Monthly Archives: May 2019
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 – edition no. 3300
* IFJ urges Macau to hold bill | Civil Protection Law a ‘threat to press freedom’ * PJ holds ‘serious crime’ drill | How to combat ... -
Taiwan students decry propaganda exchange
Students from Taiwan have taken to criticizing exchange programs to mainland China and Macau for being merely propaganda aimed at reinforcing thoughts of unification between China ... -
Legislative Assembly to consider Sulu Sou’s appeal in plenary session
The Legislative Assembly (AL) has decided to accept and consider an appeal by lawmaker Sulu Sou regarding the dismissal of a written protest he had made ... -
Opinion | Confrontation hurts both China and the US
This year, China’s foreign trade, although confronted with a complex external environment and many uncertainties, has made progress while ensuring stability. On the one hand, the ... -
New IPIM head reports 40 suspicious immigration cases
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has spotted approximately 40 suspicious applications of major investment immigration and technical immigration, according to Irene Va Kuan ... -
Courts | Former HK official says co-defendant was his Macau love interest
A former Hong Kong government official, who is accused of acquiring over HKD500,000 in bribes from a Macau businesswoman, went to trial on Monday to defend ... -
Sai Van wooden promenade proposal shelved
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has shelved Sai Van Lake’s wooden promenade project amid great controversies among residents. According to a report by Cheng Pou, the ... -
Art Macao to break ground as new type of festival
A cooperation agreement on the multi-month Art Macao festival was signed by the six casino operators and the local government yesterday at a press conference, where ... -
Gaming | Seeing activity uptick, analysts expect growth in May
Gaming analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein and Nomura are forecasting marginal gross gaming revenue growth of between 2% and 4% for May 2019, after data on ... -
Motorsports | Local racers find podium finishes in Macau GP qualifiers
The Macau Grand Prix qualification races began last weekend with a number of local drivers taking podium finishes at the first event of the 2019 Macao ... -
Volleyball | China, Korea emerge as frontrunners after day one
The 2019 edition of the FIVB Women’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL) kicked off yesterday, with the first two matches playing out victories for the Chinese and ... -
HK’s second-richest man joins aging tycoons in retirement
Hong Kong’s second- richest man, Lee Shau Kee, is stepping down as chairman of Henderson Land Development Co., joining the ranks of the city’s aging tycoons ... -
Property back in bubble territory, Reinhart says
Noted economist and Harvard professor Carmen Reinhart has become the latest person to sound the alarm about Hong Kong, yesterday saying the city’s property market is ... -
Gastronomy | Guangzhou food festival a reflection of China’s culinary ‘opening up’
Built in 1983, the White Swan Hotel in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou was one of the country’s first domestically managed modern 5-star hotels. Over ... -
Hengqin not ideal for investment, says Chan Chak Mo
Lawmaker Chan Chak Mo indicated that Hengqin does not currently possess the proper conditions for investment – at least for his own businesses, according to a ... -
Macau submissions wanted for regional film fair
The 2019 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Film Production Investment and Trade Fair, co-organized by Macau’s Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), the Film Administration of Guangdong Province ... -
Hong Kong’s Alibaba craze may finally pay off with mega-deal
Hong Kong is getting a second chance to land the record- breaking deal that got away. Five years after Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. spurned the city’s ... -
Gov’t deploys Confucius in bid to boost religion controls
China has begun five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sage’s hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control over faith ... -
Military drills | Taiwan lands aircraft on highway as part of drill
Taiwan landed war planes on a normally busy highway yesterday to simulate a response to a Chinese attack on its airfields, part of annual drills designed ... -
Chinese tourism to US drops for first time in 15 years
After more than a decade of rapid growth, Chinese travel to the U.S. is falling. And that has cities, malls and other tourist spots scrambling to ... -
Report | UN reveals rights abuse at thriving markets in North Korea
North Koreans working in hundreds of thriving markets that sprung up with the failure of the country’s public system for distributing basic goods are often abused ... -
Japan | Knife-wielding man attacks schoolgirls, killing two
A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming “I will kill you!” attacked a group of schoolgirls near a school bus parked at a bus ... -
Indonesia | Police allege plot to kill top officials
Four top Indonesian officials, including two Cabinet ministers and the national spy chief, were targeted for assassination as part of a plot possibly linked to last ... -
Iran | Guard talks tough, says it has no fear of war with US
Iran’s influential Revolutionary Guard said yesterday it doesn’t fear a possible war with the United States and claimed that America hasn’t grown in power in recent ... -
Serbia | Troops placed on alert after Kosovo police arrests
Serbia put its troops on full alert yesterday after heavily armed police in northern Kosovo entered Serb-populated Mitrovica, firing tear gas and arresting nearly two dozen ... -
EU elections | Salvini vows to unite EU populists, lacks willing partners
Italy’s victorious right-wing leader, Matteo Salvini, says the European elections have created “a new geography” of anti-elite sentiment in the EU. But it is far from ... -
Offbeat | Britney Spears family seeks renewed order barring ex-friend
A Los Angeles judge will consider whether to extend a temporary restraining order today [Macau time] that keeps a former associate of Britney Spears away from ... -
This Day in History | 1968 – Manchester Utd win European Cup
Manchester United have become the first English club to win the European Cup beating Portuguese side Benfica by four goals to one. Ten years after the ... -
Football Clouds hang over Neymar as Copa America looms in Brazil
Under a wave of suspicion and criticism, Neymar will start his Copa America preparations today [Macau time]. The 27-year-old striker arrived at Brazil’s training ground outside ... -
Football | Baku quiet as Europa League fans struggle with travel
Thursday, 3:00am Chealsea v Arsenal H 2.45, D 3.44, A 3.12 As Arsenal and Chelsea fans scramble for flights and buses to get to the Europa ... -
Briefs | Football: Spanish police arrest players for match-fixing
Several soccer players in Spain have been arrested for suspected match-fixing, the league said yesterday. The Spanish league said the arrests were carried out by the ... -
World briefs
CHINA After more than a decade of rapid growth, Chinese travel to the U.S. is falling. And that has cities, malls and other tourist spots scrambling ... -
The Buzz | Avenatti pleads not guilty to defrauding Stormy Daniels
The embattled attorney Michael Avenatti has pleaded not guilty to accusations that he defrauded his most famous client, porn star Stormy Daniels. Avenatti appeared before a ... -
US | Tornadoes carve a path through Ohio and Indiana; one killed
A swarm of apparent tornadoes so tightly packed that one crossed the path carved by another tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, smashing homes and blowing ... -
Macau Matters | A carbon neutral Macau
As I have previously stated in these articles, the science underpinning our understanding of climate change is irrefutable. Only the most selfish and pathological Luddites can ...
