Caritas Macau has plans to run a travel agency as a social enterprise to help people with disabilities go on trips.
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A glass door of a musical instrument shop in Estrada Coronel Nicolau de Mesquita in Taipa shattered and injured five people on Saturday, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said at the weekend.
Macao's number of visitor arrivals in the first four days of the 8-day National Day/Mid-Autumn Festival holiday fell by 87.4% year-on-year to 77,092.
The Hong Kong government is planning to set up a "health code" system that allows quarantine-free travel among Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macao.
Macau Pass plans to extend its MPay electronic wallet to Hong Kong next year in conjunction with the latter's Octopus Holdings cashless payment platform.
Macao's visitor arrivals on the first two days of the eight-day National Day Golden Week (1-2 October) fell by 87.2% year-on-year to 37,619.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said on Thursday that Macao looks forward to welcoming tourists from Hong Kong once the neighbouring SAR is deemed a ‘low-risk’ city.
Macao's imports of food and beverages fell by 26.2% year-on-year to MOP 6.68 billion (US$835 million) in the first eight months of the year.
Macao's 38 casinos last month recorded their best gross gaming revenue since March, reaching MOP 2.2 billion (US$277 million).
Macao will give better play to its platform role in serving the nation’s “dual-cycle” development pattern that is based on a domestic and an international economic cycle, but with the domestic cycle being the mainstay, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U has ordered the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) to review its granting of subsidies to local schools for various projects over the past five years, and submit a report to her within three months.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said on Wednesday that for the time being the conditions were still not ripe for the mutual recognition of the Macao Health Code and the health codes of more provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the mainland, as their respective governments were “not keen” on the matter, aside from […]