BNU existing control mechanisms are effective, the bank’s CEO assures, after documents leaked from the US federal agency FinCEN point to suspect financial transactions in Macao.
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Macao’s economy will recover in 2021 from a 63% fall projected for this year with the Special Administrative Region’s “fortunes tied to a recovery in Chinese tourism”, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) says.
Macao’s composite consumer price index for last month rose a mere 0.03% year-on-year, the lowest growth recorded since November 2009.
The chief of the Areia Preta fire station, Kuok Pan, told reporters that a fire at Macao Water’s headquarters in Ilha Verde yesterday morning was probably caused by a malfunctioning wall-mounted electric fan.
The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said in a statement on Sunday that it “solemnly” condemns the violence against a public bus driver at a bus stop outside Patane Market at about 11 pm on Saturday.
A professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education of the private University of Saint Joseph (USJ) has revealed that according to the Catholic university’s recent research, 40% of its respondents suffer from different levels of depression, adding that 10% of them said that they had had suicidal thoughts.
A local man was arrested on Thursday for defrauding his ex-colleague out of MOP 485,000 after claiming that he was able to help the victim’s mother get back HK$200,000 which she had lost in an online dating scam.
An exhibition entitled “Macao’s Mangroves: A Coastal Treasure” co-organised by the Institute of Science and Environment of the private University of Saint Joseph (USJ), non-governmental organisation Clean the World and gaming operator Sands Macao, is being held on the Catholic university’s Ilha Verde campus to present the natural environment of mangroves.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng during a meeting with Fujian Governor Wang Ning suggested three approaches for future cooperation between Macao and Fujian