The local government has raised from today the quota for its nucleic acid testing (NAT) scheme’s online appointment system to 19,000 people per day.
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Non-local students enrolled in Macao’s higher education institutions are also entitled to the government’s facemask purchase scheme from today, when the scheme’s 22nd round starts.
The Macao government is confident that the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines will be delivered to Macao early next year.
The 7th Macau Industrial Product Show will have 182 booths and over 160 companies will be joining the event, MacExpo Exhibition Co. Ltd., the main organiser, announced in a press conference at the Industrial Association of Macao’s headquarters in Rua do Dr Pedro José Lobo on Monday.
A smart milk tea vending machine developed by University of Macau (UM) students stood out from 1,210 shortlisted entries at the 16th “Challenge Cup” National College Students’ Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Contest and won the first prize, the public university said in a statement on Monday.
The government will introduce facial recognition technology as one of the ways to identify users at its e-services.
The Macau IN volunteer group organised on Sunday a Mid-Autumn Festival activity for families which joined its “dreams-come-true-take-off’ programme 2019 to celebrate and provide support to families.
Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) President José Maria da Fonseca Tavares said last week that his bureau was considering requiring those who want to use its barbecue sites to make an online appointment first, once the sites reopen after their COVID-19 epidemic-induced temporary closures.
Macao’s general unemployment rate for June-August stood at 2.8%, while local residents’ jobless rate amounted to 4.0%, up by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points respectively from the previous survey period (May-July).