Sands China has donated 1 million patacas (US$125,000) to four social service organisations in the city to help them assist the community’s most vulnerable cope with the fallout from the COVID-19 epidemic.
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Sands China is donating 30,000 bottles of alcohol-based hand sanitiser gel to local community organisations as part of COVID-19 relief efforts.
The government announced on Monday that it will start paying out its annual wealth-sharing handouts to residents on 1 April.
The Macau government published on Monday an executive order exempting street vendors, secondhand dealers and other traders from paying licence fees this year.
Macau gaming operator Melco has donated 3 million patacas (US$375,000) to the Women’s General Association of Macau, widely known by its Cantonese name Fu Luen.
The number of personal credit cards issued by banks in Macau rose 8.8% year-on-year to 1.4 million at the end of last year.
The company confirms senior management roles ahead of gaming concession renewal in 2022.
Sixteen of the 29 hotels and guesthouses that had closed their doors in Macau in response to the COVID-19 threat have meanwhile reopened.
The government’s income from gaming taxes fell 13.% year-on-year to 8.83 billion patacas (US$1.1 billion) in January.