1,000 out of 31,333 residents get chance to go on chopper ride

Just 1,000 residents were lucky enough to be randomly picked yesterday from 31,333 who applied to go on the coveted “Helicopter Ride Experience”, one of the top attractions in the government-subsidised local tours.Representatives from three local tourism associations pressed the button in an electronic lot system for the lucky draw held at the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) headquarters, which was witnessed by MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes and Deputy Director Cheng

July 28, 2020 | BY admin

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‘Dual circulation’ new choice for economy

Commentary by Li Yiping*That President Xi Jinping has called for protecting market players and stimulating their vitality shows the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the domestic and global economies hard.Although Xi said in his key speech at a symposium with corporate leaders in Beijing last Tuesday that greater efforts should be made to spur the vitality of market entities and promote entrepreneurship to leverage the strength of the huge domestic market in the face of rising protectionism, a sluggish

July 28, 2020 | BY admin

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HK reports record 145 new COVID-19 cases

Hong Kong reported yesterday a record number of 145 new COVID-19 cases, 142 of which are local cases.Of the local cases, 83 are linked to previously confirmed cases while officials have been unable to trace the source of infection of 59 patients.There are 13 more confirmed cases at an elderly care home in Tuen Mun, taking the total number of residents and staff infected there to 24.A caretaker who works at a care home for the severely disabled in Tuen Mun has come down with COVID-19. A nurse

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Due to COVID-19, locals' jobless rises to 3.5 pct

Due to the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local economy, local residents' unemployment rate rose by 0.6 percentage points to 3.5 percent in the second quarter from the previous quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. Macau's general unemployment rate rose 0.4 percent quarter-on-quarter to 2.5 percent. The general unemployment rate comprises residents and non-resident workers. The total labour force stood at 412,000 in the second quarter, when

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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COVID-19 cuts non-resident workers by 7,000 since January

Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the local economy, Macau's number of non-resident workers fell by 7,071 between the end of January and the end of last month, a decline of 3.6 percent, the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) said in a statement today. At the end of June, there were 186,427 non-resident workers in Macau. At the end of January the figure stood at 193,498. Macau confirmed its first COVID-19 case on January 22. The number of non-resident workers from the

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Fire damages boat in Inner Harbour

A fishing boat anchored in the Inner Harbour was damaged by fire on Saturday afternoon, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said in a statement.According to Saturday’s statement, the fire was possibly caused by welding carried out on the vessel. No-one was injured.The bureau received a report about the fire at around 4 p.m. on Saturday. Firemen rushed to the vessel anchored near Praça de Ponte e Horta. When they arrived at the scene the blaze had already been extinguished. The statement did not

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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25,000 casino workers tested for COVID-19, all negative: govt

Addressing Friday’s press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus situation, Alvis Lo Iek Long, a clinical director of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, said that all the casino frontline workers of gaming operators SJM and Sands, totalling over 25,000, have undergone a nucleic acid test (NAT), and all of them have tested negative for COVID-19.The Health Bureau (SSM) announced on July 14 that it will arrange for all casino frontline workers – such as dealers, cage

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Gold jewellery thief nabbed by PJ clerk & passer-by

A man was arrested on Saturday for stealing three pieces of gold jewellery from a jewellery shop in Travessa dos Cavaleiros in Iao Hon district, according to Judiciary Police (PJ) statement on Saturday.The 46-year-old male suspect surnamed Ou who holds an Exit-Entry Permit for Travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macau (colloquially known as a Two-Way Permit), told the police that he is jobless.According to the statement, Ou, pretending to be a customer, went into the jewellery shop at about 10

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Changing flight 10 times: residents’ thorny coronavirus journeys home

With flights suspended or cancelled, airports closed or borders locked down, some Macau residents have to make thorny journeys or smart decisions in order to get home during the novel coronavirus pandemicFeature by Swallow Xu*My tortuous voyage home after hurricanesIn 2018 after a string of hurricanes in the Caribbean, I embarked on a tortuous voyage to get home: first, the evacuation vessel with all fellow Chinese people from Dominica to Antigua across the Caribbean Sea, then a make-shift dorm

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Decluttering – a new habit for work-from-home lifestyle: group

Decluttering is a good habit to have while people are working from home, Hou Kong Junior Chamber President Kira Tong Chi Wai said yesterday.The Hou Kong Junior Chamber is affiliated with the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Macau, China.Tong made the remarks at Wynn Palace before the group’s event “Let’s LOHAS”.According to the statement, LOHAS means Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability. The event aimed to promote the idea of decluttering and sustainability.Tong said with shops

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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IPM presents findings of ‘gamblers’ fatigue’ study

The Centre for Gaming and Tourism Studies (CJT) of the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) held a sharing session on “Gamblers’ Fatigue: The Evolving Trends of Gaming Behaviour among Gamblers” on its Taipa campus last week, presenting the latest research findings by a CJT research team headed by Prof. Zeng Zhonglu, the public tertiary education institution said in a statement on Thursday.As a key research project jointly sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Live music, al fresco snacking attract passers-by at Largo do Senado

Many people gathered at the city’s main square, Largo do Senado, yesterday for popcorn, candy floss, ice cream, cold drinks and beer to enjoy the al fresco seating atmosphere with live music.The snacks and drinks booths are part of the “Gathering at Dusk in Senado Square” event organised by The United Association of Food and Beverage Merchants of Macau.Local families and non-resident workers were attracted to enjoy the event during their leisure time.A Filipina customer told The Macau

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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2 local artists express their thoughts on ‘trend of life’

An exhibition co-organised by 10 Fantasia and the St. Lazarus Church District Creative Industries Promotion Association entitled “Trend of Life – good times and bad times”, by local female artists Leong U Pou and Ng Hao Leng is on display at the 10 Fantasia gallery, according to a statement provided by the organisers.Leong and Ng graduated from the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) with a major in Visual Arts (Education) in 2014.There are 13 oil and watercolours on display at the

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

Pedestrians wearing facemasks walk in the cobbled-street city centre with many shops still closed or even shut down for good due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Men wear facemasks have a chat as they order a takeaway snack at a shop near Lou Lim Ieoc Garden. Photos taken recently by Monica Leong and Camy Tam

July 27, 2020 | BY admin

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