Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Macao Shutting Down Non-Essential Services, Closing Casinos, Theatres & Bars

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Despite having reported only 10 imported cases, Macao is increasingly acting like a city under siege, releasing more than two dozens statements over the past 12 hours on the shutting down, or limiting, of non-essential services.
Perhaps the biggest economic impact comes from the closing of all 20 of Macao's casinos, which reportedly provide roughly 70% of the Macanese government’s income (cite). 
First the announcement on the closure of the city's casinos, followed by links to some of the other announcements on their government website. (Note : one of the idiosyncrasies of translating Chinese to English is that the symbol for Macao translates to `Australia'.)

Press conference (the casino is closed for 15 days)  
source:Information Bureau (GCS)Release date:17:25 February 4, 2020
The Secretary for Economic Affairs and Finance, Li Weinong, said that in view of the development of the epidemic, the government decided to suspend the operation of 41 casinos, cinemas, theatres, bars, Internet cafes, discos and dance halls in Australia (Macao) from 00:00 on February 5 after evaluation Open for 15 days. In addition, after discussions with gaming companies, the six major gaming companies promised not to require employees to take unpaid leave to reflect their responsibility to the community and work together to fight the epidemic.


A smattering of other edicts and announcements today include:

All training courses, examinations, vocational skills tests and activities are suspended at all external service points of the Labour Affairs Bureau
Social Work Bureau maintains emergency services only from Wednesday to Friday
News of the press conference (there is ample supply of fresh food, the public does not need to snap up)

Press conference (societies reduce mask sales time )
Press conference news (supply of rice, canned food, cereals, oil, dairy products, etc.) 
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