Daily Archives: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
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Courts | After suspensions revoked, Wong to mull new punishment
Two employees of the Fire Services Bureau (CB) whose suspensions were rejected by the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) will still be punished by the security ... -
Briefs | Macau film development made easier in China
China’s State Film Administration unveiled yesterday new measures to support the further development of the Hong Kong and Macau film industries on the mainland. There would ... -
Crime | Scamming the scammer’s wife
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have learned that a female resident of Macau has been scammed by a local man in a case that dates back to ... -
Economic reliance on tourism sector stands at nearly 30%
The Macau SAR’s reliance on the tourism pillar of the economy stood at just under 30% in 2017, taking the world number three spot behind just ... -
Tourism | First quarter visitors rise to surpass 10m mark
The number of visitors to Macau in the first quarter of 2019 rose more than 21% year-on- year surpassing the 10 million mark, according to the ... -
Health | Bill to restrict licenses for Chinese medicine practitioners
The Health Bureau (SSM) will stop issuing new licenses to Chinese medicine practitioners, acupuncturists, masseurs, dental professionals and sports medicine therapists once the city’s latest medical ... -
Environment | DSPA records just two complaints on Hengqin noise
Macau’s Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) has informed the Times that it has received two noise complaints about various Hengqin construction projects since the start of the ... -
CE election | Sulu Sou ready for backlash on long democracy road
Lawmaker Sulu Sou’s appeal to the Legislative Assembly (AL) plenary in relation to a proposal to amend the electoral law of the Chief Executive (CE) election ... -
Hong Kong | Liaison official denounces ‘anti-China’ foreign collusion
The Liaison Office Director in Hong Kong, Wang Zhimin, recently criticized the fact that there are some people in Hong Kong “colluding with anti-China politicians and ... -
Archeological find | China confirms oldest tomb with squatting owner
A 13,500-year-old tomb with a headless woman “squatting” inside, was confirmed as the oldest Chinese tomb where the owner was laid to rest in a certain posture. ... -
China-Lusophone trade up 15% in Jan, Feb
The value of trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries reached USD23.58 billion in the two months of January and February 2019, an increase of 15.6% ... -
Home price growth accelerates in credit comeback
New-home price growth in China snapped a four-month weakening streak, one of the first official signs there may be a widespread recovery in the nation’s housing ... -
Chinese stocks rally most in weeks as banks, telecoms lead
China stocks rallied, after the central bank’s decision to inject cash into the financial system alleviated concerns that officials would hold back on stimulus. The CSI ... -
Winner of USD1.2 million Tiger wager was first-time sports bettor
The man who won a record-setting USD1.2 million payout for betting that Tiger Woods would win the Masters golf tournament was a first-time sports bettor who ... -
HNA unit’s lenders play hardball after default, may seize assets
A unit of HNA Group Co. defaulted on a loan it took out less than seven months ago, the latest in a string of missed payments that ... -
Currency | Yuan is so sleepy traders scour complex ways to profit
An increasingly dull yuan is prompting currency traders to get more creative. The currency has been flat against the dollar since late February, with a gauge ... -
India is said to cut trade deficit with China by USD10b
India cut its trade deficit with China by the most in more than a decade, according to people familiar with the data, as it boosted exports ... -
Taiwan | President denounces Chinese military ‘coercion’
Chinese attempts at military coercion only strengthen Taiwan’s resolve to defend itself, the president of the self-governing island republic said yesterday. Tsai Ing-wen’s comments followed what ... -
Foxconn’s Terry Gou mulling Run for Taiwan presidency
Billionaire Foxconn founder Terry Gou said he was considering a run for Taiwan’s presidency, adding a powerful symbol of Chinese business ties to the field of ... -
Brunei wants to punish gay sex with death by stoning – can boycotts stop it?
The sultan of Brunei has been on the throne for 52 years, making him the second- longest reigning monarch in the world, after Queen Elizabeth II. ... -
Kim Jong Un getting ready for first summit with Putin
Russia is preparing for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s first summit with President Vladimir Putin, setting the stage for consultations between the long-time allies after ... -
Philippines | Police: Four wives of Abu Sayyaf commanders arrested
Philippine police yesterday arrested four women they said were wives of Abu Sayyaf commanders who took care of their financial transactions, helped procure guns and bomb ... -
Macron presides over rare unity as nation grieves Notre Dame
French citizens joined global leaders to rally behind Emmanuel Macron in the aftermath of a fire that ravaged the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, giving the ... -
After years of crisis, Venezuelans wonder what is ‘normal’
A normal country? At first glance, the graffiti reading “Un pais normal?” seems ambiguous in Venezuela’s frayed capital, where the government brandishes slogans like clenched fists and ... -
This Day in History | 1984 – Libyan embassy shots kill policewoman
A police officer has been killed and ten people injured after shots were fired from the Libyan People’s Bureau in central London. WPC Yvonne Fletcher had ... -
Offbeat | Dog rescued while swimming 135 miles off Thailand
A dog found swimming more than 135 miles from shore by workers on an oil rig crew in the Gulf of Thailand has been returned safely ... -
Rugby | England warns Vunipola for defending Folau’s anti-gay post
Five months before the Rugby World Cup, England No. 8 Billy Vunipola was given a formal warning by the country’s governing body for supporting an anti-gay ... -
Rugby League | Great Greg Inglis begins second career as coach
A day after retiring from a storied career in rugby league on the field, Greg Inglis started one yesterday on the sidelines as an assistant coach. South ... -
Football | Guardiola: ‘I’m a failure’ in CL
Thursday, 3:00am Man City v Tottenham H 1.32, D 6, A 11 Winning the Champions League twice as a coach puts Pep Guardiola in a fairly ... -
Wayne Hennessey | Goalkeeper showed ignorance of fascism, says FA panel
Cleared by a disciplinary panel of performing a Nazi salute, a Premier League soccer player was still criticized for his lack of knowledge about fascism and ... -
The Buzz | Aretha Franklin makes history with posthumous Pulitzer win
Aretha Franklin is still getting R-E-S-P-E-C-T after death: The Queen of Soul received the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation honor, becoming the first individual woman to earn ... -
Attacked newsroom: Pulitzer commemorated with somber silence
Capital Gazette staff members stayed silent and somberly exchanged hugs yesterday [Macau time] when the Maryland newspaper won a special Pulitzer Prize citation for its coverage ... -
World Briefs
TAIWAN Chinese attempts at military coercion only strengthen Taiwan’s resolve to defend itself, the president of the self-governing island republic said. Tsai Ing-wen’s comments followed what Taiwan’s ... -
Animal Farm | Creativity is lacking everywhere
The scarcity of human resources in Macau is an irrefutable fact. No one doubts this, even the most aggressive populist, those guys that always try to ... -
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 – edition no. 3272
* After 12 hours inferno | World unites to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral * Duty free | Wong to punish firemen despite court ruling against suspension * ...
