Daily Archives: Friday, July 13, 2018
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AL Plenary | Law banning casino staff from betting approved
A law banning gaming sector employees from entering casinos during non- working hours was passed by the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday. The law proposed the inclusion of ... -
Chinese official says Low not in China either
A Chinese official has denied that wanted Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, has entered the mainland, just as Macau’s Secretary for Security ... -
Creative Macau turns 15 with exhibit launch
Creative Macau – Center for Creative Industries will celebrate its 15th anniversary on August 28 with the launch of a special exhibition. The non-profit organization, which ... -
Music | Beethoven season closing concert to be held on July 28
The closing concert of the 2017/18 season of the Macao Orchestra (OM), will be held on July 28 at the Cultural Centre, at 8pm. OM’s music ... -
CE tour of Greater Bay cities concludes in Dongguan
The Macau government delegation led by Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On, which toured several cities comprising the “Greater Bay Area”, has concluded its visit to ... -
Gaming watchdog refuses Canidrome request
The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has refused the request made by the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Company to extend its concession contract in order ... -
Sino-PSC film festival concludes today
The first edition of the “Encounter in Macau – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries”, launched last week with the aim of displaying ... -
Paradise Entertainment interested in gaming concession
The Paradise Entertainment Group has expressed interest in applying for a gaming concession, according to a report by Inside Asian Gaming. The city’s 20-year gaming concessions ... -
UM student wins translation contest prize
Yang Shanshan, a PhD student of linguistics from the Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), recently won a prize in ... -
Health | Almost 500 trade in antihypertensive medicine in first day following recall
The contingency plan established by the Health Bureau (SSM) for the recall and replacement of six antihypertensive medicines, which were found to contain the impurity N-Nitrosodimethylamine ... -
Red Market Library to reopen next week
The renovation works at the Red Market Library have been concluded and the facility will reopen to the public on July 18. Last year, the library ... -
Real Estate Matters | Saving the environment through real estate
When you think of environmental pollution, what comes to mind? It’s probably the exhaust spewing out of the millions of vehicles and the waste that leaks ... -
Singapore’s rich turn wary of bonds sold by smaller firms
Singapore’s smaller companies will likely have to pay more to roll over borrowings in the local bond market ahead of unprecedented maturities, as the wealthy investors ... -
UK releases long-awaited and already derided Brexit plan
The British government released detailed plans yesterday for what it calls a “principled pragmatic and ambitious” Brexit — plans that have already triggered the resignation of ... -
US Inc. keeps faith in China despite trade row, AmCham says
U.S. companies operating in China plan to increase investment in the Asian nation this year as rising consumer spending and improving profits offset trade tensions. Almost ... -
Chinese find suggests human relatives left Africa earlier
Stone tools recovered from an excavation in China suggest that our evolutionary forerunners trekked out of Africa earlier than we thought. Until now, the oldest evidence ... -
Sun Yat-Sen University | Professor suspended following misconduct complaints
A leading Chinese university has suspended a prominent primatologist in a victory for China’s slow- building #MeToo movement. Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou said yesterday in a ... -
Hollywood | Producers plan movie about Thai cave rescue
The boys are out of the cave. Now Hollywood wants in. The producers behind Christian films like “God’s Not Dead” are already in Thailand with plans ... -
Japan | Thousands still in shelters after deadly flooding
More than 7,000 people were still in evacuation shelters and many more were struggling with basic needs yesterday after severe flooding and landslides last week in ... -
Japan | Authorities search home of nurse in hospital poison deaths
Japanese authorities yesterday raided the apartment of a nurse who’s in custody on suspicion of fatally poisoning at least two elderly patients at a terminal care ... -
Pakistan | Police arresting Sharif’s supporters
Pakistani police were detaining scores of supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his party said yesterday, claiming it was an attempt to prevent them from ... -
Yemen | Amnesty urges ‘war crimes’ probe on UAE-run prisons
An international rights group yesterday called for an investigation into alleged disappearances, torture and possible deaths in detention facilities run by the United Arab Emirates and ... -
Europe-US | Trump back at NATO after rattling allies, condemning Germany
President Donald Trump renewed his pressure tactics on fellow NATO nations to increase their defense spending yesterday, hammering U.S. allies on Twitter as he attended a ... -
This Day in History | 1985 Live Aid makes millions for Africa
The Live Aid concert for the starving in Africa has raised triple the £10m expected. And as the London event draws to a close at Wembley ... -
Offbeat | Daily dose of national anthem in hospitals stuns Egyptians
A decision by Egypt’s new health minister to have intercoms in state hospitals play the national anthem every morning, followed by a recitation of the Hippocratic ... -
World Cup 2018 | Sexism tops racism as a fan problem in Russia
SEXISM has been a bigger problem than racism at the World Cup in Russia, according to anti-discrimination experts advising FIFA. Fans harassing female broadcasters while they ... -
World Cup final preview | Youthful, energetic French vs experienced Croats
Sunday, 11:00 p.m. France v Croatia H 2, D 3.34, A 5 A World Cup of surprises concludes with a final of contrasts. Powered by the ... -
Croatia in final for first time, beats England 2-1
Croatia’s legs seemed heavy, burdened by the accumulated toll of consecutive penalty-kicks wins needed to get this far. England had gone ahead with a free kick ... -
Croatia president celebrates win at NATO summit
It has been a successful NATO summit for Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. The World Cup took care of that. With a come-from-behind 2-1 win over favored ... -
World briefs
PHILIPPINES President Rodrigo Duterte came under renewed pressure yesterday to seek Chinese compliance to an arbitration ruling that invalidated China’s claims to much of the South China ... -
The Buzz | Lawyer: Stormy Daniels will plead not guilty after arrest
The lawyer for Stormy Daniels says the porn actress will plead not guilty to charges of allowing patrons to touch her after being arrested at an ... -
Show tells backstory of icons like Mount Rushmore, Lady Liberty
Did you know that the original symbolism of the Statue of Liberty had nothing to do with welcoming immigrants? And that Mount Rushmore was basically built ... -
Kapok | Putting a cap
Greece roughly receives the same number of tourists as Macao; around 32 million per year. Tourism in Greece represents about 20% of GDP and, directly or ... -
Friday, July 13, 2018 – edition no. 3088
* Lawmakers approve casino staff bet ban * 1MDB financial scandal | Chinese official says Jho Low not in China either * Beethoven season closing concert ... -
Coffee, the ultimate conservationist
• Scientists settled on coffee as an alternative tool in a restoration plan for Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa because the 90 hardwood trees planted for every hectare ...
