Daily Archives: Friday, August 31, 2018
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Airbus to aid in probe of plane that landed with missing wheels
Airbus SE said it will help Chinese authorities investigate an incident in Shenzhen this week, when the crew of an A320 commercial jet requested an emergency ... -
CRIME | Twenty locals reported stolen credit card information
This month 20 residents reported to the Judiciary Police (PJ) that their credit cards had allegedly been stolen. More recently, three residents reported to the PJ ... -
Former exec says Viva Macau sabotaged by investors
Failed airline Viva Macau went bankrupt mainly because it was sabotaged by new investors, a former executive at the company has claimed in an exclusive telephone ... -
MICE | Recruitment of bilingual translators and receptionists prioritized
The 2018 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (2018 PLPEX) will prioritize the recruitment of translators and receptionists of those bilingual in Chinese and Portuguese ... -
Package-tour visitors edged down 3.3pct in July
Visitors to Macau on package tours increased 14 percent month-to-month to 771,000 in July, yet down 3.3 percent year-on-year, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced ... -
Horseracing in Hainan not likely soon says HK Jockey Club chief
The chief executive of the Hong Kong Jockey Club says that horseracing on the tropical Chinese island of Hainan will not be a reality in the ... -
Workers in selected industries see rise in earnings
The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has released the results of a survey on manpower needs and wages for the second quarter of 2018, covering the ... -
Briefs | 18th Macau Food Festival to kick off on November 9
The 18th Macau Food Festival will be held from November 9 until November 25. The 17-day food festival will, this year, adopt new payment methods. Local residents ... -
Real Estate Matters | Investing or speculating?
What is the difference between an investor and a speculator? Is there a difference? Fundamentally speaking, they are quite similar. They both allocate and deploy capital with the ... -
Argentina asks early release of IMF funds to calm markets
President Mauricio Macri asked the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday for an early release of funds from a USD50 billion deal with the IMF to ease ... -
Nestle wants your DNA to develop personalized nutrition trend
The company that brought you milk chocolate, Maggi instant noodles and Rocky Road ice cream is worried about your health. Nestle SA, the world’s largest food ... -
Corporate Bits | MGM organizes annual summer program for local youth
This August, MGM once again organized the Golden Lion Summer Camp and A Day with MGM summer program for local youth, where young people can learn ... -
China rejects US lawmakers’ sanctions call over Muslim camps
China said yesterday that U.S. lawmakers were wasting taxpayer money by urging President Donald Trump’s administration to impose sanctions on Chinese officials allegedly tied to the ... -
Beijing urges US to make ‘right decision’ as USD200b tariffs near
China urged the Trump administration to back away from imposing new tariffs on another USD200 billion tranche of its goods, as the end of a formal ... -
Private fund chief arrested after USD2.6b goes missing
Shanghai Fuxing Group’s chairman was arrested overseas and escorted back to China on suspicion of manipulating stocks and other economic crimes, according to Shanghai’s police department. ... -
Gov’t says no plans to deploy troops to Afghanistan
China yesterday denied reports that it plans to deploy troops to Afghanistan, saying the neighbors are engaged merely in “normal military and security cooperation.” Defense Ministry ... -
Malaysia | 1MDB probe moves overseas as 60 percent of evidence compiled
Malaysian investigators have completed 60 percent of their probe into troubled state fund 1MDB after reopening the case about three months ago. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission ... -
India | Currency decree did little to root out ‘black money’
Nearly all of the currency removed from circulation in a surprise 2016 attempt to root out illegal hoards of cash came back into the financial system, ... -
Myanmar | Rights group sees blocked aid to Kachin as war crime
Myanmar has deliberately obstructed aid deliveries to civilians in war-torn Kachin and northern Shan states, actions that may amount to war crimes, a human rights group ... -
As Bali awaits financial elite, a volcano is still rumbling
Jerome Powell’s upcoming Asia visit will test the Federal Reserve chief’s appetite for risk on a far different scale to the U.S. economy. As Indonesia prepares ... -
Germany | Saxony governor goes to city shaken by protests
The governor of Germany’s eastern state of Saxony traveled yesterday to the city where anger over the suspected killing of a man by migrants sparked violent ... -
US leaker Chelsea Manning to be barred from Australia
Convicted classified document leaker Chelsea Manning will not be allowed to enter Australia for a speaking tour scheduled to start Sunday, her event organizer said yesterday. ... -
Offbeat | Hong Kong’s co-working surge sees a landmark leasing deal
One of Hong Kong’s biggest co-working leasing deals has added to an explosion in the number and size of such agreements. Start-up Campfire Collaborative Spaces leased ... -
This Day in History | 1957 – Malaya celebrates independence
The Federation of Malaya is now independent. The handover of power from Britain took place at midnight. Thousands of young members of the Malay, Chinese and ... -
Luka Modric wins UEFA vote as best player in Europe
Croatia captain Luka Modric has been voted the best player in Europe last season, edging former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah ... -
Football | Ronaldo’s Juventus drawn with Man United in Champions League
Cristiano Ronaldo is going back to Manchester United and Paul Pogba will return to Juventus after the teams were drawn together in a Champions League group ... -
Asian Games | Combined Koreas basketball team to play for gold
A combined Koreas team reinforced by WNBA center Park Ji-su has reached the women’s basketball final at the Asian Games after an 89-66 win over Taiwan. The ... -
World briefs
MALAYSIA The Philippine government has asked Filipinos in Malaysia to brace for a possible crackdown on illegal immigration in the Southeast Asian country, where it estimates about ... -
The Buzz | Prince Harry, Meghan join Lin-Manuel miranda at ‘Hamilton’
Prince Harry sang and joked with Lin-Manuel Miranda on the stage of “Hamilton,” after he and his wife Meghan joined audiences for a gala charity performance ... -
As temperatures rise, farmers plant crops in S. Korean tunnel
Behind a blue wall that seals a former highway tunnel stretches a massive indoor farm bathed in rose-tinted light. Fruits and vegetables grow hydroponically — with ... -
Bizcuits | The elephant on the bridge
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) has long been proposed (2002), planned (from 2004) and contracts signed (2009). It has long been in development, long been seen ... -
Friday, August 31, 2018 – edition no. 3122
* MDT Exclusive | Viva Macau sabotaged by Canadian investors * Airbus joins probe of Capital Airlines landing, missing wheels * Package tour visitors decrease * ... -
It’s All About the Books
• At a time when millions can hardly turn away from the news, fiction and nonfiction authors have similar reasons for why books matter more than ever ... -
Wahlberg and Berg’s ‘Mile 22’ is a dizzying assault
Mark Wahlberg’s “Mile 22” character James Silva has a tick where he snaps a yellow rubber bracelet against his wrist. He does this many, many times ... -
‘Vox’ explores world where women can’t talk freely
Can you imagine a time when women aren’t allowed to speak more than 100 words per day? What if excessive communication results in increasingly painful shocks, ...
