Daily Archives: Friday, February 15, 2019
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IPIM to set up service counters at two ports to facilitate investors
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) is to set up a service center at the Hong Kong International Airport and at the port of the ... -
Gaming | MGM Resorts CEO: Feds’ Wire Act opinion is unenforceable
The chairman and chief executive officer of casino operator MGM Resorts International yesterday [Macau time] decried a U.S. Department of Justice opinion that is threatening the ... -
Environment | Red tide appears at Hac Sa Beach
The Hac Sa Beach is being affected by a red tide. The Marine and Water Bureau is warning the public not to carry out water activities ... -
Prison reports shortage of psychological assistants
THERE is a big shortage of mental consultants, according to the Advisory Council of the Islands. The Correctional Service Bureau visited the council and introduced it ... -
New SME credit rebounds in late-2018
New credit approved for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) rebounded in the second half of 2018 when compared to the first half of 2018, according to ... -
Gov’t rejects AAM’s view on Chinese judges proposal
According to Vong Hin Fai, Chairman of the Third Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL), the government has refused to accept the Macau Lawyers Association’s ... -
Local ice sculpture wins prize in Hokkaido
The Macau Culinary Association sent a team to participate in the 46th International Snow Sculpture Contest in Hokkaido, Japan, and won second place with a snow ... -
41 complaints recorded by Consumer Council at CNY
The Consumer Council (CC) provided a hotline service to consumers between Feb. 4 to 10, receiving a total of 56 inquiries and complaints (of which 41 ... -
Caritas head says | Traffic assistants face disrespect from pedestrians
Traffic assistants are facing disrespect from pedestrians, the secretary general of Caritas Macau, Paul Pun, told the Times. Paul Pun’s association won the public tender to ... -
Environment | Coutinho asks for reduction of single-use plastic
Pereira Coutinho has requested that the government provide him a “clear, coherent and complete” reply regarding his written inquiry on the reduction of plastic use. The ... -
Fong forecasts extension on gaming concessions to 2022
Appointed lawmaker Davis Fong forecasts that the gaming license concessions that are set to expire by 2020 will be extended to 2022 in order to be ... -
Tourism buses border gate entry ban extended
Starting from Feb. 22, entry of tourism buses through the east side of the Border Gate plaza will be banned between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. ... -
Real Estate Matters | Questions to ask before renting an apartment
Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having been established in 1994, JML Property offers investment property & homes. It specializes ... -
Airbus abandons iconic A380 superjumbo, lacking clients
European plane manufacturer Airbus said yesterday it will stop making its superjumbo A380 in 2021 for lack of customers, abandoning the world’s biggest passenger jet and ... -
Gui Minhai case | Swedish foreign ministry investigates ambassador to China
Sweden’s ambassador to China is under internal investigation, the embassy said yesterday, following a claim that she set up a meeting between the daughter of a ... -
Analysis | Huawei soft power push raises hard questions
Canada’s national game — brought to you by China’s Huawei. As a nasty diplomatic feud deepens between the two countries over the tech company, involving arrests ... -
Trade War | China, US start talks ahead of March tariff deadline
U.S. and Chinese negotiators began trade talks yesterday that President Donald Trump says will help decide whether he escalates a fight over Beijing’s technology ambitions by ... -
Economy | January exports rebound, imports decline
China’s January exports rebounded from a contraction amid a tariff battle with Washington while Chinese purchases of U.S. goods plunged. Total exports rose 9.1 percent from ... -
Interview | Philippine journalist sees threat to democracy
The head of a Philippine online news site who was arrested by government agents in a libel case accused President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration yesterday of acting ... -
Japan | Same-sex couples sue for equal marital rights
Thirteen gay couples filed Japan’s first lawsuit challenging the country’s rejection of same-sex marriage yesterday, arguing the denial violates their constitutional right to equality. Six couples ... -
Thailand | Court accepts dissolution case over princess nomination
A Thai court said yesterday that it will take up the case of whether to dissolve a political party that nominated a member of the royal family ... -
Iraq | In heart of Baghdad, IS war museum honors fallen militiamen
A few steps from Baghdad’s cultural heart and its famous book market on al-Mutanabi Street lies the Iraqi capital’s latest tourist attraction: a war museum glorifying the ... -
Poland | Pompeo says ‘confronting Iran’ key to Mideast peace
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday at a security conference in Warsaw that Iran is the top threat in the Middle East and confronting ... -
This Day in History | 1983: Hundreds die in Assam poll violence
Hundreds of people have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to the election. Villages have been set on fire and bridges and ... -
Offbeat | A very prompt Marc Jacobs welcomes back a ‘90s supermodel
Marc Jacobs didn’t waste a second before starting his runway show yesterday [Macau time]. Literally. The designer, whose high-profile show traditionally closes out Fashion Week, was ... -
Football | Champions League: Son becoming indispensable for Spurs, inspiring Dortmund win
Son Heung-min has every reason to be constantly smiling, and Tottenham has many reasons to be thankful. For a footballer so understated, so seemingly undemanding, the ... -
Sailing | High-tech SailGP series hits the water on Sydney Harbour
Boats skippered by Australian Olympic gold medalists Nathan Outteridge and Tom Slingsby are among the favorites in the inaugural SailGP races starting on Sydney Harbour today. ... -
The Buzz | British IS schoolgirl ‘Wants to return home’ – report
One of three schoolgirls who left east London in 2015 to join the Islamic State group says she has no regrets, but wants to return to ... -
Papua New Guinea on hunt for 275 cars missing after APEC
A Papua New Guinea police superintendent yesterday was hot on the trail of one of the many high-end cars he’s trying to recover after an international summit. ... -
World Briefs
PHILIPPINES The head of a Philippine online news site who was arrested by government agents in a libel case accused President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration yesterday of acting ... -
Kapok | There can be only one
Elections are in the air — it has become palpable. Just a few days ago, Judge Song Man Lei was for the second time appointed as ... -
Friday, February 15, 2019 – edition no. 3229
* Environment | Hac Sa Beach affected by red tide * Caritas head says some pedestrians disrespect elderly traffic assistants * IPIM expands service counters * ... -
Smoke on the water
• At the world’s largest pilgrimage in Prayagraj in northern India, tens of millions of Hindu faithful travel to the sacred sangam – the confluence of ... -
‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ a gloriously gory art-world satire
The art installation, so often a playground in the contemporary art museum, is in Dan Gilroy’s gloriously gory satire “Velvet Buzzsaw” a terror chamber. Interactivity is ... -
‘Killer Collective’ is another page turner from Barry Eisler
At first blush, Barry Eisler’s new thriller resembles one of those cartoonish action movies in which a handful of retired covert operators who don’t trust each ...
