The onetime Tak Chun boss was found to have facilitated HK$1.5 billion in covert bets at local casinos over a six-year period.
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The number of days that saw the mercury go beyond 33ºC last year is well beyond the climatological norm, the latest figures show.
Officials say that flooding and high rainfall in the upper reaches of the Pearl River are causing tonnes of trash to wash up on Macao’s shores, with wind patterns worsening the problem.
The two were found guilty of bribery, money laundering and other crimes in a graft case involving 19 other defendants.
A local newspaper has raised doubts about the city’s low Covid-19 mortality rate, but authorities insist they are following international reporting guidelines.
In a symbolic move marking Macao’s emergence from the Covid-19 pandemic, health officials will be switching off the once-mandatory Health Code app.
But there is some good news: Macao also enjoyed more days when the air quality index was at levels deemed ‘good’ by the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau.
Macao’s covid management authorities say Hong Kong residents will once again be allowed to use automated barriers at checkpoints when entering mainland China.
The latest forecasts show that Macao is about to enter into a spring season with higher temperatures and less rainfall than normal.