Monthly Archives: November 2018
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DHL Express expands investment in China to tap trade growth
German logistics titan DHL Express will step up its investment in China to seize new business opportunities as the country reforms and opens up. “We are ... -
Briefs | Broad money supply continues to grow
Macau’s broad money supply continued to grow in September with a stable share of patacas, as broad monetary supply grew by 10.3 percent year-on-year to MOP626.4 ... -
AirAsia kicks off city’s first direct flight to Kota Kinabalu
AirAsia officially inaugurated the SAR’s first direct flight to Kota Kinabalu yesterday, marking the airline’s second Malaysian route and the seventh international destination from Macau. This ... -
Lawmaker calls for Cathay data breach follow-up
Lawmaker Lei Cheng I has called for the Macau government to follow up on a recent data breach at Cathay Pacific Airway Ltd that affected more ... -
Crime | Four charged with covering up arson suspect
Four people have been charged with absolving an illegal worker from criminal liability in an arson case, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported yesterday during a press ... -
Hong Kong Literary Festival says tickets still available
There are still a few tickets available for the 2018 Hong Kong Literary Festival, which runs until Sunday, November 11 at its new location at the ... -
Jack Ma labels trade war ‘most stupid thing’
Billionaire Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma called fighting over trade senseless and decried once again a widening conflict between the U.S. and China. China’s richest person – ... -
HKD drops most since 2016 as rate gap widens again
Hong Kong’s dollar weakened the most since February 2016, unwinding some of last week’s jump, as a widening interest-rate gap made it more lucrative to borrow ... -
Gaming | Genting Malaysia falls most on record amid higher casino levies
Genting Malaysia Bhd. suffered its worst one-day fall on record as most analysts downgraded the stock after the government announced Friday that casinos’ annual fees and ... -
Corporate bits | Sands China volunteers at Caritas Bazaar
A group of around 110 Sands Cares Ambassadors manned a game booth on Saturday and Sunday for the 49th Caritas Macau Charity Bazaar at Nam Van Lake ... -
Two scholars due to speak at Harvard barred from leaving country
A researcher at a prominent Chinese think tank repeatedly targeted by the Communist government said yesterday he and the organization’s director have been barred from leaving the ... -
Taiwan | New performing arts center billed as largest in world
A sprawling complex of four theaters billed as the biggest performing arts center in the world has opened in southern Taiwan. The National Kaohsiung Center for the ... -
Xi promises market opening as import fair begins
President Xi Jinping promised to open China’s growing consumer market wider at a fair designed to help counter charges that Beijing abuses the global trading system. ... -
South Asia | Rivals China, India cautiously watch Sri Lankan crisis
China and India are closely watching the constitutional crisis in Sri Lanka, which has been a battleground in their struggle for geopolitical supremacy in South Asia. ... -
Cold friends | Cuban president meets North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel — both hoping to get out from under U.S. economic sanctions — have agreed to ... -
Malaysia | Ex-state chief charged as graft crackdown widens
THE former leader of a resource-rich eastern Malaysian state was charged yesterday with allegedly receiving bribes for the award of timber concessions amid a widening crackdown ... -
Australia | Third shark attack off tourist island in seven weeks
A shark critically injured a man yesterday near an island harbor on Australia’s Great Barrier reef where two tourists were mauled on consecutive days in September, officials ... -
Iran-US | President Rouhani warns of ‘war situation’ as sanctions resume
Iran greeted the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions yesterday with air defense drills and a statement from President Hassan Rouhani that the nation faces a “war situation,” ... -
Cameroon | Separatists kidnap 78 pupils in restive northwest
Armed separatists have kidnapped at least 78 students and their principal from a Presbyterian school in Nkwen village in Cameroon’s restive northwest region, a governor said ... -
Middle East | SoftBank CEO decries journalist’s death, defends Saudi fund
SOFTBANK Group Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son denounced yesterday the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but defended the Japanese technology giant’s investment fund, which includes ... -
This Day in History | 1999 Australia rejects republic
Australians have rejected a proposal to break ties with the British monarchy and become a republic. In the landmark referendum to decide whether Australia would replace ... -
Offbeat | Dog’s day: Player’s pet quarantined on landing in Australia
No matter what Lamar Patterson does for the Brisbane Bullets on the basketball court, he can expect to be dogged by questions about Kobe. The ex-Atlanta ... -
PSG coach Tuchel needs more backing in drive for discipline
Only days after he stood up to key players for turning up late to a team talk, another incident underlined how Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel ... -
MMA | Mayweather to fight Japanese kickboxer Nasukawa in December
Floyd Mayweather is planning on fighting Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa on Dec. 31 in Saitama, north of Tokyo. The 41-year-old Mayweather is 50-0 in his boxing ... -
Djokovic returns to No.1 in rankings after 2-year absence
Novak Djokovic is back at No. 1 in the ATP rankings after a two-year absence — and the first man in nearly two decades to rise ... -
The Buzz | Tropical Storm Xavier brushes Mexican coast with wind, rain
Tropical Storm Xavier is bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to Mexico’s central Pacific coast, though it’s expected to head out to sea and avoid a ... -
Indonesia | Crashed plane saw airspeed snags on four flights
Indonesia called on Boeing Co. to fix its 737 Max aircraft, saying the Lion Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea last week had faulty ... -
World Briefs
AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA Indonesian and Australian ministers signed an agreement to strengthen government economic exchanges yesterday as the neighboring countries work toward forging a bilateral free trade deal. ... -
World Views | The big short’s Eisman has a point about Brexit
Money manager Steve Eisman famously predicted the 2007-2008 blowup of the mortgage debt bubble, one of the few to believe that such a “black swan” event was ... -
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 – edition no. 3164
* Import fair begins | Xi vows to open China’s consumer market * Open House | Architects list 50 historic and contemporary buildings, sites * Macau-Kota ... -
Trailhiker participants call for more charity runs
Loud cheers and an energetic crowd filled MGM Cotai’s lobby on Saturday as the MGM Macau Eco Trailhiker hit a record high, attracting 2,700 participants and ... -
US trade union investigating firms linked to Angela Leong
Angela Leong A U.S.-based trade union has submitted a letter addressed to the Court of Final Instance asking for clarification on the interests of lawmaker and businesswoman ... -
Health | Kiang Wu opens assisted reproduction center
Kiang Wu Hospital opened its assisted reproduction center on Saturday, introducing services that will accommodate up to one thousand cases per year. The hospital says that ... -
Dog skin allergies
Dog skin allergies are usually identified by constant biting, obsessive scratching, compulsive licking, chewing, rashes, hair loss and hot spots (extremely itchy lesions on the skin caused ... -
Macau and Zhuhai co-tested boxed tissue and sanitary napkins
The Macau Consumer Council (CC) and the Zhuhai Association for Consumers’ Rights and Interests Protection recently co-tested boxed tissue and sanitary napkins. According to a statement ...
