Daily Archives: Monday, August 13, 2018
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Letter to the Editor | IPM’s response to Quartermain’s accusations
Dear Sir, Under article 20º of Law n.º 7/90/M, of August 6, I hereby use my lawful right to reply to the news published by Macau ... -
Ask the vet | Basset hound eye problems
The basset hound breed is a scent dog belonging to the hound family. There are some in Macau and most have skin conditions. Basset hounds have short legs, a ... -
Printing Bureau to move to new building in Pac On
The Printing Bureau will move its office to a new government building in the Pac On district, the construction of which has been practically concluded. “Since ... -
Q&A | Arnaldo Gonçalves: Political Science and International Relations Scholar | ‘The Greater Bay Area is an old project with a new name’
Political science and international relations expert Arnaldo Gonçalves, who is a visiting professor at the Macau Polytechnic Institute, has been conducting research into the relations between ... -
Series of performances featured on Indonesia’s Independence Day
Some 200 Indonesians gathered yesterday to celebrate Indonesia’s 72nd year since the Proclamation of Independence, offering a series of colorful and lively performances. Annually celebrated every ... -
Seac Pai Van group reiterates protest against hazardous materials depots
A group of residents of the Seac Pai Van area gathered in a public assembly held at the neighborhood’s Lok Kuan Building yesterday, to again protest against ... -
Protestors in Cotai call for better working conditions
For the second time this month, hundreds of protestors have gathered in Cotai to demand better working conditions at casino operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Organized ... -
Gambling apps surpass CryptoKitties as blockchain money makers
It turns out that gambling, not buying digital kittens, is one of the most popular applications on the blockchain – the distributed ledger technology that has ... -
Frontier, Kintor are said to join Hong Kong biotech listing wave
Two more Chinese drug developers are seeking initial public offerings in Hong Kong, adding to the growing wave of biotech firms taking advantage of the city’s ... -
Taiwan’s Tsai travels in face of diplomatic onslaught
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen departed yesterday for Latin America, traveling to a region she’s already visited three times in two years. She doesn’t have many other ... -
Victor Li bets big on Hong Kong’s frothy property market
Tycoon Victor Li made his first land purchase in Hong Kong since taking the reins of CK Asset Holdings Ltd. from his billionaire father Li Ka-shing, ... -
German student who researched rights lawyers expeled
A German man has learned the hard way that practicing journalism in China, even for a class project, could lead to serious trouble. David Missal, 24, was ... -
Religion must obey Chinese law, paper says of mosque protest
A newspaper of the ruling Communist Party said Saturday that no religion is above the law in China, urging officials to stay firm while dealing with ... -
Taliban’s political stature rises with talks in Uzbekistan
In a rare diplomatic foray and the strongest sign yet of increasing Taliban political clout in the region, the head of the insurgents’ political office led ... -
Tens of thousands rally for removal of US base off Okinawa
Tens of thousands of protesters in Okinawa vowed to stop the planned relocation of a U.S military base, saying they want it off the southern Japanese ... -
Opinion | Vietnam’s Dong feels the ripples of the Yuan rout
Think the latest yuan rout is over? Tell that to Vietnam. The slide in China’s currency paused this week after jawboning by the central bank, which told ... -
Malaysia | Ex-PM fails in media gag bid ahead of graft trial
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak failed Friday to win a court order barring the media from discussing the merits of corruption charges against him ahead ... -
Obituary | V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85
V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as “A Bend in the River” and “A House for Mr. Biswas” ... -
Airplane theft shows potential dangers from airline workers
The theft of an empty plane by an airline worker who performed dangerous loops before crashing into a remote island in Puget Sound illustrated what aviation ... -
Offbeat | NASA probe takes off for closest-ever journey to the sun
NASA successfully launched a spacecraft toward the sun on Sunday, hoping to increase scientific understanding of how our star works. The Parker Solar Probe’s departure promises ... -
This Day in History | 1966 – China announces Cultural Revolution
China has announced plans for a “new leap forward” after the first meeting in four years of the Communist Party’s Central Committee. The blueprint unveiled by ... -
Football activist says political rhetoric stirs racist chants
So much still frustrates the man at the forefront of eradicating discrimination from English soccer. While teams are more diverse, there remains a distinct lack of ... -
Cycling | Former Tour champion Ullrich arrested over alleged attack
Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich was arrested early Friday and is being investigated for attempted manslaughter after allegedly attacking an escort at a Frankfurt ... -
Football | Chelsea, Tottenham dispel doubts with winning starts in EPL
Chelsea and Tottenham dispelled doubts about their readiness to make winning starts to the Premier League on Saturday. A week after being swatted aside by Manchester ... -
World briefs
INDONESIA The battle lines for Indonesia’s 2019 presidential election are drawn as the incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo formally registered as a candidate after choosing a conservative ... -
The Buzz | India lawmaker dresses as Hitler to criticize prime minister
An Indian lawmaker has appeared in Parliament dressed like Adolf Hitler with a toothbrush moustache and wearing a khaki coat with swastika symbols on his pocket ... -
Steve Bannon weighs in on UK burqa debate, Boris Johnson
Republican strategist Steve Bannon weighed into British politics yesterday in a wide-ranging interview in which he defended former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s comments about Muslim face ... -
Rear Window | Gang of nine vs Sulu Sou
Severo Portela If the Legislative Assembly members were only about establishing it as a space of free speech, no matter how spirited or spicy the exchanges ... -
Monday, August 13, 2018 – edition no. 3109
* Printing Bureau plans move to Pac On * Indonesian migrants mark national day * Premature integration of the sars * Seac Pai Van group reiterates ... -
Beijing may be holding 1 million Uighurs in camps, UN experts say
China may be holding as many as one million members of its Muslim Uighur minority in “re-education” camps in its western region of Xinjiang, according to ...
