Monthly Archives: October 2018
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The Insular Powerhouses
Despite its cool-headed name, chill filtering is no doubt one of the most hotly debated topics amongst whisky lovers, newcomers and old-timers alike. Detractors, often puritanical, ... -
Food & Beverage | Yí offers one-of-a-kind tasting menu at Morpheus
Contemporary Chinese fine dining is reaching new heights at Yí at Morpheus, City of Dreams, where China’s many flavors are presented by award-winning Chef de Cuisine ... -
HKZMB | Fast border checks impress first bridge users
The Macau and Zhuhai sides of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai- Macau Bridge have almost combined the Macau immigration control and mainland China immigration control into one single ... -
HKZMB | Macau, Zhuhai begin cooperative health quarantine model
Health quarantine facilities at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge were well equipped and prepared to administer services starting from the commencement of operations yesterday morning, according to ... -
HKZMB opens to traffic | Drivers note benefits but still ‘A lot to improve’
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) opened yesterday to the traffic of vehicles and passengers connecting the three cities after Tuesday’s official inauguration by Chinese President Xi ... -
Opinion | A bridge alone can’t unify Hong Kong with China
What’s the most important bit of infrastructure to connect an international metropolis like China’s Pearl River Delta? A demolished border post. For all the excitement around ... -
Briefs | Civil Servants association calls for 5pct salary increase
The Macau Civil Servants Association is calling on the government to increase the salary of civil servants by five percent in 2019. A group of ten ... -
Industry hopes to bring coffee culture to universities
A forum named “Macau Enterprises Immersing in the Greater Bay Area” and the Yunnan Coffee Cup 2018 – China Brewers Championship in Macau were held this ... -
Red Market rebuilding to keep internal structure and decoration
The rebuilding plan for the Red Market proposes to retain the market’s internal characteristics, according to the plan’s details revealed this week by the Urban Planning ... -
Slight increase y-o-y in September tourists
Visitor arrivals totaled to 2,561,274 in September, up by 3 percent year-on-year but down by 24.7 percent month-to-month, according to information released by the Statistics and ... -
GTEF 2018 | Empowering local communities vital for tourism boost
Tourism has transformed from an attraction to an experience and now to an emotion. Thus, tourism entities are aiming to build an “emotional connection” through gastronomy ... -
Brazil, Argentina, partner countries of GTEF 2019
The Global Tourism Economy Forum came to a close yesterday, announcing that Argentina and Brazil will be its Partner Countries next year, while Jiangsu will be ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands welcomes first batch of HKZMB passengers
Sands China Ltd. has welcomed its first group of guests to arrive via the new Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The guests’ arrival at The Parisian Macao makes ... -
Hong Kong | Lawmaker takes loan at 18 percent interest to buy property
Just how attractive is Hong Kong property? A stock exchange filing from Tuesday evening shows that some people will continue to pay up for the chance ... -
Singapore | Shoe-box rule may cheer home buyers, not home builders
Putting an end to “shoe-box sized” apartments in Singapore may be reason for residents to cheer but for developers, it could prove a double whammy. Already ... -
Trade War | No US high-ranking officials to attend Shanghai investment fair
The U.S. will not send a high-ranking official to attend a major investment fair in China next month, an embassy official said yesterday, in a move ... -
Foes closer | Abe vows to bolster ties with China day before Beijing trip
PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to bolster cooperation and friendship between Japan and China in a key policy speech yesterday before making the first official trip ... -
Ford revamps China business, hires former Chery exec as CEO
Ford Motor Co. has revamped its Asian operations and made its China business a stand-alone unit, recruiting the head of local automaker Chery Automobile to be ... -
Economy | Beijing’s squeezed private companies face more funding pain
The funding squeeze for China’s private enterprise is expected to persist, despite recent measures aimed at easing financing difficulties. Non-state companies have borne the burden of ... -
Trade | India is said to plan deal to boost exports to PRC
India is devising a plan to boost shipments of around 200 products to China and narrow the deficit with its biggest trading partner, a person with ... -
Jumpei Yasuda | Japan confirms ID of journalist freed from Syria
Japan confirmed yesterday that a man freed from Syria is a Japanese freelance journalist who was kidnapped three years ago and said he appears to be ... -
Advertorial | Sands entertains: A new era of live shows
LEON METRO LIVE OCTOBER 27, 2018 Hong Kong ‘Heavenly King’ Leon Lai will bring October to a close with a bang with Leon Metro Live ... -
Australia | Rush’s wife testifies actor wept denying allegations
The wife of actor Geoffrey Rush cried as she told a Sydney court yesterday how he had wept and curled up in the fetal position following ... -
Middle East | The Sons of Tyrants: Saudi prince joins pantheon of incendiary Arab rulers’ sons
They rose to positions of unbridled power because of their bloodline, and those who fell, sometimes in a grisly manner, did so because of what they ... -
USA | Trump awaits briefing from CIA director in Khashoggi case
President Donald Trump says the killing of a Saudi journalist was a botched operation and a “bad original concept” as his administration has taken its first ... -
Offbeat | Hawaii bonsai tree stolen after owner raised it for decades
Hawaii police are trying to find a rare bonsai tree that was stolen from a nursery owner who says he spent 56 years caring for it. ... -
This Day in History | 1984 – Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia
The EEC is donating £1.8 million to help combat the famine in Ethiopia. Officials from Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid and the Red Cross believe ... -
Football | Mourinho’s warning underlines extent of Man United’s fall
The presence of Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford revived memories of much better times at Manchester United, when England’s biggest club had a slew of the ... -
Football | A-League to ask for stadium, TV broadcasts of VAR
The head of Australia’s A-League is hoping international soccer authorities will allow video-assisted referee (VAR) decisions to be shown on television broadcasts and on stadium video ... -
World briefs
MALAYSIA-THAILAND Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met yesterday with Thailand’s leader and discussed peace talks in Thailand’s southern border provinces where a Muslim separatist insurgency has been ... -
The Buzz | Agents nab possible explosive devices sent to Obama, Clinton
The U.S. Secret Service says agents have intercepted packages containing “possible explosive devices” addressed to former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The agency says neither ... -
Winning USD1.6B Mega Millions ticket sold in South Carolina
Lottery officials say someone has won the record USD1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Mega Millions officials said a ticket purchased in South Carolina matches all six ... -
Made in Macao | Why is chrysanthemum wine auspicious?
The Chung Yeung Festival 路陽節, one of the main Chinese festivals of the year, took place one week ago. Two years ago I wrote about how ... -
Thursday, October 25, 2018 – edition no. 3156
* HKZMB Day One | People queue to cross longest sea bridge * Abe vows to bolster ties with China day before Beijing trip * Brazil, ... -
GTEF | Pansy Ho appointed UNWTO ambassador in Macau
Pansy Ho, the vice chairman and secretary general of the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) was nominated as the first ambassador in Macau of the United ...
