Daily Archives: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
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Gaming revenue growth better than expected in March
The gaming revenue in March has posted a 22 percent year-on-year gain, according to figures issued by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau. Revenue rose by ... -
Richard Branson buys Hard Rock casino-hotel in Las Vegas
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will be overhauled over the next several months following its purchase Friday by billionaire Richard Branson. The ... -
Architect says historic texture of the city being usurped
The need for an urban Master Plan for Macau was the topic of the working lunch the British Business Association of Macao (BBAM) held last week ... -
Lei Chin Ion to lead SSM until 2020
The director of the Health Bureau, Lei Chin Ion, has been reappointed for a new service commission for two years until 2020. Official notice was given ... -
Radio Taxi still fails to respond to over 60 percent of requests
Macau Radio Taxi Ltd admitted it has failed to respond to over 60 percent of customers requesting to use its services, blaming the lack of vehicles ... -
Gov’t wants to promote national strategies through local media
The government spokesperson and director of the Government Information Bureau (GCS), Victor Chan, said late last week that the government plans to work more closely with ... -
Elaine Wynn says casino downplayed sex misconduct allegation
Elaine Wynn said a Wynn Resorts Ltd. in-house lawyer who was told in 2009 about an “alleged rape” of an employee by her former husband, Steve ... -
Crime | Women shot by air gun for singing ‘red songs’
Two middle-aged women sustained injuries yesterday after they were shot by an un- known person using an airsoft gun, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) reported. ... -
Architecture with local features to be exhibited in Venice
The exhibition of “Unintended Architecture – Exhibits from Macau, China” is ready to be showcased at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. The ... -
Music | Macao Orchestra performs in Myanmar
The Macao Orchestra held its first ever concert in Myanmar, performing at the Strand Hotel in Yangon on Friday night. The performance was a joint initiative ... -
Briefs | Theater Terra stages Easter musical
Theater Terra presented the last session of “Guess How Much I Love You” at the Macau Cultural Centre on Easter Sunday, having staged five shows in ... -
Singapore home prices jump the most in almost eight years
Singapore private home prices surged the most since 2010 as the property market staged a recovery from a four- year slump. An index tracking private residential ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands conducts climate change initiatives for team members
Sands China Ltd. recently conducted two environmental sustainability and climate change initiatives, including its participation in Earth Hour 2018 and the hosting of an in-house Climate ... -
As China, Vatican talk, bishop’s fate shows party’s power
The twin-spired church in this southern Chinese village was packed with more than a thousand Catholics observing Good Friday, but the bishop who tends to the ... -
Tariffs on US pork, fruit raised in trade dispute
China raised import duties on a USD3 billion list of U.S. pork, apples and other products yesterday in an escalating dispute with Washington over trade and ... -
Beijing pleased with Hong Kong’s condemnation of Benny Tai
Mainland authorities have voiced their support for Hong Kong’s handling of Benny Tai’s controversial remarks in Taiwan. At a seminar last week in the Taiwanese capital, ... -
Malala ends her first Pakistan visit since shooting
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai left Pakistan yesterday, ending a surprise visit to the country, her first since being shot in 2012 by Taliban militants ... -
Kim watches performance by South Korean pop stars
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un clapped his hands and said he was “deeply moved” as he, along with his wife and hundreds of other citizens, ... -
Bodies of 38 workers killed in Iraq arrive back in India
A special plane carrying the bodies of 38 Indian construction workers killed by the Islamic State group in Iraq arrived in the northern Indian city of ... -
Turkey, Russia deepen ties amid troubled relations with West
Ties between Russia and Turkey are growing closer than ever, as Russia runs into widespread diplomatic fallout from the poisoned spy scandal and Turkey’s relations with ... -
Trump calls for border legislation using ‘nuclear option’
President Donald Trump continued to rage over immigration yesterday, calling on Congress to pass border legislation using the “Nuclear Option if necessary.” Trump tweeted that the ... -
Syria | Largest rebel group starts leaving Damascus enclave
The most powerful Syrian rebel faction on the fringes of Damascus began abandoning its stronghold in the once rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta today, opening the ... -
Offbeat | Iowa man wins lawsuit over calling his hometown stinky
An Iowa man threatened by city officials with legal action for saying on a website that his hometown smelled like “rancid dog food” won a free-speech ... -
This Day in History | 1996 – ‘Unabomber’ suspect arrested
Police in the United States have arrested a man they believe to be the notorious “Unabomber” who has killed three people and maimed 23 others. The ... -
Football | Premier League pay gap is bigger than HSBC, Goldman
Football players’ multimillion-pound salaries have made the male-female pay gap at England’s Premier League clubs the biggest in the U.K., even larger than the disparity at ... -
Football | Champions League Dominant at home, Europe where Bayern & City measure success
Three of the teams in the Champions League quarterfinals are in a luxurious position, and running away with their domestic competitions allows them to concentrate on ... -
World briefs
CHINA-VIETNAM Vietnam and China have called for restraint in resolving disputes in the South China Sea, adding that the two countries should manage the disputes and not ... -
The Buzz | Space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific
China’s defunct Tiangong 1 space station mostly burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere yesterday over the central South Pacific, Chinese space authorities said. The experimental ... -
Prosecutors want six years in Ng Lap Seng sentencing
Prosecutors in the case of Macau billionaire Ng Lap Seng are pressing for a U.S. District Court in Manhattan to sentence the convicted real estate mogul ... -
Our Desk | Rising interest rates could spell trouble
Macau interest rates are expected to rise significantly in the next few years, as local authorities pay close attention to the monetary situation in both Hong ... -
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 – edition no. 3019
* Casinos post 22pct revenue gain in March * Richard Branson buys Hard Rock casino-hotel in Las Vegas * Older parts of town ‘can’t wait’ * ...
