Daily Archives: Monday, March 19, 2018
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Gov’t may allow small inns and shops at Lai Chi Vun
The government’s plan to revitalize the Lai Chi Vun area in Coloane will include the possibility of installing small inns as well as shops in the ... -
Property | Hong Kong mulls tax on unsold apartments to curb soaring prices
Hong Kong is considering imposing a tax on unsold apartments in its search for ways to cool the city’s red-hot housing market, a move that could ... -
Child development center may not open due to lack of support
The Macau Child Development Association (MCDA) is accusing the local government of creating difficulties for the association’s operations (helping children with developmental disorders in Macau), MCDA ... -
Ask the Vet | Cat Ear Infection Symptoms
A cat ear infection occurs when the inner canal of the ear becomes infected by bacteria, fungal or yeast organisms. While ear infections are not particularly common in cats, ... -
Briefs | Fuel residues eliminated from shore
The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) and the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) claim that the “black substance” recently spotted at Macau beach sites was eliminated and ... -
Health Bureau discovers health voucher infractions
The Health Bureau (SSM) has discovered that clinics and medical practitioners in the private sector have violated the use of health vouchers. Authorities noted that there ... -
Sports | Registration for Dragon Boat Races starts
The annual event jointly organized by the Sports Bureau (ID), the Macau-China Dragon Boat Association and the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau – Macau International Dragon ... -
Unified medical system proposed for Greater Bay Area
Six Macau members of the Chinese People’s political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) urged China to establish an integrated medical system within the Greater Bay Area, according to ... -
Wynn settles fight with ex-wife that led to downfall
Steve and Elaine Wynn got divorced years ago, but their fight over a USD4 billion stock fortune ended only now. Wynn Resorts Ltd. said in a ... -
100 sign up to central pension scheme
Around 100 people so far have asked to join the non-compulsory central pension scheme that came into effect on January 1, 2018, as per reports by ... -
Green Week calls for use of eco-friendly products
The 37th Green Week kicked off on Saturday with a call out to residents asking them to consider building environmentally friendly and sustainable homes using green ... -
Asian Film Awards | Best Film goes to Cultural Revolution period drama
The 12th Asian Film Awards were announced in Macau on Saturday night at The Venetian Macao, with the Best Film award going to Chinese movie “Youth”, ... -
Real estate loans soar 135 percent in January
New approvals of residential mortgage loans (RMLs) and commercial real estate loans (CRELs) increased significantly in January 2018 from the previous month, as shown in data ... -
Li Ka-shing, longstanding Asian mogul, hands reins to son
Li Ka-shing, a wartime refugee who used to sweep factory floors in Hong Kong for a living, retired after a career spanning more than half a ... -
McLaren: We won’t follow Ferrari, Corvette into electric future
It’s not often that the head of a major car company will admit to not being up to speed on the latest, hot industry-wide trend. Jolyon ... -
Corporate Bits | MGM to present artworks from collection in art basel
MGM Resorts International will continue its partnership with Art Basel in Hong Kong for its 2018 edition, which will be held from March 29 to 31 ... -
NPC | Xi Jinping reappointed China’s president with no term limits
China’s rubber-stamp legislature on Saturday unanimously approved the reappointment of Xi Jinping as president with no limit on the number of terms he can serve. The ... -
NPC | ‘Mr. Fix-It’: China’s new VP has tackled thorniest of crises
Wang Qishan is known as China’s “Mr. Fix-It,” a trustworthy official deployed to tackle the thorniest of crises — from crumbling banks to deadly illness to ... -
Trump’s possible China tariffs send opponents scrambling
President Donald Trump is considering broad tariffs on imports from China and an announcement could come as soon as this week. Industry groups and some lawmakers ... -
Singapore still world’s costliest city
Singapore is the world’s most expensive city for the fifth straight year in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Worldwide Cost of Living report, with Paris and ... -
Indonesia | Bali’s Day of Silence shuts airport, clears beaches, streets
Indonesia’s normally bustling Bali has shut down social media, closed the airport and shuttered all shops for a Day of Silence that marks New Year on ... -
Vietnam | 50th anniversary of My Lai massacre commemorated
With talk of peace and cooperation rather than hatred, more than a thousand people marked the 50th anniversary Friday of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, ... -
Southeast Asia leaders urge tough stance on N. Korea
Southeast Asian leaders and Australia’s prime minister yesterday called on North Korea to end its nuclear program and urged U.N. countries to fully implement sanctions against ... -
US | Trump-linked data analysis firm taps 50M Facebook profiles
A data analysis firm employed by President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign tapped the Facebook profiles of more than 50 million users without their permission, allowing it to ... -
Amid spy row, UK accuses Russia of stockpiling a nerve agent
Britain’s foreign minister said yesterday that he has evidence Russia has been stockpiling a nerve agent in violation of international law, after a Russian envoy suggested ... -
Russians vote on new Putin term as tensions flare with West
Russians headed to the polls in presidential elections expected to hand Vladimir Putin an easy victory, keeping him in power until 2024. Putin, 65, already Russia’s ... -
Vatican bows to pressure, releases retired pope’s letter
Stung by accusations of spreading “fake news,” the Vatican on Saturday released the complete letter by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI about Pope Francis after coming under ... -
This Day in History | 1970 Willi and Willy meet in East Germany
The leaders of East and West Germany have met for the first time since the country was divided in 1949. About 2,000 young East Germans greeted ... -
Offbeat | Dead man walking: Court rejects Romanian’s claim he’s alive
Constantin Reliu learned in January that he was dead. After more than 20 years of working as a cook in Turkey, the 63-year-old returned home to ... -
Colin Shieff | Retired neurosurgeon from Britain’s NHS: ‘For Schumacher, the future is longer but it doesn’t imply any change in the quality of it’
More than four years after a ski accident caused him a near-fatal brain injury, little is known about Michael Schumacher’s current condition. Updates on his health ... -
The Buzz | Manila casino resort fire leaves at least three dead, two trapped
A fire that hit a hotel and casino complex in the Philippine capital yesterday killed least three employees, trapped two others and forced the evacuation of ... -
World Briefs
China Members of the Uighur Muslim ethnic group held demonstrations in cities around the world to protest a sweeping Chinese surveillance and security campaign that has ... -
Barbra Streisand says no #MeToo moment marred her life
Barbra Streisand said she’s never suffered sexual harassment but has felt abused by the media. During a tribute to Streisand’s decades of TV music specials and ... -
Rear Window | Unstoppable machine
Given the lousy days rolling on the MSAR, we guess the mood within the unbreakable New Macau Association (ANM) party… to not say ANM’s lot of ... -
Monday, March 19, 2018 – edition no. 3009
* Lai Chi Vun revamp may include inns, shops * Hong Kong mulls tax on unsold apartments to curb soaring prices * Child development center may ...
