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IAG AUG 2022年8月 亞博匯 86 FEATURES But many businesses can’t keep going anymore this year,” he said. “Some merchants have even used their own financial assets to support their businesses in the past two years and more, but many of them have given up this year. “Many merchants cannot keep going anymore. There is still no news now [as of late July] about the details of the MOP$10 billion financial support package pledged by the government. This outbreak has lasted for more than a month, and it’s difficult for businesses to stay afloat with no revenue.” Lei said some measures had to be adjusted as this was not the first time Macau’s businesses have had to endure the effects of a COVID-19 outbreak. “The priority now for the Macau government is to lift the travel restrictions with Mainland China, and to discuss new measures together with the mainland authorities to replace the current quarantine arrangement when there is a new case,” he said. 疫情很快會結束；2021的時候，中小企 開始乏力，但都繼續捱下去；但到了今 年，很多企業已經捱不下去了。」他坦 言：「在兩年多以來，有些經營者甚至 拿出自己的財產去支撐，但到了今年很 多已經放棄了。」 他表示：「有不少商戶已經捱不下 去，政府推出的百億援助措施至今依然 （7月中旬）未有消息，疫情發生了一個 多月，企業很難在零收入的情況下再捱 下去。」 李卓君認為，澳門不是首次發生疫 情，有些措施應該適時要變化，「現在最 重要的是，澳門政府要儘快與內地通關， 而且要與內地政府商討一些新的政策，改 變現時出現疫情就要隔離的措施。」