Daily Archives: Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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Rights group says domestic workers suffer ‘modern slavery’ in both SARs
Amnesty International has described the exploitation of domestic workers in Hong Kong and Macau as modern slavery, citing the workers’ vulnerability to overworking and being underpaid. ... -
Briefs | MGTO in Cebu for PATA Annual Summit
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) attended the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Annual Summit 2019 in the Philippines. The four-day event featured a series of ... -
GBA job fair attracts hundreds of Macau students
A job fair organized by the Jinan University in Guangzhou saw 23 enterprises within the Greater Bay Area (GBA) advertising more than 600 working and 300 internship ... -
IMF predicts economy to grow by 4.3% in 2019
The economic growth rate of the Macau SAR was projected at 4.3% in 2019 and about 4.0% over the medium term, the Monetary Authority (AMM) said ... -
Gaming law expert says tender should not limit number of concessions
The future public tender for new gaming concessions, to be held by 2022, should not establish any limitation on the number of concessions to be granted, ... -
CE tours Portugal | Chui praises Lisbon efforts on promoting young entrepreneurship
Currently on his third day of an official visit to Portugal, Chief Executive (CE) Chui Sai On, leading a Macau delegation, met with several authorities in ... -
Civil Protection | Gov’t moves forward with crime for ‘rumor spreading’
The government has moved forward with the idea of penalizing the spreading of false rumors during typhoons or other civil protection-related crisis with imprisonment for up ... -
Advertorial | Macau Daily Times presents: It All Started With Sands Macao
Part 1: A company focused on its team members The opening of Sands Macao on May 18, 2004, marked the beginning of an era of transformation ... -
UN Symposium on abductions | Family of Thai woman kidnaped in ’70s Macau hope ‘she’s still alive’
Relatives of abductees from Japan, Thailand, the U.S. and Macau whose loved ones are believed to be held in North Korea pleaded for their return at ... -
Drunken Dragon | Dance for divine protection
Drunken Dragon Dance is a core ceremony celebrating Buddha’s Birthday in Macau. It is a ritual praying for peace and health. There are at least two ... -
Advertorial | Macau Daily Times presents: It All Started With Sands Macao
Part 2: Creating a MICE and entertainment destination Missed Part 1? Read it here Thinking back 15 years to consider the environment of the meetings, incentives, ... -
Hong Kong | Chaotic scenes at legislature over extradition law
Hong Kong’s legislative assembly descended into chaos over the weekend as lawmakers for and against controversial amendments to the territory’s extradition law clashed over access to ... -
Opinion | Hong Kong’s Bay Area stocks are a haven from trade-war jolts
The plunge in Hong Kong stocks this week triggered by the renewed U.S.-China trade conflict was the latest jolt for a market that’s veered wildly between ... -
E-Commerce | Amazon offers to help employees start delivery business
Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we’ll help you start a business ... -
Uber shares continue sliding in first full day of trading
Uber shares were down 8% in morning trading and dipped below $38 after the opening bell. Yesterday was the first full day of trading for the ... -
Terry Gou moves closer to run for Taiwan president
Terry Gou, head of the world’s largest contract assembler of consumer electronics, stepped closer to running for president of Taiwan yesterday by announcing that he would ... -
Trade Companies bracing for Beijing’s retaliation in tariff dispute
Businesses were bracing yesterday for Beijing’s retaliation against President Donald Trump’s escalation of a tariff battle that threatens to disrupt a Chinese economic recovery. Regulators threatened ... -
Thailand | Exile’s parents seek information on his disappearance
The parents of a self-exiled Thai activist who disappeared after reportedly being extradited from Vietnam visited government offices and diplomatic missions in Bangkok yesterday to seek ... -
Elections | Filipinos cast vote in midterm polls crucial to Duterte
Filipinos voted yesterday in midterm elections highlighted by a showdown between President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies who aim to dominate the Senate and opposition candidates fighting for ... -
Wikileaks | Sweden to reopen rape case against Assange
Swedish prosecutors said yesterday they are reopening a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will seek his extradition after he has served his 50-week ... -
Saudi Arabia | Official says two oil tankers damaged by sabotage attacks
Arabia said yesterday two of its oil tankers were sabotaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in attacks the previous day that caused “significant ... -
Offbeat | ‘Killing Eve’ slays the competition at British TV awards
Sharp-edged spy thriller “Killing Eve” has won three major trophies at the British Academy Television Awards, including best drama series. Jodie Comer was named best actress ... -
This Day in History | 1964 – Nasser and Khrushchev divert the Nile
President Gamal Abdul Nasser of Egypt and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev have marked the first stage in the building of the Aswan High Dam. At a ... -
Football | Title addict Guardiola retains Premier League with Man City
All the strain Pep Guardiola feels during the pursuit of titles becomes worthwhile when a winners’ medal is placed around his neck. It happens a lot. ... -
Boxing | Williams takes Hurd’s 154-pound belts by unanimous decision
Jarrett Hurd was welcomed into the ring by the Washington Redskins marching band. He left in a manner familiar to his favorite football team recently, losing ... -
World briefs
US-CHINA President Donald Trump is warning Chinese President Xi Jinping that China “will be hurt very badly” if they don’t agree to a trade deal. CHINA ... -
The Buzz | Facebook removes fake Italian accounts ahead of EU election
Facebook says it has shut down some Italian accounts that were phony and pages that were spreading fake news ahead of European Union parliamentary elections. The ... -
Obituary | Legendary actress and singer Doris Day dead at 97
Doris Day, the honey-voiced singer and actress whose film dramas, musicals and innocent sex comedies made her a top star in the 1950s and ‘60s and ... -
Rear Window | Ho by himself
Now it is for real and definitive that political heavyweight Ho Iat Seng is running solo, unopposed and undisturbed, up the for confirmatory procedure of the ... -
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 – edition no. 3288
* Migrant workers | Helpers exposed to ‘modern slavery’ * For sake’s drunk * IMF forecast relatively ‘conservative’ * Chui praises Portugal’s young entrepreneurship * Chaotic ...
