Daily Archives: Thursday, April 11, 2019
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Briefs | Macau pets exempted from mainland quarantine
Starting from May 1, pets from Macau may be exempted from quarantine inspections when entering Mainland China. The General Administration of Customs announced China’s latest update ... -
Lawmaker requests officials answer annual corruption report
Lawmaker Song Pek Kei has raised an oral inquiry asking government officials to attend the Legislative Assembly (AL) in order to respond to the Commission Against ... -
22 lawmakers listed on CE election committee
Twenty-two lawmakers have been selected as members of the Chief Executive Election Committee. The 22 lawmakers, who will be part of the 400-member committee to decide ... -
Leong meets with financial regulators
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong continued his visit in the capital. For his second day there, he met with the management of two supervisory ... -
Tourism | Illegal tour guides hard to combat under current law
The Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) is, so far, apparently immune to the phenomenon of the so-called “illegal tour guides,” who bring into Macau groups of ... -
Health | SSM reports minor outbreak of rubella in April
The Health Bureau (SSM) is monitoring a minor outbreak of rubella in the territory after some 14 cases were detected since the start of April. Just ... -
Sands China chose local companies for 77% of 2018 business
Of the approximately MOP10.9 billion spent by casino operator Sands China last year on procurement, 77 percent, or MOP8.4 billion, was for products and services sourced ... -
HKZMB | Hengqin property deals surge on Delta Bridge effect
The number of residential property transactions in Hengqin increased more than 75 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, Centaline Property (Macau) revealed yesterday during a press ... -
Wynn Resorts | Security head removed after he admits to spying
Wynn Resorts removed its security chief after he acknowledged spying on a former employee following allegations of sexual misconduct against company founder Steve Wynn came to ... -
Cyprus | British military bases ‘eradicate’ illegal gambling
Police at a British military base in Cyprus said they have successfully wrapped up a four-year campaign against illegal gambling by shutting down nine casinos that ... -
Atlantic City | Profits down 15% in expanded casino market
Casino profits fell by more than 15% in Atlantic City in 2018, a year in which the downsized market reopened two shuttered gambling halls, according to ... -
Gaming | Crown shares slump after Wynn Resorts ends takeover talks
Crown Resorts Ltd. shares slumped after Wynn Resorts Ltd. abruptly ended talks to buy the Australian casino operator for AUD9.99 billion (USD7.12 billion), casting doubt over ... -
Opinion | Las Vegas gambler dodges a 7 billion dollar bullet
Wynn Resorts Ltd. has dodged a bullet by scrapping a USD7.1 billion bid for an Australian rival, but the casino giant founded by billionaire Steve Wynn ... -
Guangzhou | World-class flowers garden in the works
Known as the “Flower City” because of its blooming flowers all year round, south China’s Guangzhou plans to build a world-class garden named “Guangzhou Garden,” local ... -
China releases innovation index for Greater Bay Area
An innovation index has been published to track the performance of companies based in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. The index, which was released by ... -
Hong Kong | Court sets Occupy Central leaders’ sentencing for April 24
A Hong Kong court set the sentencing of Occupy protest leader Benny Tai and eight other activists for April 24, the latest step in a trial that ... -
HK overtakes Japan as world’s third largest stock market
Bragging rights to Hong Kong, for now. The city’s equity market has overtaken Japan to be the world’s third largest in value, behind only the U.S. ... -
Briefs | Senior Shenzhen party official punished
Li Huanan, former secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee of Shenzhen city committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has been dismissed from public ... -
CLSA culture clash boils over as more top executives quit
The culture clash between CLSA Ltd.’s old guard and its Chinese owner may have reached a tipping point. At least four of the Hong Kong brokerage’s ... -
Hilton Grand Vacations promotes Yoji Ishii to vice president of Asia sales
Hilton Grand Vacations has announced the promotion of Yoji Ishii to vice president of Asia sales. In his expanded role, Ishii will be responsible for developing ... -
Corporate Bits | Westlife to hold concert in July
Westlife is set to bring “Westlife The Twenty Tour in Macau” to The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena on July 27, 2019, Sands China Ltd. announced in a statement. The tour ... -
US, Chinese negotiators said to further talks on cloud access in trade deal
U.S. and Chinese negotiators are discussing adding a concession on cloud computing to their trade agreement that would give foreign companies greater access to the USD12 ... -
Defense: Accused in Chinese scholar’s death denied proper care
Lawyers for a former University of Illinois student accused of killing Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang say university counselors didn’t offer him adequate care when he sought ... -
SOUTH CHINA SEA | US sends Beijing signal with F-35-laden warship in disputed sea
The U.S. sent a fighter- jet-carrying warship to join drills near the disputed Scarborough Shoal for the first time, sending a pointed message to China as ... -
Politics | North Korea’s parliament to open as Kim mulls US strategy
North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly is expected to convene tday to formally approve leader Kim Jong Un’s latest economic policies and possibly endorse a shift in ... -
Japan | Ghosn’s lawyers appeal to Supreme Court over detention
The lawyers for Nissan’s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was sent back to detention while out on bail, filed a protest with the Japanese Supreme Court ... -
Malaysia | Former first lady hit with fresh corruption charge
The wife of Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak was hit yesterday with a new corruption charge over a solar energy contract. Rosmah Mansor pleaded not ... -
UK | May to ask EU for Brexit delay; long extension expected
Just days away from a potentially calamitous no-deal Brexit, European Union leaders are meeting to discuss granting the United Kingdom a new delay — possibly of ... -
Israel | Netanyahu appears headed toward 5th term as PM
Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be headed toward a historic fifth term as Israel’s prime minister yesterday, with close-to-complete unofficial election results giving his right-wing Likud and ... -
This Day in History | 1957 – Britain agrees to Singapore self-rule
The British government is to allow the island colony of Singapore to govern itself under a new constitution agreed in London. The Singapore Constitutional Conference ended ... -
Offbeat | Prince Harry, Oprah work on mental health program for Apple
Kensington Palace says Britain’s Prince Harry will be partnering with Oprah Winfrey to create a documentary series on mental health for Apple’s new streaming service. The ... -
Football | Son gives Tottenham CL lead over Man City after Kane injury
With Tottenham’s Champions League quarterfinal scoreless and oozing intensity, Harry Kane launched into a challenge to block Fabian Delph’s run, clattering into the Manchester City opponent ... -
Football | Brazilians score decisive goals in Asian Champions League
A trio of Brazilian forwards scored decisive goals in the Asian Champions League yesterday. Talisca got the first two for Guangzhou Evergrande in a 4-0 win over ... -
Japan Olympic minister resigns over disaster gaffe
Japan’s Olympic minister resigned yesterday after making remarks deemed offensive to the people affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, a gaffe that had questioned his ... -
The Buzz | Man wins over USD110k, breaks single-day record on ‘Jeopardy!’
A 34-year-old professional sports gambler from Las Vegas won more than UDD110,000 on “Jeopardy!” yesterday (Macau time), breaking the record for single-day cash winnings on the ...
