Households stand to get MOP 300 a month, while businesses are in line for MOP 3,000; scheme set to run for six months.
government subsidies
Applicants should have been unemployed since January 2020 and not in receipt of other IAS subsidies; scheme lasts for 10 weeks.
Roughly half opt for locally registered mobile payment platforms, while remainder prefer to use electronic consumption cards.
Government also plans to spend MOP 1.326 billion on subsidising business and residential water and electricity bills for a period of six months.
