About 54,000 senior citizens will have the money from the government’s annual cash injection into their Central Provident Fund accounts transferred into their bank accounts on 21 August.
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Due to the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local economy, local residents’ unemployment rate rose by 0.6 percentage points to 3.5% in the second quarter from the previous quarter.
Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the local economy, Macao’s number of non-resident workers fell by 7,071 between the end of January and the end of last month, a decline of 3.6%.
Hong Kong confirmed 106 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, a fall of more than a quarter from the record high the previous day.
The Macao government has toughened its Covid-19 measures for all arrivals who have been in Xinjiang or Liaoning within 14 days prior to their entry into Macao.
The Health Bureau has removed the payment counter at its NAT programme’s main testing station in the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On since most of those undergoing their nucleic acid tests now choose to pay the testing fee of MOP 180 online when making online appointments for tests.
Hong Kong reported on Monday a record number of 145 new coronavirus infections, 142 of which are local cases.
Hong Kong has unveiled the strictest social distancing restrictions yet – including the suspension of all restaurant dining and a ban on more than two people gathering in public – with Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung describing the coronavirus situation in the city as “extremely worrying”.
Sources say the Hong Kong Executive Council has approved the implementation of tougher anti-epidemic measures like a complete ban on dining-in at restaurants, and make masks mandatory even at outdoor venues.