Daily Archives: Monday, October 22, 2018
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2017/18 Judicial Year | Courts drew highest public attention, Sam Hou Fai says
The president of the Court of Final Appeal, Sam Hou Fai, stressed that the past judicial year (2017/18) was likely to become the judicial year which ... -
Ask the Vet | Causes of puppy sneezing
Puppy sneezing may be a symptom of allergies or a respiratory infection. Usually sneezing is not a serious medical condition, and can be treated or go away ... -
Gaming | Local firm wants to build blockchain-backed casino club
Macau-based company De Club is looking to raise USD1 billion in an initial coin offering (ICO) to build a casino club backed by blockchain technology and ... -
DSAT working on traffic plan following HKZMB opening
The Transport Bureau has announced that it aims to implement a traffic plan within 120 days of tomorrow’s opening of the Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai Bridge (HKZMB). In ... -
Macau liaison office head falls to death in apparent suicide
The head of Beijing’s liaison office in Macau has died after a fall in his home, in what central authorities yesterday implied was a depression-related suicide. ... -
Portuguese Foreign Affairs Minister tours Macau to strengthen ties
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Augusto Santos Silva, toured Macau over the weekend and met with several local representatives, including Chief Executive (CE) Chui ... -
Briefs | PJ cracks down on fraudulent mobile base station
A fraudulent mobile base station which was sending out messages to people near the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge’s Macau entrance, has been uncovered by the Judiciary Police ... -
Hong Kong media urged to work against ‘external forces’
Chinese officials urged Hong Kong media to help prevent “external forces” from challenging Beijing’s authority, in the latest sign that the Communist Party was laying the ... -
Crime | Local resident arrested for arson
A local female resident has been arrested on suspicion of arson, according to the Judiciary Police (PJ). The incident occurred on October 12. The suspect is a ... -
Food, fun and Portuguese language return to Taipa Houses–Museum
Held for the 21st time, the Lusofonia Festival this year brought once more a lot of food, entertainment and the Portuguese language to the Taipa Houses-Museum. ... -
MIF highlights forums promoting Greater Bay opportunities
The “23rd Macao International Trade and Investment Fair” (MIF) and the “2018 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao)” (2018 PLPEX) concluded on Saturday. According to ... -
Adelsons add USD25m to their midterm campaign spending
Billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, delivered another USD25 million to help Republicans try to hold control of the U.S. Senate in the ... -
Euro may take lower path into ECB as Draghi to maintain rhetoric
The euro could revisit its year-to-date low as persistent political risks may lead Mario Draghi to refrain this week from painting a rosier picture for the ... -
Corporate bits | Sam Smith performs at MGM
Sam Smith performed two concerts at the MGM Theater of MGM Cotai on Friday and Saturday night, as part of his “The Thrill of it All” ... -
Environment | Melting glacier draws tourists, climate worries
The loud crack rang out from the fog above the Baishui No. 1 Glacier as a stone shard careened down the ice, flying past Chen Yanjun ... -
Chinese broadens its propaganda drive to heartland America
China’s propaganda machine has taken aim at American soybean farmers as part of its high-stakes trade war with the Trump administration. The publication last month of ... -
Hong Kong | Property billionaire Walter Kwok dies, family says
Walter Kwok, the former chairman of Hong Kong real-estate developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., died Saturday morning at the age of 68, according to a ... -
India | Most train disaster victims were migrant workers
Most of the casualties in a train disaster that killed dozens of people in northern India were migrant workers, a former state government official said Saturday. ... -
Afghanistan | Vote enters second day after attacks, technical issues
Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections entered a second day after delays caused by violence and technical issues, as a roadside bomb killed nearly a dozen civilians on Sunday, ... -
Philippines | Gunmen kill 9 people who occupied farm
Gunmen killed nine members of a farmers’ group who occupied part of a privately owned sugarcane plantation in a central Philippine province, police said yesterday. The ... -
Australia | Ruling coalition forced into minority government
Australia’s ruling coalition was forced into minority government on Saturday after a massive swing against its senior partner, the Liberal Party, in a by- election for ... -
Migrant caravan re-forms in Mexico, members vow to reach US
Despite Mexican efforts to stop them at the border, about 2,000 Central American migrants swam or rafted across a river separating that country from Guatemala, re-formed ... -
Europe, Japan send spacecraft on 7-year journey to Mercury
European and Japanese space agencies said an Ariane 5 rocket successfully lifted a spacecraft carrying two probes into orbit Saturday for a joint mission to Mercury, ... -
UK minister backs Trump move to exit nuclear pact
Britain’s defense secretary says the U.K. stands “absolutely resolute” with the United States as President Donald Trump announced he will pull out from a landmark arms ... -
This Day in History | 1990 – Aral Sea is ‘World’s worst disaster’
The Royal Geographical Society has unveiled evidence that the devastated region around the Aral Sea in Central Asia is the world’s worst ecological disaster. Three British ... -
Offbeat | 12-pound lunar meteorite sells for more than USD600,000
A 12-pound (5.5 kilogram) chunk of the moon that fell to the Earth as a lunar meteorite has been sold at auction for more than USD600,000. ... -
Ethiopian marathoner who made Rio protest returns from exile
The Ethiopian marathon runner who made global headlines with an anti-government gesture at the Rio Olympics finish line returned from exile yesterday after sports officials assured ... -
MotoGP | Marquez win Japanese secures championship title
Honda rider Marc Marquez won the Japanese MotoGP yesterday to secure the championship with three races left in the season. Marquez took the lead with four ... -
Football | Messi breaks arm as Barcelona regains lead in La Liga
Barcelona ended its slump and regained the Spanish league lead but there was little to celebrate as Lionel Messi broke his right forearm and will be ... -
Agent says Usain Bolt has contract offer, coach not aware
Usain Bolt’s long- time agent Ricky Simms said yesterday that the eight-time Olympic sprint gold medalist had received an A-League contract offer from the Central Coast ... -
World Briefs
TAIWAN At least 22 people were killed and 171 others injured yesterday when one of Taiwan’s newer, faster trains derailed on a curve along a popular ... -
Taiwan | Thousands of pro-independence demonstrators rally
Thousands of pro- independence demonstrators gathered in Taiwan’s capital on Saturday to express their disapproval with China’s stance toward their island. China cut off contact with ... -
The Buzz | Murakami: Joy of writing is to start not knowing end
Best-selling Japanese author Haruki Murakami says he enjoys writing novels because he doesn’t know how they’ll end up. Murakami, hosting a special radio show yesterday, said ... -
Rear Window | Blowing off some steam
Since Denis Papin’s digester everybody knows that you cannot manage a pressure cooker without something to let off some steam …whether screamingly high or low pitch! ... -
Monday, October 22, 2018 – edition no. 3153
* Liaison Office | China’s top Macau official found dead * DSAT working on traffic plan to cope with new bridge * Judicial year opens * ...
