Daily Archives: Thursday, March 29, 2018
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Poon says spam phone calls ‘very low tech’
Macau is no exception with respect to phone scams, the chief executive officer of Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau (CTM) said at a press conference yesterday. ... -
Brexit in a year | Divide and wait
The fishermen can’t wait, the public don’t want to wait, but Prime Minister Theresa May says she might need more time. Just like Brexit itself, the ... -
Sports Bureau: Macao Golf Open may return in the future
The head of the major events department at the Sports Bureau (ID) told the media yesterday that although the Macao Open has been canceled this year, ... -
Food & Beverage | One local establishment included in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants
The chef who built a menu out of emojis has done it again. Bangkok’s Gaggan restaurant has topped the list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants for ... -
Flights to be launched to Kota Kinabalu, Ningbo and Nagoya this year
The local airport is expected to launch charter flights to Kota Kinabalu, Ningbo and Nagoya this year. In addition, earlier this month, the 2018 Routes Asia ... -
A year until Brexit | Effects on Macau yet to materialize
There will be a transition period after Brexit day, but on March 29, 2019, the United Kingdom will formally cease to be a member of the ... -
Former ‘Best Female Chefs’ share their culinary inspiration
A lunch made by two award winners of the best female Asian chefs from 2014 and 2016 was organized on the sidelines of this year’s best 50 ... -
Macau should take lead in Greater Bay Area plan, says legal consultant
Macau should better perform its role and take up a leadership position in regards to the Greater Bay Area plan, a legal consultant has suggested. The ... -
Briefs | Fong Soi Kun to receive MOP80,000 per month
The former director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Fong Soi Kun, is to receive a pension of approximately MOP80,000 per month. A notice posted ... -
Macao Water doubles expected profit
The Macao Water Supply Company (Macao Water) has announced its 2017 financial results, recording an after-tax profit of MOP77.5 million, far higher than its preliminary expectation ... -
Insurance | Chinese Anbang founder on trial on financial charges
The founder of the Chinese insurer that owns New York City’s Waldorf Hotel went on trial yesterday on charges he fraudulently raised USD10 billion from investors ... -
New owners of Air India to get planes and USD5b of debt
India is selling a controlling stake in its flagship carrier along with two-thirds of the loss- making airline’s about USD7.8 billion debt, as Prime Minister Narendra ... -
Angola issues entry visas on arrival for citizens of 61 countries
Angola’s Foreigner and Migration Service (SME) has already set up five counters at Luanda International Airport, which, as of the end of this month, will issue ... -
Cape Verde | Parliament approves permanent residence card for investors
The Cape Verdean parliament this week approved a bill that creates tax benefits for foreign citizens who decide to buy a second home in Cape Verde, ... -
Key moments in China-North Korea relationship
OCTOBER 1949 North Korea and China establish diplomatic relations. OCTOBER 1950 China intervenes in the Korean War and engages in combat with U.S.-led forces, saving North ... -
Tweet diplomacy | Trump: Good chance Kim will do ‘what is right’
President Donald Trump said yesterday there’s “a good chance” that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will “do what is right for his people and for ... -
Kim, Xi portray strong ties after N. Korean leader’s visit
With smiles and firm handshakes, North Korea and China used a surprise summit this week to show that despite recent tensions, Pyongyang still has a powerful ... -
Japan | Exchanges embracing cryptocurrencies despite big theft cases
Four years after popular Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was hacked and went bankrupt, the case still casts a shadow over the regulatory regime put in ... -
Pakistan | First trans TV anchor hopes to change perceptions
Marvia Malik has made history in Pakistan by becoming the first transgender newscaster in a conservative Muslim country where members of her community are taunted in ... -
Russia | Nation mourn victims of deadly mall fire in Siberia
Flags flew at half-staff across Russia yesterday as the country mourned 64 victims — many of them children — of a shopping mall fire in Siberia. ... -
Offbeat | House ransacked after being mistaken for site of estate sale
A Colorado woman says her house was ransacked by people who mistakenly thought it was the site of an estate sale. The Daily Camera reports Mary ... -
This Day in History | 1981 – Triumph at first London Marathon
Thousands of people have jogged through the normally quiet Sunday streets of the capital to compete in the first ever London marathon. Pounding along the 26 ... -
Football | With World Cup looming, Messi sees Argentina lose to Spain
Trailing 6-1, Lionel Messi had seen enough. The injured Argentine left his seat overlooking the field at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in the final minutes of ... -
Basketball – NBA | Amid protests outside arena, Mavericks beat Kings 103-97
Dallas Mavericks forward Harrison Barnes didn’t see the group of protesters making their way to Golden1 Center for a second round of protests yesterday [Macau time]. ... -
World briefs
CHINA The wife of a Taiwanese human rights activist jailed in China vowed yesterday to keep fighting for his release after Beijing allowed her to visit ... -
The Buzz | Thailand to give the beach from ‘The Beach’ film a breather
Authorities in Thailand have ordered the temporary closing of the beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie “The Beach” to halt environmental damage caused by ... -
Playboy latest to delete Facebook accounts amid data handling fallout
Playboy announced its intention to deactivate its Facebook accounts and leave the social network amid escalating concerns about the platform’s mismanagement of user data. The publisher ... -
Stormy | Attorney for porn star seeks to depose Trump on payment
An attorney for an adult film star claiming a sexual encounter with President Donald Trump filed a motion yesterday seeking to depose the president and his ... -
Girl About Globe | Cardio Caber Tossing. The new fitness trend?
Britain’s Prince Charles has called for Highland Games to be included in PE classes at schools. PE stands for Physical Education; the Prince demonstrates spelling is ... -
Thursday, March 29, 2018 – edition no. 3017
* CTM profit shrinks 19 percent | Poon says spam phone calls ‘very low tech’ * A year until Brexit | Divided United Kingdom prepares split ...
