Five people suspected of working for a Hong Kong drug-trafficking gang have been arrested, with police seizing drugs worth 220,000 patacas, as well as 74,000 patacas in cash.
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Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) officials found scores of illegal fishing nets floating on the surface of the fairway in the Inner Harbour on Tuesday.
"Given the recent situation of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Germany, France, Spain and Japan", Macau's Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) "has issued a Level 2 Travel Alert to those destinations."
Contrary to news reports claiming that Thailand's visa-free arrangements for certain countries and regions had been cancelled, the visa exemptions for the holders of passports of the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau "will not be affected" and "remain the same."
A total of 3,100 gaming tables have resumed operation since the reopening of casinos in February, representing 46% of the total number of tables.
Health Bureau stressed honesty in travel history declarations after it announced that one mainland tourist had been dishonest in the declaration but managed to enter and exit Macau.
The government now expects classes in local schools to resume no later than April 20, as the epidemic in Macau and its neighbouring cities, namely Zhuhai and Zhongshan, has stabilised.
The Macau government said on Tuesday it was planning for the city's schools to reopen "no later than April 20."
Macau's general unemployment rate, which comprises local and non-resident workers, and local residents' jobless rate remained unchanged at 1.7% and 2.3% respectively in the November 2019-January 2020 survey period.
The Macau government has received 160,000 facemasks from an anonymous donor.
The Macau government's income from gross gaming revenue taxes fell 12.1% year-on-year to MOP 17.23 billion (US$2.15 billion) in the first two months of the year.
Up to 4 p.m. Monday about 1,200 local residents enrolled in higher education institutions outside Macau had registered for the new measure that allows them to buy facemasks via the local government’s facemask purchase scheme.