Daily Archives: Friday, April 26, 2019
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Transportation | PSP tackle motorcycle noise in street inspection
Since mid-March this year, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) has been performing an operation to tackle high-capacity motorcycles suspected of producing excessive noise. However, the ... -
Defeated CE candidate Stanley Au endorses Ho Iat Seng
Stanley Au Chong-kit, who ran for Chief Executive in the 1999 election, has endorsed Ho Iat Seng, the first and so far only declared runner of ... -
Polylingual peacekeepers wanted for Macau parks
Lawmaker Ng Kuok Cheong has written an inquiry to the government asking it to arrange for helpers to be stationed at public playgrounds in order to ... -
Hegarty’s death at Grand Prix due to ‘minute error’
Motorcyclist Daniel Hegarty’s death in a crash at the Macau Grand Prix in November 2017 occurred due to a “minute error,” a British coroner heard. The ... -
Security force plans to expand power of disciplinary body
The security authority intends to expand the powers of both the security force and the security discipline inspection commission, according to Secretary for Security Wong Sio ... -
Gov’t to attract global science and technology researchers to Macau
The Internet+ Smart City Summit 2019 officially opened yesterday morning. The two-day summit includes series of talks by academics and industry leaders, such as executives from ... -
New Jersey could be top US sports bet market by 2020
New Jersey’s quick growth in sports gambling means it could surpass Nevada next year as the top sports betting market in the United States, its governor ... -
Chief Executive Election | Distance from casino firms a plus for Beijing
Macau’s only declared candidate for Chief Executive might be viewed favorably by Beijing because of a lack of direct links with the city’s dominant casino industry, ... -
Gaming | Las Vegas: The Lucky Dragon finally finds a new master
It was meant to be a formidable competitor on the Las Vegas skyline, attracting the Asian market that was grossly underrepresented, according to its developers. However, ... -
Guangzhou | Chinese customs seize fake Intel chips
Customs authorities in south China said it has seized a batch of chips, watches and women’s bags that infringed upon intellectual property rights (IPR). The Huangpu ... -
GBA skepticism is groundless, says Forum Macau official
During a talk on the Greater Bay Area (GBA) organized by the Rui Cunha Foundation, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation ... -
Huawei to provide telecom equipment to Mozambique
Mozambican telecoms company Tmcel will spend USD23 million on telecommunications equipment under a contract signed this week in Beijing with Chinese group Huawei, Mozambican state news ... -
Real Estate Matters | Want to know how much your property is worth?
Sam Lee is a marketing manager and property consultant at JML Property. JML was established in 1994 and offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in ... -
Tesla says China output may hit 2,000 a week this year
Elon Musk said Tesla Inc.’s production in China, the world’s largest electric-car market, could reach a rate of 2,000 vehicles a week by the end of ... -
Farming veteran warns China’s pig crisis only getting worse
In almost 40 years of analyzing commodity markets, Arlan Suderman says he has never witnessed an industry-jolting event as dramatic as the contagion spreading across China’s ... -
Corporate Bits | MGM, Fuhong society launch special needs project at vocational training room
In order to develop and help students with special needs, MGM and Fuhong Society of Macau recently launched a joint project to help polish up their ... -
Tradition | Hand-carved mahjong tiles are a dying craft
Just opposite the entrance to a neon-lit night market, one of Hong Kong’s few remaining carvers of mahjong tiles engraves the two Chinese characters for the ... -
China faces debt fears ahead of construction forum
China’s finance minister tried yesterday to dispel complaints its Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative leaves developing countries with too much debt, promising “sustainable financing” as leaders ... -
China and Russia to hold joint navy drills next week
China said that it will hold joint naval drills with Russia next week, in another sign that the countries’ militaries are growing closer in the face ... -
Beijing says French ship entered its waters illegally
China yesterday said it has complained to France after a French warship entered Chinese territorial waters while passing through the Taiwan Strait this month. In a ... -
Japan | New emperor Naruhito: A cosmopolitan team player
Japan’s soon-to-be-anointed new emperor is a musician and historian, both mild-mannered and quietly tenacious, a team player and a loyal husband and friend who will bring ... -
Australia | Morrison plays down terror threat at Gallipoli event
Australia’s prime minister played down yesterday any potential link between the arrest of a suspected Islamic State group member in Turkey and a World War I ... -
USA | Ex-Vice President Joe Biden launches 2020 White House bid
Former Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest yesterday, declaring the “soul of this nation” at stake if President Donald Trump wins ... -
Vladivostok Summit | Putin says North Korea ready to denuclearize – if it gets guarantees
Russian President Vladimir Putin said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un confirmed during their first summit yesterday he is willing to give up his nuclear weapons ... -
Offbeat | Sting City: Las Vegas residency, new album and Juice WRLD
Sin City? More like Sting City. Grammy-winning superstar Sting is heading to Las Vegas to launch a residency next year. Sixteen performances of “Sting: My Songs” ... -
This Day in History | 1975 – Labour votes to leave the EEC
A one-day conference held by the Labour Party to debate Britain’s membership of Europe has voted by almost 2-1 to leave the European Economic Community. The ... -
Football | Spain mulls Super Cup in Saudi Arabia; human rights concerns
The Spanish soccer federation is looking into playing its Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, prompting human rights concerns about the showpiece being staged in the Middle ... -
Football | Pogba selected in Premier League team of the season
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is the only player not from Manchester City or Liverpool to be selected in the Premier League’s Team of the Year ... -
World briefs
CHINA Eleven workers were killed and two seriously injured yesterday when an elevator at a construction site in Hebei fell due to snapped cable. The Voice of ... -
The Buzz | Nora Roberts sues Brazilian author, cites ‘multi-plagiarism’
Best-selling novelist Nora Roberts is suing a Brazilian writer for copyright infringement, alleging that Cristiane Serruya has committed “multi-plagiarism” on a “rare and scandalous” level. In ... -
Harry and Meghan: Newest royal baby could be an American
What would the founding fathers think? Almost 250 years after the United States launched a revolution to rid itself of the British royal family, the next ... -
Kapok | The spire hiding the temple
While presiding over a regular meeting of the Cultural Heritage Council last week, Alexis Tam, the secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, grabbed the opportunity of ... -
Heritage | Conservation in flames
• In the wake of the fire last week that gutted Notre Dame, questions are being raised about the state of thousands of other cathedrals, palaces and ... -
‘Avengers: Endgame’ is Marvel’s machine in high gear
Satisfaction is a complicated concept in Marvel Land. On the one hand, every morsel of pre-release information is obsessively poured over in feverish anticipation. But by ... -
Young friends make a bad decision in Gudenkauf novel
Twelve-year-old Cora Landry starts junior high, and she lacks friends and social skills to succeed in the environment of cliques and budding puberty. She eventually makes ...
