Daily Archives: Friday, March 2, 2018
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St. Paul’s Ruins to ‘go green’ again for third Irish parade
The Hong Kong and Macau Irish Festival kicks off today, starting a series of events bringing a taste of Irish culture to the region. Building on ... -
Gaming | Revenue growth slows as VIP players avoid crowds
Macau has become a playground for families and tourists – and that appears to be a turn-off for high-rolling gamblers during holidays. The region’s gambling revenue ... -
Migrant groups cry foul over childbirth fee hike
Migrant groups are crying foul over the proposed nine-fold fee increase for the delivery services provided to non-resident parents, describing the move as discriminatory. According to ... -
In context | On track for a selfish society with new kinds of apartheid
I believe that the decision made by the Health Bureau is highly discriminatory and should be seen as part of a wrong understanding of what should be ... -
Concerns over lack of inspection to publicly owned companies
The Legislative Assembly (AL) Follow-up Committee for Public Finance has expressed concerns over the lack of inspection authority over publicly-owned companies and their branches. According to ... -
Leong: Jockey Club has losses, but adds ‘non-gaming elements’
Questioned on the 24 and a half years’ concession handed to the Macau Jockey Club (MJC), the Secretary for Economy and Finance acknowledged yesterday that “it ... -
Sin Fong Garden receives donation, reconstruction budget surges
The Macau Jiangmen Communal Society has donated MOP100 million to Sin Fong Garden to help them rebuild the house project, according to the Chinese press. The ... -
Briefs | Ex-assistant to Ng Lap Seng gets 7 months in prison
The former assistant to a Macau billionaire has been sentenced to seven months in prison on a tax charge stemming from a United Nations bribery case. ... -
Illegal land occupation at Hac Sa village uncovered
A situation involving illegal engineering work and illegal occupation of state land has been put under the spotlight, with the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) ... -
Transparency vital for smart city development, says scholar
A number of drawbacks, including the termination of ride-sharing services, have hindered Macau’s aim of becoming a smart city. A scholar has argued that transparency and communication ... -
Real Estate Matters | Using your BATNA to negotiate – Part 2
Continuing on from last week’s article on negotiation and the BATNA, we will explore some other simple techniques you can use during negotiating to put the ... -
Philippines | Manila airport bid challenged by USD3b offer
Aventure of Megawide Construction Corp. and GMR Infrastructure Ltd. submitted a USD3 billion proposal to upgrade and expand the Philippine capital’s 70-year-old airport, challenging a $6.7 ... -
Gaming | Sports betting’s big wager: Will younger bettors ante up?
As the push to legalize sports gambling in the U.S. nears a crucial Supreme Court decision, states hoping to reap a financial windfall could face another ... -
Xi’s warning to investors: Any Chinese billionaire could fall
President Xi Jinping’s government has fired another warning shot at global dealmakers doing business with Chinese billionaires: Not even the most well-connected tycoons are safe. Ye ... -
From here to eternity | Xi set to pass last hurdle in bid for power to reshape country
In his first five years, President Xi Jinping has seized control of economic policy, reasserted the Communist Party’s authority and sidelined potential rivals in an unprecedented ... -
Defense | Reports say China plans to build nuclear aircraft carrier
Chinese media reports say the country is planning to build a nuclear- powered aircraft carrier capable of remaining at sea for long durations, in what would ... -
Ye Jianming | Oil tycoon detained for questioning
A Chinese oil tycoon who is buying a stake in Russia’s biggest oil producer has been detained for questioning, news reports said yesterday, amid a sprawling ... -
Australia | Canberra working through ‘difficult issues’ with Beijing
A top Australian diplomat told a Senate committee yesterday that the bilateral relationship with China was going through “complex and difficult issues,” but rejected a media report ... -
Thailand | Anastasia Vashukevich: Jailed Instagram model wants to trade secrets for freedom
A Belarusian woman jailed in Thailand for offering sex lessons without a work permit says she has a story to tell involving the Kremlin, Russian billionaires and ... -
USA | Shootings: Teacher barricades himself in class, fires gun; no one hurt
A social studies teacher barricaded himself inside a classroom at a Georgia high school yesterday [Macau time] and fired a handgun, sending students running outside or hunkering ... -
White House | Hope Hicks leaving as Trump’s communication director
White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s most trusted and longest-serving aides, abruptly announced her resignation, leaving a void around a president ... -
This Day in History | 1970 Ian Smith declares Rhodesia a republic
The Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has declared his country a republic, cutting its last link with the British Crown. The new Rhodesian Republic, came ... -
Offbeat | Jury duty anyone? North Carolina county finds few takers
The judges, deputies and clerks showed up for court, but one key element was missing: No one had invited any jurors. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that ... -
Football | Chinese teams hope to stop dominant Guangzhou
From world-renowned coaches like Fabio Capello and Manuel Pellegrini to top players like Hulk and Javier Mascherano, nearly everyone in Chinese soccer will be trying to ... -
Football | West Brom in disarray, heading out of Premier League
In an effort to get fans on his side following his takeover of West Bromwich Albion, Chinese businessman Lai Guochuan issued a personal message promising stability ... -
World briefs
NORTH KOREA Leader Kim Jong Un used an illegally obtained Brazilian passport to apply for visas to western countries in the 1990s, according to European security ... -
The Buzz | It was fake news: Obama not bidding for top United Nations post
Former President Barack Obama never campaigned to become U.N. secretary-general, despite a false story claiming he had announced a bid and was consulting others. A story ... -
One song at a time | Spotify’s unusual IPO seeks to drum up fans on Wall Street
Music-streaming pioneer Spotify is hoping to attract a new crowd of fans on Wall Street as its competition with Apple heats up. Spotify is pursuing an ... -
Kapok | Unsophisticated zealots
Some people never fail to disappoint you, or rather to meet your expectations as being the least principled human beings there are. Former dancers incapable of ... -
Friday, March 2, 2018 – edition no. 2998
* Gaming | Revenue growth slows down in CNY month * St. Paul’s Ruins to ‘go green’ again for Irish Festival * Migrant groups cry foul ... -
It’s the oscars! Best picture under shape
• Even supposing the right envelope is read at the end of the Oscars’ show, the night’s final moment should be one of high drama – ... -
Israeli family/military drama ‘Foxtrot’ is a stunner
Watching the Israeli film “Foxtrot “ is like watching a dream play out. Writer-director Samuel Maoz’s (“Lebanon”) excellent film is of course more structured than the ... -
Walter Mosley examines issues of race in ‘Down the River’
Few mystery writers can examine issues of race — how it divides and binds people — as clearly and unflinchingly as Walter Mosley, who returns to ... -
Randy Bachman reimagines George Harrison tunes, goes too far
Randy Bachman, founder of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, let’s his imagination run away with 11 George Harrison songs on “By George — By Bachman,” ... -
First-of-kind nail biter in Best Picture race
Usually by now, a consensus favorite has emerged after months of guild and critics groups awards — or at least a front-runner along with one or ...
