Daily Archives: Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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Urban Renewal | Gov’t launches public consultation on plan for temporary housing
The government, through its Policy Research Office, has officially launched from today and for a period of 30 days, a public consultation on the “Juridical Regime ... -
Tackling ozone pollution remains a challenge
Despite a series of initiatives to control major pollutants, Hong Kong’s ozone pollution has recorded a 20 percent surge since 2013, the highest figure for the ... -
Visitor spending soars 20 percent in Q2
Total spending of visitors (excluding gaming expenses) in the second quarter of 2018 soared by 20 percent year-on-year to MOP16.5 billion, according to information from the ... -
Briefs | Science Center to increase wind resistance capacity
The Macau Science Center has planned to increase the wind resistance capacity of its external walls. The work is expected to be completed before October 2019. ... -
Human resources | MGM marks accomplishments of employees
Gaming operator MGM held a graduation ceremony at MGM Cotai last week in recognition of the accomplishments of nearly 900 employees who had participated in various ... -
DSSOPT says Sin Fong Garden can be demolished soon
The Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) director Li Canfeng said that the demolition of Sin Fong Garden could begin soon. The Macau Jiangmen Communal ... -
Macau wins first gold medal at Asian Games
Macau picked up its first medal at the Asian Games currently being held in Indonesia. Wushu athlete Huang Junhua won a gold medal in the men’s ... -
Q&A | Fr. Athanasius Chan: Future Saint Paul School director | New principal of St. Paul to focus on fostering Catholic values
Saint Paul School is set to focus on nurturing students’ character and promoting Catholic values within the school’s teaching and learning environment this new academic year. ... -
Adelsons spent USD55 million to help GOP win battle for Congress
Billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, delivered USD25 million to help Republicans try to hold the Senate in November’s congressional elections, adding to ... -
China Railways takes on rail project connecting Mozambique to Zimbabwe
China Railways has proposed the construction of a rail link connecting Mozambique to Zimbabwe via Zambia, a project costing an estimated USD2.5 billion that will give ... -
Angola | Gov’t requests financial support from the IMF
The Angolan government has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to adjust its support program, including a financing component, Angolan state news agency Angop reported. The ... -
Beijing interested in entering Brazilian aviation market
China announced at the LABACE 2018 aviation exhibition in Congonhas, São Paulo, that it is interested in selling in Brazil its Harbin twin-engine turboprop airplane with ... -
Lawmakers want explanations over sacking of senior legal advisers
Lawmakers Pereira Coutinho, Ng Kuok Cheong and Sulu Sou have sent a letter to the board of the Legislative Assembly (AL) asking for explanations regarding the ... -
Malaysian PM says China-financed projects canceled
Multibillion-dollar China-financed projects in Malaysia have been canceled because they aren’t needed and will saddle the country with an unsustainable amount of debt, Malaysian Prime Minister ... -
FBI reveals Chinese man kidnapped after business meeting in Los Angeles
The FBI is looking for three suspects who kidnapped a Chinese man after a business meeting in the Los Angeles area last month, but authorities haven’t ... -
Hard Power | El Salvador, Taiwan break ties as Beijing isolates island foe
Taiwan broke off diplomatic ties with El Salvador yesterday as the Central American country defected to rival Beijing in the latest blow to the self-ruled island ... -
Xu Lin | Image-conscious China appoints new global propaganda czar
China’s increasingly image-conscious government has appointed a trusted member of the ruling Communist Party to head up its international propaganda operation. Former top internet regulator Xu ... -
Koreas | Separated families have second day of emotional reunions
A mother wails as she embraces a son she hasn’t seen since the 1950-53 Korean War. A woman weeps as she greets a grandfather she never got ... -
Australia | Ministers resign after leader survives challenge
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called on his government to unite behind him after he survived an internal leadership challenge yesterday. But several ministers who backed ... -
Indonesia | Woman irked by mosque noise convicted of blasphemy
An Indonesian court has sentenced a woman who complained about a noisy mosque to 18 months in prison for blasphemy. The ethnic Chinese woman, Meiliana, burst ... -
Cybersecurity | Microsoft uncovers more Russian attacks ahead of midterms
Microsoft said yesterday it has uncovered new Russian hacking attempts targeting U.S. political groups ahead of the midterm elections. The company said that a hacking group ... -
Chechnya | IS claims responsibility for deadly attack on Chechen police
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on Chechen police in Russia’s Northern Caucasus. The attacks yesterday [Macau time] in three ... -
Offbeat | Madonna’s rambling Aretha Franklin tribute earns backlash
The backlash was swift for Madonna’s rambling, egocentric tribute to Aretha Franklin at the MTV Video Music Awards, with media and Queen-of-Soul fans wondering why she ... -
This Day in History | 1966 – ICI announces big nylon job losses
Britain’s largest manufacturing company Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is cutting 1,000 staff at its nylon-fibre producing factories. Six hundred jobs will go at Doncaster, 200 at ... -
Football | Pogba’s future at Man United mired in uncertainty
By placing the captain’s armband on Paul Pogba, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho might have thought he would quell growing speculation about the World Cup-winning midfielder’s ... -
Asian Games | Swimming: Liu breaks 50-meter backstroke world record
Liu Xiang swam a world-record time of 26.98 seconds to win the women’s 50-meter backstroke gold medal yesterday night at the Asian Games. The 21-year-old Liu, ... -
World briefs
CHINA-MALAYSIA Multibillion-dollar China-financed projects in Malaysia have been canceled because they aren’t needed and will saddle the country with an unsustainable amount of debt, Malaysian Prime Minister ... -
The Buzz | Trump plan scales back Obama’s coal emissions standards
The Trump administration yesterday came out with new rules scaling back Obama-era constraints on coal-fired power plants, striking at one of the former administration’s legacy programs ... -
Cinema | ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ hoopla elicits mixed feelings in Asia
The craze for “Crazy Rich Asians” is hitting Asia, with a premiere in Singapore followed by openings in several neighboring countries later this week. Much of ... -
Animal Farm | Does anyone understand?
1. The non-renewal of contracts for two lawyers of the Legislative Assembly is, if nothing else, at least strange. First, because they are two well-known legal ... -
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 – edition no. 3115
* Beijing isolates island foe | El Salvador shifts from Taiwan to China * Asian Games | Wushu athlete Huang Junhua collects 1st gold medal for ...
