The Macau government has confirmed that it has received a request on behalf of ex-secretary for transport and public works Ao Man Long to serve the remainder of his 29-year prison sentence in Portugal, the Portuguese-language daily Hoje Macau (“Today Macau”) reported on Tuesday.
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A local medical team will join a national medical team today which will then depart from Chongqing for Algeria to support the North African country in fighting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.
The Municipal Affairs Bureau’s (IAM) recent decision to disallow a roving exhibition by the non-establishment Union for Democratic Development (UDD) about the June 4 incident was “not political” but for public health reasons, Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon told reporters on Tuesday.
Hospital visitations are once again allowed at the public Conde S. Januário Hospital Centre but for the time being only in the evening and under certain restrictions, the Health Bureau (SSM) has announced.
DSEJ announces that Primary 4 to Primary 6 classes in local schools will resume on May 25, while Primary 1 to Primary 3 pupils will return to school on June 1.
Macau’s population rose to 696,100 at the end of the first quarter, an increase of 16,500 people from the end of last year.
Two dog adoption events were held at the Everyone Stray Dogs Macau Volunteer Group (ESDMVG) canine shelter on Saturday and Sunday. This was the 2nd “Caring Adoption Day” organised by the group during the COVID-19 epidemic, according to its Facebook page.
An agreement to relax cross-border quarantine measures between Hong Kong, Guangdong province and Macau could be reached within weeks.
Primary students scheduled to return to classes in two stages, only 3 COVID-19 patients remain hospitalised and the 12th round of mask distribution begins on Tuesday.