The government advises residents to continue to wear a facemask when out and about for the time being despite the fact that Macao’s COVID-19 epidemic has eased for a long time.
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From tomorrow, Macao vehicles with a Guangdong-Macao dual licence plate will be permitted to cross the Macao-Zhuhai border without the need to make an appointment online.
The value of Macao’s retail sales fell 61.3% year-on-year in the second quarter to 6.92 billion amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Macau Service Sector Employees General Association said in a statement on Monday that over 96% of the respondents of a survey that it carried out recently said that they support the government’s decision to run a vocational training subsidy scheme during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Charles Chi, president of Charlestrong Café Company Limited, said in a speech on Monday that his company aimed to create a local coffee brand, “Café Diliy”, using East Timor organic coffee beans, adding he hoped that the coffee brand would become a “unique Macao souvenir”.
The number of new coronavirus cases in Hong Kong dropped to just nine on Monday – the lowest since the beginning of July.
Secondary schools, primary schools and kindergartens will return to in-class teaching at the beginning of September.
Part of a metal-framed structure in the ongoing reconstruction project of the corridor between Zhuhai’s Gongbei checkpoint and Macao’s Barrier Gate checkpoint collapsed near the Gongbei side on Saturday afternoon.
Macao’s preliminary balance of payments (BOP) for last year recorded a surplus of MOP 12.1 billion.