Daily Archives: Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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Pearl Horizon buyers given one month to buy public house
Starting from June 17, buyers of the former Pearl Horizon project can apply to purchase the government’s public housing units, according to a dispatch published yesterday ... -
Legislative Assembly | Sulu Sou proposes amendment to include trade union rights
Despite the failure of his colleagues to pass any of the 10 previously submitted trade union bills at the Legislative Assembly (AL), lawmaker Sulu Sou submitted ... -
Crime | Taxi drivers conspired to keep passenger’s money
Three taxi drivers have been brought to the prosecution authority, being accused of conspiring to retain possession of a passenger’s property, the Public Security Police Force ... -
Courts | Attack on lawyer is ‘attack on profession and rule of law’
The attack on lawyer Jorge Menezes on a Macau street on May 16, 2013, which resulted in him sustaining several injuries, was not just an attack ... -
Reflections from Macau | We don’t talk (enough) about Tiananmen
Today is the 30th anniversary of the violent crackdown that ended seven weeks of nation- wide protests calling for political reform. Remembered as the June Fourth ... -
Fun fair aims to raise environmental sustainability
Grand Coloane Resort held its first green fair on Sunday, featuring eco-friendly products and sustainable workshops for children. The “Boa Vida All Things Green Fun Fair,” ... -
Artworks by people with disabilities showcased at USJ
The “Step with Love, Leaps with Art – Asia Pacific Accessible Art Festival 2019” is featuring over 100 artworks in different styles from various cultures created ... -
Six killed in Guangdong landslide
Six people, who had been buried under a landslide in south China’s Guangdong Province early Sunday morning, have been confirmed dead, local authorities said. A landslide ... -
Hong Kong | Property just hit an all-time high
In the world’s most-expensive real estate market, the sky’s the limit. Property prices in Hong Kong have reached an all-time high after relentless gains over the ... -
Leicester City owners set to win renewal for Thai airport duty-free deal
The billionaire family that owns Leicester City soccer club is set to win renewal of airport retail contracts that helped build its fortune. Airports of Thailand ... -
Prosperity, repression mark China 30 years after Tiananmen
Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square protests, China’s economy has catapulted up the world rankings, yet political repression is harsher than ever. Hundreds of thousands of ... -
‘Tank man’ photographer urges Beijing to open up on Tiananmen
The American photographer who shot the iconic image of a man standing in front of tanks at the 1989 Tiananmen protests says it’s time for the ... -
A look at key events in the 1989 protests
Over seven weeks in 1989, student-led pro- democracy protests centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square became China’s greatest political upheaval since the end of the Cultural Revolution ... -
Tiananmen veterans look back on movement’s mistakes, passion
Wu’er Kaixi was among the most outspoken of the student leaders during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, famously reproaching then-Premier Li Peng at a meeting ... -
North Korea | Top official reappears days after purge report
A senior North Korean official who had been reported as being purged over the failed nuclear summit with Washington was shown in state media yesterday enjoying ... -
Samsung vows to keep up investment as trade war raises risks
Samsung Electronics’ Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has vowed to keep up robust investments in key businesses as South Korea’s leading company weathers slowing demand and the ... -
US-Mexico | Officials to begin talks over tariffs, border
Top officials from the U.S. and Mexico will begin talks today [local time] in a scramble to fend off President Donald Trump’s threat of devastating tariffs ... -
Trump, first lady meet with queen at Buckingham Palace
President Donald Trump met with Queen Elizabeth II yesterday during two-day visit to Britain that’s meant to strengthen ties between the two nations, although the trip ... -
Offbeat | Russians criticize heavily edited version of Elton John film
Russian gay rights activists and cultural figures are criticizing the local distributor of a new movie about Elton John for cutting scenes in it depicting homosexual ... -
This Day in History | 1940 – Dunkirk rescue is over – Churchill defiant
The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has described the “miracle of deliverance” from Dunkirk and warned of an impending invasion. His moving speech to Parliament came on ... -
Tennis | Nishikori wins 2-day five-setter, Djokovic easily advances
When it comes to the deciding set, count on Kei Nishikori. The Japanese player won his eighth consecutive five-set match yesterday to defeat Benoit Paire 6-2, ... -
World briefs
HONG KONG’s government said yesterday that it was willing to raise the threshold for extraditing criminal suspects amid widespread concerns over moves seen as eroding the ... -
Taiwan lashes back at Chinese defense minister’s threats
Taiwan lashed out at the Chinese defense minister’s renewed threat to use force to assert China’s claim to the island, accusing Beijing of creating unease in ... -
UK’s anxiety takes center stage at Hay ideas festival
At Britain’s leading literary gathering, the word of the year was anxiety. Fifty shades of worry —about climate change, mental health and of course Brexit — ... -
Editorial | Atonement
The greatest difficulty China has in revisiting the June 4, 1989 episode has a name attached to it: Deng Xiaoping. The ‘architect’ of the “open door” ... -
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 – edition no. 3303
* 30 years ago | Macau cried out for Tiananmen * Menezes: ‘attack on profession, rule of law’ * Property just hit an all-time high * ...
