Monthly Archives: May 2019
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Hong Kong corruption police files fraud charges against Cho
One of Hong Kong’s biggest financial regulatory investigations saw its first charges filed late last week. Cho Kwai-chee, founder of the city’s largest private health-care group, ... -
Briefs | Corruption agencies discuss Greater Bay cooperation
Macau’s Commission Against Corruption (CCAC), the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Guangdong Provincial Commission of Supervision held a joint meeting in Guangzhou last ... -
Money laundering | Vancouver’s dirty figures: the smoking gun that wasn’t
When British Columbia released its bombshell findings last week that more than CAD7 billion (MOP42 billion) was laundered in a single year through the Canadian province ... -
Gov’t ban on scrap imports a boon to US recycling plants
The halt on China’s imports of wastepaper and plastic that has disrupted U.S. recycling programs has also spurred investment in American plants that process recyclables. U.S. ... -
Beijing officials, Iran foreign ministers meet amid Middle East tensions
Iran’s foreign minister praised his country’s relations with China during talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing amid heightened tensions and efforts by Tehran to keep ... -
Gay couples plan mass weddings after Taiwan legalizes unions
Gay couples in Taiwan plan a mass wedding registration after lawmakers voted to legalize same-sex marriage, a first in Asia and a boost for LGBT rights ... -
Opinion | Victor Li tries on his Superman suit in Shanghai
Billionaire Li Ka-shing built his fortune and legendary reputation by displaying an uncanny ability to time asset markets. Investors in Shanghai real estate need to ask ... -
Wang tells Pompeo US must negotiate on equal basis
Negotiating on an equal footing is the only way to solve pressing trade issues, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo ... -
India | Residents vote in final phase of grueling national election
Indians voted yesterday in the seventh and final phase of a grueling national election that lasted more than five weeks, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu ... -
Australia | Leader vows to get back to work after shock win
A jubilant Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed yesterday to get straight back to work after a shock election victory by his conservative government that has left bewildered voters ... -
I.M. Pei, architect who designed Louvre, Macao Science Center, dies at 102
Ieoh Ming Pei, more popularly known as I.M. Pei, was one of the most influential architects history has seen. He died overnight on Thursday aged 102, ... -
Offbeat | Coin toss settles rare Philippine election tie
Philippine election officials settled a rare tie in a mayoral race on Friday by tossing a coin. They proclaimed Sue Cudilla the new mayor of the ... -
This Day in History | 1983 – Car bomb in South Africa kills 16
At least 16 people have been killed and more than 130 people injured in a car bomb explosion in South Africa’s capital city, Pretoria. The explosion ... -
Football | Benfica wins 5th Portuguese league title in six seasons
Benfica has won its fifth Portuguese league title in six seasons after routing Santa Clara 4-1 on Saturday. Benfica lifted its 37th league trophy by finishing ... -
Madrid loses last match of season to forget
Real Madrid put a fittingly poor ending to its worst season in recent memory after losing its last match of the Spanish league on Sunday. Many ... -
Football | Man City completes sweep of English trophies with FA Cup win
Manchester City swept aside Watford to complete the first clean sweep of English men’s football trophies. The fourth piece of silverware of the season was sealed ... -
World briefs
TAIWAN Gay couples in Taiwan plan a mass wedding registration after lawmakers voted to legalize same-sex marriage, a first in Asia and a boost for LGBT ... -
The Buzz | Bomb hits tourist bus near Egypt’s Giza Pyramids, wounds 16
Egyptian officials say a roadside bomb has hit a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids. They say Sunday’s blast wounded at least 16 people, including tourists. ... -
The Netherlands wins Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv
The Netherlands won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv Saturday, with Duncan Laurence’s doleful piano ballad “Arcade” crowned champion of Europe’s annual music extravaganza. ... -
World Views | China just doesn’t want to be like the West
Theories abound for why the U.S.-China trade talks collapsed into stalemate, from misplaced overconfidence on the part of Beijing to President Donald Trump’s calculation that a ... -
Monday, May 20, 2019 – edition no. 3292
* Press freedom | Wong’s lesson on Greater Bay journalism * Wynn mulling Boston sale to MGM after regulator spares license * Chui honored in Porto ... -
Chief Executive election | Ho’s manifesto picks up from 2014 with the same topics as Chui
When in 2009 Chief Executive ‘candidate’ Chui Sai On presented his manifesto, Macau was living in troubled times under the shadow of the corruption scandal involving ... -
SAR, Portugal sign fugitive extradition agreement
The fugitive extradition bill between Macau SAR and Portugal was signed on Wednesday by the Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan, during the sixth Macau-Portugal ... -
Sands Macao celebrates 15 years of operation
Sands Macao celebrated its 15th anniversary yesterday, presenting a series of performances and fireworks to commemorate the event. Following its opening on May 18, 2004, the ... -
Economy | IMF says Macau growth could dip further still
A representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the worsening conditions of the China-U.S. trade war threaten to dampen economic growth prospects in Macau ... -
Briefs | Forex reserves reach MOP164.7 billion
The preliminary estimate of the foreign exchange reserves of Macau reached MOP164.7 billion (about USD20.39 billion) at the end of April, the SAR’s Monetary Authority said ... -
Q1 crime report | Petty crime declines while violent crime rare but growing
Minor crime is declining in Macau while violent crime is on the rise. This is the conclusion reached from the most recent report on criminality in ... -
Macau Daily Times presents: IT ALL STARTED WITH SANDS MACAO Part 5: Community care and environmental stewardship
The opening of Sands Macao on May 18, 2004, marked the beginning of an era of transformation for Macau’s tourism industry – a period that has ... -
Forum | China-Lusophone trade grows 11% in first quarter
Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grew 11.62% in the period from January to March 2019, increasing to USD33.7 billion (about MOP272 billion), according to official ... -
Hong Kong dollar nears weak end of peg as trade war costs mount
Hong Kong’s currency is once again approaching the weak end of its trading band against the greenback, after a reprieve last month. Falling demand for Hong ... -
Macau-Hengqin collaboration to deepen
The two neighboring territories of Macau and Hengqin are expected to have a larger role to play in each other’s development, but how exactly that will ... -
Real Estate Matters | Top 20 questions on renting a property in Macau – Part 2
Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. It ... -
Gaming | House approves bill to aid casino bid by Massachusetts tribe
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday (yesterday, Macau time) approved a bill reaffirming the right of a Massachusetts tribe to hold land in trust, a ... -
State secrets | China formally arrests two Canadians in case linked to Huawei
China has formally arrested two Canadian citizens it is believed to be holding to pressure Canada into releasing a Chinese telecoms executive, bringing the two men ... -
Trade War | Huawei hit by US export controls, potential import ban
In a fateful swipe at telecommunications giant Huawei, the Trump administration issued an executive order yesterday [Macau time] apparently aimed at banning its equipment from U.S. ...
