HK extends quarantine for arrivals from mainland, Macau, Taiwan to August 7

The Hong Kong government announced in a statement yesterday that it has extended its 14-day mandatory quarantine for all arrivals from the mainland, Macau and Taiwan for one more month to August 7.Since March 25, all those – both Hong Kong and non-Hong Kong residents – arriving in Hong Kong from Macau or Taiwan must go into 14-day mandatory quarantine. The Hong Kong government had already imposed the same quarantine measure for those arriving from the mainland on February 8.Also since March

July 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Imports fall 39 pct in May, exports drop 24 pct

Macau’s merchandise imports fell by 39.1 percent year-on-year to 4.35 billion patacas in May, while exports dropped by 24.2 percent to 687 million patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.Re-exports accounted for 82.4 percent of total exports.Imports of gold jewellery (64.8 million patacas), watches (101.6 million patacas) and mobile phones (116.1 million patacas) decreased by 87.8 percent, 82.8 percent and 55.1 percent respectively in Macau.Macau’s merchandise

July 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau ‘firmly supports’ Beijing’s national security legislation for HK

The Macau government said in a statement yesterday that it “firmly supports” the central government’s national security legislation for Hong Kong. According to the statement released by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), “the government of the Macau Special Administrative Region resolutely supports this important measure taken by the central government to maintain national security and social stability in Hong Kong.”The statement noted that “effectively safeguarding

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Local crime thriller joins Cannes’ Fantastic 7 initiative

Local crime thriller “Foreign Cop” directed by Maxim Bessmertny and produced by Bessmertny and Jorge Cordeiro dos Santos was among the seven films that formed this years’ Fantastic 7, a Cannes Market initiative, the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) said in a statement yesterday.IFFAM is jointly organised by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and the Macau Films & Television Productions and Culture Association.According to the statement, it is the second

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3 online dating scams ‘cost’ victims 36,000 patacas: police

Two men and a woman recently told the police separately that they had been cheated out of more than 36,000 patacas in total in online dating scams. PJ officers are still investigating the three cases, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kam Fai said during a regular press conference on Monday.Cheong said a 38-year-old local female casino dealer told the police that she met a man who claimed that he is a British engineer working in Saudi Arabia last Monday on a social media platform.

July 1, 2020 | BY admin

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2 brothers nabbed for bogus pataca notes found in Cotai mall: police

Two local men were arrested on Monday for producing and selling fake pataca notes, taking drugs and possession of drug-taking paraphernalia, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kam Fai said during a special press conference yesterday. The two jobless men are brothers surnamed Leong, aged 29 and 35.A 22-year-old local woman surnamed Ng, who was also arrested in connection with the case, also told the police that she is unemployed.The two men denied that they manufactured and sold the

July 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Car turns turtle near Hoi Fu

A car turned turtle yesterday in Estrada do Reservatório near Hoi Fu Garden at about 6:45 p.m.The 42-year-old male driver was trapped in the car but was quickly rescued by passers-by, according to local Chinese-language media reports. The reports quoted witnesses as saying that when the car drove from Rotunda de S. João Bosco to Estrada do Reservatório it crashed into the flowerbed and roadside railing, after which it turned turtle. The windscreen was shattered, the door mirror was

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Imports fall 39 pct in May, exports drop 24 pct

Macau's merchandise imports fell by 39.1 percent year-on-year to 4.35 billion patacas (US$543 million) in May, while exports dropped by 24.2 percent to 687 million patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. Re-exports accounted for 82.4 percent of total exports. Imports of gold jewellery (64.8 million patacas), watches (101.6 million patacas) and mobile phones (116.1 million patacas) decreased by 87.8 percent, 82.8 percent and 55.1 percent respectively in

June 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Joint Announcement of People’s Bank of China

Joint Announcement of People’s Bank of China, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and Monetary Authority of Macao on Launch of Cross-boundary Wealth Management Connect Pilot Scheme in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay AreaTo facilitate cross-boundary investment by individual residents in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (the Greater Bay Area), the People’s Bank of China, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and the Monetary Authority of Macao have decided to

June 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Sands says it’s reducing staff, Londoner hotel & casino ready in September

Sands China President Wilfred Wong Ying-wai said yesterday that the US gaming operators has been reducing its number of employees by not renewing the employment contracts of some of them when they expired, insisting that the company has not laid anyone off because of the economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Wong made the comments while speaking to reporters after hosting a press conference at the Venetian in Cotai about a shopping carnival that the company is organising on August

June 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Poon says CTM ready to launch 5G

Local telecom operator CTM CEO Vandy Poon Fuk Hei said yesterday that his company was ready to launch its 5G service as soon as the government issues the operating licence.Poon made the remarks while speaking to reporters prior to the launch ceremony of the one-day CTM 5G Application Collaboration Intention and 5G Intelligent Ecosystem Forum at Macau Science Centre.Poon said that with the full outdoor coverage of its 5G network intact, the company would smoothly move onto the next phase which

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Govt aims to further reduce NAT fee: Lo

Addressing yesterday’s press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Alvis Lo Iek Long, a clinical director of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, said that while the local government believes that the current fee of 180 patacas for its nucleic acid testing (NAT) scheme is “reasonable”, it aimed to further lower the fee, which was “Macau residents’ wish”.Lo made the remarks when replying to a question from a reporter who asked whether the

June 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Septuagenarian hangs himself in car park: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) received a report from the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday at about 6:51 a.m. that a man was believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself in a car park on the third floor of Concordia Square 1 in Rua Oito do Bairro Iao Hon, according to a message from PJ spokesman Cheong Kam Fai.The deceased is a local man in his seventies surnamed Chang.According to the message, a resident discovered a man hanging with a rope around his neck in the residential

June 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Hotel guests drop nearly 90 pct in May

Macau’s 108 hotels and guesthouses recorded 116,000 guests last month, a year-on-year decline of 89.9 percent, the Statistics and Service Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday. According to the statement, guests from the Chinese mainland (71,000) and Hong Kong (10,000) both decreased by over 90 percent. Guests’ average length of stay rose by 0.7 night to 2.1 nights. The average occupancy rate of guestrooms fell by 77.8 percentage points year-on-year to 12.3 percent.The

June 30, 2020 | BY admin

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