Bank of China, Limited (BOC) and Banco Nacional Ultramarino, SA (BNU) will both remain the issuers of the Macao currency until 2030, based under new agency contracts for the issuance of banknotes that had been signed today.
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Public Security Police officers discovered that a Hong Kong car with a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao triple licence plate was used in an attempt to enter Macao by evading Covid-19 quarantine and entry curb measures.
The female sales assistant of a bakery in Nam Van who was hit by a falling bread shelf on Wednesday night was still in a critical condition.
Two sisters were arrested on Wednesday for running a pyramid investment scheme that cheated investors at least out of MOP 3.69 million.
The Macao SAR government is considering mandating the installation of gas detectors in restaurants, according to reports.
The Amsterdam-based World Press Photo Foundation says it is following up with local partner Casa de Portugal em Macau (CPM) to find out why the World Press Photo Exhibition unexpectedly closed this month.
On this year’s World Sight Day, which is designated to be on the second Thursday of every October, Orbis advocated the importance of eye health and explained “The Silent Thief of Sight” – glaucoma.
The local Mandarin Oriental hotel has been awarded 10th place in the “Top 20 Hotels in China” category of the annual Readers’ Choice Awards of Condé Nast Traveler magazine.
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%.
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.