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HONG KONG, May 30, 2023 (AFP) – Macau’s new national security law took effect on Tuesday, imposing wider restrictions on political opposition and civil society in the Chinese city. The gambling hub has a separate legal system from the Chinese mainland, largely based on Portuguese law, and national security legislation was first enacted in 2009. Macau’s government said the amendments were designed to catch up with similar legislation in China and Hong Kong, with an […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — China said on Friday it will fully restore travel across its borders with Hong Kong and Macau next week, dropping Covid testing requirements and daily quotas after a lengthy pandemic separation. The semi-autonomous cities have both stuck to Beijing’s zero-Covid strategy for nearly three years, splitting families, cutting off tourism and suffocating businesses. The State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office said on Friday that all remaining restrictions would […]
Beijing, China | AFP | Mainland Chinese residents will be allowed to visit Macau using an online visa system as of Tuesday, officials said, streamlining travel to the world’s largest gambling hub after more than two years of pandemic restrictions. Macau is the only place in China where casinos are legal and the former Portuguese colony once dwarfed even Las Vegas for the scale of bets placed every month. But China’s strict Covid-19 controls have […]
Hong Kong, China (AFP) Macau on Saturday announced a weeklong shutdown of its casinos and non-essential businesses as the city confronted its worst coronavirus outbreak yet. Macau will enter “static management” for a week starting July 11 and residents must stay home, with rulebreakers liable to be jailed for up to two years, top city official Andre Cheong said at a press conference. Some public services and businesses such as supermarkets and pharmacies can […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Macau has announced a two-week ban on any inbound passenger flights from outside of China after three coronavirus cases were found in passengers arriving from overseas. The move came the same day Hong Kong banned flights from eight nations and ramped up social distancing measures, leaving the two neighbouring Chinese territories even more cut off from the rest of the world. Like mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau have […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Macau ordered compulsory coronavirus testing for all residents on Wednesday after a family of four was found to be carrying the Delta variant, breaking the city’s record of over 16 months virus-free. Over the next three days authorities plan to test all 680,000 residents at 41 testing centres, the government said. The testing is one of a host of new measures announced after the gambling hub recorded 491 days without […]
(Eagle News)–A Filipino worker in Macau has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. In an advisory, Macau’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center said the 31-year-old Filipino working in a restaurant in a gaming facility was the special administrative region’s 15th COVID-19 case. According to the center, the patient last reported for work on Jan. 26. He went on leave to visit his family in the Philippines, and stayed there until March 15. A […]
(Eagle News)–Over 100 Filipinos will be repatriated from Macau on Saturday, March 7. The government said the 167 Filipinos–composed of 137 undocumented and irregular Filipino workers and 30 personnel from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration–were among those stranded when travel restrictions were imposed amid the threat of the novel coronavirus. The Philippines has imposed a travel ban on China, Macau, Hong Kong, among other places as protective measures. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the […]
https://youtu.be/k77epPZdOSE (Eagle News) – The Philippine government is now readying the process for the repatriation of some 200 Filipinos from Macau who will be considered persons under monitoring (PUMs) once they arrive in the country, according to the Department of Health. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that there are at least 148 Filipino workers in Macau who are up for repatriation, and another 48 Filipinos who are part of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration […]
(Eagle News) – The country’s Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the plan of the Department of Foreign Affairs to repatriate 148 overseas Filipinos from Macau within the week. This was according to the DOH which leads the task force. In a release, the DOH said that 48 active members of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will also be repatriated via commercial flight. But the 148 overseas Filipinos from Macau […]
Filipinos and their foreign spouses and children also allowed entry (Eagle News) — Filipinos and their foreign spouses or children, and holders of diplomatic visas will now be allowed into the country even if they come from China, Macau and Hong Kong. According to the Department of Health, based on a recently revised resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, they will, however, still be subjected to the required 14-day quarantine to […]
(Eagle News) — Filipinos working in Hong Kong and Macau are now allowed to resume work in those places after they were exempted by the government from the imposed travel ban amid the novel coronavirus threat. In a tweet, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said the exemption from the outbound travel ban was made by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases “subject to certain procedural formalities.” No other details were available. The Philippine […]
