Monthly Archives: June 2018
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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson in town
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Lu Kang is in Macau to speak about his experiences with local government press officers. Yesterday in a seminar on the dissemination of ... -
AMCM: Cost of borrowing money may increase
Yesterday the Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) raised the discount window base rate by 25 basis points to 2.25 percent. According to a statement issued yesterday ... -
Migrant groups find proposed bill discriminatory
A public consultation report issued by the government indicates that nearly 90 percent of the 2,461 opinions support the exclusion of domestic workers from the minimum wage. ... -
Morpheus opens today with ‘ultra-luxury hospitality’ concept
Morpheus, the latest addition to Macau’s resort panorama opens today. The hotel was designed by late Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Dame Zaha Hadid and heralds Phase ... -
Real Estate Matters | How to invest in real estate without owning real estate
Real estate is widely considered one of the best investment vehicles for creating personal financial wealth. But there is also the perception that it is one ... -
Saudi Arabia | Deal to gradually boost OPEC output ‘inevitable’
Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said it’s “inevitable” that OPEC and its allies will agree to boost oil output gradually, giving the most definitive signal yet that ... -
Samsung joins global pledge to increase renewable energy use
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest smartphone maker, joined yesterday a growing list of companies that are promising to increase their use of solar and other ... -
Gaming | New Jersey set to begin taking legal sports bets
In 1978, the Democratic governor of New Jersey threw the first dice at an Atlantic City casino to kick off an era of legal gambling in ... -
Entertainment | Tokyo Disney operator to invest USD2.3b in expansion
The operator of Tokyo Disneyland is investing 250 billion yen (USD2.3 billion) in the biggest expansion to the Japanese resort in almost two decades as Walt ... -
Beijing warns US trade deals off if tariff hike goes ahead
China’s government renewed its threat yesterday to scrap deals with Washington aimed at defusing a sprawling trade dispute as the White House prepared to release a ... -
US seeks to assuage Asian allies after North Korea summit
The United States and its Asian allies worked yesterday to paper over any semblance of disagreement over President Donald Trump’s concession to Kim Jong Un that ... -
Japan | Utility eyes scrapping 2nd Fukushima nuclear plant
The utility responsible for meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in northeast Japan seven years ago said yesterday for the first time publicly that it will ... -
India | Rumors spread on social media fuel deadly mob attacks
The rumors circulated through the hills of northeastern India on Facebook and Whatsapp. There were photos of dismembered corpses in some messages, and of an injured ... -
Koreas holding military talks to reduce tensions on border
The rival Koreas were holding rare high-level military talks yesterday to discuss reducing tensions across their heavily fortified border. It’s possible North Korean officials during the ... -
US | Videos show Vegas police helping people duck, escape gunfire
Some of the first Las Vegas police officers to respond to the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history huddled with people taking cover, organized escape ... -
Russia | Opposition leader Navalny released from custody
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny walked free yesterday after spending 30 days in custody for staging an unsanctioned protest, noting with sarcasm that a Moscow jail ... -
Millionaires now control half of the world’s personal wealth
The rich are getting a lot richer and doing so a lot faster. Personal wealth around the globe reached USD201.9 trillion last year, a 12 percent gain ... -
This Day in History | 2000 British marines leave Sierra Leone
The major contingent of the British military task force sent to help restore order in the West African state of Sierra Leone has left the country. ... -
Offbeat | Her life saved, Bulgarian cow Penka waits to rejoin herd
Swatting away the flies with her long tail, Penka the cow happily munches on hay, unaware of the international stir she has caused. The cow from ... -
Scalpers still operating at World Cup despite crackdown
Scalpers are still operating at the World Cup, despite claims of a crackdown by FIFA and Russian organizers on illicit ticket sales. Sellers have been visible ... -
Preview | European champion Portugal overlooked facing Spain
They’re the reigning champions of Europe with arguably the best player in the world. And yet there seems to be little talk about Portugal and Cristiano ... -
World briefs
US Washington will not ease sanctions against North Korea until it denuclearizes, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday, as he reassured key Asian allies that ... -
The Buzz | UK lifts immigration cap for medical workers amid shortages
Britain says it will lift a cap on the number of visas granted to foreign doctors and nurses to help ease staffing shortfalls in the National ... -
US returns 1493 Christopher Columbus letter to Vatican
The United States returned to the Vatican Library yesterday a rare copy of a letter written by Christopher Columbus in 1493 announcing his discovery of the ... -
World Views | Macron misses a chance to shut up
Two weeks before a crucial meeting of EU leaders, member countries are at loggerheads again over immigration. A diplomatic spat between France and Italy’s new populist ... -
Friday, June 15, 2018 – edition no. 3065
* Football fever | World Cup kicks off with Russia win * Protest against road traffic law tomorrow * Taiwan official praises SARS * Pansy Ho ... -
Volcano tourism in Guatemala | Living with a generous monster
• Volcano tourism is the life blood of some villages in Guatemala. For locals it is a question of learning to live with a generous ... -
FAMILY FUN AND INSIGHT IN SPRIGHTLY ‘INCREDIBLES 2’
The Incredibles writer/director Brad Bird has said that his characters’ powers are all born of stereotypes. Dad is strong, mom is stretched in a million directions, ... -
An inside look at the writing, production of ‘The Simpsons’
When television’s longest-running cartoon show first hit the airwaves, most of its writers and producers gave it six weeks at best. The one optimist in the ... -
Travelog | Tourism at a Guatemala volcano: Visitors feel the heat from the still-smoldering lava
Tourists reached out to feel the heat from the still-smoldering lava, tossed sticks to see them burst into flames or watched a guide toast marshmallows ... -
The Yellow Wine from France
The annual Le French GourMay tends to feature single wine regions as official themes, e.g. Bourgogne in 2013, Vallée du Rhône in 2014, Alsace in 2016 ... -
Food and Beverage | De Niro’s Nobu Hospitality aims at USD1 billion in sales
Nobu Hospitality LLC, the sushi restaurant and luxury hotel chain founded by Robert De Niro, chef Nobu Matsuhisa and movie producer Meir Teper, expects to reach ... -
Urban Planning Committee members criticize plans for Zone A
The Urban Planning Committee (CPU) gathered for a plenary meeting yesterday with several topics on the agenda, among them the presentation of projects and urban condition ... -
Owner runs antique shop more as a passion than business
When people think about antiques, probably one of the first images to cross their minds is that of auctions and collectible products known worldwide. In Macau ... -
Taiwan wants to attract more tourists from the SARs
While Macau is attempting to find a solution to become a world tourism and leisure center, Taiwan’s Kaohsiung city and Penghu County are offering several options ...
