Daily Archives: Tuesday, May 1, 2018
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Gaming revenue jumps 27.6 pct in April, beats forecast
Macau gambling revenue surged 27.6 percent last month and beat analyst forecasts, helped by solid demand from mainland Chinese punters, official data showed today (Tuesday). It’s ... -
Football | Benfica de Macau hoping to surprise in Taiwan
LOCAL football club Benfica de Macau is hoping to make a “surprise” in its visit to Taiwan tomorrow for game five of six of the group ... -
Briefs | Sulu Sou urges reclamation of Nam Van lands
Lawmaker Sulu Sou has called on the government to reclaim the land located at zone C and zone D of Nam Van Lake. Sou has urged ... -
Labor Day | Cloee Chao says demonstrator numbers on the decline
Cloee Chao, a frequent organizer and leader of protests held across the city, said she has noticed a decline in the number of participants in demonstrations. ... -
Education | Majority of university students disappointed by course content
A survey conducted by the Macau Youth Research Association and the General Association of Chinese Students-Macau has found that nearly 57 percent of Macau’s university students feel ... -
Gaming | April GGR growth likely to top 20 percent
Analysts say they are expecting a healthy posting for April’s gross gaming revenues, which are due to be announced today by the Macau Gaming Inspection and ... -
Tourism | Package tour visitor numbers increase in March
Visitors on package tours rose by 12.4 percent year- on-year to 730,000 in March 2018, with a month-to-month increase of 19.3 percent, the Statistics and Census ... -
Typhoon drill criticized for being unrealistic
The vice president of the Macau General Union of Neighborhood Association (UGAMM), Cheong Lai Zhen, criticized the government’s latest typhoon drill for being unrealistic, according to ... -
MGTO proposes licensing by location
THE Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has confirmed that it has submitted a proposal to the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) outlining the scope of responsibility of ... -
Crime | Luxury cars at the root of turmoil
Two unrelated cases involving the acquisition of luxury vehicles have been reported by the Judiciary Police (PJ) as being the cause of turmoil in the city, ... -
Corporate Bits | Wynn presents springtime menus
From now till May 31, SW Steakhouse, Mizumi and Andrea’s at Wynn Palace Cotai, together with Wing Lei at Wynn Macau will be presenting a selection ... -
Gaming | Ocean Resort owner reveals plans for former Revel casino
Bruce Deifik gets it. He has carefully studied what went wrong at Atlantic City’s former Revel casino and is fixing it before he reopens the star-crossed ... -
Xiaomi’s USD10b IPO risks a cash crunch in Hong Kong
Hosting what’s shaping up to be the world’s biggest initial public offering of 2018 may be a double-edged sword for Hong Kong. Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi ... -
Trade War | Trump’s dispute with China unsettle farming in US, ranching backers
Montana rancher Fred Wacker had thousands of head of cattle fattening up along the Yellowstone River for export to China when President Donald Trump picked a ... -
Factory activity eases, service sector gains in April
Chinese factory growth has slowed slightly, according to a monthly survey released yesterday that showed activity in the world’s No. 2 economy holding up despite worries ... -
Chinese foreign minister to visit North Korea this week
The foreign minister of North Korea’s chief ally China will visit Pyongyang this week following the historic summit between the leaders of the two Koreas. The ... -
Q&A | Hui Cheng: JD.’s Silicon Valley Research Center – JD.com looks to Silicon Valley center for innovation
Self-driving delivery vehicles that are polite to pedestrians? Faster and more precise robotic arms? JD.com, the largest challenger to Alibaba’s e-commerce empire in China, is investing ... -
Australia | Court set to rule on whether cardinal stands trial
The most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis will return to an Australian court today to learn whether he ... -
Japan | Inmate recaptured three weeks after escape, island manhunt
A convicted thief was recaptured yesterday three weeks after a rare escape from a Japanese prison and an island manhunt he may have eluded by swimming. Tatsuma ... -
Afghanistan Terror | Double Kabul suicide bombing kills 25, including 9 reporters
A coordinated double suicide bombing by the Islamic State group hit central Kabul yesterday, killing at least 25 people, including nine Afghan journalists, officials said. An AFP ... -
USA | Convicting America’s Dad: Inside the Bill Cosby prosecution
In the tense moments before a jury convicted Bill Cosby of sexual assault, the prosecutor who had branded him a “con man” and called him out ... -
Syria | Missile attack kills 26, mostly Iranians
A missile attack targeting government outposts in Syria’s northern region killed 26 pro-government fighters, mostly Iranians, a Syria war monitoring group said yesterday, amid soaring Mideast tensions ... -
Offbeat | ‘Infinity War’ opens with record USD250M, passing ‘Star Wars’
A whole lot of superheroes added up to a whole lot of ticket sales. The superhero smorgasbord “Avengers: Infinity Wars” opened with predictable shock-and-awe, earning USD250 ... -
This Day in History | 1973 – Thousands strike over pay and prices
About 1.6 million workers joined the Trades Union Congress’ call for a one-day strike today in protest at the government’s pay restraint policy and price rises. ... -
Baseball | Gonzalez leads Mets’ hit parade in 14-2 drubbing of Padres
Adrian Gonzalez had a spectacular homecoming at Petco Park. Facing the hometown team he once played for, Gonzalez homered, doubled and drove in five runs yesterday ... -
Cycling | Former ski jumper Roglic wins Tour of Romandie
Primoz Roglic won the Tour of Romandie title yesterday [Macau time], giving the Slovenian former ski jumper his second stage-race victory in April. Roglic protected his ... -
Football – Champions League | Madrid hopes to avoid semis setback at home
Wednesday, 2:45am Real Madrid v Bayern Munich H 2.17, D 4.15, A 3.3 Despite a 2-1 victory at Bayern Munich in the first leg of the ... -
World briefs
KOREA South Korean President Moon Jae-in has shaken off a suggestion that he receive the Nobel Peace Prize, saying that U.S. President Donald Trump “can take ... -
The Buzz | Cosby juror: Comedian’s own words led to his conviction
A juror on the Bill Cosby sexual assault retrial case says the comedian’s own words sealed his fate. Harrison Snyder, in an interview aired yesterday on ... -
UK | May replaces minister as immigration scandal widens
British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday appointed the first ethnic-minority politician to the key post of home secretary, as the government struggled to contain a scandal ... -
World Views | Baby boomers’ long reign isn’t ending just yet
Generations are an overused framework for understanding why people think and act the way they do, as psychology professors David P. Costanza of George Washington University and Lisa M. ... -
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 – edition no. 3038
* Labor Day | Protests on the decline, but police on high alert * Forecast | Gaming revenue to top 20pct growth in April * Typhoon ...
