Daily Archives: Friday, September 28, 2018
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Macau’s casinos face dimmer prospects for October Golden Week holiday
Macau’s casinos face dimmer prospects for the upcoming Golden Week holiday as the slowing Chinese economy and trade war with the U.S. hang over the world’s ... -
Big Brother | Information Bureau stirs controversy after calling Chui ‘On Gor’
The Government Information Bureau (GCS) has triggered a public discussion due to the new way it addressed Chief Executive Chui Sai On in one of its ... -
Briefs | Tourists to be texted about human flow during Golden Week
During the upcoming Chinese National Day holiday, the Macau government will be carrying out a new method to remind tourists about crowds across the city. The ... -
Sands donates nine service vehicles to NGOs
Sands China Ltd. donated nine new service vehicles to four non-governmental organisations in the region yesterday, as part of its relief aid following the aftermath of ... -
Exclusive | US-based union requests DICJ to tender reports on IGT Asia
The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 501 has requested that the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) submit documentation related to regulatory oversight conducted ... -
Q&A | Abraham Kostanian Artistic director: Cabaret show creator says theatre is vital to fledgling entertainment sector
Abraham Kostanian is the artistic director behind La Parisienne Cabaret Français, a variety show at Sands China’s Parisian Macao, which this month entered its third phase ... -
Xu Yingzhen | China and Portuguese-speaking countries should take advantage of Macau platform
China and the Portuguese- speaking countries should take full advantage of the Macau platform, said the Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macau, who called ... -
DSI, DSAJ cooperate to speed up BIR application process for newborns
The Identification Services Bureau (DSI), in collaboration with the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ), has launched a simplified procedure to facilitate citizens to apply for the Macau ... -
CTM expects commercial use of 5G in 2020
Local telecom operator CTM announced yesterday that if the 5G license and spectrum arrangements are progressing well, CTM is confident that 5G in Macau will be ... -
Real Estate Matters | How to read real estate news
Real estate news is often put in the spotlight in the press. It is a subject that is both emotionally charged and highly technical, and is ... -
Crypto’s open secret: its multibillion-dollar volume is suspect
Four months ago, BitForex was just one of many obscure exchanges offering users the ability to trade cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Today, the Singapore-based platform is regularly ... -
Aviation | Congo Airline, China’s Comac in talks to buy three aircraft
Societe Nouvelle Air Congo, a state-owned carrier, is in talks with Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd. to buy three new aircraft as it prepares to ... -
Corporate Bits | MGM holds seminar on greater bay opportunities
MGM held another seminar on national education titled “The Development of the Greater Bay Area and the Opportunities for Macau” on Wednesday. Dr. Guo Wanda, executive ... -
US-China military tensions start to rise as trade war deepens
As a trade war heats up between the U.S. and China, military tensions are also rising. China on Tuesday refused a U.S. warship entry to Hong ... -
Beijing criticizes US B-52 bomber missions as ‘provocative’
China yesterday labeled a recent mission by nuclear-capable U.S. B-52 bombers over the disputed South China Sea as “provocative,” and said the U.S. was solely responsible ... -
Hong Kong | Billionaire offers ‘Nobel Prizes’ with double the money
After amassing a USD15 billion fortune from casinos, Lui Che Woo wants to turn vice into virtue. While Elon Musk is trying to get humans to ... -
India | Clashes erupt around Kashmir after troops kill man
Anti-India protests and clashes erupted in several places in disputed Kashmir yesterday after Indian troops killed a young man, officials and residents said, and an Indian ... -
Maldives | President attempting to stay in power, says opposition
Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom is working on how to stay in power despite having conceded defeat in this week’s election, the opposition alliance said Wednesday. ... -
Malaysia | Wife of ex-PM grilled for 13 hours in 1MDB case
The wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was grilled by the anti-graft agency for nearly 13 hours over alleged theft and money laundering involving ... -
Indonesia | Blasphemy woman endures cramped cell, bad food
Arights group says the Indonesian woman imprisoned for blasphemy after complaining about noise from a mosque is sharing a cramped cell with 16 other women and ... -
Vietnam | People line streets of capital to mourn president
Thousands of people lined the streets of Hanoi yesterday to pay their last respects to Vietnam’s late President Tran Dai Quang. Many were using smart phones ... -
UN court asked to probe Venezuela; leader defiant in speech
Six nations made the unprecedented move of asking the U.N.’s International Criminal Court to investigate Venezuela for possible crimes against humanity, even as President Nicolas Maduro ... -
Offbeat | Happy news: Beluga whale in Thames eating, swimming well
British officials say the beluga whale spotted in the River Thames seems to be feeding properly and swimming strongly. The animal welfare group RSPCA said yesterday ... -
This Day in History | 1995 – Palestinian self-rule in West Bank agreed
The Israeli prime minister and the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation have signed a deal in Washington giving Palestinians control over much of the West ... -
Football | La Liga Stunned: Barca loses to last-place Leganes, Real to Sevilla
First it was Barcelona. Then Real Madrid. Both Spanish league leaders were stunned yesterday [Macau time], with Barcelona losing 2-1 at last- place Leganes and Madrid ... -
Football | Hazard’s brilliance seals Chelsea win at Liverpool in cup
In a formidable display of skill and speed, Eden Hazard slalomed past Liverpool players before scoring the goal that sealed Chelsea’s progress in the League Cup. ... -
World briefs
VIETNAM Thousands of people lined the streets of Hanoi on Thursday to pay their last respects to Vietnam’s late President Tran Dai Quang. Many were using ... -
The Buzz | #MeToo: Bill Murray defends Hoffman over harassment allegations
Appearing on the same stage where months earlier Dustin Hoffman faced repeated questions about alleged sexual harassment, Bill Murray praised the actor as a “really decent ... -
Barbra Streisand to Trump in new song: Don’t lie to me!
When Barbra Streisand started writing lyrics for her new political song, “Don’t Lie to Me,” she initially aimed for “very subtle” references to President Donald Trump. ... -
Bizcuits | Casinos Innovate in Zero-Waste
Annie Lao, a fellow plastic-waste activist, and her team petitioned the government to take some baby-step actions to curb Macau’s disproportionate creation and mismanagement of solid ... -
Friday, September 28, 2018 – edition no. 3140
* A letter to gaming regulator et al | US engineer’s union looms over Macau again * Donizetti opens FIMM 2018 * Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to ... -
Donizetti opens FIMM 2018 | The Elixir of the Opera
• The music festival opens this evening with the opera “L’Elisir D’Amore” by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), one of the great masters of Italian opera in the first ... -
Phoenix and Reilly excel as ‘The Sisters Brothers’
Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly might not be obvious picks to play brothers, but French director Jacques Audiard made an inspired choice by casting them ... -
Novel by Hank Green is out of this world
What if a huge, stagnant robot appeared out of nowhere on the streets of New York City? And what if you were the key to solving ... -
Nile Rodgers returns with Chic to make us boogie
The cover of the new Chic album might be familiar. Does anyone else vaguely recognize the image of two models gazing seductively into the camera fiddling ...
