Monthly Archives: October 2018
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Billionaire Lau is said to redevelop Goldman’s London base
Joseph Lau’s Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd. has invited companies to pitch to redevelop Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s London headquarters after the bank vacates the building next ... -
Qatar pledges USD3b to spur interest in new free zones
Qatar plans to spend USD3 billion to attract foreign companies to its new free zones as the oil-rich country seeks to diversify its economy amid a ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands China kept large-scale conference running smoothly during typhoon
When a super typhoon struck Macau last month, the Jeunesse Expo 9 was taking place at The Venetian Macao. In spite of the storm, the conference – ... -
Trade War | China, US jockey for global support as dispute ramps up
The U.S. and China are set to use the latest gathering of the world’s finance chiefs to marshal support for their respective cases in a trade ... -
Hackers are using stolen Apple ids to swipe cash in China
Ant Financial’s Alipay and Tencent Holdings Ltd. warned that cyber-attackers employed stolen Apple IDs to break into customers’ accounts and made off with an unknown amount ... -
Malaysia | Government says it will end death penalty for all crimes
Malaysia’s new government said it will abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia ... -
Thailand | Authorities to deport 70 Pakistani asylum seekers
Thai authorities yesterday convicted 70 Pakistani asylum seekers of staying illegally in Thailand despite their protestations that they face persecution if they are sent home, as ... -
Indonesia | Grim search for disaster dead nears its end
Indonesia’s search for victims buried in neighborhoods annihilated by an earthquake and tsunami is nearing its end almost two weeks after the double disasters hit the ... -
India | Severe cyclone hits eastern coast; 8 killed
A severe cyclone damaged homes and blew down trees and power poles yesterday in eastern India, where eight people were killed and about 300,000 forced to ... -
Turkey | Saudi team after Post writer included soldiers, royal guards
Saudi royal guards, intelligence officers, soldiers and an autopsy expert were part of a 15-member team from the kingdom that targeted missing writer Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish ... -
Offbeat | Giant hammer artwork stolen in Northern California, police wants to nail thieves
Authorities in Northern California are looking for a hammer. A really, really big one. The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat says police in Healdsburg in California’s wine country ... -
This Day in History | 2002 – Dozens killed in Bali nightclub explosion
Reports from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali say more than 50 people have been killed in two explosions. At least 10 foreigners died and more ... -
Football | Monaco fires Jardim after poor start to season
Relishing his team’s fifth consecutive top-three finish in the French league, Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev spoke in May about his dream to make Leonardo Jardim the ... -
Football | Attorney: Ronaldo rape report documents altered, fabricated
Cristiano Ronaldo’s new Las Vegas criminal defense lawyer went on the attack yesterday [Macau time], saying documents cited in media reports about a rape claim against ... -
World briefs
INDONESIA The heads of the World Bank and IMF appealed yesterday to the U.S. and China to cool their dispute over technology policy and play by ... -
The Buzz | Police: Trump’s UK visit used 10,000 officers, cost USD24M
British police chiefs say security for U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit in July involved almost 10,000 officers and cost nearly 18 million pounds (USD24 million), making ... -
US, Russian astronauts safe after emergency landing
Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia were safe yesterday after an emergency landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan following the failure of a Russian booster rocket ... -
Bizcuits | Activists: Guiding us down Desire Paths
Desire paths are tracks worn by the wishes and feet of those gone before. As explained in an article in last week’s Guardian, they very often ... -
Friday, October 12, 2018 – edition 3148
* Macau | US report says freedom of speech threatened * More than 1,200 people on death row | Malaysia claims it will end death penalty ... -
Biblical Honey
• An Israeli farmer cashes in on frankincense, an exotic honey from a rare tree that produces a resin venerated in the Bible. His botanica can even ... -
‘The Hate U Give’ should be seen by everyone
The Hate U Give “ begins with a scene at the family dinner table where a father is giving his young kids “the talk” — the ... -
‘The Forgotten’ eyes evolution of white Trump voters
There have been many books, studies and feature stories on the rise of the alienated white voters who came out in large numbers to elect President ... -
Elvis Costello views misery on sumptuous ‘Look Now’
Like in “Anna Karenina,” the characters in “Look Now,” Elvis Costello’s sumptuous new album with The Imposters, are each unhappy in their own way. A woman ... -
News of the World | Israeli frankincense farmer cashes in on rare honey
An Israeli farmer has cashed in by making exotic honey from a rare tree that produces frankincense — the resin once worth its weight in gold ... -
The Mistaken Identity
Like the plot straight out of a book from the Romantic era, sometimes it takes a masqueraded or mistaken identity to survive. In the vinous world, ... -
Travelog | New Tokyo fish market starts traditionally with tuna auction
Tokyo’s famous fish market reopened yesterday at a new location but retained its most famous tradition: the tuna auction. The customary clanging of bells opened the ... -
Q&A | Joe Chan, Environmental activist: ‘So far, there is no education about plastic pollution’
A call to halt single-use plastics has been circulating online in the region as Macau saw a 2.9 percent increase in its daily solid waste last ... -
Beijing endorses work of Macau assembly
The Chinese central government fully endorses the work of the Legislative Assembly (AL), according to Chinese vice-premier Han Zheng. Yesterday during a meeting with AL’s delegation, ... -
Briefs | Free visa to Myanmar for MSAR passport holders
Holders of the Macau SAR passport can now enter the Republic of the Union of Myanmar without a visa. This new measure is an enhancement of ... -
Beishan Jazz Festival to kick off tomorrow
The Beishan Jazz Festival 2018 will be held from tomorrow till Sunday at the Hengqin International Advertising Creative Industry Base, bringing in a total of 17 ... -
Crime | 78-year-old man suspected of sexual assault of children aged 8 and 9
A local 78-year-old course instructor has been arrested after having sexually assaulted two female minor students, aged 8 and 9 years old. The two victims are ... -
Flood barriers construction in Inner Harbor only after 2021
The construction of flood barriers (levees) in low-lying areas of the city and namely the Inner Harbor, was previously announced by the government as a measure ... -
Test run of HKZM bridge deemed a success
Three days of test runs on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai- Macau bridge have achieved the expected results, said Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, Hong Kong’s chief secretary for administration. ... -
Construction sector fell by 20 percent last year
The total receipts for the construction sector in Macau have registered a drop of 18.8 percent year-on- year in 2017, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) ... -
Education | Lifelong Learning Week kicks off on Saturday
The 2018 Lifelong Learning Week will kick off on October 13 and will run until October 19, with more programs lined up for participants compared to ...
