Daily Archives: Wednesday, October 10, 2018
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LECM proposes anti-earthquake building ordinance amendments
The Macau Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LECM) held a seminar on seismic resistance and disaster prevention yesterday. On the sidelines of the seminar, the LECM president ... -
Museum of Art exhibition showcases historic landscapes
The Museum of Art (MAM) is hosting the exhibition “Landscape of Change – Macau Watercolour Paintings from the MAM Collection,” showcasing 70 watercolour paintings of local ... -
Gov’t pledges to support companies affected by new offshore regulations
New offshore regulations are raising concerns in an industry that employs around 1,700 workers in 360 companies. The Executive Council (ExCo) recently concluded their analysis of ... -
Lawmakers visit China prior to AL resumption
A delegation of Macau lawmakers kicked off a visit to Beijing and Tianjin yesterday at the invitation of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the ... -
Mainland services failing to accept new smart IDs
Several Hong Kong and Macau residents have received their new mainland identity cards, but have noted that some systems still do not accept the permit. The ... -
Lusophone theatre in display during 10th Cultural Week
The Fifth Theatre Display from Portuguese Speaking Countries (PLP) started yesterday and will run until October 23. The event is part of the 10th Cultural Week ... -
Sands China boosts ongoing assistance to victims of Hato
TO date, Sands China Ltd (SCL) has spared no effort in helping rebuild the community following deadly Typhoon Hato that hit the city in August 2017. ... -
Survey | Macau out of top five overseas destinations for mainland tourists
Macau has fallen out of the top five most popular overseas tourism destinations for mainland tourists during the Chinese National Day holiday, according to statistics released ... -
Briefs | TDM re-elected to ABU’s Administrative Council
Local broadcaster TDM was re-elected as member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Administrative Council for a further term. The 55th ABU general assembly meeting was ... -
Google discloses privacy security flaw kept quiet since March
Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it found a “software glitch” in its Google+ social network in March that could have exposed the personal data of as many ... -
Hong Kong banks slash property valuations as home market teeters
Banks in Hong Kong are aggressively cutting property valuations as the city’s housing market weakens, threatening to fuel a downward spiral in prices, according to brokerage ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands China launches training aimed at preventing discrimination
Sands China Ltd. has launched a new training module on recognising and preventing discrimination and harassment in the workplace in July, with the aim of training ... -
Angola’s president starts state visit to China
The Angolan President, João Lourenço, has begun his first State visit to the People’s Republic of China since his inauguration in 2017, which is expected to ... -
Tencent buys stake in Brazilian company Nubank
Chinese group Tencent plans to invest USD200 million to buy a 5 percent stake in Brazilian financial technology company Nubank, according to The Information website. The ... -
Beijing promises not to weaken yuan, criticizes US concern
China promised yesterday not to weaken its currency to boost exports during a tariff fight with Washington and rejected U.S. concern about the yuan’s sagging exchange ... -
Taiwan holds military drill with Paraguay amid China tension
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen hosted her Paraguayan counterpart yesterday at a military exercise in a sign of the island’s determination to withstand China’s diplomatic onslaught. The ... -
Koreas | Seoul says Kim Jong Un wants Pope Francis to visit North
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants Pope Francis to visit the officially atheist country, South Korea said yesterday. South Korea’s presidential office said in a ... -
Malaysia | Gov’t plans new taxes to help pay off snowballing debt
Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said yesterday the government plans to introduce new tax measures to help raise funds to pay off national debt that ... -
Jakarta to topple Tokyo as world’s most populous city by 2030
Tokyo will lose the crown of being the world’s most populous city to Jakarta by 2030, according to Euromonitor International. The population in Jakarta, the capital ... -
Australia | Government mulls banning some immigrants from biggest cities
Starting a new life in Australia might not come with views of the Sydney Opera House or surfing at the city’s Bondi Beach with the government ... -
Pakistan | Finance minister to seek IMF loan to avert meltdown
Pakistan says it will seek a bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund to address a mounting balance of payments crisis, Finance Minister Asad Umar said. ... -
Turkey to search Saudi Consulate for missing journalist
Turkey said yesterday it will search the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a missing Saudi contributor to The ... -
Bulgaria | Radio says suspect arrested over journalist slaying
Bulgarian national radio reported yesterday that a suspect has been arrested in connection with the slaying of television reporter Viktoria Marinova, whose body was found dumped ... -
Tycoon going on SpaceX rocket says he trusts Musk
The Japanese online retail tycoon who plans to travel to the moon on the SpaceX rocket says he respects and trusts Elon Musk as a fellow ... -
Offbeat | Walk on the wild side: Dutch jogger runs into lion cub
A jogger’s run through the Dutch countryside turned into a walk on the wild side when he discovered a lion cub in a field. Police say ... -
This Day in History | 1980 – Thatcher ‘not for turning’
The Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has made a defiant speech to Conservatives at the party conference in Brighton. In it she stressed her determination to stick ... -
Football – La Liga | Sevilla looking like a strong title candidate in Spain
While Barcelona and Real Madrid struggle, Sevilla has its attack clicking and its defense ticking. The result is first place in the Spanish league and a ... -
Modric, Mbappe in running for Ballon d’Or
Luka Modric and Kylian Mbappe are in the running to break Lionel Messi’s and Cristiano Ronaldo’s 10-year dominance of the Ballon d’Or. The World Cup finalist ... -
World briefs
CHINA The wife of the former Interpol president who disappeared in China has revealed that she had received a threatening phone call warning of agents coming for ... -
The Buzz | Albania to relocate casinos, betting shops to city outskirts
Albania’s government says it will relocate all casinos and betting shops out of residential areas to curb their spread, especially in the capital Tirana. Prime Minister ... -
China’s soy appetite is leaving Brazil crushers emptied handed
Crushers in Brazil are running out of soybeans amid tougher competition from Chinese buyers for the remaining 2017-18 season supplies. Brazilian crushers have been working with ... -
Macau Matters | Doctoral examinations
My nomination as an external examiner for a Doctoral dissertation was recently rejected because I had previously worked at the university involved. This annoyed me quite ... -
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 – edition no. 3146
* Gov’t acknowledges offshores concerns * Hong Kong banks slash property valuations as home market teeters * Exhibition showcases historic landscapes * City out of top ...
