BNU existing control mechanisms are effective, the bank’s CEO assures, after documents leaked from the US federal agency FinCEN point to suspect financial transactions in Macao.
Day: September 21, 2020
Macao’s economy will recover in 2021 from a 63% fall projected for this year with the Special Administrative Region’s “fortunes tied to a recovery in Chinese tourism”, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) says.
Macao’s composite consumer price index for last month rose a mere 0.03% year-on-year, the lowest growth recorded since November 2009.
The chief of the Areia Preta fire station, Kuok Pan, told reporters that a fire at Macao Water’s headquarters in Ilha Verde yesterday morning was probably caused by a malfunctioning wall-mounted electric fan.
The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement on Sunday that it “solemnly” condemns the violence against a public bus driver at a bus stop outside Patane Market at about 11 pm on Saturday.
A professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education of the private University of Saint Joseph (USJ) has revealed that according to the Catholic university’s recent research, 40% of its respondents suffer from different levels of depression, adding that 10% of them said that they had had suicidal thoughts.
A local man was arrested on Thursday for defrauding his ex-colleague out of MOP 485,000 after claiming that he was able to help the victim’s mother get back HK$200,000 which she had lost in an online dating scam.
An exhibition entitled “Macao’s Mangroves: A Coastal Treasure” co-organised by the Institute of Science and Environment of the private University of Saint Joseph (USJ), non-governmental organisation Clean the World and gaming operator Sands Macao, is being held on the Catholic university’s Ilha Verde campus to present the natural environment of mangroves.