Daily Archives: Wednesday, September 19, 2018
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Mangkhut | Language skills challenged IAS shelters’ operation
The Social Affairs Bureau (IAS) has already made plans to improve operations in the city’s shelters, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced yesterday, after meeting with ... -
Participation in cultural activities on the decline
Local residents participating in cultural activities totaled 253,900, a participation rate of 56.7 percent, down by 2.3 percentage points, according to the latest data published by ... -
Mangkhut | SSM eliminates mosquitos in flooded areas
Yesterday morning, the Health Bureau (SSM) carried out mosquito control and disinfection procedures at R. da Praia do Manduco. According Lam Chong, chief of the disease ... -
Jho Low proclaims innocence on personal website
Penang-born business man, Low Taek Jho, who is accused of looting billions from Malaysian investment fund 1MDB, is proclaiming his innocence on his website. Wanted in ... -
Macau legal and tax framework an advantage for startups
Guest speaker at the Macau Young Entrepreneur Incubation Center (MYEIC) for a talk on financing startups, lawyer Luís Roquette Geraldes, a member of the corporate and ... -
Young Entrepreneur Incubation Center with over 60 projects running
The Macau Young Entrepreneur Incubation Center (MYEIC) run by the public company Parafuturo de Macau Investment and Development Limited approved last year a total of 84 ... -
Analysis | Neto Valente’s hold on Lawyers Association is facing its first serious challenge
Lawyer Sérgio de Almeida Correia is so far the only candidate in the race to dislodge long-time incumbent Jorge Neto Valente and become the president of ... -
Briefs | Man lost MOP30,000 to fraud
The Judiciary Police (PJ) reported on Monday that a local man lost MOP30,000 after falling victim to fraud. The suspect involved in the crime met the victim ... -
Philippines | Traders bail on stocks as ‘no positive news’ in sight
The Philippine stock market can’t catch a break. Its benchmark index slumped 1.7 percent yesterday, closing below a key level of 7,300 for the first time ... -
Japan’s oldest winemaker readies for European grape onslaught
With the removal of tariffs on European wines as soon as next year, Kirin Holdings Co.’s wine- making unit is betting on Japanese grapes to weather ... -
Corporate Bits | Wing Lei Palace introduces new cantonese dishes
Executive chef Tam Kwok Fung, who has recently taken the helm of Wing Lei Palace at Wynn Palace Cotai, introduced a new menu that features innovative ... -
Cape Verde | Fixed system for currency against euro preserved
The benefits that Cape Verde derives from the fixed-rate regime of the Cape Verdean escudo against the euro means it is not worth joining the single ... -
Angola, Portugal put an end to double taxation
Angola and Portugal are due this week to sign a convention to end double taxation between the two countries, as part of a two-day visit to ... -
Analysis | Five ways Trump’s tariffs on USD200b in China goods could be felt
By imposing taxes on an additional USD200 billion in Chinese goods, President Donald Trump has intensified a battle of wills between the world’s two largest economies ... -
Religion | As Pope Francis faces crisis in Rome, cardinal warns of split in China
While Pope Francis battles rare criticism from senior clergy in the Vatican, he’s facing a warning that the Roman Catholic Church risks devastating division from Asia. ... -
Head of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office | Han Zheng to visit Singapore for key annual bilateral meeting for first time
The Chinese vice-premier Han Zheng will attend the Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting with Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean for the first time tomorrow, leading ... -
Japan | Will ‘flying cars’ take off? Government hopes so\ Yuri Kageyama, Tokyo
Electric drones booked through smartphones pick people up from office rooftops, shortening travel time by hours, reducing the need for parking and clearing smog from the ... -
Koreas | Leaders meet in Pyongyang for potentially tough talks
South Korean President Moon Jae-in began his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday with possibly his hardest mission to date — brokering ... -
Emmys | An epic proposal, but winners lacking in diversity
The Proposal.” It was a 2009 movie starring Sandra Bullock, but now will forever be the informal title of the 2018 Emmys telecast, thanks to a ... -
Middle East | Russia blames Israel for plane shot down by Syrian missile
A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 15 people on board, the Russian Defense Ministry said yesterday. ... -
Offbeat | Man who walked near boiling-hot Old Faithful geyser ticketed
Yellowstone National Park officials have ticketed a man caught on video wandering close to Old Faithful geyser, where he risked burns from the boiling-hot water that ... -
This Day in History | 1952 – US Immigration slams door on Chaplin
The United States is to prevent the film legend, Charlie Chaplin, from returning to his Hollywood home until he has been investigated by the Immigration Services. ... -
Football | Mourinho, Kovac and Lopetegui kick off Champions League quests
Coaches with something to prove will kick off their Champions League seasons tonight (Thursday, 3am). Bayern Munich’s Niko Kovac will be coaching in Europe’s top competition ... -
Golfer murder | Drifter charged in stabbing death of amateur champ in Iowa
A homeless man attacked and killed a top amateur golfer from Spain who was playing a round alone near her university campus in central Iowa, leaving ... -
World briefs
CHINA-US The trade war escalated further yesterday, with China announcing retaliatory tax increases on USD60 billion worth of U.S. imports, including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals. ... -
The Buzz | Greece to move 2,000 out of overcrowded Lesbos migrant camp
Some 2,000 asylum-seekers will be moved out of a severely overcrowded migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos this month, a Greek official said as ... -
Israel to approve immigration for 1,000 Ethiopian Jews
The Israeli government announced that it agreed to absorb 1,000 Ethiopian Jews — accepting just a fraction of the African country’s 8,000 remaining Jews who want ... -
World Views | The European Union has a problem with dirty money
After a string of scandals, the European Commission has unveiled new plans to crack down on money laundering. It’s right to take this problem seriously — ... -
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 – edition no. 3134
* Macau laws, taxes ideal for startups * Propaganda coup | Kim Jong Un embraces Moon couple in Pyongyang * Language skills challenged gov’t shelters’ operation ...
