The government announced on Thursday that it will launch a one-year pilot scheme next month to pay a monthly subsidy of MOP 2,175 to those who are looked after by a caregiver.
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The government has decided not to carry out a public consultation on a research report on the city’s urban renewal process which it has commissioned a consultancy to carry out, as the government had already launched a public consultation late last year on the drafting of a bill regulating the city’s urban renewal process.
Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) celebrated its 25th anniversary and the Opening Ceremony of the Silver Jubilee Building on its Taipa campus on Thursday.
Gaming operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited reported on Thursday an 85% year-on-year decline in its third-quarter total operating revenues to US$210 million.
Three men were arrested between last month and this week for their involvement in fake employment.
Two men were arrested on Tuesday for cheating a mainland woman out of 500,000 yuan in a gambling scam.
Hong Kong police launched a hotline on Thursday inviting residents to report breaches of the national security law in Hong Kong via various channels such as WeChat and email.
Until 25 October a daily average of 21,000 visitors entered Macao from the mainland, adding that at its peak 25,000 visitors entered Macao from the mainland in one day.
The government aimed for the construction of some 23,000 public housing units on Zone A to get off the ground by 2024.
Two men were arrested on Tuesday for stealing and fencing goods worth more than MOP 350,000.
A 24-year-old local man with a criminal record for sexual harassment in Macao and the mainland was arrested last Friday for committing the same crime involving another local schoolboy in the city’s northern district.
Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said on Tuesday that the Macao government is considering the possible easing of its months-long ban on foreigners entering Macao, provided that they enter Macao from COVID-19 low-risk areas, such as the Chinese mainland.