Govt urges public to buy analgesic & antipyretic drugs ‘sensibly’

The Pharmaceutical Supervision and Administration Bureau (ISAF) urged the public yesterday to purchase and use analgesic and antipyretic drugs “sensibly”.An ISAF statement said that as Macau has entered its transition period of COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control measures, the number of COVID-19 infectees requiring home treatment has gradually increased, among whom some asymptomatic and mild patients may develop fever, sore throat, and muscle pain.The statement noted that those

December 28, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Public hospital’s ‘medical outreach team’ provides services to care homes during COVID-19

The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre pointed out in a statement yesterday that between December 20-26, the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre’s “medical outreach team” provided “outreach treatment” to service users of the city’s 37 residential care homes for senior citizens and rehabilitation homes for about 1,660 person-times plus telephone consultations and follow-up services for about 560 person-times.According to the statement, the outreach team,

December 28, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Macau-HK ferry route to resume Friday: DSAMA

The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a statement last week that thanks to liaison and cooperation between the governments of Hong Kong and Macau, the ferry route between Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On and Hong Kong International Airport’s SkyPier will resume on Friday, providing cross-boundary transport services to the public using Hong Kong’s airport.The route will provide a daily round-trip ferry service on Fridays and Sundays, according to the statement, which added that the ferry

December 28, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Pedestrian area in San Ma Lou postponed to CNY due to COVID-19

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement last Friday that in view of the COVID-19 situation, its “Strolling Through Almeida Ribeiro – Pilot Project for a Pedestrian Area”, which was originally scheduled to be held from December 24-25 and December 31 to January 1, has been postponed to the Chinese New Year (CNY).Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, Macau's main thoroughfare, is known in Cantonese as "San Ma Lou" ("New Road"). The Year of the Rabbit will start on

December 28, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Govt to suspend 22 public services through Friday over COVID-19 threat

The Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) announced in a statement yesterday that 22 public services will be suspended from today through Friday due to the latest COVID-19 developments.The statement noted that the affected public services comprise the veterinary clinic and surgery of the Macau Municipal Kennel, detoxification and maintenance treatment services (Methadone) provided by the Carmo Drug Treatment Centre in Taipa, specialist clinical services provided by the Health

December 28, 2022 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Night services at East Asian Dome’s fever clinic end today: govt

The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre said in a statement yesterday that in response to the changes in the COVID-19 pandemic situation and the ”effective allocation of human resources”, night services provided by the fever clinic at the Macau East Asian Games Dome’s Pavilion C in Cotai will be suspended from 6 p.m. today.The statement underlined that those with a fever can go to the emergency department of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre instead. 

December 28, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Lin Linfeng exhibits work in 'Corporality·Macao'

Local gallery Ox Warehouse is presenting the work of artist Lin Linfeng in an exhibition titled 3+0/0+0 Artist-in-Residence Programme: Corporality·Macao, at the Mong-Ha Villas in Avenida do Coronel Mesquita.According to a recent statement from the organisers, the exhibition is curated by Tsai Shih-Wei, who has a PhD from the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 in Lyon, France, and is a planner and curator of Shuilin Arts Centre.The statement noted that Lin, who currently lives and works in Fujian

December 28, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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CCM axes ARTwarming Winter Programmes over COVID-19 wave

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a recent statement that the Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) ARTwarming Winter programmes scheduled from Christmas to New Year’s Day have been cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.According to the statement, the cancelled programmes include “Arty Christmas”, “Sweet Dream in the Woods” and “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. The statement added that refunds for “Sweet Dream in the Woods” and “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”

December 28, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Junk & pipes near watertank catch fire: police

Junk and pipes near the watertank of a building on Avenida do Nordeste caught fire yesterday afternoon, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement.According to the statement, a security guard of the building informed the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday about junk, waste pipes and exhaust pipes near the watertank next to the 16th floor corridor having caught fire.The fire was put out before firefighters arrived at the scene, and they reported the case,

December 28, 2022 | BY William Chan

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‘Macau Asian Film Academy’ & ‘Asian Film Academy’ unauthorised higher education institutions: DSEDJ

The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) underlined in a statement last Friday that in response to enquiries by several local tertiary education institutions and members of the public about reports concerning the “Macau Asian Film Academy (澳門亞洲電影學院)” and “Asian Film Academy (亞洲電影學院)” that have been circulating on the Internet, the bureau stressed that the two entities aren’t local higher education institutions recognised by the local government,

December 28, 2022 | BY Yuki Lei

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Ho vows no return to past in COVID-19 fight, says govt aware that people face difficulties

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng ended his four-day duty visit to Beijing yesterday.Upon arrival at the local airport last night, Ho told the local media that this trip to Beijing served to brief President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang on Macau's current affairs. He stressed that the central government is paying close attention to the issues that Macau is facing in the area of health, giving instructions to the respective services in the mainland to provide more support to Macau such as in the

December 25, 2022 | BY admin

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Premier Li says central govt 'fully supports' Macau CE Ho's governance

Premier Li meets with Macao SAR chief executiveBEIJING – Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday met with Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, who was on a duty visit to Beijing.Li heard from Ho a report on Macau's current situation and the MSAR government's work.Vice Premier Han Zheng, who oversees Hong Kong and Macau matters, attended the event.During the meeting, Li said the central government fully acknowledges the work by Ho and the MSAR government to stabilize

December 25, 2022 | BY admin

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President Xi praises Macau CE Ho's 'prudent and solid' governance

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping on Friday met with Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng who was on a duty visit to Beijing.During the meeting, Xi heard a report from Ho on Macau's current situation and the MSAR government's work.Xi said that over the past year, Ho has led the SAR government in exercising governance in a prudent and solid way while maintaining overall social stability.Ho has also led the MSAR government in steadily advancing the amendments to

December 25, 2022 | BY admin

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COVID-19 wave hits The Macau Post Daily team

This is just to inform our readers that the current COVID-19 wave in Macau following the government's recent decision to ease its novel coronavirus prevention and control curbs has affected also our team.Consequently, this website cannot be updated every day for the time being. We hope for your understanding. We plan to resume our print version next Wednesday, provided that most our team members will be back on board at that time. We wish our readers, advertisers and distribution a

December 23, 2022 | BY admin

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