The director of GCS, Chan Lou, the president of the Holy House of Mercy Antonio Freitas and legislator Vong Hin Fai have been appointed as new members of the non-executive board of directors of TDM.
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The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) has announced that it expects the construction of the new headquarters of the Macau Customs Service on the land reclamation area officially known as Zone E1 to get off the ground in the first half of next year.
Wenmix Chan Kwok Ho, who heads the Environmental Protection Bureau’s Environmental Infrastructure Management Centre (DSPA), told reporters on Tuesday that the bureau has recycled 45,132 used ICT (information and communications technology) products and electrical household appliances since the launch of the bureau’s “Electronic and Electrical Equipment Recycling Programme” in January.
The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) said in a statement yesterday that it expects Macao’s schools to have 85,014 pupils when the new school year 2020/21 starts next month, a 2.8 per cent increase from the 82,683 pupils in the previous school year.
From next month, Macao residents who undergo their 14 days of quarantine and medical observation at one of the government’s “quarantine hotels” will also have to pay a fee of MOP 5,600 from the second time onwards.
The government advises residents to continue to wear a facemask when out and about for the time being despite the fact that Macao’s COVID-19 epidemic has eased for a long time.
From tomorrow, Macao vehicles with a Guangdong-Macao dual licence plate will be permitted to cross the Macao-Zhuhai border without the need to make an appointment online.
The Macau Service Sector Employees General Association said in a statement on Monday that over 96% of the respondents of a survey that it carried out recently said that they support the government’s decision to run a vocational training subsidy scheme during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The number of new coronavirus cases in Hong Kong dropped to just nine on Monday – the lowest since the beginning of July.