Only 15% of secondary school pupils have a clear, long-term plan for their future, according to a survey conducted by the General Association of Chinese Students of Macau (AECM) and Macau Youth Research Association.
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The Health Bureau’s (SSM) Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance of Diseases Department Coordinator Leong Iek Hou has announced today that the local authorities have adjusted the facemask purchase scheme to include 30 facemasks per pack.
Hong Kong recorded about 120 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday the eighth day in a row in which the city had more than 100 new infections.
The Macao government opened today a public tender for the main construction of the Seac Pai Van Line of the light rail.
The local government’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement on Tuesday that from today all those who have entered Guangdong from Macao can now travel within the whole province.
The Guangdong government’s quarantine lifting for arrivals from Macao is applicable to Macao residents and mainlanders as well as Hong Kong people and Taiwan people who live either in Macao or Guangdong and commute between the two regions.
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.
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%.