Incumbent Lai Kin Hong opts to take early retirement after spending more than two decades in post.
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Drug dealers, usurers, human smugglers, fraudsters and other crooks rounded up; hundreds deported, three immediately sent to jail.
Specific groups required to take two NATs after visiting Shenzhen or other regions outside Guangdong following latest pandemic developments in neighbouring regions.
Macao’s hopes of profiting from the annual holiday crumble following snap ruling from neighbouring regions keen to stick to zero Covid-19 targets.
Raid marks end of cross-border investigation; pimps’ website featured adverts, erotic photos, chat groups and reviews to lure clients. Case handed to Public Prosecutions Office.
Arrivals will not be required to wait at airport for test results and just need to undergo three days’ home or hotel medical surveillance.
Special BioNTech mRNA vaccine for very young kids due to arrive in Macao next month or in November; amount of doses unknown.
First phase will expand visa-free entry, raise passenger quota and end saliva tests from 29 September; self-health monitoring replaces quarantine from 13 October.
Gamblers sidestepped gaming inspectors’ attempts to enforce law; former Suncity boss denies running illegal online betting in Macao. Case continues today.