Daily Archives: Friday, June 7, 2019
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Second pretender: Businessman Leong Kuok Chao announces candidacy for CE
Businessman Leong Kuok Chao announced this morning (Friday) that he will run in this year’s election for Chief Executive (CE), Chinese media reported. Leong, 45, who ... -
Macau could retain ‘second system’ status past 2049
Macau and Hong Kong could retain their ‘second system’ status going into the second half of the 21st century, according to an international and independent China ... -
Opinion | China is committed to intellectual property protection
Intellectual property (IP) is a bridge for international cooperation in the process of trade globalization. Some politicians in the United States, however, use it as an ... -
Legislative Assembly | Democrats urge lawmakers to rehabilitate June 4 memory
Pro-DEMOCRACY lawmakers Sulu Sou, Au Kam San and Ng Kuok Cheong voiced their concerns about the memories of the June Fourth Movement during yesterday’s Legislative Assembly ... -
Cybersecurity | Government banned from collecting internet data
The final draft of the cyber security law was discussed and passed at yesterday’s Legislative Assembly (AL) session. The bill proposed to set up the Committee ... -
Heritage | Pátio da Eterna Felicidade listing is ‘very important first step’ in protection
The listing and detailed restoration of the “Pátio da Eterna Felicidade”, to allow the area to retain its unique characteristics, are the two most important phases ... -
Art Macao 2019 | Main exhibition opens in city’s largest ever arts festival
Described as the largest art and culture festival Macau has ever witnessed, Art Macao 2019 was officially opened yesterday with the launch of the festival’s main ... -
MUST visits research academy on mainland
Vice President Tong Ka Lok of the Macau University of Science and Technology led a delegation from the university to visit the Dunhuang Research Academy in ... -
Book chronicling 170 years of casinos launched
The book “The Casinos of Macau – History of the World’s Largest Gaming Market” has been launched, shedding light on the history of Macau’s most prominent ... -
Hong Kong | Top court issues landmark ruling for LGBT rights
Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal said yesterday the government cannot deny spousal employment benefits to same-sex couples, in a ruling hailed as a major step ... -
Guangdong opens center to serve young Macau entrepreneurs
Guangdong Province has opened a center to serve young entrepreneurs from Macau, reports Xinhua, in the latest move to enhance interaction with the two Special Administrative ... -
The trade war could pop HK’s property bubble
Record high home prices in Hong Kong have prompted some economists to forecast a bursting of the bubble. Residential property values in the city reached an ... -
Real Estate Matters | Top 20 questions on renting a property in Macau – Part 4
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 ... -
China seeks to boost car, electronics sales as economy slows
China unveiled a stimulus plan to help spur demand for automobiles and electronics as escalating tensions with the U.S. threaten to hurt the world’s second-biggest economy. ... -
Gov’t says list of ‘unreliable’ foreign firms coming soon
China’s Commerce Ministry will release a list of “unreliable” foreign companies in the near future, a spokesman said yesterday, without giving a specific date. The decision ... -
Taiwan confirms request for US tanks, air defense systems
Taiwan confirmed yesterday it has asked to purchase more than 100 tanks from the U.S., along with air defense and anti- tank missile systems in a ... -
Australia | Prosecutors: Cardinal’s convictions should stand
Australian prosecutors argued in court yesterday that child sex convictions against a Roman Catholic cardinal should not be overturned and said his accuser had been a ... -
New Zealand | Judge allows images of man charged in mosque shootings
A New Zealand judge ruled yesterday that media outlets can now show the face of the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques. Two ... -
Thailand | Prime minister has little to say about staying in power
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha isn’t feeling chatty about being elected to stay on as premier. Prayuth stayed out of the spotlight yesterday, a day after ... -
Sudan | Protesters to keep up campaign until military’s ouster
Sudan’s pro-democracy leaders vowed yesterday to press their campaign of civil disobedience until the ruling military council is ousted and killers of protesters are brought to ... -
Offbeat | Scientists crack secret of fish’s deadly, transparent teeth
Scientists have discovered what makes a dragonfish’s teeth transparent — and this may help the deep-sea fish catch their food. The dragonfish is a small predator ... -
This Day in History | 2000 – Blair ‘handbagged’ by the WI
Prime Minister Tony Blair has been given a hostile reception by Women’s Institute members, who heckled and slow hand-clapped a speech he gave to their conference. ... -
Football | Ronaldo’s hat trick sends Portugal into Nations League final
PORTUGAL 3, SWITZERLAND 1 On a night when Portugal unveiled its newest star, it was the same old Cristiano Ronaldo who came through for the national ... -
Super Rugby | Crusaders pressured to clinch top spot
The defending champion Crusaders have their last chance to make sure of first place in Super Rugby when they meet the Melbourne Rebels tomorrow in their ... -
World briefs
US-CHINA President Donald Trump says he’ll make a decision about ramping up tariffs on China after he speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit ... -
The Buzz | Watchdog finds rotting food at US migrant detention facilities
Homeland Security’s watchdog agency says it has found rotting food, moldy and dilapidated bathrooms and practices that violated standards at immigration detention facilities. The Office of ... -
Madame Tussauds celebrates a bit of Broadway on Broadway
On the ninth floor of the Madame Tussauds building in New York, they’ve built a little piece of Broadway. A new permanent immersive attraction opened this ... -
Kapok | The politics of memory
Remembering and commemorating June 4, 1989 is not an easy task. First and foremost as the government that sits in Beijing forbids and effectively prevents any ... -
Sudan Bloody Spring
• Sudan’s deadly crackdown has evoked Arab Spring bloodshed from earlier this decade — uprisings in Egypt, Syria and Libya * Movies: Dark Phoenix * Books: Chasing ... -
The X-Men struggle to the end in ‘Dark Phoenix’
The good news is “Dark Phoenix “ is neither an apocalypse nor is it “X-Men: Apocalypse,” but this latest installment is not exactly a solid step ... -
‘Chasing the Moon’ takes a look at the history of rocketry
Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age (Ballantine Books), by Robert Stone and Alan Andres This ... -
Review: Justin Rutledge turns the pages in ‘Passages’
Justin Rutledge stands in a strong tradition of literate Canadian singer-songwriters — think Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell or the late Gord Downie of the ... -
News of the World | Sudan’s deadly crackdown evokes Arab Spring bloodshed
In the Middle East, it has often begun the same way: a popular swell of street protests against long-entrenched autocrats and demonstrators inspired by burgeoning aspirations ... -
Travelog | Famed Indian climber nearly died on peak where team was lost
To Manmohan Singh Kohli, who led the first Indian team to the peak of Mount Everest, modern mountaineering bears little resemblance to the expeditions he headed ... -
Friday, June 7, 2019 – edition no. 3306
* Andrew Leung | Macau could retain status quo past 2049 * Sou takes Tiananmen inside AL * Old patio listing ‘very important first step’ to ...
