Daily Archives: Thursday, November 22, 2018
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The fake history of BoBo | Flora memorial wrongly attributes date of bear rescue
The plaque near the statue of Bobo the Asian black bear wrongly reads that it was rescued “in the summer of 1984.” A news clipping of ... -
AL Plenary | Lawmakers urge the gov’t to solve ‘holidays shift proposal’ issue
During yesterday’s Legislative Assembly (AL) plenary session, lawmakers Ella Lei, Leong Sun Iok and Lei Chan U expressed their strong opposition to the government’s proposal to ... -
Women’s report indicates improved gender equality
The average gross disposable income of local women is MOP7,822 with a median of MOP5,000, according to statistics released on Monday by the Women and Children ... -
50 suicides recorded in 2018
Figures revealed by the Health Bureau (SSM) acknowledge that in the first three quarters of the year, Macau registered a total of 50 suicide cases. Of ... -
Chief engineer wants to turn HKZMB into ‘smart bridge’
Preliminary research on how to turn the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge into a “smart bridge” has already been carried out, Su Quanke, chief engineer of the HKZMB ... -
Macau Grand Prix | Team boss says Flörsch’s crash not Macau related
The team boss of teenage driver Sophia Flörsch, who suffered a serious crash during Sunday’s Macau Grand Prix F3 race, said that the accident could have ... -
Local bakery raises funds for breast cancer foundation
The Lord Stow’s Bakery has donated HKD19,630 to the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation, an amount representing 50 percent of its sales revenue from the company’s ... -
Briefs | Brazilian delegation visits Macau
A Brazilian delegation recently visited the University of Macau (UM) to discuss strengthening the collaboration between UM and Brazilian universities. The delegation was led by Geraldo ... -
Japan prosecutors to hold Ghosn for 10 more days
Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn will be detained for another 10 days following his arrest on suspicion of falsifying income reports by millions of dollars ... -
Amid Hong Kong’s riches, poverty isn’t receding
The number of people living in poverty in Hong Kong hasn’t declined even with an increase in government assistance, the latest reminder of persistent income inequality ... -
Beijing to judge every resident based on behavior by end of 2020
China’s plan to judge each of its 1.3 billion people based on their social behavior is moving a step closer to reality, with Beijing set to ... -
Xinjiang | Cracks show in vision for model ethnic unity village
In this corner of China’s far west, rows of identical white concrete houses with red metal roofs rise abruptly above the sand dunes of the harsh ... -
US says Beijing hacking increasing ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
A U.S. government report ahead of a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping accuses China of stepping up hacking aimed at stealing American technology ... -
South Korea | Seoul says it will close Japan funded sex slavery foundation
South Korea said yesterday it will dissolve a foundation funded by Japan to compensate South Korean women who were forced to work in Japan’s World War ... -
Koreas | Pompeo sounds word of caution on expansion of South-North ties
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. has “made clear” to South Korea that progress on disarming North Korea should not lag behind the expansion ... -
Kim Jong Yang | South Korean named Interpol president in blow to Russia
South Korea’s Kim Jong Yang was elected as Interpol’s president yesterday, edging out a longtime veteran of Russia’s security services who was strongly opposed by the ... -
Iraq | Town fearful as battle against IS rages next door
More than a year after the Iraqi town of Qaim was freed from the Islamic State group, booms from airstrikes still echo and columns of smoke ... -
Jamal Khashoggi | Trump defies calls to punish crown prince for writer’s death
President Donald Trump has declared he will not further punish Saudi Arabia for the murder of U.S.-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi — making clear in an exclamation-filled ... -
This Day in History | 1963 Kennedy shot dead in Dallas
The President of the United States has been assassinated by a gunman in Dallas, Texas. John F Kennedy was hit in the head and throat when ... -
Offbeat | Aerosmith’s Perry cancels tour after recent hospital visit
Joe Perry has canceled his fall tour to take time off after recently being hospitalized with breathing problems. The Aerosmith guitarist’s publicist said in a statement ... -
Football | Nations League a hit as positivity replaces skepticism
For Aleksander Ceferin, the UEFA Nations League was an overwhelming thumbs up. Across the continent, skepticism seems to have been replaced by positivity as European soccer’s ... -
Golf | Over the moon: PGA announces new tournament in Japan
The PGA Tour will hold its first official tournament in Japan. And the main sponsor of next year’s event, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, is describing it ... -
The Buzz | Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen
An estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of Yemen’s civil war in 2015, an international aid ... -
US carrier in Hong Kong after bombers fly over South China Sea
A U.S. aircraft carrier docked in Hong Kong yesterday, days after a pair of American B-52 bombers flew over the disputed South China Sea. The arrival ... -
World Briefs
KOREA U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that his country has “made clear” to South Korea that progress on disarming North Korea should not lag behind ... -
Made in Macao | Work-Life Balance and the Seven Sins
Talking about the seven sins as a form of work-life-balance may be against my Catholic beliefs. But as I watched the episode about The Seven on ... -
Thursday, November 22, 2018 – edition no. 3176
* WTO Launches Probe | Beijing accused of continuing IP theft * Sophia Flörsch’s father | ‘Those 30 or 40 minutes after the crash were the ...
