Monthly Archives: January 2019
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Legislative Assembly | HKZMB connections and traffic issues take over AL session
The commencement into operation of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) in late October last year, which added traffic congestion pressure to an area already suffering from ... -
Gaming | Nevada regulators to fine Wynn Resorts over sex allegations
Nevada gambling regulators announced a settlement yesterday with casino mogul Steve Wynn’s former company over allegations that former executives failed on multiple occasions to investigate claims ... -
Xi Jinping to attend MSAR’s 20th anniversary
President Xi Jinping is set to visit Macau to mark the 20th anniversary of the SAR’s handover, Guangdong’s security chief revealed. A South China Morning Post ... -
Briefs | GBA railway network plan expected in 2019
The unveiling of a railway network plan for the Greater Bay Area (GBA) is expected to be introduced in the first half of this year, according ... -
Zhuhai property market is underestimated, real estate agent says
Zhuhai’s real estate market has been underestimated and there is no room for the city’s housing prices to go down, according to Roy Ho, director of ... -
Heavier penalties for phone use, no seat belt when driving
The Transport Bureau (DSAT) has proposed a public consultation on the amendment of the road traffic law. According to DSAT Director Lam Hin San, the amendment ... -
Music | OM to play Valentine’s Day concert
The Macao Orchestra (OM) will present the “Valentine’s Day Concert – Piano in Love” on February 16 at 8 p.m. at the Macau Cultural Centre Grand ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands holds carnival for children with special needs
Around 60 Sands Cares Ambassadors assisted children with special educational needs and their families at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo Sunday for an afternoon of fun activities ... -
China | Provinces slash growth goals as slowdown hits home
Chinese provinces are downgrading their targets for economic growth in 2019 as exports and consumption slow, pointing to a lower national goal likely to be agreed ... -
Gaming | US: Luxor Capital to own Atlantic City’s Ocean Resort Casino
A New York hedge fund that lent money to Atlantic City’s Ocean Resort Casino is assuming ownership of it. Luxor Capital Group was identified as the new ... -
East Timor | Non-oil economy expected to grow by 5 percent
The growth rate of East Timor’s non-oil economy is expected to be around 5.0 percent by 2019, after two years of political uncertainties that have negatively ... -
Angola wants to be self-sufficient in food products
The Angolan government wants the Program to Support National Production, Export Diversification and Import Substitution (Prodesi) to be the turning point for increasing domestic production and ... -
Trade War | US charges against Huawei could inflame China talks
The Trump administration’s unveiling of criminal charges against the Chinese tech giant Huawei has complicated high-level talks set to begin today in Washington that are intended ... -
Beijing to Washington: Stop ‘unreasonable crackdown’
China called on Washington yesterday to “stop the unreasonable crackdown” on Huawei after the U.S. escalated pressure on the tech giant by indicting it on charges ... -
Duke moves to reassure grad students after Chinese complaint
Duke University moved quickly yesterday [Macau time] to offer apologies, launch an investigation and reassure a core group of graduate scholars after a medical school administrator ... -
Canada’s foreign minister says why China envoy fired
Canada’s foreign minister said yesterday [Macau time] the country’s ambassador to China was fired because he expressed views that were contrary to the federal government’s position ... -
Pakistan | Top court upholds acquittal, frees Christian woman
Pakistan’s top court yesterday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, clearing the last legal hurdle and freeing Aasia Bibi to ... -
Al-Araibi | Australian PM asks Thailand to free detained soccer player
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged Thailand to stop the extradition to Bahrain of a detained soccer player who has refugee status in Australia, his ... -
Malaysia | Mahathir suggests China-backed rail plan may be axed
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that proceeding with a multi-billion-dollar China-backed rail link project would “impoverish” the country, saddling the government with excess debt ... -
Exclusive | US Nobelist was told of gene-edited babies
Long before the claim of the world’s first gene-edited babies became public, Chinese researcher He Jiankui shared the news with a U.S. Nobel laureate who objected ... -
USA | Trump hits Venezuela with oil sanctions to pressure Maduro
The Trump administration yesterday [Macau time] sanctioned Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, ratcheting up pressure on socialist President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to the U.S.-backed opposition ... -
Brexit | British Jews apply for German nationality as deal looms
Simon Wallfisch grew up in London as the grandson of an Auschwitz survivor, who had sworn to never return to the country that murdered her parents ... -
This Day in History | 1965 Last farewell to Churchill
Thousands of people have paid their last respects to Britain’s greatest wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill who was buried today after a full state funeral. Silent ... -
Offbeat | Michael Jackson family condemns new documentary on accusers
Michael Jackson’s family members said yesterday [Macau time] that they are “furious” that two men who accuse him of sexually abusing them as boys have received ... -
Super Bowl | Atlanta braces for plunging temperatures, ice, maybe snow
Atlantans awoke to relatively mild weather yesterday, but forecasters warned that streets could still become icy as fans arrive for the Super Bowl, with temperatures expected ... -
Rugby League | Most of 2021 World Cup to be in north England
The 2021 Rugby League World Cup will be staged almost entirely in its north England stronghold. Thanks to a grant of 25 million pounds (USD33 million) ... -
The Buzz | Trump to be interviewed by CBS’ Brennan before Super Bowl
CBS News says “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan will sit down with President Donald Trump for an interview that will air before Sunday’s Super Bowl. ... -
Organized Crime | El Chapo tells judge he won’t testify at US trial
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman told a judge yesterday [Macau time] that he won’t take the witness stand in his own defense at his ... -
World Briefs
PHILIPPINES The head of the world’s largest body of Muslim-majority countries has strongly condemned the bombing of a Catholic church in the Philippines that killed 20 ... -
World Views | Had enough of Brexit? How about 10 more years
When moments of political drama capture the national attention, one at least expects some clarity to result. Alas, that would be setting the bar too high ... -
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 – edition no. 3220
* President’s December visit | Xi to deliver ‘important speech’ in Macau * Trade War | Huawei charges escalate tension between China and US * Lower ... -
Crime | Another gambling loan goes south
A happy experience in Macau of a lucky 30-year-old tourist from mainland China soon turned into a nightmare. A Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson revealed yesterday that a ... -
‘Ferrari: Under the Skin’ opens in Asia for the first time
Macau resort City of Dreams is teaming up with the Design Museum of London and Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari to present the “Ferrari: Under ... -
Gaming | Extended family wrangles for control of Stanley Ho’s empire
A new alliance emerged among some of billionaire Stanley Ho’s 17 children in the decade-long family battle for his Macau casino empire, and eldest daughter Pansy looks ... -
Heritage | Temple managers warned about fire prevention
Ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and the Fire Services have visited several temples between January 16 and 18 to check ...
