Monthly Archives: May 2018
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North Korea demands return of restaurant workers
North Korea on Saturday reiterated its demands for South Korea to send back 12 North Korean restaurant workers who came to the South in 2016, saying ... -
Film | ‘Shoplifters’ wins Palme d’Or, grand prize to Spike Lee
A tumultuous Cannes Film Festival concluded Saturday with the Palme d’Or awarded to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore- eda’s “Shoplifters,” a tender portrait of a poor, impoverished family, ... -
Company in Cuba plane crash had received safety complaints
The Mexican charter company whose 39-year-old plane crashed in Havana had been the subject of two serious complaints about its crews’ performance over the last decade, ... -
Maduro favored as Venezuelans vote amid crisis
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is expected to win a second six-year term in yesterday’s election, despite a deepening crisis that’s made food scarce and inflation soar ... -
This Day in History | 1991 – Bomb kills India’s former leader Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi, the 46-year-old former Indian prime minister, has been assassinated. He was campaigning for the Congress Party on the second day of voting in the ... -
Football | Uncertainty shrouds Chelsea despite FA Cup win over United
Chelsea’s players saved their season but maybe not their manager. Collecting the FA Cup, after beating Manchester United 1-0 on Saturday, is looking like Antonio Conte’s final ... -
Football – World Cup | Platini says 1998 draw ‘trickery’ helped France
France football great Michel Platini insists “a little trickery” in the 1998 World Cup draw ensured his home country would avoid playing Brazil until the final ... -
Football | Juventus mark Buffon’s last match and raise Serie A trophy
It was a day of celebration but also of tears as Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon played his last match for the Bianconeri after 17 years at ... -
World briefs
MALAYSIA The wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (pictured) has slammed police raids on their properties, saying Saturday they appeared targeted at vilifying the ... -
The Buzz | Wynn completes USD68 million pollution cleanup at casino site
Wynn Resorts has removed nearly 1 million tons of contaminated sediment from the former chemical plant site where it’s building a USD2.5 billion Boston-area casino. The ... -
British royal family thanks those who celebrated wedding
The royal family, blessed with fantastic weather and a buoyant public mood at the royal wedding, has thanked people who attended or watched Prince Harry marry ... -
Rear Window | David vs Goliath
The repeated biblical story of how the underdog David came to beat the mighty Goliath is a good metaphor for improbable victories as well as a ... -
Monday, May 21, 2018 – edition no. 3051
* After military threats from China | Taiwan gov’t steps up security measures * Scholar: Japanese competition might be limited to Osaka at first * Gongbei ... -
Smart city strategy public consultation begins
The public consultation on strategies to develop Macau into a smart city, and on the development of the principal areas within the city, commenced yesterday and ... -
Wynn Resorts working to strengthen corporate culture
The board of directors and CEO of Wynn Resorts yesterday [Macau time] sought to show shareholders they are working to strengthen the casino operator’s corporate culture ... -
Property transaction value surges in first quarter of 2018
A total of 5,501 building units and parking spaces were purchased and sold in the first quarter of 2018, according to the stamp duty record. According ... -
Health Bureau promotes Chinese Medicine in Thailand
An academic exchange event about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) between Macau and Thailand health authorities recently took place in Bangkok, Thailand. During the event, fifteen practitioners ... -
Gaming | Casino entry levies: social responsibility or discrimination
The so-called “casino entry levies,” that is, the fees or limitations enforced in some jurisdictions for patrons to access the casino floor, was one of the ... -
FSS holds meeting with fund management entities
Seven fund management entities are providing the investment instruments for the contributions of the non- mandatory central provident fund system, the Social Security Fund (FSS) said ... -
Education | UM Rector visits different sectors of local community
The recently appointed rector of the University of Macau (UM), Yonghua Song, has been visiting different government departments and sectors of the local community in order ... -
Students to simulate EU commissioners meeting
The University of Macau will mark the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome with a workshop on the European Commission under its Jean Monnet Project ... -
Briefs | Bids for new reclamation project opened
The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) received seven bids for the reclamation project of the New Urban Zone C. The bids to develop the reclamation area, which ... -
Real Estate Matters | The pros and cons of buying a property off-plan
At the beginning of the year we saw investors rushing to buy properties off-plan before the implementation of the new stamp duties. The new 5% tax ... -
HK spends USD1.2b defending currency overnight
Hong Kong intervened to defend its currency peg for a second day after the city’s dollar fell to the weak end of its trading band. The ... -
Bargain-hunting Chinese make Japanese retail king a billionaire
Japanese retail tycoon Ryuji Arai can thank a growing flock of Chinese spenders for his swelling fortune. Bic Camera Inc., the Tokyo-based consumer electronics retailer that ... -
Amazon brings cross-border ambitions to Alibaba’s backyard
Amazon.com Inc. is bringing its competition with Alibaba right to the Chinese e-commerce giant’s backyard. In the coming weeks, Amazon will host an event in the ... -
‘Thank the Party!’ China tries to brainwash Muslims in camps
Day after day, Omir Bekali and other detainees in far western China’s new indoctrination camps had to disavow their Islamic beliefs, criticize themselves and their loved ... -
Trade War | Beijing vows to defend its own interests in Washington talks
China said yesterday it doesn’t want to see increased trade tensions with the U.S. as the two countries hold talks in Washington this week, but it’s ... -
China rejects appeal on behalf of Nobel Prize winner’s widow
China rejected an appeal from dozens of writers and artists for the release from house arrest of the widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. ... -
Chinese firms eye Frankfurt listings to boost European fortunes
A little-known Chinese-backed venture in Germany is emerging as a listing venue for mainland companies seeking to expand in Europe. Appliance maker Qingdao Haier Co. plans to ... -
Mekong River | Study says China-backed dam would destroy fisheries
A Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River’s biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam, the downstream country with ... -
Analysis | US has a daunting to-do list to get ready for North Korea summit
WHO sits where? What’s on the agenda? Will they eat together? What’s the security plan? President Donald Trump and his team have a daunting to-do list ... -
Obituary | Remembering Tom Wolfe, ‘a magician’ with words
You only had to look at him — in his white suits and two-tone shoes — or read such books as “The Bonfire of the Vanities” ... -
Congo | Ebola spreads to city, entering three health zones in the country
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a city, the capital of the northwestern Equateur province, a worrying shift as the risk of infection is more easily ... -
This Day in History | 1972 Duke too ill for tea with the Queen
The Duke of Windsor was not well enough to attend tea with the Queen when she came to visit his home in Paris this afternoon. He ...
