Some of the city’s daycare centres for senior citizens and rehabilitation centres for different groups of users will reopen in phases from next Monday.
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Around 18,000 Primary 1 to 3 pupils from 59 schools returned to school on Monday.
Two local men and a non-resident worker were arrested for using other people’s government-issued consumption subsidy smartcards which they found in the street, the Public Security Police (PSP) announced on Friday.
The government has announced that employees, the self-employed and companies will receive financial support from the middle of this month, as one of its measures to tackle the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Macao.
76 million facemasks have been sold under the government’s facemask purchase scheme since its launch in late January — 14th round of facemask distribution begins today.
Four local associations have jointly asked the government to protect the marine environment, improve the city’s sewage treatment plant, impose a speed limit on ferries and investigate the cause of deaths of the cetaceans recently washed ashore on the city’s coastline.
The police said in separate messages over the weekend that they are investigating two deaths.
Macao’s gross domestic product (GDP) dropped 48.7 per cent year-on-year in real terms in Q1.
Activists are planning to hold their annual June 4 vigil at a private venue after Macao’s top court upheld a police ban on holding the event in a public place.