Education official says no ‘back to school’ schedule yet for schools

There is no “back to school” schedule for non-tertiary education yet as the date would depend on Macau and its surrounding areas’ COVID-19 situation, Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) Department of Education Chief Kong Ngai said yesterday at the daily press conference by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre at the Health Bureau (SSM).Pupils’ safety was the primary factor of consideration by the bureau, Kong said.Kong pointed out that pupils are too young

February 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Tipsy teen driving without licence crashes twice

A 16-year-old local teenager was caught on Wednesday driving under the influence (DUI) and without a licence after he crashed twice, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a press conference yesterday.The boy, surnamed Fong, attends a middle school in the peninsula’s northern district.According to Choi, the police saw a young man riding a motorbike along Estrada de São Francisco during a routine patrol around 3 a.m. on Wednesday.The teen hit and damaged the railing

February 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Airport suffers steep drop in passengers, flights: CAM

Executive Committee of Macau International Airport Company (CAM) Chairman Deng Jun said this week that during the period from February 1-16 the number of passengers and aircraft movements (takeoffs and touchdowns) at Macau International Airport (MIA) has dropped 90 percent and 70 percent respectively.Deng made the remarks during the 3rd meeting for the CAM Epidemic Prevention Working Group on Monday, according to a CAM statement released on Wednesday.Along with the local government, CAM has

February 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Literary Festival falls victim to COVID-19

Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, the 9th Macau Literature Festival originally scheduled for next month has been postponed, the organisers said in a statement yesterday. “Due to the nationwide anti-epidemic measures caused by the [novel] coronavirus, transportation and exchange activities in Macau and [mainland] China have been affected.“In accordance with the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) government’s advice and anti-epidemic measures, ‘The Script Road’

February 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Trial of ex-trade promotion chief for graft to start on April 27: report

Public broadcaster TDM-Rádio Macau reported yesterday that the former president of the government’s Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Jackson Chang, aka Cheong Chou Weng, will go on trial on April 27 for a raft of alleged crimes such as organised crime, corruption, money laundering and breach of secrecy. Chang was remanded in custody in July last year in the wake of a 2018 investigation by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) into corruption involving the

February 21, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

A man sits on a rock by a pond in Lou Lim Ieoc Garden as the government reopens some public parks and gardens, which were previously closed as part of the government’s COVID-19 prevention measures.A security staff scans a resident’s temperature, the government’s latest novel coronavirus prevention measure for people entering parks and gardens.People queue up to get their temperature checked upon entering New Yaohan department store as it reopened at noon. People, some not wearing

February 21, 2020 | BY admin

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16 of 29 hotels closed over COVID-19 threat reopen

Sixteen of the 29 hotels and guesthouses that had closed their doors in response to the COVID-19 threat have reopened, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) official Ines Chan Lou said today. Chan announced the figure at the daily press conference of the Novel Coronavirus and Coordination Centre about the latest developments in the fight against the highly infectious disease. Chan said that the reopening involved more than 2,000 guestrooms. The hotels and guesthouses had been

February 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Gaming tax payments fall 13 pct in January

The government's income from gaming taxes fell 13.3 percent year-on-year to 8.83 billion patacas (US$1.1 billion) last month, the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) announced today. In January last year, the government's receipts from gaming taxes amounted to 10.19 billion patacas. Last month's income from gaming taxes paid by the city's six rival gaming operators - Sands, Galaxy, SJM, MGM, Wynn and Melco - accounted for 88.9 percent of the government's total current receipts of 9.93

February 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Trial of ex-trade promotion chief for graft to start on April 27: Radio Macau

Public broadcaster TDM-Radio Macau reported today that the former president of the government's Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Jackson Chang, aka Cheong Chou Weng, will go on trial on April 27 for a raft of alleged crimes such as organised crime, corruption, money laundering and breach of secrecy. Chang was remanded in custody in July last year in the wake of a 2018 investigation by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) into corruption involving the institute's

February 20, 2020 | BY admin

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29 of Macau’s 41 casinos back in business, 6th patient discharged

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan announced that 29 of the city’s 41 casinos will reopen for business today – in fact, they reopened their doors at 00:00 today, while the remaining 12 casinos have applied to defer reopening their doors.According to Chan, only less than 30 percent of the six gaming operators’ gaming tables will be operational,

February 20, 2020 | BY admin

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‘School’s out’ but it’s boring

As Alice Cooper sings in the first two lines of his 1972 hit single “School’s Out” “Well, we got no choice, all the girls and boys” so it is in Macau due to the COVID-19 prevention measures the government is taking. But according to two teenagers The Macau Post Daily spoke to, “It is boring!”Since local schools broke up for the Chinese New Year holiday late last month, the COVID-19 epidemic has become a major issue and in a number of measures Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng ordered

February 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Ferry links between Macau & Shenzhen suspended: govt

Ferry services between Macau and Shenzhen’s Shekou will be suspended starting today until further notice, the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement yesterday.Ferry services between Macau and Hong Kong, as well as Macau and Shenzhen airport have been suspended since early this month because of the COVID-19 epidemic.The statement noted the only ferry service that is still operating is between Macau and Zhuhai’s Wanzai.

February 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Police warn of online scams for facemasks

A resident has fallen victim to an online shopping scam for facemasks through social media, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday, warning the public to be careful when buying goods on the Internet.According to the statement, the Judiciary Police recently received a report from the Hong Kong Anti-Fraud Coordination Centre, pointing out that there have been multiple cases of online fraud over the selling of facemasks in Hong Kong.The statement pointed out that the local victim

February 20, 2020 | BY admin

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6 nabbed for illegal gambling, illicit mahjong parlour

Five local men have been nabbed for suspected gambling in a sitting-out area, while a local woman has been busted for operating a makeshift mahjong parlour, the Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement on Tuesday.According to the statement, the police saw five men gambling in a sitting-out area in the Ilha Verde district during a routine patrol on Monday.The police seized a deck of cards at the scene and seized 5,200 patacas, which the police suspect was money placed on bets, from one

February 20, 2020 | BY admin

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