IAM reminds owners to handle dog poo properly during coronavirus threat

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has reminded pet owners to properly handle dog faeces during the current novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic.According to a statement released yesterday, in the wake of the novelcoronavirus pneumonia threat the bureau has adopted a string of new measures to further strengthen the city’s environmental hygiene.In addition to strengthening street cleaning and hygiene inspections,the bureau has also sent some of its officials to various districts in the city to

February 10, 2020 | BY admin

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Nam Kwong donates 4,000 litres of disinfectant alcohol to Macau's fight against novel coronavirus

State-owned Nam Kwong Commercial and Industrial Union has donated 4,000 litres of disinfectant alcohol to the Macau government.According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong received the liquid on behalf of the government on Saturday from Nam Kwong Group President Fu Jianguo.According to the statement, the 4,000 litres equal about 3.4 tonnes. The statement pointed out that as the government has bought 7 tonnes of

February 9, 2020 | BY admin

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15 two-star hotels & guesthouses closed over coronavirus threat

A total of 15 two-star hotels and guesthouses have temporarily closed their doors due to a lack of guests in the wake of the novel coronavirus pneumonia threat, Ines Chan Lou, chief of the Licencing and Supervision Department of the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), said today. Chan revealed the figure during the daily press conference by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre about the viral menace.Chan noted that the 15 two-star hotels and guesthouses have a total

February 9, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau registers 6,140 new companies last year

A total of 6,140 companies were newly incorporated in Macau last year, a year-on-year increase of 187 new incorporations, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced this week. According to a DSEC statement, the newly incorporated companies' registered capital soared 334 percent year-on-year to 4 billion patacas (US$500), which was namely due to an upsurge in the capital in the transport, warehousing and communications sector, as well as the financial services sector. The number

February 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Hotel closures over coronavirus threat rise to 7

The number of hotels temporarily already closed, or to be closed tomorrow, over the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) threat has risen to seven, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced at the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre's daily press conference about the virus threat today.According to MGTO official Ines Chan Lou, the Legend Palace and Rocks hotels at the Fisherman's Wharf will be closed from noon tomorrow.Since the middle of the week a total of seven hotels

February 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Beauty product imports rise 44 pct in 2019

Macau's imports of beauty, cosmetic and skin-care products rose 44.2 percent year-on-year to 7.02 billion patacas (US$877 million) last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced this week. Beauty, cosmetic and skin-care products are particularly popular with visitors from mainland China. Macau is a free port and low-tax separate customs territory. Macau's total exports in 2019 rose 5.0 percent to 12.8 billion patacas. Re-exports accounted for 88.2 percent of all

February 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Gaming inspectorate urges casino workers on leave to stay at home over coronavirus threat

Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has urged the city's six gaming operators to call on their  workers who are on leave due to the current coronavirus epidemic to refrain from travelling abroad, avoid crowds of people and stay at home. According to a DICJ statement last night, the inspectorate has received information that some of the workers have travelled to the mainland for tourism since the casinos were closed earlier this week. The inspectorate reminded

February 8, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt extends suspension of public services by a week

The Macau government today extended by another week its suspension of all non-urgent public services.The extension from February 8 to 16 was announced in an executive order signed by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, according to a statement by the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP). The bureau stressed that the measure aimed to reduce the risk of a further spread of the novel coronavirus. The statement urged public servants to stay at home and avoid going out, "thereby

February 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Xi talks with Trump over phone on novel coronavirus outbreak

BEIJING - President Xi Jinping spoke over the phone with his US counterpart Donald Trump this morning. Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus epidemic, the Chinese government and people have been making all-out efforts to battle the disease, Xi said.Nation fighting 'people's war' against novel coronavirus China, he added, has carried out national mobilization, across-the-board deployment and swift responses, adopted the most comprehensive and rigorous prevention and control measures,

February 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Shops adopt ‘protective’ ways to serve customers during coronavirus crisis

Many shops and cafés were closed yesterday,notifying customers that they are joining the government’s effort to tackle the novel coronavirus threat, after the government ordered the temporary closure of casinos and other entertainment venues that began on Tuesday midnight. The move by the government came after the city recorded its 10th patient with the virus on Tuesday morning, three of which are local residents, with the 8th and 9th patients being from the same family. The

February 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Man buys facemasks with ID card he found: police

A local resident used another person’s ID card that he had found to buy facemasks, according to a statement released by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday.  According to information provided by the Public Security Police, the police received a report on Wednesday from the male victim, saying that he went to buy facemasks in pharmacies in Avenida de ArturTamagnini Barbosa and Toi San district last Monday and this Monday respectively, but discovered that his Macau identity card

February 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt bolsters street cleaning to help fight coronavirus

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday that in response to the novel coronavirus epidemic it has strengthened the city’s street cleaning and rubbish clearance.   The statement urged residents to ensure environmental hygiene and dispose of rubbish properly, used facemasks in particular.   The statement quoted a report by the Macau Refuse Incineration Plant, according to which between last Saturday and Wednesday the plant processed, on average,about

February 7, 2020 | BY admin

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1st novel coronavirus patient’s recovery ‘greatly significant’ to local fight against virus

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus situation,Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said that the recovery of Macau’s first novel coronavirus patient and her discharge from hospital was of great significance in the city’s ongoing fight against the epidemic, proving that the illness is curable and boosting the local government’s confidence in fighting the epidemic. The health chief also said that the experience gained from the city’s

February 7, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau residents face 14-day quarantine in HK

Macau residents wishing to visit Hong Kong will be quarantined there for 14 days if they had visited the Chinese mainland a fortnight prior to their arrival in Hong Kong, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement today. The measure will take effect tomorrow, said the statement which quoted a notification sent by the Hong Kong government to its local counterpart on the matter.According to the statement, the 14-day quarantine covers everyone entering Hong Kong via

February 7, 2020 | BY admin

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