Daily Archives: Friday, December 14, 2018
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Briefs | More cars given permits to enter Hengqin
The quota for Macau’s single plated cars to enter Hengqin has increased to 2,500 vehicles, the Macau government announced yesterday. Applications for permits will officially open ... -
Analysis | Rise of the machines: Robots join automation in smart city push
Smart city, artificial intelligence and big data have been buzzwords in Macau for the past few years, but now robots are joining the fold. This week ... -
Gaming | Workers want salary increase of 5-8 percent
The New Macau Gaming Staff Rights Association is asking for a 5 to 8 percent salary increase for 2019, according to a letter of request delivered ... -
Mortgage loans plunge 65 percent
In October, new residential mortgage loans (RMLs) approved by local banks dropped by 65.2 percent from the previous month to MOP3.4 billion, according to data released ... -
Border Gate bus terminal reopens tomorrow
The new border gate bus terminal has been upgraded to prevent flooding up to 1.5 meters, a government representative told the media yesterday. The government provided ... -
International Parade starts Sunday
The 2018 Macao International Parade will be held this Sunday featuring art groups from different countries and regions who will be performing in the city’s streets. ... -
IFFAM | Documentary examining depression, family wins LVP
A locally-produced documentary titled “The Melancholy of Gods” won the Local View Power (LVP) at the 3rd International Film Festival Macao. The festival’s LVP hopes to nurture ... -
New Grand Prix Museum – How much and when?
The refurbishing of the Grand Prix Museum remains a big question mark for both the general public and local lawmakers, who have been calling on the ... -
Lawmaker questions nighttime waste (mis)management
Lawmaker Lam Lon Wai has said that a trash build-up after dark is contributing to poor waste management in the region. According to Lam, there are ... -
Real Estate Matters | Avoiding buyer’s remorse
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 ... -
Uber’s ride-hailing rival Grab gets USD150m from Yamaha
Grab is attracting more global backers as the Asian ride-hailing service fights Uber Technologies Inc., with a motorcycle maker becoming the latest investor. Yamaha Motor Co. ... -
Asian investors are abandoning the pound
Asian investors have a message for the U.K. government: get your act together or asset managers will stop trading the pound completely. Comedy and roller coaster ... -
China’s rich rush to shelter USD1 trillion from new taxes
Wealthy Chinese are rushing to shelter assets and income in overseas trusts before new tax rules go into effect next month, including provisions that target offshore ... -
Corporate Bits | CEM holds occupational safety training
CEM organized the “Safety Training for Contractors”, attracting over 80 employees from among CEM’s contractors to attend. Professionals from the Labor Affairs Bureau and CEM shared ... -
Detention of Canadians raises stakes in China-US-Canada row
China confirmed yesterday it has detained two Canadian men, raising the stakes in a three-way dispute over a Chinese technology executive facing possible extradition from Canada ... -
Beijing suspected in huge Marriott data breach, official says
Investigators believe hackers working on behalf of China’s main intelligence agency are responsible for a massive data breach involving the theft of personal information from as ... -
Indonesia | Migrant girls vanish into Asian trafficking networks
The stranger showed up at the girl’s door one night with a tantalizing job offer: Give up your world, and I will give you a future. ... -
US seeks to counter growing Chinese influence in Africa
Trump administration wants to see an increase in U.S. investment and trade in Africa as part of a new strategy aimed at countering China’s growing influence ... -
Brexit | May seeks EU lifeline after surviving confidence vote
British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking a lifeline from European Union leaders today [Macau time] after winning a no-confidence vote among her own Conservative lawmakers. ... -
Offbeat | Five charged with running massive movie piracy ring in LA LA land
A Los Angeles federal grand jury has indicted five men who allegedly ran an international piracy ring that offered hundreds of stolen movies and TV shows ... -
This Day in History | 2003 – Saddam Hussein captured
The ousted President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, is under arrest after he was captured by US soldiers. “Ladies and gentlemen, we got him,” US administrator Paul ... -
Rugby Academy | Bats & company win U16 Premiership final
Local rugby team the Macau Bats played last Sunday in the Hong Kong Premiership Bowl play-off final. The Bats have combined forces with the Flying Kukris ... -
Football | Champions League | Mourinho selection backfires, United misses out on top spot
MAN UNITED 1, VALENCIA 2 Manchester United missed the chance to finish top of its Champions League group as an understrength team lost 2-1 at Valencia ... -
World briefs
CAMBODIA’s Parliament passed legislation yesterday that could allow the lifting of a five-year ban on political activity by some top opposition politicians. THAILAND A policeman in ... -
The Buzz | Janet Jackson, Def Leppard, Nicks join Rock Hall of Fame
Janet Jackson joins her brother Michael and the Jackson 5 as members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, earning induction yesterday along with Stevie ... -
Lu Guang | Police confirm arrest of Chinese photographer, wife says
Police have confirmed they have arrested a prominent Chinese photographer who had been missing more than a month, his wife said. Authorities informed relatives of award-winning ... -
Indonesia arrests five foreigners in Bali for drug smuggling
Indonesian police said some of the five foreigners who have been arrested for alleged drug smuggling on the tourist island of Bali since the end of ... -
Kapok | Yellow is the new red
Eric Sautedé In a recent op-ed published in the South China Morning Post, renowned blogger Jason Ng draws an instructive parallel between the on-going Yellow Vests ... -
Friday, December 14, 2018 – edition no. 3192
* Time is money | New Grand Prix Museum out of track * Casino workers asking for 5-8 percent more * Bots join automation in smart ... -
Shadow, the master’s Three Kingdoms saga
• Today at the Macau Film Festival – The near-monochrome images are the spectacular star of famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s sumptuous return to form. A review * ... -
‘Broken Ground’ gives new insight to Scotland’s role in war
The past is always in the present for Edinburgh Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie, making her fifth appearance in Val McDermid’s expertly plotted “Broken Ground.” As ... -
Van Morrison’s latest finds him in relaxed, swinging groove
The first thing longtime listeners to Van Morrison will notice is the lack of angst — his 40th studio album is missing the usual complaints about ... -
In ‘The Mule,’ Clint reflects on a life on the road
Both tender apologia and vigorous justification, Clint Eastwood’s “The Mule” is a deeply, fascinatingly personal meditation from the 88-year-old director who, like his aged drug mule ... -
Zhang Yimou’s ‘Shadow’ is breathtakingly beautiful saga
Black ink drips from the tip of a brush and daggers into clear water, spiraling out like smoke; a Chinese zither sounds a ferocious, twanging note ... -
The Nomenclatural Exception
In the timeless tragedy Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare wrote “[a] rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. This generally applies to grape varieties ...
