Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said on Monday that the way the government will give residents its annual “wealth-sharing” handout next year would depend on their views and the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he reaffirmed that the government would continue sharing the city’s wealth with residents in cash if “everybody” prefers it that way.
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A local man with a record of theft was arrested on Sunday for stealing five bottles of red wine from a supermarket worth more than MOP 1,250.
Fourteen suspects were arrested on Sunday in Macao and Zhuhai for alleged people-smuggling using sampans to carry mainlanders illegally in and out of Zhuhai and Macao.
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre has announced that it has decided to suspend a new measure which would have required players and performers in all local sports contests to be tested for COVID-19 every seven days.
A local man in charge of a local clinic was arrested on Saturday for cheating the government’s medical subsidy fund out of over MOP 642,000 through the illegal use of healthcare vouchers in 2017.
The Macao Customs Service said in a statement last night that its officers caught two local parallel traders earlier this week who were using a car parked in a public car park as a goods collection point with the intention of smuggling goods to Zhuhai on foot.
A 70-year-old local jobless man has told the police that he has been cheated out of 400,000 yuan (MOP 483,170) in a retirement investment scam, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said at a regular press conference on Wednesday.
A local man was arrested on Monday for drunk driving, evading responsibility and driving without a licence, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference on Wednesday.
The government has announced that the city’s public bus drivers, taxi drivers and those operating Light Rail Transit (LRT) trains can now make an appointment to undergo a one-off Covid-19 test free of charge.