University of Hong Kong microbiologist suggested that wet markets should switch to electronic payments.
Day: August 5, 2020
Wynn Macau said that its total operating revenues fell 98.2% year-on-year to US$20.6 million (MOP 163.9 million) in the first quarter of the year.
Hong Kong could expect another 85 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, a medical source said, although growing clusters at two wet markets mean fears of a wider outbreak remain.
The Legislative Assembly passed a government-initiated bill regulating its civil protection work, according to which those spreading rumours when “unforeseen public incidents” will face a prison term of up to three years.
The Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed unanimously a government-initiated bill which allows the government to take on debt of up to MOP 2.2 billion (US$275.6 million) for its two loan guarantee schemes for local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The Legislative Assembly’s (AL) Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs will continue to monitor the government’s immovable property, especially when the government is running a budget deficit this year.
Macao’s broad money supply rose 3.7% month-on-month in June with a stable share of patacas, the Macao Monetary Authority (AMCM) said in a statement on Tuesday.
Si Nei Na, deputy convener of the Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council, said that representatives from the Civil Protection and Operation Centre discussed the results of this year’s ‘Crystal Fish’ drill during the council’s regular meeting yesterday, adding that the centre was considering to add a “fallen window incident training” to the drill, in preparation for typhoon season.
Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council member Ng Chio Wai suggested at a regular meeting on Tuesday that the government should help the elderly tackle the psychological problems that many of them have when dealing with digital technology.
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