NRWs give their views on Macau’s improving situation

COVID-19 has affected employment and job security but with post-pandemic Macau finally becoming more accessible to visitors again, The Macau Post Daily interviewed four non-resident workers (NRW) to get their opinions on the city’s improving situation, their job security and their recent experiences while working.The interviews took place around Rotunda de Carlos da Maia, commonly known as the Three Lamps area.A positive and a negative sideKei, who works in a restaurant, noted that there is a

February 7, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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FSS closes office at China Civil Plaza in Nape

The Social Security Fund (FSS) said in a statement yesterday that its office on the 13th floor of the China Civil Plaza Building in Nape has been closed for good.To conduct business, the statement said that residents may use their Macau One Account, a self-service kiosk or go to the FSS office in the São Lázaro district.Residents can also visit the Area of Social Security Affairs at the Macau Government Services Centre and the Macao Government Services Centre in Taipa, as well as the

February 7, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau logs just 2 new COVID-19 patients

Just two new patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease were admitted to the Health Bureau’s (SSM) isolation and treatment facilities on Sunday, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced yesterday.According to the Health Bureau’s COVID-19 website, which was updated yesterday, Macau’s official cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases stood at 3,499, of which 3,358 had meanwhile been cured.Macau’s official COVID-19 death toll has remained unchanged

February 7, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Drunk local man damages 12 motorbikes: police

A local man has been arrested for damaging 12 parked motorcycles, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheuk Kou Chi said at a press conference yesterday.The suspect surnamed Ao is a truck driver in his forties.According to Cheuk, a man reported to the police on Sunday that his and his father’s motorcycles, as well as a dozen other motorcycles nearby were damaged, some of which had been pushed over in Avenida do Doutor Rodrigo Rodrigues. The victim told the police the repairs would cost

February 7, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Local Vietnamese security guard steals phone

A local Vietnamese female security guard was arrested for taking a person’s phone that had been left on the street, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Cheuk Kou Chi said at a press conference yesterday.Cheuk said that the suspect surnamed Pham is in her fifties.Cheuk said that a woman reported to the police that when she was walking along Estrada de Adolfo Loureiro on Wednesday, she suddenly realised her phone worth 13,300 patacas was gone and searched for it on the street but was unable

February 7, 2023 | BY William Chan

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UM researchers forecast GDP growth of 20.5 pct to 44.1 pct in 2023

The University of Macau (UM) announced yesterday that it forecasts that with the recovery of the city’s tourism sector, Macau’s economy will grow between 20.5 percent and 44.1 percent this year.The public university announced the forecast in a statement yesterday. The university’s annual forecast on Macau’s economy is carried out by a research team consisting of economists from the Department of Economics. The GDP forecast project is administered by the university’s Centre for Macau

February 7, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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US sees Pacific islands through power-play prism

China Daily Editorial        It seems history is repeating itself. In 1988, concerns over the growing influence of the former Soviet Union in the South Pacific prompted the United States to formally open an embassy in the Solomon Islands. The embassy was closed in 1993 shortly after the disintegration of the US’ Cold War rival.Now, even though Washington claims the move is to help meet the Pacific Island country’s needs, there has been much speculation that the reopening

February 7, 2023 | BY admin

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How China contributed to global economic stability amid the pandemic – and what comes next

Commentary by Liang Guoyong*        Three years into a devastating COVID pandemic, China continues to anchor the global economy and provide much-needed stability.In the early stages of the outbreak, China employed timely and strict measures, leading to an economic recovery at home and stability worldwide.China’s contributions were reflected in its stable production and robust exports that had supported a global economic recovery on the supply side and through sound

February 7, 2023 | BY admin

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Macau welcomes back mainland tour groups from today

Subsidy of up to 400 patacas for each overnight mainland visitorWith today’s resumption of tour groups from the mainland visiting Macau, the local government has announced that it will roll out various promotional offers and other campaigns with the aim of further boosting the recovery of Macau’s tourism sector, such as a subsidy of up to 400 patacas for each overnight visitor in a tour group from the mainland to be given to local travel agencies that organise the group’s tour

February 6, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Apotex recalls Apo-Amitriptyline 10mg tablets: pharma bureau

Canada-based multinational pharmaceutical company Apotex Inc. has informed a local pharmaceutical importer that it has decided to withdraw Batch No. PY1904 of its psychiatric drug Apo-Amitriptyline 10mg tablets from the local market, according to a statement by the Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) on Friday.The statement noted that as the batch of the drug was found to contain an excessive amount of N-Nitroso-dimethylamine (NDMA), the manufacturer voluntarily recalled

February 6, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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2 locals fight over queue-jumping in San Ma Lou: police

Responding to a video circulating on the internet showing two men throwing punches in San Ma Lou, the Public Security Police (PSP) said late last night in a message to local Chinese-language media that two local males, aged 35 and 65 respectively, were suspected of having quarrelled over queue-jumping while waiting to take photos with installations set up for the 5-day pedestrianisation of San Ma Lou.The duo did not require hospitalisation after receiving on-the-spot treatment from Fire

February 6, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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No more RATs needed for care homes & rehabilitation centres: IAS

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) said in a statement on Friday that starting today service users, staff members and visitors to the city’s care homes and daycare centres for senior citizens, rehabilitation centres for different groups of users, including drug users, respite care for the disabled, childcare centres and day activity and vocational rehabilitation centres will no longer be required to show a negative rapid antigen test (RAT) result when entering the facilities, apart from

February 6, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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San Ma Lou’s 5-day pedestrianisation to cost 2.6 million patacas: IC chief

Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) President Leong Wai Man told public broadcaster TDM on Saturday that the 5-day pedestrianisation of San Ma Lou,  the city’s main thoroughfare, is budgeted to cost about 2.6 million patacas, mainly for setting up installations and expenditure on management.“Strolling through Almeida Ribeiro – Pilot Scheme for a Pedestrian Area” is the project’s official name.San Ma Lou (“New Road”) is known in Portuguese as Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.Following the

February 6, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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My favourite summer vacation: Baguio

In 2019, the start of my third year at college was fast approaching. I was bored and burnt out from the previous semester. Although working a summer job had kept me occupied, the anxiety and dread of the coming semester was smothering me and a vacation was much needed. I could not have been happier when my parents said that we would be taking one to the Philippines, specifically a few days in the City of Baguio.Located within the Province of Benguet, Baguio is labelled as the “Summer Capital

February 6, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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