Daily Archives: Tuesday, March 13, 2018
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NPC | AL head says top officials are under gambling watch
The president of the Legislative Assembly (AL), Ho Iat Seng, revealed that the mainland government has a system which allows it to closely monitor the gambling ... -
Nepal | Plane crashes and catches fire in Kathmandu, kills at least 50
A plane carrying 71 people from Bangladesh swerved erratically and flew dangerously low before crashing and erupting in flames as it landed yesterday in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, ... -
Construction sector slows down due to resorts completion
The president of the Macau Construction Association, Tang Hon Cheong, noted that the gradual completion of Macau’s hotel and casino projects is leading to a slow ... -
CRIME | Man accused of drugging and raping woman
A mainland resident has been charged for non-consensual sexual offences, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported yesterday. According to a PJ report, a 25-year-old mainland woman has said ... -
Education | Tourism: Training program for Lusophone tourism office staff kicks off
A training program tailored to civil servants from tourism offices of Portuguese-speaking countries has started. Between March and July this year, three training sessions, lasting two weeks ... -
Kam says gov’t shouldn’t worry about Macau’s stability
The President of the New Macau Association (ANM), Kam Sut Leng, believes that the Macau government should “relax a bit,” instead of being concerned about Macau’s ... -
Briefs | Hypertension affects many middle-aged residents
Forty percent of Macau’s middle-aged residents suffer from hypertension (persistently elevated blood pressure in the arteries), according to a report by Macao Daily News. During a ... -
Liaison Office suggested cancelation of writers visit, festival director says
The director of the Macau Literary Festival, Ricardo Pinto, explained that the decision to exclude three writers from the event was made after advice was received ... -
Total value of traffic tickets fall 3.7 percent in 2017
Official figures from the Public Security Police Force (PSP) show that in 2017, the amount of money collected by the force from traffic tickets issued for ... -
Environment | Lawmaker concerned about impact of waste policy
Lawmaker Au Kam San questioned the government about its progress regarding Macau’s construction waste, in particular the inert waste which is commonly designated as public landfill. ... -
‘One country, two systems” principle a good example for Sudan
The “one country, two systems” principle has set a good example for other countries to solve problems, Sudanese experts have said. “Since the application of the ... -
Replantation intends to cover 70 pct of Hato lost trees
The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) announced last week it will plant approximately 2,000 trees by the end of 2018. According to Ung Sio Wai, ... -
Creative space provides platform for local designers
A Porta da Arte officially opened yesterday, featuring several cultural and creative items that are available for sale. The site, which used to be a factory, was ... -
US | One town makes – and hates – guns like no other place
To understand America’s great gun divide, visit Springfield, Massachusetts, birthplace of the USD17 billion-a-year U.S. firearms industry. In a head-spinning contradiction, famously liberal Massachusetts – with ... -
Corporate Bits | William So and Edmond Leung join forces in ‘So Man Show’
Popular Hong Kong singers William So and Edmond Leung will bring their “So Man Show” to The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena on April 21. While both ... -
Analysis | Xi Jinping’s rise shatters already low hopes for democracy
Orville Schell, a longtime China expert, has vivid memories of his first trip to the country back in 1975. Mao Zedong was leading China through the ... -
Hong Kong | Democracy movement loses ground in key by-election
Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates won back only two of four seats in a crucial by-election in the semiautonomous Chinese region, final results showed yesterday. The opposition ... -
Koreas | Seoul praises Beijing’s role in nudging North to talks
South Korea’s national security director yesterday praised the role of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s administration in nudging North Korea toward denuclearization talks, following word of a ... -
US officials: North Korea will face no more conditions for talks
Trump administration officials say there will be no more conditions imposed on North Korea before a first-ever meeting of the two nation’s leaders beyond the North’s ... -
Bangladesh | Court grants bail to former leader Khaleda Zia
Bangladesh’s High Court yesterday granted bail for four months to opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was jailed for five years on a ... -
USA | Trump Jr. partners with donor who pitched gov’t
Donald Trump Jr. has a previously undisclosed business relationship with a longtime hunting buddy who helped raise millions of dollars for his father’s 2016 presidential campaign ... -
New York City | Police confirms five passengers in helicopter crash are dead
A helicopter crashed into New York City’s East River and flipped upside down in the water, killing all five passengers aboard, officials said. A spokesman for the ... -
Syria | More civilians leave rebel enclave as army advances
A small group of Syrian civilians yesterday left the rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta just outside of Damascus, using a corridor established by the Syrian army amid ... -
This Day in History | 1970 Conservative victory in first teen election
The Conservatives are celebrating a record majority in the Bridgwater by-election. They won by 10,915 votes, the largest in the constituency for 50 years. It was ... -
Offbeat | San Francisco to remove statue some call racist
San Francisco arts commissioners have voted to remove a statue that shows a Native American man at the feet of a conquering Spanish cowboy and Catholic ... -
Hockey | North Korean defector hits Paralympic ice for South Korea
The most talked-about athlete in the Paralympics barely plays, but who cares? The diminutive but hard-nosed reserve forward on South Korea’s sled hockey team proudly admits ... -
Football | Champions League Preview: Chelsea looks for another good showing at Camp Nou
Few teams have caused as much trouble for Barcelona as Chelsea since Lionel Messi started playing with the Spanish club almost 15 years ago. Barcelona has ... -
Football | Greek game abandoned after ‘armed’ owner protests decision
A disputed goal at the end of a Greek league match this weekend between leader AEK and title rival PAOK led to a pitch invasion by one ... -
The Buzz | Hong Kong housing in hot demand as Wheelock apartments sell out
Demand in Hong Kong’s red-hot housing market shows no signs of abating, with Wheelock & Co. selling all 750 apartments offered at its new Kowloon project ... -
World Briefs
CHINA Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei said that it doesn’t matter whether or not China has a change in leadership, the culture and the system will ... -
Moon race still on without Google’s prize
Google called off its race to the moon weeks ago, when it became clear no private explorer would complete the trip by the March 31 deadline. ... -
Our Desk | Harassment, bullying and other forms of abuse
“Harassment” is a word that in the last few weeks and months has been written countless times, mostly in relation to the recent (yet old) scandal ... -
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 – edition no. 3005
* Ho Iat Seng | Chinese top officials under watch in casinos * Nepal: Plane crashes and catches fire in Kathmandu, kills at least 50 * ... -
Putin’s Russia: From basket case to resurgent superpower
Vladimir Putin and his Russia look more invincible today than at any other time in his 18 years in power. Since Putin last faced an election ...
