The government announced on Monday that it will start paying out its annual wealth-sharing handouts to residents on 1 April.
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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.
Former president of the government’s Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute Jackson Chang will go on trial on April 27 for a raft of alleged crimes such as organised crime, corruption, money laundering and breach of secrecy.
29 of the city’s 41 casinos will reopen for business today (Thursday), while the remaining 12 casinos have applied to defer reopening their doors.