Macao’s five hospitals provided a total of 1,628 in-patient beds last year, up by 24 year-on-year, while their number of inpatients rose 3.9% to 62,000, with the average hospital stay up by 0.2 days to 7.4 days.
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Five plots of idle land in Fai Chi Kei and Areia Preta areas will be transformed into leisure spaces, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement on Thursday.
Hong Kong and Macao haven’t changed their aim of restoring travel among the three regions, but the Macao government can only announce gradual relaxation of current border entry curbs when “practicable” measures without increasing COVID-19 risk.
The annual internship application period for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has been extended to June 22.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng met with the top officials of Guangdong province this week to exchange views on a wide range of topics, such as boosting Guangdong-Macao ties.
The Hong Kong Health Secretary Sophia Chan announced Tuesday that the ban on foreign non-residents entering the city, that was due to expire on June 18, will be extended until September 18.
Sands China said in a statement this week it “believes it will be able to support its continuing operations, complete the major construction projects that are underway, and respond to the current COVID-19 pandemic challenges.”
The Macao Science Centre (MSC) incurred a loss of MOP 165 million last year, Mak Soi Kun, who heads the legislature’s Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs, quoted its representatives as saying on Tuesday.
Prices of frozen meat from Brazil could increase by 40–50% due to the novel coronavirus pandemic that has caused the shutdown of more than 10% of meat factories in Brazil.