Monthly Archives: January 2019
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Restaurants, retailers report business improvement in Nov
Around 36 percent of interviewed restaurants and similar establishments reported a year-on-year growth in receipts in November 2018, according to the latest business climate survey. The ... -
Heritage | IC to study listing of Iec Long Firework Factory
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is studying the possibility of listing the former Iec Long Firework Factory in Taipa, the Bureau’s president Mok Ian Ian revealed ... -
Association claims former leader has no influence on operations
The Macau Historical Districts Developments Promotion Association has expressed its confidence in the association’s service despite the case involving the real estate agency owner, Isabel Chiang, ... -
39 suspects arrested in illegal POS scheme involving RMB30b
In an update to a case earlier reported by the Times, a total of 39 suspects have now been arrested in an underground money laundering scheme ... -
Mainland, Hong Kong sign judicial assistance arrangement
The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) signed a document with Hong Kong’s Department of Justice on judicial assistance over civil and commercial matters. The document titled “The ... -
Former BNU head turned down for Bison Bank CEO
The former Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) Chief Executive Officer, Pedro Cardoso, has been appointed to head the International Branch of Chinese Bison Capital owned Bison Bank, ... -
Gongbei recorded 12,098 smuggling cases in 2018
The Gongbei Customs authority has announced that 12,098 smuggling cases were investigated last year, an increase of 1.56 percent year-on-year. The amount involved in the cases ... -
Secretary and lawmakers tour Chinese Medicine Park
The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, and 23 lawmakers toured the Chinese Traditional Medicine Park at Hengqin Island on Monday. During the visit, the ... -
Illegal construction works demolished
An interdepartmental group set up to demolish illegal construction works has intervened in two cases of structures being unlawfully constructed on rooftops. According to a statement ... -
Inflation rate reaches 3 percent in 2018
Macau’s composite consumer price index (CPI) in December 2018 increased by 2.94 percent year- on-year to 114.35, with its inflation rate for 2018 reaching 3 percent, ... -
Gaming | Philippines expected to set another record year
The Philippines is on track to see another record year in terms of gross gaming revenue, according to a Reuters interview with the chairman of the ... -
Music | Violinist Tianwa Yang joined Macao Orchestra for concert
The Macao Orchestra (OM) presented the concert “Salute to Richard Strauss – Tianwa Yang and Macao Orchestra”, part of the Shining Virtuosos series, on 19 January ... -
Briefs | Secretary admits public house quality problem
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário has admitted that falling bricks on the external walls of public houses are a problem, but the ... -
Survey | CEO pessimism on economy spreads after upbeat 2018
A survey of hundreds of corporate leaders shows “a record jump in pessimism” about the world economy, with sentiment doused by trade spats, a global downturn and ... -
Starbucks expands Uber delivery venture to San Francisco, London
Starbucks Corp. is expanding its venture with Uber Eats, offering delivery in San Francisco followed by expansion into other major U.S. cities and rolling out a ... -
Toyota, Panasonic announce venture for green auto batteries
Toyota Motor Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are setting up a joint venture to research, manufacture and sell batteries for ecological autos, an increasingly lucrative sector amid ... -
MasterCard fined USD648m for ramping up EU card fees
MasterCard Inc. was fined 570.6 million euros (USD648 million) by the European Union for imposing rules that regulators said may have artificially raised the costs of ... -
Mozambique | Economic growth in 2019 practically unchanged compared to 2018 – EIU
Mozambique’s economy is expected to remain unchanged in 2019, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth falling by 10 basis points compared with 2018 to 3.4 percent, ... -
China, Brazil resolve commercial dispute over chicken meat
China’s Ministry of Commerce has accepted a proposal from Brazilian poultry exporters to end a dispute over dumping, a lawyer at MPA Trade Law told Reuters ... -
Gene scientist fired by college as investigators say he broke the law
The Chinese scientist who altered the genes of twin baby girls as embryos was fired by his university after a government probe found he violated laws ... -
Distrust of local milk lingers a decade after crisis
More than a decade after tainted infant milk powder in China killed six children and exposed institutional neglect of food safety, Chinese parents still don’t trust ... -
Diplomatic row | China demands US drop Huawei extradition request with Canada
China yesterday demanded the U.S. drop a request that Canada extradite a top executive of the tech giant Huawei, shifting blame to Washington in a case ... -
Belt & Road | Cambodia leader says Beijing to give USD600 million in grant aid
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, making a four-day visit to China, says Beijing has agreed to provide his nation with nearly USD600 million in grant aid ... -
Australia urges Indonesia to respect Bali bombing victims
Australia’s prime minister said yesterday he would be disappointed if radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir were released from prison early and urged Indonesia to show respect ... -
Australia | Football player says detained refugee is losing hope
A former Australian football player urged the sport’s governing bodies yesterday to push for the release of a Bahraini refugee athlete detained in Thailand while it weighs ... -
Afghanistan | Death toll rises to 45 in Taliban attack
Afghanistan was reeling yesterday from a brazen Taliban assault on a military base in the country’s east the previous day that killed at least 45 people ... -
IFFAM films lead Oscar nominations | ‘Roma,’ ‘The Favourite’ get 10 nods each
Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” led all films with 10 nominations each to the 91st Academy Awards, while Netflix and Marvel each scored ... -
Panama | Inmates at youth prison anticipate visit from pope
More than 100,000 young people are expected to show up in Panama City when Pope Francis visits from Jan. 23-27 for World Youth Day. At a ... -
USA | Trump’s proposal to break budget deadlock falls flat
Senate Republicans have released a measure designed around President Donald Trump’s proposal for breaking a budget impasse, its centerpiece his demand for USD5.7 billion to build ... -
This Day in History | 1973 – Nixon announces Vietnam peace deal
The US president, Richard Nixon, has appeared on national television to announce “peace with honour” in Vietnam. Statements issued simultaneously in Washington and Hanoi confirmed the ... -
Offbeat | Half ton of fun: Cincinnati Zoo’s Fiona turning 2
Now a half ton of fun, the Cincinnati Zoo’s famed prematurely born hippo will soon turn 2 years old. The zoo says a variety of activities ... -
Tennis | ‘Barbecued chicken’: Tiafoe’s Australia run ended by Nadal
Rafael Nadal is back to feeling healthy. Probably not a coincidence that he’s back in the Australian Open semifinals. Playing his familiar brand of court-covering, ball-bashing, ... -
China’s Li Na sees some similarities with Osaka
Li Na saw much of herself in a young player on the women’s tour early last year. The two-time Grand Slam champion didn’t hesitate to identify ... -
Football | Ronaldo pleads guilty to tax fraud at Madrid court
Cristiano Ronaldo smiled broadly after leaving court yesterday despite the unwanted trip back to Madrid to plead guilty to tax fraud. The Juventus forward, who was ... -
The Buzz | Brazil’s nationalist leader to address Davos globalist crowd
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will headline the first full day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with a speech to political and business leaders. ...
