Monthly Archives: November 2018
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AXA Hong Kong to expand Macau insurance presence
Insurance firm AXA Hong Kong has announced the expansion of their business in Macau with the opening of a new office, the implementation of the latest ... -
Real Estate Matters | Selling and buying a tenanted property
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 ... -
World’s largest Ikea to open in Manila as company bets on Asia
The world’s largest Ikea store will open in 2020 in the Philippines as the Swedish furniture retailer presses on its bets in Asia. Ikea will debut ... -
E-Commerce | Dolce&Gabbana goods pulled in China over alleged insults
Dolce&Gabbana goods disappeared yesterday from Chinese e-commerce sites as the fallout grew over remarks insulting to China that were apparently made by two of its Instagram ... -
Olympic referendum tomorrow | Shall it be ‘Taiwan’ or ‘Chinese Taipei’
Athletes from Taiwan compete at the Olympics under the name of a make-believe country: Chinese Taipei. They march behind an imaginary national flag and, if they ... -
Chinese reporter wins rare police apology for harassment
The young woman is panting, panicked, her thin arm pointing at four men in police uniforms who had let themselves into her hotel room near midnight. ... -
Analysis | Rising US, China rivalry deepening rifts in Asia
All the usual rituals of international summits were there: the group photos, the gala dinners, the noticeably vibrant shirts leaders force themselves into. But eclipsing all ... -
UN atomic watchdog | IAEA calls on North Korea to re-admit nuclear inspectors
The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog has called on North Korea to allow inspectors back in to monitor its nuclear program. Speaking at a board ... -
Germany | Merkel rebuffs German nationalists over migration pact
Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected calls from nationalist lawmakers for Germany to drop its support for a U.N.-backed agreement on migration. Several countries — including the United ... -
UK | May sees Brexit deal soon as future ties text agreed
British Prime Minister Theresa May said that a good Brexit deal is within reach, after the European Union and her government agreed on a draft declaration ... -
This Day in History | 2002 Riots force Miss World out of Nigeria
The Miss World contest is moving to London from Nigeria after riots by Muslim youths opposed to the show left more than 100 people dead and ... -
Offbeat | Bedazzled pigeon found in Arizona city reunited with owners
A pigeon that had flown the coop with only its bedazzled vest is nesting back home in Phoenix. The Arizona Republic reports Marlette Fernando and her ... -
Boxing | Fights get big new platforms even as HBO exits sport
Dmitry Bivol knew where he wanted to go in his boxing career — straight to the top of one of the HBO cards he used to ... -
The Buzz | Leaning Tower of Pisa continues long path towards vertical
The Leaning Tower of Pisa isn’t leaning so much anymore. After more than two decades of efforts to straighten it, engineers say the famed Tuscan bell ... -
Colombia tries quashing tensions at migrant camp with football
Colombian officials are hoping to quash tensions at a Venezuelan migrant camp with a game both the new arrivals and their hosts share a passion for: ... -
World Briefs
CHINA Five were killed and 18 injured when a car rammed into a group of children crossing a road after leaving their school in northeast China’s ... -
Bizcuits | Black Friday Spoils and Devastation
It was severely hot and dry that summer in Victoria. The drought had lasted several years, creeks and riverbeds were dry, and Melbournians were on water ... -
Friday, November 23, 2018 – edition no. 3177
* New Central Library | Marreiros denies claims of plagiarism * Kris Kaminsky | New phase of Four Seasons targets to be city’s ‘premier product’ * ... -
Roma, Mexico City
• This December Cuaron neorealist masterpiece ‘Roma’ premieres at the Macau Film Festival – A Review * Books: A Guide for the Globally Curious * ... -
Cuaron crafts a neorealist masterpiece in ‘Roma’
The phrase “world creation” gets thrown around casually and frequently in cinema, but few modern directors are better at fashioning a totally transportive experience than director ... -
‘Frugal Traveler’ is disjointed book
Love travel? Love books? Love books about travel? If the preceding statements are true, do pick up a copy of “Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the ... -
Ed Harcourt shuns lyrics, emanates calm on new album
One of the recurring themes in Ed Harcourt’s career has been his stylistic breadth, his affinity for stretching wide the musical variety on his albums within ... -
News of the World | Peacekeepers left more than 6,000 children in Liberia
The only memento Moses Z. Kaine has from his father is a T-shirt, left more than two decades ago when the peacekeeper’s tour of duty finished ... -
The Spanish Spirit II
(Continued from “The Spanish Spirit” on 16 November 2018) In the world of wine, both maturation in barrel and ageing in bottle are conducive to improving ... -
Food & Beverage | Zi Yatheen Features a merge of Cantonese and Italian dishes at Four Seasons
If two hands are good, then four hands are great. Michelin-starred Chef Charles Cheung of Four Seasons Macao’s Zi Yat Heen recently collaborated with Chef Aniello ... -
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 ...
