A total of 129,967 mainlanders visited Macao between 1-7 October during the National Day/Mid-Autumn Festival Golden Week holiday, a year-on-year decline of 83.6%.
Day: October 8, 2020
The Hong Kong government announced the extension of restricted movement between people in Hong Kong and other places to last until 31 December, as well as the implementation of corresponding boundary control measures or compulsory quarantine measures on inbound travellers.
The government has relinquished all its shares in the Macau New Technologies Incubator Centre (Manetic) which, notwithstanding the government’s retreat, will continue to operate.
SJM executive-cum-lawmaker Angela Leong On Kei told reporters that there is a high probability that the opening of the Grand Lisboa Palace casino-hotel resort in Cotai will be postponed until next year.
The annual World Press Photo exhibition, which opened on 25 September and was slated to end on 18 October, was shut early due to “internal management problems” at the weekend.
A Public Security Police (PSP) officer and his wife have been arrested for allegedly cheating two men out of HK$10 million in a casino chip redemption deal.
A 19-year-old local man surnamed Leong was arrested for sexually abusing his intoxicated ex-girlfriend at her flat last week.
A female sales assistant of a bakery in Nam Van was seriously injured last night after being hit by a falling bread shelf, trapping her between the shelf and a beverage refrigerator.