Asian Development Bank and Japan will also assist with runway extension and construction of passenger terminal. Airport due to open in 2025.
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Negotiations continue as Australian company admits possibility of construction of gas pipeline with connection to Timor-Leste.
Cases range from 11-year-old girl to 77-year-old woman; hundreds of residents locked down in seven Red Code Zones.
A total of six cases reported today so far while cabbie cluster increases to 23; Macao International Marathon to go ahead tomorrow.
Both okay on arrival but tested positive later after visiting various locations in Cotai; both currently being treated in isolation.
City also records two new cases related to this week’s cabbie cluster: one dined in Tong Kei, another in Sang Kei Seafood Restaurant. Health authorities say new cases’ risks of community transmission remain low.
Telephone survey to establish reasons for dropping out, and establish willingness to return to school, runs until 23 December.
Transport Secretary Raimundo do Rosário admits system is ‘expensive’ but insists Macao’s public transport needs to be improved; no figures released yet.
Region returns to normal after government forces resume control from insurgents. Renovation likely to cost US$9 million.