Macau imposes quarantine on arrivals from all foreign countries

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U announced that with effect from 00:00 today, all those who have been to a foreign country within the past 14 days prior to their entry into Macau must stay under medical surveillance for 14 days in a place designated by the Health Bureau (SSM), considering that Macau has just confirmed its 11th COVID-19 case and the disease is

March 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Consumption smart card website can process up to 250,000 registrations per hour: Macau govt

Registration for consumption smart cards begins at 9 a.m. tomorrow, with the website being able to process 250,000 registrations per hour, the government announced in a press conference at the Macau Trade and Investment Institute (IPIM) yesterday.The government previously said it was giving each Macau permanent and non-permanent residents 3,000 patacas through a smart card to spend locally, as part of its measures to stimulate the local economy, support local businesses and stabilise the job

March 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt gradually reopens cultural venues

After the reopening of some public libraries and museums early this month, the Cultural Bureau (IC) reopened several other cultural facilities yesterday.Many of the bureau’s cultural venues have been closed since February as part of the government’s COVID-19 prevention measures.According to a statement by the bureau, the cultural facilities that partially opened to the public yesterday comprise the city’s UNESCO World Heritage sites namely the Mandarin’s House (only the ground floor and

March 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Young local artist shows her creations within circles

An exhibition entitled “Roude E Terra”, a collection of illustrations by young local artist Aya Lei, is on display at the 10 Fantasia gallery.The event is being co-hosted by the Macau Handcraft and Creative People Association, 10 Fantasia – A Creative Industries Incubator and the St. Lazarus Church District Creative Industries Promotion Association.According to Lei’s Facebook page, the main theme of the exhibition is based on the concept of a “circle”.Geometrically it means the

March 17, 2020 | BY admin

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Lawmakers reject trade union bill for 11th time

The Legislative Assembly (AL) rejected yesterday for the 11th time a trade union bill.The latest version of the bill was submitted by lawmakers Lam Lon Wai and Lei Chan U, both members of the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (generally known as Gung Luen, its Cantonese name). Most of the 16 legislators who rejected the bill said that it should be the government that comes up with a trade union bill. Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong told reporters last week that the government

March 17, 2020 | BY admin

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MGM launches virtual classroom during COVID-19 epidemic

Macau-US gaming operator MGM announced today that it has launched a virtual classroom developed by the local Yorkshire Online Academy for its staff members during the current COVID-19 epidemic. According to an MGM statement, "MGM has once again partnered with Yorkshire Online Academy to transform traditional classroom courses into distance learning mode through harnessing an instructor-led virtual classroom developed by the start-up that allows [MGM] team members to learn and interact

March 16, 2020 | BY admin

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Melco hires 100 local construction workers

Macau gaming operator Melco Resorts and Entertainment said in a statement today that it has offered 100 job opportunities to unemployed local construction workers in conjunction with the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) and Macau Federation of Trade Unions (commonly known as Gung Luen, its Cantonese name). The statement said that the company took the initiative to hire the workers "in light of the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak which heavily impacts the construction

March 16, 2020 | BY admin

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Wynn Resorts to temporarily close Wynn Las Vegas

US-Macau gaming operator Wynn Resorts said in a statement received by The Macau Post Daily today that it has decided to temporarily close Wynn Las Vegas and Encore as part of its continuing effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. According to the statement released in Las Vegas on Sunday, the company "has committed to pay all-full-time Wynn and Encore employees during the closure."The closure will be effective tomorrow (March 17) at 6 p.m. (local time) "and is expected to

March 16, 2020 | BY admin

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SJM Holdings' net profit rises 12.5 pct in 2019

Macau gaming operator SJM Holdings said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today that its net profit rose 12.5 percent year-on-year to HK$3.2 billion in 2019. According to the statement, net gaming revenue increased 1.5 percent to HK$33.16 billion last year, while income from hotels, catering, retail and other businesses grew 5.4 percent to HK$1.05 billion. Adjusted EBITDA increased 13.2 percent to HK$4.2 billion. According to the statement, SJM, a subsidiary of the

March 16, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau regulator lowers base rate to 0.86 pct

The Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM) today lowered its base rate (BR) of the discount window by 64 basis points to 0.86 percent. It was the second time this month for Macau’s quasi-central bank to lower its policy rate. On March 4, it lowered the rate by 50 basis points to 1.50 percent. The regulator said in today’s statement that "as the pataca is linked to the Hong Kong dollar, the movements of policy rates in Hong Kong and Macau should be basically consistent in order tomaintain

March 16, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau confirms 11th COVID-19 case – S Korean woman returning from visit to Portugal

The government’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in the early hours of today that Macau confirmed an imported case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-10) last night, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 11, after the city had not confirmed a new COVID-19 case for 39 consecutive days.According to a statement by the centre, the latest patient is a 26-year-old female non-resident worker from South Korea. The woman left Macau and travelled to Porto with her

March 16, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt to offer locals returning home via HK transport to Macau

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about the local government’s ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) threat, Inês Chan Lou, who heads the Licensing and Inspection Department of the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), announced that from tomorrow to next Sunday, the Macau government will offer Macau residents who arrive at Hong Kong’s airport from Europe transport to Macau, adding that those who want to join the measure will have to register with the Macau

March 16, 2020 | BY admin

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Snapshots of daily life as city fights COVID-19

Pedestrians look at a tree in the courtyard of Alberge SCM. People can toss a coin into a wishing well in the courtyard, make a wish, write it down on a piece of red heart-shaped paper, then hang it onto the tree. The money collected from the wishing well will be transferred to a donation box.A cleaner sweeps the staircase of a residential building.  Shoppers walk in the Venetian’s unusually empty mall. Photos taken over the weekend by Camy Tam and Sally Chong

March 16, 2020 | BY admin

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Woman steals shopping trolley full of goods & cash worth 8,900 patacas

A local woman has been arrested for stealing a shopping trolley filled with goods and a wallet full of cash that was left outside a clothes shop, a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said on Friday.The suspect is a local resident surnamed Wong, 65, who is unemployed.According to the spokesperson, a non-resident worker put her shopping trolley outside a shop in Rua da Emenda when she went in to buy clothes on March 5. When she left the shop, she found her trolley including her wallet had

March 16, 2020 | BY admin

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