Due to the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Macao’s population fell by 10,700 quarter-on-quarter to 685,400 at the end of the second quarter
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The Economic Services Bureau (DSE) reminded the public in a statement on Sunday that its “special feature shops programme” was launched last month to promote 41 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and prepare them for the post-Covid-19 reopening of the city.
The 2020 ASEAN Gaming Summit that was to take place in Macao has been cancelled, announced today by its organisers.
A total of 2,438 new companies were registered in Macao in the first half of this year, down by 25.6% year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC).
Wynn Macau said that its total operating revenues fell 98.2% year-on-year to US$20.6 million (MOP 163.9 million) in the first quarter of the year.
The Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed unanimously a government-initiated bill which allows the government to take on debt of up to MOP 2.2 billion (US$275.6 million) for its two loan guarantee schemes for local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The Legislative Assembly’s (AL) Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs will continue to monitor the government’s immovable property, especially when the government is running a budget deficit this year.
Macao’s broad money supply rose 3.7% month-on-month in June with a stable share of patacas, the Macao Monetary Authority (AMCM) said in a statement on Tuesday.
A review of the Greater Bay Area in southern China has identified shortcomings that have slowed progress on Beijing’s plan for the region to become a hi-tech hub, including not enough research facilities and poor coordination and flow of talent and capital between the cities.