Daily Archives: Tuesday, December 4, 2018
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Visit to Lisbon starts today | Xi: ‘China-Portugal relations are now stronger than ever before’
Xi Jinping commences a two-day visit to Lisbon today. Ahead of his visit, a signed article by the Chinese President, titled “A Friendship across Time and ... -
Urban planning | Conference unanimous on need for quality over quantity
Urban planning needs to focus less on quantity and more on quality, a United Nations-supported conference in Macau has found. Architect Nuno Soares, organizer of the ... -
Policy Address | Tam announces four schools selected for Canidrome land
The Canidrome land plot will be used for building new campuses for the Concordia School for Special Education, the Workers’ Children High School, the Escola Xin ... -
‘New World Symphony’ concert at St. Dominic’s Church
The Macao Orchestra (OM) will present the concert “New World Symphony”, on Friday at St. Dominic’s Church. In this concert, under the baton of Italian conductor ... -
Gov’t collects opinions about underwater tunnel connecting landfills
The Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) is launching a survey aiming to collect the opinions of the general public as well as associations on ... -
CRIME | Taxi driver calls PJ for help while under effect of drugs
A 45-year-old taxi driver is being investigated by the authorities in a drug abuse case reported by the person in question to the Judiciary Police (PJ), the ... -
Human resources | Hainan wants to attract skilled personnel from SARs and overseas
Foreign students with a master’s degree or higher from Chinese universities will be allowed to find jobs and start businesses in Hainan with work permits to ... -
GBA film industrial base established in Huizhou
The Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Hong Kong Film Development Council, the film bureau of Guangdong province, and the Huizhou government witnessed together, in Huizhou, a ... -
Light Festival kicks off presenting new highlights
The Macau Light Festival 2018, themed “Time Travel in Macau,” has kicked off, illuminating routes that connect a string of new locations this year. The month-long ... -
Lord Stow donates to Movember Foundation
The Lord Stow’s Bakery has pledged HKD47,265 to The Movember Foundation Hong Kong, a center addressing some of the health issues faced by men including prostate ... -
Asia stock confidence in trade truce has a number: USD325b
Just how much is this 90-day truce worth in Asian stock markets? Roughly USD325 billion, yesterday at least. That’s how much market value got added to ... -
Macquarie said to be in final talks for China joint venture
Macquarie Group Ltd. is in advanced talks to create a majority-owned securities joint- venture firm in China, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest ... -
Could anyone have stopped gene-edited babies experiment?
Early last year, a little-known Chinese researcher turned up at an elite meeting in Berkeley, California, where scientists and ethicists were discussing a technology that had ... -
Argentina and China sign deals strengthening ties after G-20
China’s president signed new trade deals with Argentina yesterday [Macau time] as the Asian giant expands its growing role in Latin American economies. Presidents Mauricio Macri ... -
State media praise Bush as ‘statesman of vision’
Chinese state media yesterday praised George H.W. Bush as a “statesman of vision,” recalling the late president’s role in helping end the Cold War and establishing ... -
New Chinese Cinema | SIX FILMS IN COMPETITION
Screen International is partnering with IFFAM to showcase the uniqueness that is Chinese cinema and introduce to the world the best contemporary Chinese-speaking directors. There is ... -
RETROSPECTIVE
From Polina to Oscar-winner ‘The Shape of Water’ – a track record of famous premieres Both the 2016 and 2017 editions of IFFAM have been lauded ... -
The geography of crafty filmmaking in THE COMPETITION – II
Eleven feature films of a variety of topics and origins are in competition for the top IFFAM Award 2018. They will be shown in Macau venues ... -
Japan | Ghosn’s legal woes highlight governance failings
One of the biggest mysteries surrounding the arrest of Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn is over how he allegedly could have underreported his income by millions ... -
Koreas | Ban Ki-moon urges North to take denuclearization steps
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday to take concrete steps toward complete denuclearization and gain the trust of the ... -
Analysis | For Trump, low drama on trip, signs of acceptance
If there has been a constant to President Donald Trump’s tumultuous first two years in office, it has been that his foreign trips have tended to be ... -
Saudi Arabia | Friend of Khashoggi sues Israeli surveillance company
A Saudi dissident has filed a lawsuit against an Israeli surveillance company, claiming its sophisticated spyware targeted him and helped lead to the killing of his ... -
Royal Mail delivers: Postman, can you take this to heaven?
A 7-year-old Scottish boy who sent a birthday card to his father in heaven has received a heart-warming reply. A Royal Mail official responded to Jase ... -
This Day in History | 2003 – US pulls back from steel trade war
The US President, George W Bush, has withdrawn a punitive tax on imported steel to avoid a damaging trade war between the United States and Europe. ... -
EPL | Ozil problem weighs heavy at new-look Arsenal
The questions came thick and fast, and Arsenal manager Unai Emery had no real answers. At least he chose not to give any answers. Could Mesut ... -
Booed after scoring, Spartak Moscow player faces fan fury
When Denis Glushakov scores a goal for Spartak Moscow, some fans cheer and some fans jeer. Others take it even further. Glushakov has become a target ... -
The Buzz | Japan nabs 11 Chinese for allegedly working without visas
Japanese police have arrested 11 Chinese nationals in northern Japan for allegedly working at a construction site without passports or proper visas, and later discovered dozens ... -
World briefs
PHILIPPINES President Rodrigo Duterte, whose controversial war on drugs has cost thousands of lives, says he used marijuana to keep awake at a recent regional meeting, but ... -
Philippine journalist contesting tax charges freed on bail
An award-winning Philippine journalist who along with the online news service she heads has been sued for tax evasion has declared her innocence and was freed ... -
Our Desk | No hint of progress
The fight to establish a minimum wage law for domestic helpers is obviously not coming to an end any time soon. The decision made by lawmaker ... -
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 – edition no. 3184
* Xi starts visit to Portugal | Sino-Luso relations ‘stronger than ever’ * Alexis Tam announces schools selected for Canidrome land * Need for quality over ...
