Monthly Archives: May 2018
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Tourism | MGTO head elected PATA secretary/treasurer
Macau Government Tourism Office’s (MGTO) chief Helena de Senna Fernandes has been elected to be Pacific Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) “secretary/treasurer”. The election was held while ... -
Briefs | Local claims loss of RMB1.7 million to phone scam
A roughly 40-year-old local woman claimed to have lost RMB1.7 million in a phone scam, the Judiciary Police reported earlier this week. The woman said she ... -
Gaming | Suncity purchase just a rumor, says Beijing Imperial owner
A rumor that Alvin Chau’s Suncity Group Holdings Ltd had acquired the troubled Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel and Greek Mythology Casino was quashed yesterday in a filing ... -
Police reports illegal workers found by DSAL
Several cases of illegal workers caught by the Labor Affairs Bureau (DSAL) during surprise inspections have been referred to the Public Security Police Force (PSP). According ... -
Association claims | Breastfeeding mothers lack knowledge of Chinese medicine
The Macau Breastfeeding and Nurturing Promotion Association is conducting a survey concerning the consumption of Chinese medicine by mothers who are breastfeeding. Current survey results indicate ... -
Former SMG Chief appeals gov’t penalty
The former director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Fong Soi Kun, has submitted an appeal to the Court of Second Instance (TSI) against the ... -
Tens of thousands of Las Vegas casino workers OK strike
Las Vegas casinos could watch tens of thousands of employees walk off the job for the first time in more than three decades after union members ... -
How to lose USD23b in a market that’s surged 61,436pct
Making money in a booming Indian mobile-phone market that soared from fewer than 2 million users to more than a billion in less than two decades ... -
Analysis | Can anything stop China, foreign governments favors to Trump?
First came news that a Chinese government- owned company had signed on to help build an Indonesian project that will include a Donald Trump- branded hotel ... -
Airlines obey Beijing’s demand to call Taiwan part of China
British Airways, Lufthansa and Air Canada are among 20 carriers that now refer to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing considers its territory, as a part ... -
Malaysia | Stunning fall of Najib ushers in hopes of reform
Two weeks ago, Malaysia’s Najib Razak was supremely confident of being elected prime minister for a third term. Instead, in a dizzying political drama, he lost ... -
US, South Korea work to keep North Korea summit on track
The United States and South Korea are laboring to keep the highly anticipated U.S. summit with North Korea on track, even after President Donald Trump abruptly ... -
Literature | Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85
Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of “Portnoy’s Complaint” to the elegiac lyricism of ... -
USA | A first for Georgia: Democrats pick black woman for governor
Georgia Democrats gave Atlanta lawyer Stacey Abrams a chance to become the first black female governor in American history on a primary night that ended well ... -
Offbeat | Baboon escapes crate at Texas airport; officers corner him
A baboon on his way to a South Texas wildlife sanctuary escaped his crate and kept officers busy for two hours at San Antonio International Airport. ... -
This Day in History | 1968 – De Gaulle: ‘Back me or sack me’
The President of France, Charles de Gaulle, has issued an ultimatum to striking students and workers who have brought the country to a standstill during three ... -
Football | Dads Ronaldo and Messi still seek WC title
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have put up impressive numbers — in life and on the field — going into a fourth World Cup. So much ... -
On the Road to WORLD CUP | Defender Escobar murdered after Colombia’s exit in 1994
Days after returning home from the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Colombia defender Andres Escobar was shot dead in his hometown of Medellin. The ... -
World briefs
KOREA The United States and South Korea are laboring to keep the U.S. summit with North Korea on track even after President Donald Trump abruptly said ... -
The Buzz | Malaysia says search for Flight 370 to end next week
Malaysia’s new transport minister says the latest search for Flight 370 will end next week. Malaysia signed a “no cure, no fee” agreement with Texas-based Ocean ... -
HK fashion retailer accused of sexism
Hong Kong fashion retailer Giordano came under fire this week for a range of clothing that netizens deemed sexist. One particular t-shirt in the company’s “Team ... -
Girl About Globe | Windsors v Weibo
So what now? I suggest Harry and Meghan go on a Royal Tour of China. A trade mission, or a piece of activism for the UK. ... -
Thursday, May 24, 2018 – edition no. 3053
* Gov’t proposes solution to P. Horizon buyers * Audit report | IC slammed for mismanaging over 100,000 public library books * April tourist arrivals increase 8 ... -
Society | State Council to consider ending birth limits as soon as 2018
China is planning to scrap all limits on the number of children a family can have, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would ... -
‘June – Month of Portugal’ returns with a more diverse program
In its third edition, this year’s “June – Month of Portugal” will have a program composed of a total of 25 activities and events. The initiative ... -
Crime | Police intercepted drug parcel mailed from Africa to Macau
A parcel mailed from an undisclosed African country to Zhuhai containing 16.44 kilograms of an amphetamine-like substance has been intercepted, the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in ... -
Briefs | PSP catches 41 illegal workers in April
The Public Security Police Force (PSP) says that it has caught 41 illegal workers in April, in joint operations launched by the PSP, the Labor Affairs ... -
Conference kicks off to discuss media sector development
The director of the Government Information Bureau (GCS), Victor Chan, reiterated on the sidelines of yesterday’s Macao Global Media Industry Development Conference 2018 that the SAR ... -
Macao Film Panorama kicks off with ‘non-local’ theme night
This year’s Macao Film Panorama was inaugurated on Friday night at Cinematheque Passion with the screening of four shorts and a question and answer session with ... -
Study | Sleep disturbances affect older population
A study funded by the Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM) found that 38.1 percent of the participants in a sleep disturbances study suffer from sleep disturbances. Published online ... -
Gaming – Japan | Ho sold Russia casino to gain regulator favor
Lawrence Ho says that he ceded control of a casino resort in Russia last year to improve his chances of winning a Japan gaming concession. The ... -
IPIM to co-hold training course on China’s food market
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) will collaborate with the Macao office of Enterprise Europe Network Central China (EENCC Macao) to organize Advanced Enterprise ... -
Border Gate facility limits Macau’s potential, Wong says
The executive director and president of Sands China, Wilfred Wong, has said that “a better border crossing facility would certainly improve the future of Macau,” referring ... -
China energy firm CEFC defaults after Rosneft deal fails
As corporate defaults pile up in China’s onshore bond market, a unit of a once-promising energy conglomerate with USD4.8 billion of debt and a checkered past ... -
New Sony CEO to detail shift away from gadgets in mid-term plan
Sony Corp. is done working for peanuts in the hardware business. Kenichiro Yoshida, who took over as chief executive officer in April, is set to unveil ...
