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.”
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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.
The FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) has updated the calendar of races for the 2020 season on its website and it does not include Macao.
The government provisionally plans that it will pick-up local residents studying overseas who arrive at Hong Kong’s airport and transport them back to Macao.
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.
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.