The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced on Thursday that nucleic acid tests (NATs) for the city’s about 50,000 restaurant workers will start tomorrow.
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Kenny Lee Koi Ian, general manager of Seng Fung Jewellery, told reporters on Thursday that the city’s gold retail sector is expecting more sales in the second half of this year after the mainland’s travel restrictions are lifted.
Japanese casual-wear apparel company Uniqlo will open its biggest Macao shop in on 30 September close to the Ruins of St Paul’s that will for the first time in Hong Kong and Macao feature a UTme! design-your-own T-shirt service.
A haul of about 3,000 items worth about MOP 3.8 million, such as second-hand laptops and cosmetic products, were seized in Macao and Zhuhai on Tuesday after the two cities’ law enforcement agencies jointly busted an illegal parallel trading racket.
Nine men were arrested on Tuesday for conspiring to provide forged documents to defraud a local bank by applying for bogus car loans, two of which totalling HK$900,000 (MOP 926,862) were paid to the applicants.
The zebra crossings on two junctions in the busy Avenida do Coronel Mesquita will be replaced by traffic light-controlled crossings from Saturday, with the aim of ensuring the safety of pedestrians, schoolchildren in particular.
JP Morgan Securities Asia Pacific analysts said in a note this week that Macao’s daily run-rate of roughly US$5.4 million (MOP 43.4 million) in casino win last month was the same as July’s, calling the figure “disappointing”.
The public University of Macau (UM) said in a statement on Wednesday that in-person classes will resume on Monday, adding that “courses scheduled for the first semester of the new academic year will be mainly conducted face-to-face”.
Ho Kuai Seng, a member of the Central District Community Service Consultative Council, said on Wednesday he deplored the government’s belated announcement about some of the back-to-school arrangements, adding that it caused parents and pupils unnecessary stress.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng talks with Wu Chou Kit chairman of the general meeting of the Macau Institute of Engineers (AEM) and other representatives of the professional body at Government Headquarters on Thursday.
Hong Kong recorded today its lowest number of new Covid-19 cases in almost two months.
Two local men were arrested on Monday for buying drugs online from overseas and having them delivered by courier to Macao via the mainland.