Grand Coloane Resort to Be Listed As Quarantine
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FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MONDAY T. 14º/ 21º Air Quality Good MOP 8.00 3673 “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” N.º 07 Dec 2020 HKD 10.00 JP MORGAN: CRYPTOCURRENCY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL JD.COM INC. WILL BECOME CHINA’S FOR GAMING TRANSACTIONS FIRST VIRTUAL MALL THAT WILL WILL ‘DRAMATICALLY REDUCE STORAGE TO BE ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO PAY FOR THE NEED FOR JUNKETS’ LOCATED IN KA-HÓ CERTAIN ITEMS WITH DIGITAL YUAN P2 P3 P6 AP PHOTO China’s state TV says at least 18 coal miners have been killed by high levels POLICY SHORTAGE of carbon monoxide in Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do the country’s southwest. One miner was found Rosário blames the continuous lack of government policies alive following the disaster Friday in the that allow social groups to access public housing P3 Diaoshidong mine in Chongqing, the report said. Rescuers are looking for five others. Japan A court revoked the operating permits of two nuclear reactors for having inadequate earthquake safeguards, a ruling that challenges safety assessments conducted by the nuclear regulator and could influence the outcome of other court cases. The Osaka District Court revoked the permits of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Ohi nuclear power plant in Fukui in western Japan. AP PHOTO Indonesia Torrential rains in the third largest city caused four rivers to overflow, flooding thousands of homes and killing at least five people, officials said. The local disaster mitigation agency said rescuers were searching for two others who were reportedly still missing, AGENCY PHOTO MACAU including a toddler. Pakistan Seven patients being treated for the coronavirus died after one of the Grand largest hospitals in the MARQUES RENATO northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar Coloane ran out of oxygen supplies, officials said yesterday. Farhad Khan, Resort to a spokesman at Khyber Teaching Hospital, said the patients died when be listed as the vendor who supplies the hospital with medical oxygen to refill tanks quarantine failed to arrive in time. hotel again More on backpage P2 page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 07.12.2020 mon MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER POLICY ADDRESS Gov’t rebuts complaints that taxi sector unaware of smart terminal fees RENATO MARQUES tems which had a meter, flag, did not listen to the concerns and receipt printer, and now an of the taxi sector before enfor- ECRETARY for Transport and additional global satellite navi- cing the fees. This accusation SPublic Works Raimundo do gation system, audio and video was refuted by the Secretary on Rosário refuted the idea that the recording, and an alarm device. Friday, who noted that even be- taxi sector was not made aware During the presentation of fore being discussed at the AL, of the fees charged on smart ter- the petition to the government, the bill underwent a public con- minals, the regulation for which a representative of the group su- sultation in which all interested entered into force on Thursday. pported by lawmaker Agnes Lam parties were invited to express Replying to a question from a complained that the government their opinions. lawmaker on the topic, Rosário said, “It makes no sense to be calling for a change now on so- mething that was discussed and 100 new radio taxi licenses approved long ago.” “The fees to be paid for the postponed to next year terminals and who is responsible THE government postponed the a group of 200 licenses, which the for paying what has been settled issuing of the last 100 new special government tendered in 2019. and made public since the time was all public and discussed here on the smart terminals installed taxi licenses for Macau Radio Taxi They were to be implemented in a that the Executive Council con- [at the AL] in several plenary ses- in their vehicles. which were expected to be issued phased manner right up until the cluded the analysis of the bill. sions as well as in the [Standing] According to the taxi law by 2020. The announcement was last quarter of this year. The 5,000 pataca deposit fee is Committee,” he added. approved last year, all of Macau’s made at the Legislative Assembly The postponement was justified (AL) by the Secretary for Trans- by impact of the Covid-19 pan- [owed] by the taxi owners, while Questions about the fees taxis must have a smart terminal port and Public Works, Raimundo demic on the local taxi industry the 300 pataca per month fee is come after a group of taxi drivers installed, otherwise their opera- do Rosário, during the debate of that is in recession since the num- the responsibility of the driver presented a petition to the gover- tion will be considered illegal. the Policy Address for 2021 ber of visitors to Macau dropped and was calculated based on a nment on Thursday, demanding The smart terminal is an up- The 100 new licenses were part of drastically. fee of 10 patacas per day. This the temporary suspension of fees date on traditional terminal sys- JP Morgan: Cashless Grand Coloane gaming may undermine Resort to be listed as junkets if implemented quarantine hotel again STAFF REPORTER STAFF REPORTER F Macau employs China’s AP PHOTO HE Grand Coloane Icentral bank-backed cryp- TResort is again gea- BLOOMBERG tocurrency for gaming tran- ring up to resume its role sactions in the future, it wou- as a quarantine facility ld pose a threat to the city’s soon and house the fore- junkets, JP Morgan Securities seeable influx of arrivals (Asia Pacific) said in its notice in Macau — probably last week. starting this week. This transactional change The reason the resort would “dramatically reduce was issued, the DICJ denied in much, if any, reason to pay was enlisted again was the need for junkets,” which a statement that it had talks hefty commissions to junkets to ramp up the number are businesses that act as mi- with gaming operators on the – currently approximately 44% of quarantine shelters in ddlemen for high rollers from feasibility of utilizing digital of VIP gross gaming revenue,” the city to prepare for the refused to officially con- ne facility since March the mainland, GGRAsia cited yuan to buy casino chips in the the brokerage said, shedding imminent increase in ar- firm the new policy. 20. It has been removed the brokerage saying. city’s casinos. light on why a digital curren- rivals in the city. Meanwhile, a social from the city’s quaranti- The brokerage’s forecast Once it is implemented, cy would undermine the city’s “Most of them wish group on Facebook sta- ne facility list since early came a day after Bloomberg the new policy will limit the junkets. to return to Macau this ted that it would have to April this year. stated in a report that it heard amount of money a mainland Following the official state- week in the nick of time cancel its upcoming an- As of now, all arrivals, from people “familiar with the player can carry on every trip ment denying this, the broke- so that they can come nual event at the hotel, including local citizens, matter” that Macau’s casino to Macau to 50,000 Chinese rage stressed that “we don’t out of quarantine to en- confirming that the resort are required to obser- operators were approached yuan (US$7,648), JP Morgan think investors should make joy Christmas two weeks “has been designated as a ve a 14-day quarantine by the Gaming Inspection and said. anything of this news, at least later,” a credible source quarantine hotel.” at a designated hotel. Coordination Bureau (DICJ) “Since gamblers would be for now” as it is “highly un- disclosed to the Times. The 208-room hotel, Quarantine is free for to study the possibility of digi- able to use e-renminbi from likely in the foreseeable future” However, the repre- located on Coloane is- locals but each non-lo- tal yuan. his/her e-wallet to purchase that the digital yuan would be sentative of the resort’s land, was the fourth hotel cal is charged a total of On the same day the report chips, casinos wouldn’t have introduced to the city. communication team designated as a quaranti- MOP5,600. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (DIRECTOR)_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Leanda Lee, Severo Portela, Sheyla Zandonai ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_Albano Martins, Annabel Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] Jackson, Anthony Lam, Daniel Beitler, Emilie Tran, Irene Sam, Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F. OFFICE MANAGER Juliana Cheang [email protected] REACHING OUT! 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