Daily Archives: Monday, April 1, 2019
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MDT EXCLUSIVE | Police to request China review legality of business visas from Taobao
The Macau police authority is referring the matter of Taobao shops selling business visa endorsements (Shangwu) to the relevant governmental department on the mainland for them ... -
Ask the Vet | 10 Reasons your cat should be an indoor cat
An indoor cat has several advantages over cats that spend time outdoors too; indoor cats are not exposed to infections, parasites, traffic accidents or poisonous plants and foods. ... -
Tourism boon | Beijing lifts major restrictions for mainlanders to visit Macau
China will streamline procedures surrounding the application for exit-entry permits by its citizens, according to information given by the National Immigration Administration (NIA) last week, which ... -
Briefs | Sports Bureau meets with youngsters
The Sports Bureau (ID) has organized an event with the aim of disseminating more information to the youth on the government’s policies regarding sports. Over 250 ... -
MIECF attracts over 4,700 with 44 agreements signed
The 2019 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum (MIECF) finished on Saturday after a three-day event that attracted over 4,700 people, according to the official figures provided ... -
MIECF | Speaker praises Portugal, Luxembourg experience with green finance
The president of the Sichuan Province Environmental Science Association has said that Luxembourg and Portugal have many institutional advantages to apply in the development of green ... -
Local resident falls to death in Grand Canyon
A local resident visiting an Arizona State attraction in the U.S., the Grand Canyon, has died after falling from a height of 305 meters while attempting to ... -
Fed up with Portuguese bureaucracy, Madonna plans on moving to Macau
The ‘material girl’ is said to be acquiring “one or two mansions” and other properties in Macau, Spanish media reported yesterday. According to Atardecer (Madrid), the ... -
Gaming | Another deadline missed for The 13 Hotel
A March 31 deadline for the opening of a casino at the “world’s most luxurious hotel” has come and gone with still no news and no revised ... -
How single women are driving gentrification in HK and elsewhere
Gentrification is reshaping urban areas all around the world, displacing large segments of the population and making cities increasingly unaffordable. In San Francisco, only 12 percent ... -
Briefs | Global bay areas to grow closer
An international forum for major global bay areas on Friday launched a new cooperation platform to exchange resources and development ideas. The Global Bay Areas Cooperation ... -
Hong Kong | Proposed extradition law sparking concerns even after backpedal
Business and human rights groups are expressing concern over proposed changes to Hong Kong’s extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China ... -
Technology | Huawei defies global storm with 25 percent jump in full-year earnings
Huawei Technologies Co. posted a 25 percent jump in annual profit even as the Chinese telecommunications giant faces a U.S.-led push to keep it out of ... -
Mystery owner auctions USD26m of wines
A wine collection of almost 17,000 bottles from a single cellar – including grand cru Burgundies and first-growth Bordeaux – is expected to bring as much as ... -
Corporate bits | GEG holds interactive protocol workshop for employees
Following last month’s announcement of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) held an “International Protocol and Affairs ... -
Create a Better Tomorrow
At MGM, we understand that is important to support equal opportunities and diversity in our workforce, knowing that a diverse team is a stronger team. To ... -
Terrorism | HRW urges New Zealand’s Ardern to discuss Muslims in China
A rights group has urged New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to raise concerns about reported Chinese government abuses of Muslims during her upcoming visit to Beijing ... -
Guangzhou offers cash for information in religion crackdown
A southern Chinese city is offering cash rewards for information about “illegal religious groups” as the ruling Communist Party continues to tighten its grip over faith communities. ... -
Survey | Manufacturing activity ticks up in March
A gauge of Chinese manufacturing improved in March in a possible sign government efforts to reverse an economic slowdown amid a tariff war with Washington might be ... -
At least seven killed in latest industrial accident
At least seven people were killed and five injured yesterday when a container containing scrap metal exploded in the latest in a series of industrial accidents ... -
Thailand | King strips fugitive ex-PM Thaksin of royal decorations
Thailand’s king has stripped fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of his royal decorations, citing his 2008 flight to escape serving a two-year prison term on ... -
Philippines | Police kill 14 men rights groups say were farmers
Philippine police said yesterday that 14 suspected communist rebels were killed after they opened fire during raids in a central province, but rights groups countered that ... -
Coming Home | Cold welcome for Afghans paid by Iran to fight in Syria
Too poor to even buy pens and notebooks for school, Mehdi left his home in Afghanistan soon after his 17th birthday and headed to Iran, hoping ... -
AP Investigation | Florida gets tougher on massage-parlor sex
When Florida authorities shut down 10 massage spas last month and charged hundreds of men with buying sex, they broke a longstanding pattern of meting out ... -
This Day in History | 2000 – Wartime coding machine stolen
A coding machine used by the Germans to encode messages during World War II has been stolen from the Bletchley Park Museum in Buckinghamshire, south-east England. ... -
Offbeat | Three Sumatran tiger cubs explore jungle habitat in Sydney zoo
Three boisterous 10-week-old rare Sumatran tiger cubs have play-wrestled and explored their jungle habitat in their first public appearance at a Sydney zoo. Taronga Zoo manager ... -
Football | Serie A: Kean keeps up scoring form in Juventus win over Empoli
Andrew Dampf, Rome Juventus 1, Empoli 0 Moise Kean can’t seem to miss lately. Days after scoring two goals in his first two starts for Italy, ... -
The Buzz | US man charged with trying to steal item from Auschwitz
An American visitor to the former Auschwitz- Birkenau death camp attempted to steal a metal part of the historic rail tracks where prisoners were unloaded, officials ... -
World Briefs
CHINA A gauge of Chinese manufacturing improved in March in a possible sign government efforts to reverse an economic slowdown amid a tariff war with Washington might ... -
Rich & Famous troubles | Wealthy parents appear in court in college admissions scam
From a Napa Valley vintner to a Hot Pockets heiress, a procession of wealthy parents made their first appearances in federal court on charges they paid ... -
Rear Window | The Fifth Dimension
The truth is…until former Chief Executive Edmund Ho gave his cryptic reading on the selection of the candidate to replace Chui Sai On at the helm ... -
Monday, April 1, 2019 – edition no. 3260
* Tourism 2.0 | Visiting Macau has never been easier * Resident dies in Grand Canyon accident * Queen of pop considering Macau mansions * The ...
