Ho rules out tax cut for casino operators

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng today ruled out a tax cut for Macau's gaming operators. "There are no plans for reducing the tax," Ho said during a press conference about his 2020 Policy Address when asked by a reporter whether the government was planning to cut the direct gaming tax rate, which stands at 35 percent of casino operators' gross gaming revenue. The press conference was held at Government Headquarters about 30 minutes after Ho's 2020 Policy Address in the nearby

April 20, 2020 | BY admin

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2019 was Macau's hottest year on record

Macau recorded its hottest year in 2019 since official records began in 1952, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. According to the bureau's 2019 environmental statistics report, Macau's annual mean air temperature rose 0.8ºC  year-on-year to 23.6ºC last year, "marking the warmest year since records began in 1952."The highest temperature of the year was 35.7ºC in July and August, down by 0.1ºC compared to the highest temperature recorded in 2018. Last

April 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Ho says COVID-19 epidemic 'basically under control'

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said today that the novel coronavirus epidemic in Macau "is basically under control", thanks to the special administrative region's efficient measures against the disease. Ho made the remark in his 2020 Policy Address in the hemicycle of the Legislative Assembly (AL) this afternoon. The 62-year-old chief executive said the local authorities' measures against the highly infectious disease were now focused on preventing imported cases and a local

April 20, 2020 | BY admin

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COVID-19 fighters boost civil service image – Editorial

The round-the-clock struggle of Macau’s health care workers, law enforcement officers and other government employees against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has given a big boost to the image of our civil service, the Health Bureau in particular, apart from potentially saving countless lives. All those involved in the local authorities’ battle against the highly infectious virus have shown that Macau’s civil servants can indeed be diligent, competent and efficient,

April 20, 2020 | BY admin

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F4 to F6 pupils to return to school on May 4: govt

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Director Lou Pak Sang announced that Form 4 to Form 6 classes in local schools will resume on May 4 and Form 1 to Form 3 pupils will return to school on May 11, while his bureau will later decide and announce the class resumption schedule for primary school pupils as well as special needs education and kindergarten pupils after assessing the

April 20, 2020 | BY admin

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G2E Asia postponed to December, due to COVID-19

Macau’s annual Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia exhibition has been postponed once again due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this time to December 1-3. The G2E organisers – the American Gaming Association (AGA) and Reed Exhibitions – announced the second postponement in a statement last week. “Based on our continued monitoring of the global health crisis, and in consultation with our customers and the Macau government, we have made the difficult decision to postpone G2E Asia to

April 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

People hang out at Rotunda de Carlos da Maia (“Three Lamps”) A store is packed with shoppers with their children.People enjoy a show at the Venetian in Cotai. People do their grocery shopping in the popular Rua da Emenda.Photos taken over the weekend by Camy Tam and Monica Leong 

April 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Bus stops at ‘A Ma La’ rearranged as 1st phase of renovation completed

The bus stops at the Praça Ferreira do Amaral transport hub have been rearranged since Saturday, following the completion of the first phase of the renovation project, according to a statement by the Transport Bureau (DSAT).In Cantonese, the square is known as “A Ma La”.According to the DSAT statement on Friday, the buses which pass through the terminus will halt at the relocated stops between lanes A and H.The bus routes which previously stopped both in the square and outside Hotel Lisboa

April 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Red Market street vendors move to new stalls

Street vendors outside the Red Market have gradually moved to their new stalls since last week after the area’s revamp by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM).According to an IAM statement last week, the bureau has improved the overall business environment in the area outside the Red Market. The renovation project had been carried out in several stages since last year. The project has been completed recently and the vendors have reopened their stalls.The Red Market is one of the city’s

April 20, 2020 | BY admin

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COVID-19 is a call for a resilient globalization

Commentary by Wang HuiyaoCOVID-19 has inflamed debate about the future of globalization. Even before the outbreak, rising protectionism and populism led some to question the wisdom of open borders and long, multi-step supply chains. Now, as contagion and equipment shortages sweep the globe, it seems as though interconnectedness itself is under attack.The pandemic has shown how deeply entwined all of our fates are. It is also a wake-up call to vulnerabilities in our global systems. But we must

April 20, 2020 | BY Wang Huiyao

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Wuhan doctor recalls first encounter with mysterious virus

Zhang Jixian, a Wuhan respiratory doctor, is hailed as the first doctor to alert the medical system of the novel coronavirus. She recalls how the novel coronavirus, an alien pathogen facing mankind, emerged from a seemingly ordinary case of an elderly couple in late December.Interview by Yao Yuan, Ma Yujie, Zhou Jialu and Hou WenkunWUHAN – The devil is in the detail. In the case of Zhang Jixian, hailed as the first doctor to alert the medical system of the novel coronavirus, the devil that

April 20, 2020 | BY admin

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Ho to deliver 2020 Policy Address tomorrow

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng will deliver his 2020 Policy Address in the hemicycle of the Legislative Assembly (AL) tomorrow afternoon, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement today. The session will start at 3 p.m. It will be followed by a press conference at Government Headquarters from 5 p.m.Informed sources have told The Macau Post Daily that the policy address will focus on the government’s raft of measures to support local residents and businesses during

April 19, 2020 | BY admin

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1 more of Macau's 45 COVID-19 patients discharged, 28 still in hospital

One more of Macau's 45 COVID-19 patients was discharged from hospital today, leaving just 28 patients still hospitalised, according to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre. The 19-year-old local male student, who returned to Macau from New York via Hong Kong after visiting Mexico, was today transferred from the isolation war of the public Conde de S. Januario Hospital to the Public Health Clinical Centre in Coloane for 14 days of quarantine and medical observation, Alvis

April 17, 2020 | BY admin

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G2E Asia postponed (again) to December, due to COVID-19

Macau's annual Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia exhibition has been postponed again due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this time to December 1-3. The G2E organisers - the American Gaming Association (AGA) and Reed Exhibitions - announced the second postponement in a statement received by The Macau Post Daily today. "Based on our continued monitoring of the global health crisis, and in consultation with our customers and the Macau government, we have made the difficult decision to

April 17, 2020 | BY admin

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