Macao’s population at the end of the third quarter was down by 2,600 quarter-to-quarter to 682,800, due to a drop in the number of non-resident workers living here.
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The Health Bureau (SSM) is recalling “SALONPAS ADVANCED FORMULA PATCHES (6.5cm x 4.2cm)” manufactured by Japan’s Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Inc, according to a statement from the bureau on Wednesday.
A man fell off a building in Edificio Vai Chui Garden, on Rua de Nam Keng in Taipa, at about 12 noon today.
The government could announce as soon as today that Hong Kong people living in Guangdong and Macao can be exempted from quarantine after returning to Hong Kong.
Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) President Jorge Neto Valente told reporters on Tuesday that he “regrets” the Judicial Council’s statement on Monday about him, claiming that the general public were not “stupid” and “people [could] see” that what Court of Final Appeal (TUI) President Sam Hou Fai said last month was “not allowed by law”.
Certain foreigners – non-resident workers, spouses or offspring of a Macao resident, or those who’ve been admitted to local tertiary institutions – can now apply for exemptions from Macao’s months-long ban on foreign nationals entering Macao, provided they enter the city from mainland China.
The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) will relax the arrangements for family members to visit their loved in the city’s elderly care homes from tomorrow, after consulting opinions from the Health Bureau (SSM).
The Higher Education Bureau (DSES) held an experience-sharing event last week for local tertiary education students who had joined the bureau’s scheme to intern at science and technology enterprises in Guangdong for one day.
A public bus crashed into a restaurant in Taipa at about noon today, injuring seven people – four females and three males – aged between 33 and 88.