HK COVID-19 surge continues, 58 new cases

The surging novel coronavirus pandemic claimed one more victim in Hong Kong today as health officials reported 58 new cases, many of them people who have had frequent contact with the public, indicating a further widening of the current outbreak.Health officials again urged residents to stay home as much as possible – especially the elderly – saying they expect more outbreaks in the coming days.“The public should stay at home as much as possible and not take part in unnecessary

July 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Brazil's COVID-19 cases top 2 million, India's 1 million: report

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil and India today went beyond two million and one million respectively, worldometers.info reported. According to the real-time statistics website, Brazil had 2.014 million confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease at 4:40 p.m. (Macau time) today, with 76,822 deaths. India's number of confirmed COVID-19 cases amounted to 1.005 million, with 25,622 fatalities. The world's total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases stood at 13.961

July 17, 2020 | BY admin

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3 eateries ordered to close for links with illegal Taipa ‘food factory’

Three eateries have been ordered to close after inspections confirmed that their food was supplied from an illegal food processing factory in a residential flat in Taipa, Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement yesterday.The illegal food factory was busted by the police earlier this month. Cockroaches were seen scurrying around the area where the food was being processed, and live fish were cut on chopping boards for fish cakes in the toilet.The IAM statement said that after further

July 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt to charge construction waste disposal

Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon, who is also the spokesman for the government’s top advisory Executive Council, announced yesterday that in six months’ time the government will start charging those who discard construction waste on the city’s only construction waste landfill in east Cotai.Currently, those disposing of construction waste in the landfill, located in Avenida do Aeroporto, do not need to pay.Addressing a press conference at Government

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Patriotic education base to open at Macau Handover Gifts Museum: DSEJ

A patriotic education base is being set up at the Macau Handover Gifts Museum and slated to be ready by the end of the year, Tsang Hio Ian, who heads the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) Documentation, Information and Public Relations Centre, said yesterday.Tsang made the remarks at a press conference after this year’s second plenary meeting of the government-appointed Youth Affairs Committee, which was held on the bureau’s premises yesterday.Tsang said that the base would

July 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt won’t cut residents’ welfare & public servants’ pay: Cheong

Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon reaffirmed yesterday that while the government decided earlier this year to reduce the expenses of its various public entities, it will “certainly” not reduce its expenditure on residents’ welfare and public servants’ salaries and fringe benefits.Cheong made the remarks at the start of yesterday’s Executive Council press conference in response to a wave of rumours claiming that the government would reduce public

July 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Vietnamese duo nabbed for coercion & extortion of compatriot: police

A Vietnamese man and a woman were arrested on Monday for conspiracy to coerce and extort 37,000 patacas out of a female compatriot, Judiciary Police (PJ) Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference on Wednesday.The 35-year-old suspect surnamed Nguyen told police he was jobless while the 48-year-old female suspect surnamed Pham said she is a non-resident worker employed as a domestic helper.According to Leng, the victim, in her forties, reported to the police on April 1 that she was

July 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Illegal manicurist shoplifts pair of trousers

An illegal worker from the mainland was arrested on Monday for stealing a pair of trousers from a fashion store, Public Security Police (PSP) Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference on Wednesday.The 43-year-old female suspect surnamed Xiong 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 she is a manicurist.According to Wong, a sales assistant who works for a clothes shop in Largo de S.

July 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Chef with ‘super power’ gives authentic Portuguese dishes a lift at António

New chef David Abreu at the well-known António restaurant is giving authentic Portuguese cuisine a lift with the “super power” he acquired from experience working in a Michelin three-star establishment.With new dishes added to the menu, Abreu said that he wanted to give customers a bite of Portugal, using a blend of French, British and also Chinese culinary concepts to deliver a fresh new presentation of Portuguese cuisine.The restaurant has kept its classic dishes as such as seafood rice,

July 17, 2020 | BY admin

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New Bearbrick toys to pop up at Galaxy Macau

Eight limited edition Bearbrick toys, or styled as Be@rbrick, will form part of a pop-up installation at The Promenade Shops at Galaxy Macau in Cotai.This is the second time the collectible toy designed and produced by the Japanese company MediCom Toy is teaming up with local fashion and lifestyle multi-brand store WF Fashion, according to a statement from Galaxy Macau yesterday.As a result of the collaboration, eight new Bearbrick co-branded originals have been created for the BE@RBRICK MACAU

July 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Liaison Office ‘appreciates’ Sands’ COVID-19 relief efforts

The Central People’s Government Liaison Office in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) yesterday presented a certificate of appreciation to Sands China for its support of COVID-19 relief efforts in the mainland and Macau, the US gaming operator said in a statement. According to the statement, a delegation headed by Yao Jian, a deputy director of the office, was received by Sands China President Wilfred Wong Ying-wai and other senior executives at the company’s office

July 17, 2020 | BY admin

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HK confirms record 67 new COVID-19 cases

Hong Kong's health authorities today confirmed a single-day record of 67 new COVID-19 infections. Sixty three of the new cases are believed to have contracted the virus locally. Of those, 35 were infected via unknown sources. Both figures are all-time highs. However, the Centre for Health Protection's spokeswoman Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan warned that the figures could keep going up. "I can't say it's a peak," she told a regular press conference. "There's a chance that more

July 16, 2020 | BY admin

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Casino workers’ COVID-19 testing starts today

Addressing yesterday’s press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance of Diseases Department Coordinator Leong Iek Hou said that the government will arrange for the “first batch” of casino frontline workers to be tested for COVID-19 as early as today.Starting from yesterday, all gamblers and other guests entering casino premises must undergo a temperature check and show their green

July 16, 2020 | BY admin

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When it comes to HK’s stability, Beijing won’t budge

Commentary by Jiang LiBEIJING – The signing of the so-called “Hong Kong Autonomy Act” into law on Tuesday by the White House is yet another example of Washington’s reckless decisions to meddle in China’s internal affairs.According to the new piece of legislation, Washington seeks to sanction foreign individuals and entities allegedly involved in extinguishing freedoms in Hong Kong.The new US law, as those that came before it, once again tramples on international law and the basic

July 16, 2020 | BY admin

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