, “the government will continue to look for more hotels that can be converted into venues for medical

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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Quarantine skippers rise to 5: police

2 more COVID-19 cases bring total to 31 Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Lei Tak Fai, who heads the Public Relations Division of the Public Security Police (PSP), said that two more people – a local resident and a non-resident worker from Nepal – have been found to have breached home quarantine rules, and the two case have been transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for further investigation.The Public

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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3 mainlanders shoplift medicine, cosmetics

Three men from the mainland were arrested on Tuesday for stealing medicines and cosmetics from shops in the Barrier Gate area, with the two shops reporting total losses of at least 12,000 patacas, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.Lam said that investigation continues as one male suspect is still on the run.The suspects, who are all from Jiangxi province, are surnamed Chen, Jiang, Lin and Yang and are aged between 21 and

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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19-year-old admits involvement in London Gold scam

A 19-year-old was arrested for making cold calls through a messaging app two years ago to a local man asking him to invest 103,000 patacas in London Gold, after which the now defunct investment company lost all the victim’s money, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference on Tuesday.The suspect is surnamed Lam, who admitted that he worked for the investment company advising on investing in London Gold. The investment company that had promoted London

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

Several anglers fish at the Outer Harbour.A gardener from the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) cleans the green area around the Outer Harbour.A spray truck cleans a street in the city centre.Photos taken yesterday by Camy Tam

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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UM launches its 1st online career fair offering 3,500 jobs

The public University of Macau (UM) launched its first online Career and Internship Fair yesterday to help its graduating students find jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the tertiary education institution said in a statement.Over 100 companies and organisations from various industries are offering more than 3,500 jobs in this year’s online career fair, the statement said.Apart from recruitment, the job fair also provides online workshops and career counselling services, and online

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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Tap Seac Craft Market axed due to COVID-19 pandemic: IC

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced in a statement yesterday that due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, after “careful evaluation”, the government has decided to cancel the “Tap Seac Craft Market” originally scheduled for next month.At the same time, the bureau vowed that it will actively “create favourable working conditions” for local cultural and creative practitioners by launching an open call for proposals for “Online Handicraft Teaching” to promote the

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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DSAL finds Galaxy’s construction site ‘unsafe’

The Galaxy Macau Phase 3 construction site where the collapse of a lift shaft killed three and injured four on Tuesday was deemed “unsafe” by the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) yesterday.The bureau said in a statement yesterday that after further investigation and inspection of the construction site after the accident, DSAL inspectors concluded that its work-at-height conditions are unsafe and therefore hazardous.The statement noted that DSAL Director Wong Chi Hong issued yesterday an order

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau confirms 31st COVID-19 case

The Macau government announced early today the city's 31st novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case, a 27-year-old local man who arrived in Macau from New York via Hong Kong yesterday. According to a statement by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, the case has been classified as an imported case. The statement said that the man took a Cathay Pacific Airways flight from New York to Hong Kong where he arrived yesterday, from where he took a special bus arranged by the

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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In war against COVID-19, China joins world to safeguard shared future

Commentary     BEIJING – As the shadow of the coronavirus widens in the world, it is high time for all countries to come together in response to the crisis that concerns the shared future of humanity.In the fight against COVID-19, a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations, China believes that solidarity and cooperation are the most powerful weapons.After the outbreak, China has made all-out efforts in epidemic prevention and control,

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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China-Africa solidarity in fighting coronavirus deepens brotherly bond

Commentary by Wang Xiaopeng      NAIROBI – In recent decades, the fraternal ties of equality, mutual trust and mutual support between China and Africa have been deepened and elevated at every critical moment.Currently, in the global combat against a previously unknown virus, the two partners’ solidarity has once again demonstrated a brotherly bond that stands the test of time.The raging COVID-19 epidemic continues to wreak havoc across the world, with over 2,000

March 26, 2020 | BY admin

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