Macau confirms 20th COVID-19 case, opens 7th 'quarantine hotel'

The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre annnounced tonight Macau's 20th novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case, a 20-year-old local resident studying in Warwick, UK.According to a statement by the centre, the man departed on March 16 on British Airways flight BA27 (seat 64B) from London's Heathrow Airport to Hong Kong, where he arrived on the following day. From there he took a taxi to the Hong Kong border checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) and continued his trip

March 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau confirms 19th COVID-19 case, imported from US

The Macau government announced today the city's 19th confirmed COVID-19 case, a 19-year-old local male studying in the US. According to a statement by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, the youngster is the son of Macau's 18th confirmed COVID-19 case. He arrived in Macau with his mother and two brothers from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Cathay Pacific flight CX845 at Hong Kong International Airport on Saturday where he and his family members

March 22, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau confirms 18th COVID-19 case, imported from NY

The Macau government announced tonight the city's 18th confirmed COVID-19 case, a 50-year-old local female resident who arrived in Macau from New York via Hong Kong in the afternoon.According to a statement by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, the woman travelled by Cathay Pacific flight CX845 in seat 45E from New York to Hong Kong where she arrived this morning. She was found to having a fever upon arrival at the Macau border checkpoint in the afternoon when she was

March 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau opens 6th 'quarantine hotel,' 2nd near airport

The Macau government opened tonight the city's sixth quarantine hotel, the Treasure Hotel in Taipa. According to a statement by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), the 400-room Treasure is a hotel yet to open. It is adjacent to the city's second designated hotel for medical observation, the Golden Crown China Hotel opposite the Macau International Airport. The statement pointed out that the Treasure Hotel will provide cleaning, security and catering services. In addition,

March 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau govt urges against travel, to HK in particular

A senior medical official today urged residents to refrain from travelling, to Hong Kong in particular.Lam Chong, who heads the Health Bureau's (SSM) Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, made the appeal during the daily press conference by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre about the COVID-19 pandemic. Lam also said that the government was assessing the possibility of imposing stricter border control measures for Macau residents visiting Hong Kong in view of the

March 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Inflation slows to 2.33 pct in February

Macau's consumer price inflation rose 2.33 percent year-on-year last month, a slowdown of 0.65 percentage points from the composite consumer price index (CPI) last month, which stood at 2.98 percent, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According a DSEC statement yesterday, last month's composite CPI growth was mainly attributable to the higher cost of eating out, rising housing rents and higher prices of fresh pork, petrol and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).The price

March 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Ho meets Macau's NPC deputies, CPPCC members

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has met with Macau's deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) and members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to hear their opinions and suggestions on the special administrative region's development and drafting of the local government's policy programme for this year, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the NPC deputies and CPPCC

March 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau govt urges fuel suppliers to slash prices at once

The Macau government urged the special administrative region's fuel suppliers today to " immediately adjust" their prices in the wake of plunging international oil prices caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and after early this year the world's oil producing countries failed to agree production cuts. The statement released by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) pointed out that crude oil prices fell from around US$67 in January to about US$25 per barrel on

March 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau opens 5th 'quarantine hotel'

The Macau government opened this afternoon the city's fifth quarantine hotel, the 112-room Metropole in the city centre. According to a statement by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), the government is temorarily using the Metropole "as the fifth hotel designated for medical observation starting from today." The statement pointed out that the hotel is situated on the Macau peninsula. It is located close to the currently vacant Old Courthouse and next to an office

March 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau opens 4th 'quarantine hotel'

The Macau government opened today the city's fourth "quarantine hotel", the 208-room Grand Coloane Resort near Hac Sa Beach in Coloane. According to a statement by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), "in the process of choosing designated hotels for medical observation, the government needs to take a diverse range of factors into careful considertion, as well as gain the consent of the designated hotels. "However, considering that it is a safe option for

March 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Visitor arrivals plunge 95 pct over COVID-19 crisis

Macau's number of visitor arrivals plunged 95.6 percent year-on-year to 156,394 last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. According to a DSEC statement, same-day visitors (81,090) and overnight visitors (75,304) fell 96.0 percent and 95 percent respectively. Visitors' average length of stay rose by 1.8 days to 2.8 days due to the longer stay of mainlanders who took up 46.2 percent of all visitor arrivals, the statement pointed out. Another factor,

March 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

People with their suitcases are seen outside Regency Art Hotel, which has been Macau’s third “quarantine hotel” since yesterday.Pedestrians walk past jewellery shops that have been closed since early last month. Photos taken yesterday by Iong Tat Choi and Monica Leong 

March 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt postpones class resumption due to ‘2nd wave’ of COVID-19 cases

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Wong Kin Mou, who heads the Educational Resources Department of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), announced that the provisional schedule for the phased resumption of school classes in Macau announced by his bureau last week will be postponed due to the latest COVID-19 developments in Macau – having confirmed seven imported COVID-19 cases since Sunday.The increase in imported

March 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Form 5 pupil shows her creative designs & paintings

An exhibition entitled “Designs & Paintings” showcases paintings by young local artist Loi Sin Tong at the Youth Art Exhibition and Performance Hall.According to information released on the website of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), Loi is a Form 5 pupil at Sheng Kung Hui Choi Kou School. She is a multi-talented young girl who has been very active in various kinds of performances and artwork.The exhibition features watercolours, sketches and designs which focus on food

March 20, 2020 | BY admin

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