Daily Archives: Wednesday, October 17, 2018
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Analysts betting on October gaming rebound
Analysts at brokerage house Sanford C Bernstein suggest that gross gaming revenue in October may bounce from the disappointing 2.8 percent increase in September. The analysts ... -
Exhibition showcases ‘raw’ bridal shots
A photographic installation titled “St. Lazarus Brides” is currently being showcased at Albergue SCM, presenting a total of 30 portraits taken with an iPhone 4 between ... -
Direct investment in Macau records 80 percent collapse
Inward direct investment flows to the Macau SAR last year collapsed to a mere 20 percent of that in 2016, according to the latest data from ... -
Education | IPM Taipa campus expected to open by 2020
The Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) is expected to open its new Taipa campus by 2020, the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, announced yesterday ... -
AL Plenary | LRT company to operate like airport firm
The law that will regulate the operations of the Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) system was yesterday approved at the Legislative Assembly (AL) on its first ... -
Viral photograph has netizens thinking alien invasion
A photograph of a street in Macau has gone viral after netizens said that the Grand Lisboa casino-hotel seen in the background looked like an alien spacecraft. ... -
Briefs | UM library exhibits old documents
The exhibition “Macau: A Gateway to the Cultural Interaction between China and the West, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Rare Collections Exhibition” is being held on the fifth floor ... -
MIF, PLPEX to feature 30 themed events
The 23rd Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) kicks off tomorrow along with the 2018 Portuguese-speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (PLPEX). The three-day event ... -
CRIME | Manager and hotel staff accused of procuring prostitution
A male hotel manager and a female staff member, both local residents, have been accused of procuring prostitution due to a complaint from a young Kazakhstani woman, ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands China and MGTO launch celebrity mentor programme for retail professionals
Sands China Ltd. and the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) launched the Celebrity Mentor Programme last week for the retail employees at Sands Shoppes, the company’s ... -
HSBC, Credit Suisse CEOs follow Dimon and ditch Saudi conference
The chief executive officers of HSBC Holdings Plc and Credit Suisse Group AG became the latest top bankers to abandon an investment conference in Saudi Arabia ... -
Tesla boosts Hong Kong chargers to help stem slide in sales
Tesla Inc. is beefing up its vehicle charging infrastructure in Hong Kong to help lure back customers after an end to the city’s tax breaks caused ... -
Audi fined USD925 million in Germany over diesel emissions
German law enforcement authorities added another chapter to Volkswagen’s diesel scandal yesterday by fining the company’s luxury division Audi 800 million euros (USD925 million) for selling ... -
European Union finances East Timor municipal roads
The European Union (EU) has provided USD22.62 million for the maintenance and recovery of 44 kilometers of the Ermera and Liquica municipalities in East Timor, EU ... -
Japan’s Tohoku Electric buys natural gas from Mozambique
Japanese company Tohoku Electric announced that it has reached an agreement for the purchase and sale of up to 280,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ... -
Trade War | Trump’s battles give Taiwan supporters new influence
Escalating tensions between the U.S. and China over trade, the South China Sea and recent arms sales are pushing Taiwan back into the American foreign policy ... -
Uighurs | Senior official says internment camps are ‘free vocational training’
China is saving Muslim ethnic minorities from the lure of religious extremism by teaching them to speak Mandarin and accept modern science, a senior Chinese official ... -
Cinema | ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ wins China debut months after US open
The Warner Bros. surprise hit “Crazy Rich Asians” will debut in China next month, ending speculation that the country’s film regulators may block the hit romantic ... -
Australia | Canberra considers moving embassy to Jerusalem
Australia has raised the prospect of following the United States by relocating its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in a policy shift that ... -
India | Court gives life sentence to guru Rampal, 14 followers
A court in northern India sentenced a Hindu guru and 14 followers to life imprisonment yesterday in the deaths of four women and a child at his ... -
New Zealand | Lawmaker accuses opposition leader of corruption
New Zealand’s conservative opposition party was in turmoil yesterday after one of its own lawmakers accused leader Simon Bridges of corruption for hiding a donation from ... -
Saudi Arabia | Mike Pompeo meets King Salman over Khashoggi’s disappearance
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met yesterday with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman over the disappearance and alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished ... -
UK | Ending austerity ‘incompatible’ with budget plan
The British government will have to spend an extra 19 billion pounds (USD25 billion) a year on public services by the year 2022-23 if it’s to ... -
This Day in History | 1968 Black athletes make silent protest
Two black American athletes have made history at the Mexico Olympics by staging a silent protest against racial discrimination. Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and ... -
Offbeat | Cattle roundup over: Last cow caught weeks after truck crash
Officials say a cow that hoofed it for two weeks on the lam after a livestock truck overturned on a busy interstate junction north of Atlanta ... -
Motorsport | Rosberg expects F1 merger with electric series
Highlighting fresh concerns about global warming, Nico Rosberg foresees an eventual merger between the fuel-guzzling Formula One championship and the more environmentally friendly, electric motorsport series. ... -
Cricket | Zaman makes 94 on debut, Pakistan rallies to 204-6 at tea
Fakhar Zaman scored 94 on debut and helped Pakistan recover to 204-6 against Australia after Nathan Lyon took four wickets in six deliveries on the first ... -
The Buzz | Facebook requires UK political ad buyers to reveal identity
Facebook says that anyone who takes out a British political ad on the social media platform will now be forced to reveal their identity, in a ... -
World Briefs
SAUDI ARABIA U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested that “rogue killers” could be responsible for the mysterious disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an explanation offering Saudi ... -
Global warming to leave us crying in our costlier beer
Add beer to chocolate , coffee and wine as some of life’s little pleasures that global warming will make scarcer and costlier, scientists say. Increasing bouts ... -
Macau Matters | Is loneliness an issue for Macau
As I have noted previously, I like reading The Economist because it often contains articles that stimulate me to consider issues I have not thought about ... -
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 – edition no. 3151
* Lawmakers back to work | Rosário: LRT revenue will not cover costs * China says internment camps for Muslims lead them to ‘modern’ life * ...
