Macau’s public security chief announced today a raft of exemptions from Guangdong’s 14-day mandatory quarantine for arrivals from Macau.
Politics
The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region announced the appointment of Yan Zhichan as one of its four vice-directors.
Guangdong Province has demanded all arrivals from overseas, including Macau, to undergo concentrated quarantine and nucleic acid testing (NAT) starting from 6:00 a.m. Friday (March 27).
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has met with Macau’s deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to hear their opinions and suggestions on the special administrative region’s development and drafting of the local government’s policy programme for this year.
A spokesperson for the Office of the Commissioner of China’s FM in Macau commented Thursday on recent remarks by a local media association on China’s countermeasures against measures by the US against Chinese media organisations in the US.
The Legislative Assembly (AL) on Monday passed a government-initiated bill enabling Macau’s Lotus Flower border checkpoint to be relocated to the new Hengqin border checkpoint building.
The Legislative Assembly (AL) rejected on Monday for the 11th time a trade union bill.
The meeting focused on cooperation between Macau and Guangdong, with special emphasis on the joint development of Hengqin Island and further collaboration in the Greater Bay Area.
The Macau government extended Saturday its quarantine measures for arrivals to all of the 26 nations in the Schengen Area as well as the UK, US, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil.