As of midday today (June 17), everyone arriving in Macao from Beijing will be subject to 14-day medical observation, according to Macao Daily today.
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The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U has appointed Hon Wai as president and Tang Yuk Wa as vice president of the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS). Their new appointments will take effect this coming Saturday, June 20.
The Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) received a total of ten bids in the public tender for the design and construction of the Guia Hill pedestrian tunnel.
Proposals for the works to be conducted on Lot B4 of the New Urban Zone A were unveiled on Tuesday by the Infrastructure Development Office (GDI). A total of 19 proposals have been received for this tender. The government expects work will commence in the fourth quarter of this year.
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário said on Tuesday that he has decided to appointed Cheong Sio Kei, who was acquitted of a power abuse charge by the Court of First Instance (TJB) last week, as the deputy director of the Mapping and Land Registry Bureau (DSCC), after considering that it’s difficult to find an official in Macao for senior positions.
The police have finished investigating the case in which a local civic group chartered an open-top bus on June 5 to support the central authorities’ drafting of a national security law for Hong Kong.
Zhuhai will exempt up to 1,000 Macao residents per day from its 14-day quarantine requirement who need to cross the Macao-Zhuhai border.
Macao’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP 183.3 billion (US$22.95 billion) at the end of last month, the Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) said in a statement on Monday.
A car caught fire in Avenida da Ponte da Amizade near the Macau Water Treatment Plant (ETAR) in Areia Preta district at about 6 p.m. on Monday, but the driver had a lucky escape.