Daily Archives: Friday, March 8, 2019
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Special report | Without legal protections, security guards must accept the unacceptable
The absence of protections for non-resident workers in Macau has led to a number of complaints and outcries from employees – not only from those in ... -
Chui Sai Peng’s son appointed Youth Council member
Calvin Tinlop Chui, son of Chui Sai Peng, has been appointed as a member of the Youth Council, according to an order signed by Secretary for ... -
Mainland arrivals on package tours decrease
Visitors on package tours dropped 4.6 percent year-on-year to 766,000 in January 2019, owing to an 8.4 percent decrease in the number of mainland visitors (591,000), ... -
MOP5.3 million in agarwood seized by customs
Earlier this week, the Gongbei customs authority and the Macao Customs Service cracked down on a cross-border agarwood smuggling operation. The two authorities seized 27.7 kg ... -
Briefs | CityU career shows 1,800 job vacancies
Yesterday, City University of Macau organized an employment development fair, where more than 100 institutions were present offering over 1,800 job vacancies. Seventy percent of the ... -
Plastic bag tax ready for AL discussion in April
The government expects to deliver a single-use plastic bag levy bill to the Legislative Assembly (AL) next month. The Chief Executive Council will complete discussion of ... -
Gaming | Analysts raise 2019 growth expectations on mass confidence
Analysts are raising forecasts for Macau gross gaming revenue in 2019, citing strong signs of favorable macroeconomic conditions for growth in the mass market segment. Morgan ... -
Illegal Drivers | New Macau calls for withdrawal of mutual license recognition
The New Macau Association (ANM) is urging Chief Executive Chui Sai On to make use of his power to withdraw a scheme that grants “mutual recognition” ... -
Federation of Transportation suggests higher fines
The Macao Federation of Transportation (AGERTM), an association part of the Macao Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM), yesterday visited the Traffic Department of the Public Security ... -
EU, Brexit of interest to China as it seeks to bolster Greater Bay project
Chinese researchers are watching the U.K.’s impending exit from the European Union to see what kind of arrangements are put into place to allow regions with ... -
Zhuhai to pay for and build SSM’s Hengqin health center
The Zhuhai government will fund and build a health center for the Macau Health Bureau (SSM) in Hengqin, according to SSM deputy director Cheang Seng Ip. ... -
Macau ignored for high-speed train plan, say CPPCC members
Three Macau members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference submitted a joint proposal at the 13th CPPCC in Beijing, calling on China to include Macau ... -
Energy | Beijing hopes to sustain solar growth with new plan
China’s plans to loosen its solar subsidy policy will keep growth of the world’s largest market intact, according to the head of JinkoSolar Holding Co., which ... -
China oil use seen peaking in 2025
The country that’s driven global oil demand since the turn of the century may hit the brakes sooner than expected as travelers shift toward electric cars ... -
Analysis | OECD spares the world’s most popular scapegoat
Forecast cutting resembles a business model these days. Another day, another venerable firm or institution reduces projections for economic growth. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and ... -
Chinese tourism boom that propped up luxury brands is faltering
For the better part of a decade, wealthy Chinese tourists have been on a feeding frenzy for luxury brands, casinos and cruise lines. Now there are ... -
Huawei sues to challenge US security law
Chinese tech giant Huawei is challenging a U.S. law that labels the company a security risk and would limit its access to the American market for ... -
Japan stunned by Ghosn’s release, critics hope for change
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn’s release from detention nearly four months after his arrest has gripped Japan, giving the public a rare glimpse into how the ... -
Singapore to lure air, sea traffic with infrastructure push
Singapore is transforming its infrastructure to fend off competition from the seas to the skies. The island-city plans to begin operating its fifth terminal at Changi ... -
North Korea airs documentary glorifying Kim’s summit with Trump
North Korea’s state TV has aired a documentary glorifying leader Kim Jong Un’s recent visit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotiations with President Donald ... -
Social media | Zuckerberg promises a privacy friendly Facebook, sort of
Facebook, which grew into a colossus by vacuuming up your information in every possible way and using it to target ads back at you, now says ... -
Border surveillance | Report: US government kept tabs on journalists, ‘instigators’
The U.S. government ran an operation to screen journalists, activists and others while investigating last year’s migrant caravan from Mexico, a San Diego TV station reported ... -
This Day in History | 1971 Post strike ends with pay deal
British postal workers have gone back to work today after seven weeks on strike. The 200,000 postmen and women voted by 14-1 yesterday in favour of ... -
Offbeat | Firefighter sues, says he grew beard as born-again Christian
A New Jersey firefighter has filed a civil rights lawsuit alleging that he is being forced to shave a beard he says he grew for religious ... -
Opinion | If Mark Cuban can run for president, who else?
Mark Cuban is talking once again about running for president and this time no one is laughing — at least publicly — at the thought. After ... -
Meanwhile in Vegas
…entrepreneur Elon Musk’s dream of an express tunnel transit system could finally become a reality in Sin City after major setbacks in other cities * ... -
Super Rugby | Pressure at top and bottom of standings
The three leading teams in Super Rugby face challenging derby matches in the fourth round as interest focuses closely on the top and bottom of the ... -
Julianne Moore shines in ‘Gloria Bell’
Everyone is vanishing around Julianne Moore’s title character in Sebastian Lelio’s “Gloria Bell.” The disappearances don’t come with blood-curdling shrieks or thundering score cues, but with ... -
‘Malta Exchange’ is blend of history and thrills
Steve Berry’s pragmatic hero Cotton Malone soon regrets taking on what is supposed to be a simple mission in “The Malta Exchange,” the latest blend of ... -
Nick Waterhouse makes old soul sounds for new themes
There’s an exit/and there’s a way out/the two just ain’t the same is a typical lyric from Nick Waterhouse’s self-titled fourth album, a collection that stays ... -
The Buzz | Michael Cohen sought Trump pardon, attorney says
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, “directed his attorney” to explore a potential presidential pardon last year with Trump’s legal team. That’s according to a ... -
News Of The World | Las Vegas bets on Elon Musk for tunnel transit system
Las Vegas’ tourism agency announced yesterday it is recommending that an enterprise backed by the divisive billionaire receive a contract to build and operate an underground ... -
The Oriental Republic II
(Continued from “The Oriental Republic” on 15 February 2019) Lying between the 30th and 35th parallels north, indeed latitudinally on a par with the leading wine-producing ... -
Seoul sees increased vehicle movement at N. Korea’s ICBM center
South Korea’s military said yesterday it is carefully monitoring North Korean nuclear and missile facilities after the country’s spy agency told lawmakers that new activity was ... -
Lifestyle | 11 things you can do to adjust to losing that one hour of sleep this weekend
As clocks march ahead of time on March 10, 2019 and daylight saving time begins, there is a lot of anxiety around losing the hour of ...
