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Macau, China, 24 June – Macau’s health authorities today confirmed a further four cases of A H1N1 influenza, all imported, taking the total number of identified infections to 12. Eleven of the patients are in isolation wards in the local public hospital, but the first two cases recorded are likely to leave hospital soon. The […]

Macau, China, 24 Jun – The number of visitors that travelled to Macau in the first five months of the year fell 10 percent when compared to the same period in 2008, the director of the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) said on Tuesday. Tourism director Jose Manuel Costa Antunes, who spoke at the MGTO […]

Macau, China, 24 Jun – Air Macau shareholder SEAP (Serviços, Administração e Participações), a consortium that includes TAP Air Portugal and BNU (part of Portuguese banking group Caixa Geral de Depósitos), initiated legal proceedings in the Court of Macau to block the financial restructuring of the Macau airline. Carlos Pimentel, TAP’s representative at Air Macau, […]

Macau, China, 23 Jun – The Macau Health Bureau today confirmed the first case of local infection of the human swine flu A H1N1, on the same day that two other cases of the virus were identified, increasing the total number of cases to eight. According to Health Bureau director Lei Chin Ion, as Macau […]

Macau, China, 22 Jun – Macau’s Department of Health confirmed over the weekend a further two cases of A H1N1 flu, or so-called swine flu, taking the number of infected people in the territory to three. The health authorities said that one of the two new cases was a female flight attendant from the local […]

Macau, China, 19 Jun – The tourism authorities of Macau and the Chinese city of Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong, will carry out joint promotions in Taiwan, South Korea and Japan in 2010 to disclose the potential of the two cities was officially announced. The decision was taken on Thursday following a meeting between the  Director […]

Macau, China, 18 Jun –  Macau is primarily a destination for the trafficking of women and girls from the Chinese mainland, Mongolia, Russia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, and Central Asia for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation,  according to a  report  by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the United States […]

Macau, China, 18 Jun – The Macau Health Bureau  confirmed today the first case of  the A H1N1 virus in the territory after a high fever was detected in a Philippine national who arrived in Macau on Wednesday. The Filipino arrived on a flight from Manila by Cebu Pacific Airlines  and the authorities are looking […]