Govt’s 5th round of facemask sales starts today

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said that the government will launch the fifth round of its facemask purchase scheme – at the fixed price of eight patacas for 10 facemasks for local residents and non-resident workers – today, but with the number of designated outlets decreasing from 87 to 84.As in the two previous rounds, the fifth round also includes facemasks tailor-made for

March 3, 2020 | BY admin

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Opening of Macau Pavilion at Biennale Architettura 2020 delayed: report

The opening of the Macau Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2020 in Venice will be delayed due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has told public broadcaster TDM-Radio Macau. According to a Radio Macau report yesterday, the delay has been requested by the local government for logistical reasons, considering that most of the production and transport companies involved in Macau’s participation in the 17th International Architecture

March 3, 2020 | BY admin

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Public libraries reopen with special arrangements

Macau’s public libraries reopened yesterday after being closed for over a month due to the COVID-19 epidemic, attracting residents to resume their habit of reading the newspapers there and also to make enquiries as some were not aware of the special arrangements that the libraries are taking for their novel coronavirus prevention measures.According to a statement on the Macau Public Library website on Saturday, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has decided to reopen 12 of its public libraries,

March 3, 2020 | BY admin

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2,500 SMEs ask govt for help over COVID-19 crisis

The Macau Economic Bureau (DSE) said in a statement today that since February 1 it has received about 2,500 applications for financial assistance from small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) hit by the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. According to a DSE statement, the bureau has also responded to 7,000 requests for information about its various financial support schemes since the beginning of last month, when the novel coronavirus started to impact the local economy in earnest.

March 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Opening of Macau Pavilion at Biennale Architettura 2020 delayed: report

The opening of the Macau Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2020 in Venice will be delayed due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has told public broadcaster TDM-Radio Macau. According to a Radio Macau report today, the delay has been requested by the local government for logistical reasons, considering that most of the production and transport companies involved in Macau's participation in the 17th International Architecture

March 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Health chief admits ‘very high risk’ bringing back locals stranded in Hubei

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion admitted that the local government’s airlift next Saturday to bring Macau residents stranded in Hubei province back to Macau entails a “very high” risk for Macau’s COVID-19 epidemic situation and that the risk will have to be borne by the “whole community”.The health chief also said that the local government had made the decision to bring

March 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Drunk fireman who stole from property agent ‘wanted to return loot’

An off-duty fireman who allegedly stole cash, a diamond necklace and three bottles of red wine from a property agency in Zape early last Tuesday morning claimed he was drunk when he committed the crime and wanted to return the loot when he woke up.The case was announced by Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam in a special press conference on Friday.According to Ho, the suspect is a 27-year-old fireman surnamed Wong. He joined the Fire Services Bureau in 2018.Ho said that the Judiciary

March 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Safety first! Editorial

EDITORIAL Macau will turn another page in its successful fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) when the civil service will resume its “normal” functioning today after a nearly month-long hiatus. Moreover, Macau’s non-gaming entertainment businesses such as bars and nightclubs have been allowed to reopen for business since last night after their government-ordered shutdown on February 5 as one of the government’s various measures to prevent the virus from spreading in one

March 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Online facemask scammer mulls suicide: police

A local 20-year-old unemployed man, who goes by the name “Ekko” on social media and cheated at least 27 people out of 25,000 patacas in an online scam selling facemasks, told the police he wanted to commit suicide because of the fear that he would be caught soon as the police had detected similar facemasks scams recently,Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference on Saturday.According to Ho, the suspect said he wanted to jump off a building to end his

March 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Libraries, museums to reopen gradually from today

Macau’s public libraries, museums and other cultural venues will gradually and partially reopen today, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has announced. According to an IC statement on Saturday, most of the libraries will reopen at 2 p.m. today. The reading room of the Macau Archives will also reopen today.The libraries’ newspaper and magazine reading rooms will reduce their usual number of seats by half. The libraries will be closed every four hours for 30 minutes for cleaning. Initially,

March 2, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau gaming receipts fall 87.8 pct in February

Macau's gross gaming revenues fell 87.8 percent year-on-year to 3.1 billion patacas last month, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced today. In February last year, the city's gross gaming revenues stood at 25.37 billion patacas.It was the gaming industry's steepest monthly year-on-year gross revenue fall on record since the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) in December 1999, an official source told The Macau Post Daily

March 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau jail to resume visitations

The Macau Correctional Services Bureau (DSC) has announced that visitations to the prison and juvenile detention centre will be resumed on Wednesday, "taking into account the development of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic and citizens' needs for public services."The visitations were suspended early last month in response to the COVID-19 threat. Eight of Macau's 10 novel coronavirus patients have meanwhile been discharged from hospital. The last COVID-19 cases were

March 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau's exports, imports fall in January

Macau's exports and imports fell last month, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. According to a DSEC statement, total exports fell 24.8 percent to 1.15 billion patacas (US$143 million) in January. While domestic exports rose 9.8 percent to 153 million patacas, re-exports fell 28.3 percent to 995 million patacas. Re-exports accounted for 86.6 percent of total exports. Some 72.9 percent of Macau's exports were shipped to Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland. Imports

February 29, 2020 | BY admin

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Libraries, museums to reopen gradually from Monday

Macau's public libraries, museums and other cultural venues will gradually and partially reopen from Monday, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced today.According to an IC statement, most of the libraries will reopen at 2 p.m. on Monday. The reading room of the Macau Archives will also reopen on Monday.The libraries' newspaper and magazine reading rooms will reduce their usual number of seats by half. The libraries will be closed every four hours for 30 minutes for cleaning. Initially, the

February 29, 2020 | BY admin

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