Monthly Archives: October 2018
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Corporate Bits | Oktoberfest Macau at MGM celebrates 10th anniversary
MGM kick-started Oktoberfest Macau at MGM 2018 at MGM Cotai yesterday. Marking its tenth anniversary, the event is being hosted for the first time at MGM’s ... -
Real Estate Matters | What is rent control and does it work?
Sam Lee is a marketing manager and property consultant at JML Property. JML was established in 1994 and offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in ... -
Disney bets USD20m to ensure Florida isn’t the next Vegas
A Florida ballot initiative this November would give voters the power to block any expansion of casino gambling, a move some argue would effectively crush gaming companies’ ... -
Q&A: Torsten Müller-Otvös Rolls-Royce CEO | Rolls-Royce will never make a hybrid car: CEO
This week, Rolls- Royce unleashed its USD325,000 Cullinan on the back roads and double-diamond ski runs of Wyoming’s Grand Teton mountain range. The press launch was the ... -
Mattis meets his Chinese counterpart, but no new agreements
U.S. officials say they sense that relations with the Chinese military, after a rocky few months, may be stabilizing, although face-to-face talks between their respective defense ... -
HK hit by rush-hour chaos after glitch delays trains
Hong Kong’s metro trains suffered delays due to a rare, simultaneous signaling glitch on four of its lines, causing chaos at stations and inconveniencing thousands of ... -
Tesla secures land in Shanghai for first factory outside US
Electric auto brand Tesla Inc. said it signed an agreement Wednesday to secure land in Shanghai for its first factory outside the United States, pushing ahead ... -
Philippines | Key allies quit Duterte Cabinet to run in elections
Close allies of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte have resigned from his Cabinet to run in elections next year that will test his popularity and could determine ... -
India | Protesters stop females ages 10 to 50 from entering temple
A temple in southern India and one of the world’s largest Hindu pilgrimage centers opened its doors to females of menstruating age on Wednesday to comply with ... -
Vietnam | Popular blogger freed on condition she leave for US
Vietnam has freed a well-known blogger after two years in prison on the condition that she leave for the United States. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known ... -
As Canada legalizes pot, other countries likely to follow
More than two dozen countries have relaxed their marijuana or other drug laws, and a number could consider legalizing in the not-too-distant future. The South American ... -
Science | Oldest fossils on Earth? New look finds might just be rocks
What were billed as the oldest fossils on Earth may just be some rocks, according to a new study. Two years ago, a team of Australian ... -
Man linked to Saudi prince at consulate when writer vanished
A man who previously traveled with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage to the United States entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul just before writer Jamal ... -
Offbeat | Film with Fan Bingbing, Bruce Willis canceled after tax case
The director of “Air Strike,” featuring Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, says the film’s release has been canceled in the wake of her disappearance and conviction on ... -
This Day in History | 1987 – Shares plunge after Wall Street crash
The world’s stock market has collapsed after shares on Wall Street suffered a wave of panic selling. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted by a record ... -
Gerard Pique juggles business with football at Barcelona
With his plan to revamp tennis’ Davis Cup, Barcelona defender Gerard Pique is laying the groundwork for a life after football. Barcelona, however, needs its budding ... -
World briefs
CHINA Emergency services said yesterday that about 6,000 people were evacuated after a landslide in Tibet blocked the flow of one of the region’s key rivers, ... -
New Zealand Leader taped speaking inappropriately
New Zealand’s opposition leader has been secretly recorded calling one of his own lawmakers “f—ing useless” and making other questionable remarks as turmoil in the conservative ... -
The Buzz | China may have USD5.8 trillion hidden debt with ‘titanic’ risk
China’s local governments may have accumulated 40 trillion yuan (USD5.8 trillion) of off-balance sheet debt, or even more, suggesting further defaults are in store, according to ... -
Shanghai | Airport automates check-in with facial recognition
It’s now possible to check in automatically at Shanghai’s Hongqiao airport using facial recognition technology, part of an ambitious rollout of facial recognition systems in China ... -
Kapok | Political will
Back in December 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was designed as an international agreement — no less — that was supposed to bind 192 parties (191 states) ... -
Friday, October 19, 2018 – edition no. 3152
* Inauguration next week | Xi expected in Zhuhai to open bridge * Man linked to Saudi prince at consulate when writer vanished * Elekron show ... -
Rains Royally in Outback
• Prince Harry and Meghan ‘brought’ England’s rain to the drought-stricken Outback while touring Australia – a trip marked by the announcement that the House of ... -
‘Wildlife’ shows a family in crisis, beautifully
It’s fall of 1960 in Montana when we meet the Brinson family in “Wildlife,” a carefully considered and deeply moving adaptation of a Richard Ford novel ... -
Ellie Kemper endears herself to fans in ‘My Squirrel Days’
Ellie Kemper’s debut novel, “My Squirrel Days,” is exactly what you would expect from the comedian. It’s rich in personality, teeming with energy and full of ... -
Frehley ready for 3rd trip through space with Kiss
Ace Frehley may or may not be returned to the fold when Kiss launches their (second) farewell tour next year, but whatever the result, he sure ... -
News of The World | Harry and Meghan bring rain to drought-stricken Outback town
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were jokingly thanked for bringing England’s notoriously inclement weather to a drought-stricken Outback town this week in a rain-drenched visit ... -
The Coastal Tours de Force
Maturation is not the prerogative of scotch; it is an important factor and process in a wide variety of alcoholic beverages. However, scotch has arguably the ... -
Food & Beverage | Heading to Oktoberfest? New guide has some life hacks for beer lovers
Beer snobs, turn away, Ben Robinson has some hacks involving your favorite, foamy beverage. The editor in chief of The Observer has written a handy little ... -
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. ...
