Daily Archives: Monday, August 20, 2018
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Light Rapid Transit to be deliberated at the AL
The Executive Council has finished discussion on the draft law on the Light Rapid Transit system, which will be delivered to the Legislative Assembly (AL) for ... -
Arts | Woodblock print exhibition to open today
The Macau City Visual Arts Society will hold a woodblock print exhibition “Carving White” by local artist Mel Cheong today at Roomage30. The local artist created ... -
Ask the Vet
One of the most common skin condition we see in Macau is Ringworm. It’s not a worm as the name suggests, but actually a fungal infection ... -
Legal community shocked, intrigued with AL advisers’ dismissal
Veteran legal advisers of the Legislative Assembly (AL) Paulo Cardinal and Paulo Taipa were dismissed by the board of the AL, headed by President Ho Iat ... -
India | 800,000 displaced as floods submerge Kerala
Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India’s Kerala state, officials said yesterday, ... -
Rising sea levels pose unique tsunami risk to Macau
Rising sea levels around the world will pose a greater risk of tsunamis striking Macau, a new academic paper has found, especially in the low-lying parts ... -
Education Bureau | Views on homosexuality, pre-marital sex were misunderstood
The acting head of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) refuted media reports over the weekend that the city’s education authority refers homosexual students to ... -
Briefs | Pools closed due to lifeguard shortage
Two swimming pools in Macau have been closed as of last Saturday on account of a lack of lifeguards to ensure safety standards. The Cheok Van ... -
Greek bailout ends, but Europe’s debt problems grind on
Greece officially completes its bailout program today, after eight years of cutbacks enforced in return for massive loans and following an economic collapse on the scale ... -
Stocks jump as hopes rise for progress on China trade talks
Stocks rose late in the day Friday as investors welcomed signs of progress in resolving the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. The Wall Street ... -
Beijing tells its finance firms to boost infrastructure support
China’s financial watchdog ordered the nation’s banks and insurance companies to increase support for infrastructure development as economic growth slows and concerns rise about the trade ... -
Taiwan improves missiles to counter PRC military expansion
Taiwan is responding to China’s arms buildup by developing missiles and interceptors of its own that could reduce Beijing’s military advantage over the self-ruled island, defense ... -
Malaysian leader tours Alibaba, meets Jack Ma on China visit
Malaysia’s leader courted Chinese e-commerce investment in his country on Saturday, the start of his first trip to China since his stunning electoral victory three months ... -
Indonesia | Strong quake jolts Lombok again
A strong earthquake jolted the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday, causing landslides on Mount Rinjani and damaging buildings, as it tries to recover from a temblor ... -
‘Dream or reality?’ Koreans to meet after decades apart
Lee Soo-nam was 8 the last time he saw his older brother. Sixty-eight years ago this month the boy watched, bewildered, as his 18-year-old brother ... -
Annan’s legacy of fighting for equality and rights lives on
Kofi Annan left the United Nations far more committed than it had been to combating poverty, promoting equality and fighting for human rights — and ... -
Brazilians attack Venezuelan immigrants in border town
Residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima attacked Venezuelan immigrants on Saturday after a local storeowner was robbed, stabbed and beaten in an assault blamed ... -
Interview | Josef Koudelka: ‘It was a tragedy. But also miracles happened at the time’
It’s been 50 years, but powerful images of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia taken by photographer Josef Koudelka still resonate among Czechs and elsewhere in the ... -
Offbeat | Germany: No preparations made in case of alien landing
The German government says it has made no preparations for the possibility that aliens might land in the European country. In a response to questions from ... -
This Day in History | 1989 Marchioness river crash ‘kills 30’
At least 30 people died when a pleasure cruiser, packed with young party-goers, and a barge collided on the River Thames. The captain and second mate ... -
Football | Messi scores Barcelona’s 6,000th league goal
Barcelona scored its 6,000th goal in the Spanish league after another ingenious strike by Lionel Messi got its title defense off to a winning start. Messi ... -
Paulo Bento appointed as South Korea head coach
South Korea has appointed ex-Portugal manager Paulo Bento as head coach of the national team. The 49-year-old Bento is charged with leading the national team to ... -
Hand-in-hand, Koreas grab spotlight at Asian Games opener
First it was the athletes parading side-by-side in matching uniforms behind the “unification” flag carried by South Korean basketballer Lim Yung-hui and North Korean footballer Ju ... -
Asian Games | Sun up early for China with first gold medal
Sun Peiyuan won the first gold medal awarded at the 18th Asian Games with an acrobatic victory in wushu’s changquan discipline ahead of local hope Edgar ... -
The Buzz | Xi set to visit North Korea in September, report says
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Pyongyang next month as ties between the two countries improve amid mounting U.S.-China trade tensions, The Straits Times ... -
Plane skids off rainy Manila runway, rips off engine, wheel
Passengers of a plane from China that veered off a runway at Manila’s airport and lost an engine and a wheel after landing hard in a ... -
Insight | Macau: The state of affairs
The city is swarmed with roadworks and many more new projects will be built in the foreseeable future. As a result, Macau has become a construction ... -
Monday, August 20, 2018 – edition no. 3113
* Cardinal, Taipa dismissed from AL | Legal community shocked with sackings * 800,000 displaced in flooding in southern Indian state * Views on homosexuality were ...
