May Day holiday

We wish all our readers, advertisers and distributors a happy May Day. The Macau Post Daily team decided to work on yesterday’s public holiday, Buddha’s Birthday, so that our print edition could be published on Labour Day. In return, our team will take a day off on Sunday so that our next print edition will be published on Tuesday. However, our digital edition – https://www.macaupostdaily.com/- will continue to be updated 24/7. Our local news stories, features and commentaries are also

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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The world needs cooperation not confrontation

Commentary by Zheng Guichu* Major infectious disease is the common enemy of all mankind rather than a political game. When Trump is busy halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) while finger-pointing its role in “severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus”, musicians around the world, including Lang Lang, Céline Dion and John Legend, raised US$127 million via the livestreamed benefit concert “One World: Together at Home” co-organized by the

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt urges shoppers to heed COVID-19 prevention warnings

Addressing yesterday’s daily 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 residents could enjoy their shopping activities, as the government’s consumption subsidy smartcard scheme starts today, provided that they continue to adhere to the government’s COVID-19 prevention measures.When asked by the media about today’s

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Consumption subsidy smartcard spending starts today

Over 80 pct of residents have picked up their cardsThe government-issued consumption subsidy smartcards can be used from today, and by the end of Wednesday nearly 530,000 residents had picked up their smartcards, which accounted for over 80 percent of the registrants’ pool, the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) and Economic Services Bureau (DSE) said in a joint statement yesterday.According to the statement, the government’s first round of the consumption subsidy scheme aims to “promote

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Ho thanks workers for role in social stability amid COVID-19 crisis

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has called for Macau’s workforce to acquire new skills and knowledge and so complement the government’s effort in advancing the special administrative region’s adequate economic diversification, according to a statement released by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) last night. Ho said in the statement marking the International Workers’ Day he wished to thank those workers involved in maintaining the everyday services required by society

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Trio nabbed for online scam, HK$3.8 million seized: police

Three locals comprising a married couple and a second man, including the suspected kingpin, were arrested on Wednesday for cheating four local women aged between 20 to 30 out of 1.43 million patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special conference yesterday.Lai said that the police seized HK$3.8 million from the trio. The three suspects are the suspected leader of the gang, a 32-year-old man surnamed Wong, who told the police that he’s a construction worker

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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IAM launches Lotus Cycling Track optimisation project

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has announced the launch of the Lotus Cycling Track optimisation project in Taipa early this month to improve the facilities. The project aims to extend the cycling track and build additional recreational facilities to provide a high-quality leisure space, the bureau said in a statement on Wednesday.According to the statement, the main aim of the optimisation project is to lengthen the cycling and running track by about 250 metres and to widen it by about 11

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

A woman wearing a facemask waters plants and flowers in Flora Garden.People wearing facemasks queue outside a Buddhist temple that is giving out free rice as a blessing marking Buddha’s birthday. A man wearing a facemask walks his dog in Flora Garden.Photos taken yesterday by Camy Tam

May 1, 2020 | BY admin

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Falun Gong, bar-benders' union plan May Day action

A bar-bending workers' union and the Falun Gong sect are the only two groups that plan to mark May Day with gatherings tomorrow, the Portuguese-language radio channel of public broadcaster TDM reported this week. According to Radio Macau, a spokesman for the Public Security Police (PSP) announced details of the two groups' Labour Day activities during the daily press conference by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre about the novel coronavirus disease situation on

April 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Imports fall 40.1 pct in March

Macau's merchandise import fell 40.1 percent to 4.22 billion patacas in March, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a DSEC statement on Wednesday, imports of mobile phones, gold jewellery and watches declined 78 percent, 76.6 percent and 61.3 percent respectively. Total merchandise exports declined 9 percent year-on-year to 1.08 billion patacas. Re-exports accounted for 87.1 percent of all exports. Macau's external merchandise trade deficit stood at

April 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Hotel guests drop 79.7 pct in March

Macau's number of guests of hotel and guesthouses dropped 79.7 percent year-on-year to 240,000 in March, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. According to a DSEC statement this week, the number of guests from the Chinese mainland (170,000) and Hong Kong (44,000) declined 79.8 percent and 58.8 percent respectively. Guests from other countries and territories fell by more than 90 percent. Guests' average length of stay rose by 0.5 night year-on-year to 1.9

April 30, 2020 | BY admin

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COVID-19 epidemic has ‘many impacts’ on public security

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that Macau’s novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic “has resulted in many impacts” on the city’s public security.Wong made the remarks during a one-day Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for this year.“The development trend of cybercrime, the significant changes in the operations of criminal organisations, the increased risk of cross-border crimes, the complexity of

April 30, 2020 | BY admin

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CCAC detects 1-million pataca continuing education subsidy scam

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) recently detected a subsidy scam involving a local education centre defrauding the government-funded Continuing Education Development Plan, the anti-graft body said in a statement yesterday.The education centre allegedly offered cash kickbacks to residents who applied for its courses, the statement said.CCAC officials discovered that while at least 192 local residents had enrolled in the government-subsidised courses, most of them never showed up for

April 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Xi chairs leadership meeting on regular epidemic control, supporting Hubei development

BEIJING – Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, yesterday chaired a leadership meeting on regular epidemic prevention and control and supporting the economic and social development in Hubei province.The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee analyzed the COVID-19 situation at home and abroad.Xi said arduous efforts have brought a decisive outcome to the fight of defending Hubei and its capital

April 30, 2020 | BY admin

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