The director-general of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR), Xu Mang, said during a recent media trip in Shanghai he hopes Macao could serve as a bridge for cross-Strait relations given Macao and Taiwan’s close non-governmental connections.
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The Health Bureau has so far received 60 applications from foreign nationals claiming special circumstances for permission to enter Macao from the mainland, a new measure that will be implemented next month.
The development of a financial services platform in Macao, able to offer new services such as credit insurance, will demand “many” specialised staff and training, according to economist Rodrigo Brum.
Certain foreigners – non-resident workers, spouses or offspring of a Macao resident, or those who’ve been admitted to local tertiary institutions – can now apply for exemptions from Macao’s months-long ban on foreign nationals entering Macao, provided they enter the city from mainland China.
The local government will lift its 14-day quarantine requirement for arrivals from Qingdao from noon today as no local COVID-19 case has been reported in the port city for over 14 days ago.
The Portuguese ambassador in Beijing said today that there is still no solution to allow Macao’s foreign residents to travel to mainland China.
All those who had been in Qingdao during the 14 days prior to their arrival here must undergo 14 days of mandatory quarantine and medical observation at a government-designated hotel.
Macao recorded 156,300 visitor arrivals during the eight-day National Day/Mid-Autumn Festival Golden Week holiday, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced today.
Macao’s number of visitor arrivals in the first four days of the 8-day National Day/Mid-Autumn Festival holiday fell by 87.4% year-on-year to 77,092.