Yearly Archives: 2018
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Education | Confucius Institute holds first graduation ceremony
The University of Macau (UM) Confucius Institute recently held the first graduation ceremony in the 2018/2019 academic year for students from its Chinese language courses and ... -
18th Fringe Festival launches next month
The 18th Macao City Fringe Festival will be held from January 11 to 27, featuring a total of 18 programs and 10 outreach activities, including workshops, ... -
HKZMB Macau port shops to be on public tender
The government has approved the opening of a public tender for shops at the Macau checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, according to a Chief Executive ... -
New agreement supports Macau’s Belt and Road role
The MSAR government signed an agreement with the National Development and Reform Commission yesterday, aimed at advancing Macau’s participation in the Belt and Road initiative. The ... -
Airport to launch development of south extension in early 2019
The Macau International Airport Company has announced plans to launch the Passenger Terminal Building South Extension Design & Build Project in early 2019. According to a ... -
Policy Address | Traffic and parking spaces concern lawmakers
Traffic-related matters, housing and the lack of parking spaces were topics that generated recurrent questions addressed to the Secretary for Transport and Public Works. Raimundo do ... -
Wong responds to Alexis Tam’s statement on illegal guesthouses
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak says that it is normal for different government officials to have different opinions. Wong’s remark was made regarding a statement ... -
Survey | Casinos’ gaming service quality dropped
All casinos saw a drop in their Gaming Service Index (GSI) scores in 2018, with a 11.2 percent decrease in the overall GSI score. The GSI ... -
Two arrested for salary fraud
Two women have been arrested for fraud after they were discovered keeping two non-local workers’ salaries (estimated at MOP220,000). The two women are sisters, both surnamed ... -
Expert says Macau should have unified approach to attract MICE events, visitors
With its aim of becoming an attractive destination, Macau is in need of a unified message to send its visitors, said marketing and events expert Patrick ... -
Heritage | Lai Chi Vun shipyards listed as immovable assets
The old Lai Chi Vun shipyards have been classified as an immovable asset, the Chief Executive Council announced on Wednesday. “The SAR government has carried out ... -
Human resources | Qualified workers import scheme may be reviewed
A proposal to attract a greater number of talented individuals from outside Macau to work in the region will be discussed further by the Talents Development ... -
Real Estate Matters | It’s a people business
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 ... -
Report | China is lead suspect in Marriott hack
A massive hack into hotel group Marriott International Inc. may have been an intelligence-gathering operation by China’s government, Reuters cited unidentified sources as saying. Private investigators found ... -
Hong Kong fears Trump will trigger end to special trading status
Hong Kong business groups are starting to worry the Trump administration will open the door to ending the financial hub’s preferential trade status, rendering it “just ... -
Luxury | Gucci owner revamps jeweler to Czars as branded rocks boom
A gleaming necklace in Boucheron’s shop window in Paris’s Place Vendome features dozens of lifelike hydrangea blossoms made from mother-of-pearl and diamonds, framing a 43-carat pink tourmaline. ... -
Meng Wanzhou | Beijing demands Canada release Huawei executive
China yesterday demanded Canada release a Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to technology tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate ... -
Patrick Ho | Hong Kong businessman guilty of bribery in African oil deal
A federal jury convicted a Hong Kong businessman yesterday [Macau time] of bribing the presidents of two African nations to secure oil rights for a Chinese energy ... -
Friends close | North Korean sends top diplomat to key ally China
North Korea’s foreign minister arrived in key ally China yesterday for talks amid stalled efforts to persuade his government to dismantle its nuclear weapons programs. Ri ... -
Philippines | Authorities arrest US priest accused of abusing altar boys
Philippine immigration authorities say they have arrested an American Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting altar boys in a remote central town in a case ... -
New Zealand Police search for 22-year-old British tourist
New Zealand police were searching yesterday for a 22-year-old British tourist who has been missing for five days and failed to contact her parents on her ... -
Indonesia | Regular forces locate bodies of 16 people killed in Papua
Security forces have located the bodies of 16 people and a soldier who were killed in one of the bloodiest separatist attacks in Indonesia’s restive Papua ... -
Environment | Sails make a comeback as shipping tries to go green
As the shipping industry faces pressure to cut climate- altering greenhouse gases, one answer is blowing in the wind. European and U.S. tech companies, including one ... -
Offbeat | Met orchestra onstage for bows behind Nezet-Seguin
Yannick Nezet-Seguin took the rare step of bringing the entire orchestra on stage for curtain calls following his first performance as just the third music director ... -
This Day in History | 1993 – Activists lose battle over chestnut tree
Dozens of people have been injured at the end of a 20-year battle to save a 250-year-old chestnut tree in east London. Twenty protesters were arrested ... -
Formula One | 21-race calendar is approved
Formula One’s 21-race calendar for 2019 has been approved, with Melbourne as usual hosting the season-opening Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park on March 17. Governing ... -
Boca squad arrives in Madrid for rearranged Copa final
Boca Juniors has arrived in Madrid for Sunday’s Copa Libertadores final second leg against River Plate, kicking off preparations for the highly-anticipated match that was twice ... -
Football | Durable Liverpool keeps Man City in its sights in title race
Manchester City just cannot shrug off Liverpool in what is looking increasingly like a two-horse race for the Premier League title. Three days after scoring a ... -
World briefs
INDONESIA Security forces have located the bodies of 16 people and a soldier who were killed in one of the bloodiest separatist attacks in Indonesia’s restive ... -
The Buzz | Splits deepen as UN climate talks near crunch time
Splits are deepening at the U.N. climate talks between rich and poor countries, oil exporters and vulnerable island nations, and those governments prepared for radical action ... -
IFFAM films among Golden Globes nominations; Cheney biopic tops the list
Acclaimed Netflix drama “Roma” was nominated for best screenplay, best director and best foreign language film. Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic “Vice” seized control of the ... -
Bizcuits | The New Vice: Sustainability
Sustainability is about to go out of fashion, and for fundamentally good reasons. Fast becoming a bogus ethical term, “sustainability” is used by companies in their ... -
Friday, December 7, 2018 – edition no. 3187
* Secretary’s complaints | Lack of staff to solve public works quandary * Amid key trade talks | Huawei CFO’s arrest stokes China fury * Fringe ... -
Diamantino, a dystopian satire
• Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt rustle up one of the year’s most singular debuts with this winningly bizarre, genre-melding political satire, “Diamantino,” whose eponymous character ... -
In ‘Seduction,’ Howard Hughes’ Hollywood no haven for women
Hollywood history for the #MeToo movement, Karina Longworth’s “Seduction” is an astute and entertaining takedown of the movie industry, the press and the multimillionaire turned wannabe ...
