Daily Archives: Wednesday, June 5, 2019
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Sulu Sou calls for lawmakers to vote sensibly on his appeal
Lawmaker Sulu Sou has called upon the city’s lawmakers to vote sensibly on his appeal regarding the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) decision to reject and deny the ... -
Briefs | Power plant in safe state after anomaly
The units in operation at the Yangjiang Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong are in a safe and stable state after an anomaly occurred on Saturday, Macau’s ... -
Hong Konger denied entry to Macau
A former member of the Executive Committee of the Student Union of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPUSU) was denied entry to Macau on Sunday. The Student ... -
PSP officers found to have forged immigration records
Two police officers of the Public Security Police Force (PSP) were discovered to have illegally assisted a mainland man to overstay in Macau. According to the ... -
Three hundred crowd Senado Square for vigil
Several hundred people gathered in Senado Square last night to join the annual candlelight vigil held in memory of the June Fourth Incident that occurred three ... -
Meanwhile in Hong Kong | Victoria Park swarmed and awash with rituals
Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong gathered last night to mark 30 years since China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, underscoring continuing concern ... -
Forbes Travel Guide | Morpheus, MGM Cotai expected to make 2020 list
Forbes Travel Guide says it has high hopes for both Morpheus hotel and MGM Cotai to rank among its Star Award winners next year. Filip Boyen, ... -
Tourism authority participates in UNWTO conference
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) participated in the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) regional conference in Thimphu, Bhutan, under the theme “Sustainable Development through Tourism.” The ... -
Economy shrinks 3.2%, ending 10 consecutive quarters of growth
The economy of Macau contracted by 3.2% year- on-year in real terms during the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest data from the Statistics ... -
Lawrence Ho | Melco’s investment in Australia aimed at ‘taking Japan’
The chairman and CEO of Melco Resorts and Entertainment said that the acquisition of a 20% stake in Australia’s Crown Resorts is a leap in the ... -
Photography | Exhibition celebrating Macau opens at Portuguese Consulate
The Consulate General of Portugal in Macau is once again the stage for a photo exhibition featuring the works of 27 Portuguese-speaking photographers. The exhibition, titled ... -
Opinion | The big threat to HK’s property billionaires
Can Hong Kong’s billionaire heirs keep their grip on the city? Given Beijing’s increasing assertiveness in the territory, it’s a question worth asking. For the past ... -
Hong Kong proposes safeguards to extradition law amendments
Hong Kong’s government said that it was willing to raise the threshold for extraditing criminal suspects amid widespread concerns over moves seen as eroding the territory’s ... -
Nearly 7.5 tonnes of smuggled ivory tusks seized
Police and customs authorities in Guangdong Province have busted an ivory smuggling ring, arresting 20 suspects and seizing nearly 7.5 tonnes of ivory tusks. Guangdong police ... -
Gaming | Chicago will get a casino as part of Illinois gambling expansion
Illinois legislators approved a giant gambling-expansion bill that allows sports betting and as many as six new casinos, including one in Chicago, one of the world’s ... -
China’s plan to boost baby formula output hits foreign suppliers
A2 Milk Co. led stock market losses of USD875 million among infant-formula providers in Australia and New Zealand after China unveiled a plan to boost local ... -
MGM wins prestigious ‘Asia responsible entrepreneurship award’
MGM received the “Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award” (AREA) from Enterprise Asia, making it once more the only enterprise in Macau to have won this regional accolade, ... -
Sands China employees take the ‘clean plate challenge’ for fifth year
Sands China employees completed the Clean Plate Challenge between May 27 and 29, marking the fifth year in a row the company has held the sustainability ... -
Testimony | Tiananmen or when China shifted from solidarity to stability
The young woman lay on a mat in the concrete hallway of a Beijing hospital on June 4, 1989. She weakly held up an X-ray showing ... -
China issues US travel alert warning of official harassment
China issued a travel warning for the U.S. yesterday, saying Chinese visitors have been interrogated, interviewed and subjected to other forms of what it called harassment ... -
30 Years On | China handles Tiananmen anniversary with usual silence
Dissidents silenced. Security tightened. References scrubbed from the internet. China imposed an information lockdown yesterday on the 30th anniversary of its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters ... -
Pompeo vs Beijing: war of words
China responded pointedly to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s comments on the 30th anniversary of the Chinese army’s bloody suppression of student- led pro-democracy protests centered ... -
Philippines | US to launch new program to fight extremism
U.S. and Philippine officials yesterday were discussing a new program to thwart efforts by Muslim extremists to recruit and mobilize followers in the country’s south after ... -
India Officials looking to recover bodies on Himalayan mountain
Indian officials were working on a plan yesterday to retrieve five bodies believed to be mountaineers from a team of international climbers that went missing on ... -
North Korea | Kim’s sister back in public eye at mass games
The powerful younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a public event in Pyongyang for the first time in more than 50 days, ... -
Australia | Cardinal set to appeal child sex convictions
The most senior Catholic found guilty of child sex abuse will ask an Australian appeals court today to reverse convictions on charges of molesting two choirboys ... -
Eid al-Fitr | Faithful Muslims around the world begin celebrating end of Ramadan
Muslims across the Middle East and beyond began marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, one of the most celebrated holidays for the world’s 1.5 billion ... -
Trump turns from pomp to business in UK visit
Moving from pageantry to policy during his state visit to Britain, President Donald Trump yesterday urged embattled Prime Minister Theresa May to “stick around” to complete ... -
Offbeat | David Lynch, Wes Studi among honorary Oscar recipients
The first Oscar winners of the season are already here. Groundbreaking filmmaker David Lynch, Cherokee-American actor Wes Studi director Lina Wertmüller and actress Geena Davis will ... -
This Day in History | 1989 – Election boost for Solidarity
Solidarity, Poland’s anti-communist party, looks set to claim a remarkable success in the country’s elections, with initial results suggesting it has done much better than predicted. ... -
Football | Nations League Ronaldo’s Portugal looks for another title
Thursday, 2:45am Portugal v Switzerland H 1.7, D 3.92, A 6 The inaugural UEFA’s Nations League reaches its conclusion this week with the competition’s Final Four ... -
UEFA plots 2022 World Cup qualifying path via Nations League
European teams will get a qualifying path to the 2022 World Cup via the Nations League competition. UEFA is preparing a qualifying format that should see ... -
The Buzz | Paulo Taipa appointed to Portugal’s National Electoral Commission
Former Macau Legislative Assembly adviser Paulo Taipa was appointed to the National Electoral Commission (CNE) in Portugal by the Portuguese government, the Times has learned. Taipa ... -
Chambois | South of D-Day beaches, another slaughter is remembered
In the spring that followed the terrible D-Day battle, the grass grew especially thick and green, fertilized by thousands of corpses that had been plowed into ... -
Animal Farm | 2019: Macao inflation will be lower!
The rate of inflation gives us a rough idea of the loss in our purchasing power. It is risky to trust these indicators too much as ...
