Due to the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local economy, local residents’ unemployment rate rose by 0.6 percentage points to 3.5% in the second quarter from the previous quarter.
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Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the local economy, Macao’s number of non-resident workers fell by 7,071 between the end of January and the end of last month, a decline of 3.6%.
Macao gaming operator SJM Holdings reported on Tuesday a loss of HK$1.41 billion in the first half of the year, a year-on-year decline of 184.1%.
Hong Kong confirmed 106 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, a fall of more than a quarter from the record high the previous day.
The Macao government has toughened its Covid-19 measures for all arrivals who have been in Xinjiang or Liaoning within 14 days prior to their entry into Macao.
The Health Bureau has removed the payment counter at its NAT programme’s main testing station in the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On since most of those undergoing their nucleic acid tests now choose to pay the testing fee of MOP 180 online when making online appointments for tests.
About 110,000 residents went to top up their consumption subsidy smartcard on Monday, the first day of the procedure, according to a statement from Economic Services Bureau (DSE), as the government’s second phase subsidy scheme giving each resident MOP 5,000 to spend locally begins on Saturday.
The current chief of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) Residency Application and Legal Affairs Division, Tyler Ian, now faces investigation by the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) after his testimony in court late last week.
Hong Kong reported on Monday a record number of 145 new coronavirus infections, 142 of which are local cases.