Sands China Ltd. reported a net loss of US$549 million for the fiscal second quarter, according to an announcement made on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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The government has decided not to cancel sampling via oropharyngeal swabs in its nucleic acid testing (NAT) scheme, after considering residents’ preferences in having their samples collected for a COVID-19 test by this method.
The government has raised the quota for its NAT scheme’s online appointment system to 11,000 people per day, adding that it believes that this can meet the demand by local residents to cross the Macao-Zhuhai border.
Lau Fong Chi from the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) confirmed during Wednesday’s press conference that no residents had been able to sign up for the helicopter itinerary of its Macao tour scheme due to system overload.
The number of residential and commercial property sales plunged in the first half of the year amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced economic recession. According to real estate experts, the situation today is similar to 2014, when the property market was reeling from a sharp contraction in gross gaming revenue.
The United Nations University Institute in Macau (UNU Macau) and Caritas Macau announced on Wednesday a five-year strategic partnership to strengthen cooperation on projects that promote policy as well as practice-relevant research and capacity building activities in the fields of sustainable community development, social innovation, and civil society cyber resilience.
Lawmaker-cum-activist Sulu Sou Ka Hou, a vice-president of the non-establishment New Macau Association (NMA), said on Wednesday that he submitted a bill on the disclosure of accounts by publicly subsidised associations to the Legislative Assembly (AL) last week, proposing a number of amendments to current legislation on the matter.
A male non-resident worker was arrested on Tuesday for using his smartphone to film an upskirt video of a local woman, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said during a regular press conference on Wednesday.
The 7th Macau Industrial Product Show will take place from 1 to 4 October, and there will be some special products on offer for the general public that will be sold for just one pataca, Wang Sai Man, a vice-chairman of the board of directors of one of the main organisers, the Industrial Association of Macau, said on Wednesday.