Daily Archives: Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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Economists say IMF figures regarding Macau can be misleading
A recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report forecasts that Macau will become the richest place worldwide by 2020 in terms of per capita gross domestic product (GDP). ... -
Architects present Tap Seac youth center design
The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) yesterday revealed the identity of the successful tenderer for the design of the Tap Seac Youth Center for Cultural, ... -
Lifeguards upset over unjust working conditions
A total of 24 lifeguards demonstrated against what they consider their employer’s unfair working conditions by not showing up at work, which has caused a temporary closure ... -
Anima calls for volunteers
Beginning yesterday, the Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome opened its doors to volunteers, who will work at the site every day across two shifts. The first shift ... -
Civil protection | Preventive measures to ensure water supply during disasters
The Macao Water Supply Company (SAAM) and the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) yesterday gave an overview to the media of the works jointly undertaken by ... -
DSEJ says sexual cases are related to younger students
In the past academic year (2017/2018), 22 sex-related cases involving underage students were recorded, according to DSEJ head, Leong Vai Kei. The number represents one case ... -
Zhuhai train station and Macau LRT connection project outsourced
The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) announced the public tender results for four new boundary control points which will connect Macau to mainland China. The four projects ... -
Venezuela | One of the greatest currency devaluations in history launched
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro carried out one of the greatest currency devaluations in history over the weekend – a 95 percent plunge that will test the ... -
‘Made in Cambodia’ may become new fashion label with tariffs hitting China
The next designer handbag you buy is less likely to bear a “made in China” label. Fashion companies, eager to diversify their supply chains, were already ... -
Corporate Bits | Wynn unveils new mooncake gift boxes in time for mid-autumn festival
Wynn Macau has unveiled three designed mooncake gift boxes that feature flowers and butterflies in time for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, with each pattern representing a ... -
Trade War US firms to Trump: Don’t raise tariffs on more Chinese goods
Fishermen off the Alaskan coast. A Florida maker of boat trailers. A building materials distributor in Tennessee. Those and hundreds of other American businesses are delivering ... -
Malaysia hopes China will sympathize with its fiscal woes
Malaysia’s leader said yesterday that he hoped China would sympathize with his country’s fiscal problems as he met with the country’s leaders after suspending multibillion-dollar construction ... -
Yuan jumps to strongest in a week
The yuan strengthened for a third day in a row, rising to its highest in just over a week, as the People’s Bank of China raised ... -
Myanmar | Verdict scheduled for next week in reporters’ trial
A judge in Myanmar said he will issue a verdict next Monday in the trial of two Reuters journalists accused of possessing secret state information, a case ... -
India | Massive cleanup begins as rains diminish in Kerala
Thousands of people in flood-ravaged south India waded yesterday through muck and mud to begin the immense task of cleaning their homes and businesses. Rains have ... -
North Korea | Tourists go off beaten path on sacred volcano
Foreign tourists looking to go off the beaten path in North Korea can now camp out on the country’s biggest volcano. Hoping to open up a ... -
Quake swarm jolts Indonesian islands, killing at least 12
Multiple strong earthquakes killed at least a dozen people on the Indonesian islands of Lombok and Sumbawa as the region was trying to recover from a ... -
Turkey | Shots fired at gate of US Embassy; no one hurt
Shots were fired from a moving car at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey before dawn yesterday, an attack that came during heightened tensions between the two ... -
Afghanistan | Gov’t forces free 149 hostages taken by Taliban in ambush
Afghan forces launched a lightning operation in northern Kunduz province yesterday, rescuing 149 people, including women and children, abducted by the Taliban just hours earlier, officials ... -
Report | Experts knew Genoa bridge had weakened 20 percent
Engineering experts determined in February that corrosion of the metal cables supporting the Genoa highway bridge had reduced the bridge’s strength by 20 percent — a ... -
Offbeat | Baby boom at Arizona hospital with 16 pregnant nurses
A baby boom is brewing at a suburban Arizona hospital where 16 intensive care nurses recently discovered they are all pregnant. The nurses at Banner Desert ... -
This Day in History | 1973 – ‘Bloody Sunday’ inquest accuses Army
The coroner presiding over the “Bloody Sunday” inquest has accused the British army of “sheer unadulterated murder”. The accusation came from the Londonderry City coroner, Major ... -
Asian Games | Sun Yang unfurls another win after flag flap
Sun Yang won his second gold medal in as many nights at the Asian Games and this time he was rewarded with the raising of a ... -
Four Japanese players kicked out after ‘night out with women’
Four Japanese basketball players were kicked off their Asian Games team and sent home yesterday after delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita said they “spent the night in ... -
World briefs
MALAYSIA’s leader said yesterday that he hoped China would sympathize with his country’s fiscal problems as he met with the country’s leaders after suspending multibillion-dollar construction ... -
The Buzz | Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41,000 cases, 37 deaths
Global health officials called for increased vaccination efforts amid burgeoning rates of measles infection in Europe. More people in Europe contracted the potentially deadly virus in ... -
A dog’s life | Fitness trackers help put fat pets on a diet
When Czech entrepreneur Robert Hasek began jogging with his dog, Darwin, the three-mile runs were making the bull terrier sick with fatigue. Hasek was surprised, thinking ... -
Views on China | Doors slam shut for China deals around the world
Doors are slamming shut in the developed world not just to Chinese investment in technology but potentially to a wave of acquisitions with a tech element, ... -
Tuesday, August 21, 2018 – edition no. 3114
* Future youth center design revealed * Trade War | US firms to Trump: Don’t raise tariffs on more Chinese goods * Lifeguards strike, pools closed ...
