Ex-Korea international Jang gets life ban for match-fixing

Ex-South Korea international Jang Hak-yong has received a lifetime ban from the Korea Football Association (KFA) after an attempt to fix a domestic league game.

World briefs

THAILAND The trial of a Thai billionaire construction tycoon charged with poaching an endangered black panther and other animals in a wildlife sanctuary began yesterday after months of delay.

The Buzz | Sleeping pilot overflies Australian island destination

Airline officials say a pilot is under investigation after falling asleep in the cockpit of a freight plane and overflying his Australian island destination by 46 kilometers.

Six whales refloated after stranding on New Zealand beach

Conservation workers and volunteers in New Zealand managed to refloat six surviving stranded whales yesterday and were hoping the animals would soon swim away into deeper water.

Macau Matters | Shift-work dangers

In Macau a lot of people work on shifts – we are all familiar with the associated early morning, mid-afternoon and late evening traffic jams. This poses some

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 – edition no. 3180

* New scheme for granting residency via investment hinted * Freedom of speech is key to creativity * More air links to China * NASA spacecraft touches down on Mars   DOWNLOAD

Crime | Local student commits multiple house robberies

A 19-year-old local student has been charged with aggravated robbery after he was identified as the main suspect in two recently reported house robberies, the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed

Future food festival may only accept electronic payment

The 18th Macau Food Festival closed on Sunday, with the organizers expecting to have had 10 to 20 percent less business compared to last year. Chan Chak Mo,

UM to confer honorary doctorates on Dec. 1

The University of Macau (UM) will confer honorary doctorates on five distinguished individuals, namely Aaron J Ciechanover, Lao Ngai Leong, Anthony Lau Siu Wing, Joseph Sung

Macau Grand Prix | Severe crash won’t stop Flörsch from coming back

Seventeen-year-old racing driver Sophia Flörsch says that her severe crash during the Macau Grand Prix weekend won’t stop her from coming back next year. Flörsch’s single-seater

Air Macau adds three new Airbus aircraft to fleet

In the first half of 2019, Air Macau is scheduled to receive three new A320neo Airbus aircraft ordered from BOC Aviation, according to a statement from the

New municipal bureau to quickly respond to hygiene issues

The future Municipal Affairs Bureau will handle environment, hygiene and safety issues within 24 hours of receiving reports. Other matters will be responded to

Maintenance subsidy program for old buildings extended

The government has extended the tenement building and old building maintenance subsidy program for two more years until Feb. 9, 2021, according to a Chief Executive order published yesterday

Scholar says local healthcare system lacks transparency

The assistant dean of the School of Business of the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), Zhang Jinghua, is suggesting that there should be more

Dog dies due to ‘mild power leakage’

A dog was found dead nearby a lamp post at St. Augustine Square on Sunday evening. In a statement issued yesterday, CEM said that its technicians “found that a

Retail sales up 12.8 percent in Q3

The total value of retail sales during the third quarter of 2018 increased 12.8 percent year-on-year to MOP18.19 billion, according to the latest data from the Statistics and

Advertorial | WHOLE PERSON DEVELOPMENT: Melco committed to enriching employees’ lives and careers

Melco Resorts & Entertainment as one of Macau’s biggest employers has the capacity to make a significant positive contribution to the Macau community by providing life-transforming learning opportunities.

Policy Address | Leong highlights ‘Good Effects’ of economy measures, more to come

To present in a more detailed way the economic measures planned by the government in 2019, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong started by positively

Las Vegas is now home to the ‘world’s biggest’ weed store

Come for the giant neon lotus flowers, stay for the weed. That’s the pitch from Planet 13, a Las Vegas marijuana dispensary that bills itself as

UK | May fights to sell Brexit deal to a skeptical country

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May was starting a frantic two-week race yesterday to convince the British public, and a skeptical Parliament, to back the Brexit deal she

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