Monthly Archives: October 2018
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Urban Renewal Consultation | Pearl Horizon buyers agree with housing plan if their requests are met
The government has published yesterday the final report on the public consultation on the urban renewal regime that took place from August 22 to September 20. ... -
Ikea plans to expand to a dozen new markets, including Macau
Ikea plans to expand to about a dozen new markets in the coming years, including Macau, as the Swedish furniture giant aims to reach a total ... -
Gaming | Island casino for Chinese high rollers sputters amid delays
Four years after it arrived on the remote U.S. territory of Saipan, Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd. is faltering in its effort to turn the obscure ... -
Corporate bits | Airasia announces Krabi-Macau route
AirAsia is introducing direct flights from Krabi to Hong Kong and Macau at special promotional fares in celebration of its 10th year of flying to Hong ... -
Meng Hongwei | Chilling call made to wife of ex-Interpol boss
The call came at night and was chilling. “You listen, but you don’t speak,” the man on the other end said. “We’ve come in two work ... -
Taiwan leader calls on China to not be ‘source of conflict’
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen called on China yesterday not to be a “source of conflict” and pledged to boost the island’s defenses against Beijing’s military threats. ... -
Hong Kong – Policy Address | Lam highlights housing, livelihood, Greater Bay opportunities
Chief Executive Carrie Lam delivered her policy address yesterday, highlighting housing, economy, people’s livelihood and young people’s development. It was Lam’s second policy address since she ... -
Koreas | South considers lifting some sanctions on North
South Korea is considering lifting some of its unilateral sanctions against North Korea to create more momentum for diplomacy aimed at improving relations and defusing the ... -
Australia, Japan agree to keep pressure on North Korea
Australia and Japan yesterday reaffirmed their commitment to pressuring North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program and enforcing sanctions on Pyongyang. Australian Foreign Minister Marise ... -
Maldives | Defeated president challenges election result
The outgoing president of the Maldives filed a complaint with police yesterday challenging the results of last month’s presidential election in which he was defeated by ... -
Market forces put America’s recycling industry in the dumps
America’s recycling industry is in the dumps. A crash in the global market for recyclables is forcing communities to make hard choices about whether they can ... -
UK | Woman who spent USD21m at Harrods fights wealth order
A woman from Azerbaijan who spent 16 million pounds (USD21 million) on jewelry, wine and other goods at luxury London department store Harrods over the course of ... -
USA | One of oldest coal companies files for bankruptcy
One of the oldest coal companies in the U.S. filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday [Macau time] to deal with more than USD1.4 billion in debt amid ... -
This Day in History | 1976 – China’s ‘Gang of Four’ arrested
The new chairman of China’s Communist Party, Hua Guofeng, has ordered the arrest of four leading radicals in Peking. It is a sign that China is ... -
Offbeat | Gecko butt-dials ‘bazillion’ times from Hawaii seal hospital
If you got incessant phone calls last week from a hospital that cares for Hawaiian monk seals, you were butt-dialed. Or, more specifically, foot-dialed. By a ... -
Basketball | Rockets’ Zhou Qi hurts knee in exhibition game vs. Shanghai
Houston’s Zhou Qi played only three minutes yesterday [Macau time] before the 7-foot-1 center from China sprained his left knee against the Shanghai Sharks. Qi, the ... -
Basketball | Dennis Rodman benched for Yao Ming at Pyongyang friendly?
Has Dennis Rodman, the former NBA star-turned pal of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, been benched for Chinese hoop legend Yao Ming? The former Houston ... -
Football | Paul Pogba back to friendly environment with France
Far away seem the days when Paul Pogba was praised for the mature displays that helped France win the World Cup. For the Manchester United midfielder, ... -
Retail | Luxury shoppers in China are still buying bags, but not BMWs
China’s luxury shoppers may be shunning pricey autos, but they’re still finding an appetite for handbags and champagne as the trade war plays out unevenly across ... -
World Briefs
CHINA is “not aware of the situation” surrounding reports that the wife of the detained Chinese former president of Interpol has been threatened, a foreign ministry ... -
The Buzz | Swiss court clears ex-banker who gave secrets to WikiLeaks
Switzerland’s high court has upheld the acquittal of a former private banker who handed over confidential client information to WikiLeaks, ruling he wasn’t bound by the ... -
Girl About Globe | HK’s high-growth economy must include trees
Hong Kong has a shady past. I hope it has a shady future. A few days after the super-typhoon hit last month, I sat at a ... -
Thursday, October 11, 2018 – edition no. 3147
* HKSAR Policy Address | Artificial islands proposed to ease housing crisis * Joe Chan | ‘So far, there is no education about plastic pollution’ * ... -
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 ...
