Daily Archives: Thursday, June 13, 2019
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Chief Executive election | New Macau to hold Sunday meeting calling for universal suffrage
New Macau Association (ANM) is planning a meeting on Sunday in front of Escola Luso-Chinesa Técnico-Professional to demand universal suffrage in the upcoming Chief Executive election. ... -
Police shut down MOP2,000 jaywalking fine rumor
Messages spread on social media claiming that the police are taking a tougher stance on jaywalking by punishing violators with a fine of MOP2,000, were found ... -
Lawmaker requests alcohol control law timetable
Lawmaker Lam Lon Wai has submitted an inquiry to the government requesting a timetable for legislation on alcohol age control. Lam cited a survey conducted in ... -
The underworld of Macau’s human resources
The lack of human resources and the difficulties in recruiting qualified staff have long been divisive topics in Macau. While some would prefer stricter rules and ... -
Filipinos commemorate 121 years of independence
The Filipino community in Macau celebrated the 121st Proclamation of Philippine Independence, themed “Courage of the Nation, Compassion for the People,” to remind the community that ... -
Macau-EU ties remain fruitful at 23rd meeting
A Macau delegation visited Belgium this week for the 17th annual post-handover meeting, the 23rd edition overall, with the European Union. The first edition was started ... -
Melco launches Art Macao contribution at Morpheus
Melco Resorts & Entertainment opened its Art Macao contribution yesterday at its Morpheus hotel. The opening ceremony was held on the 23rd floor of the hotel ... -
The long road since ’97
On July 1, 1997, Tung Chee- Hwa, the first chief executive of Hong Kong, declared, “For the first time in history, we, the people of Hong ... -
Hong Kong risks Occupy 2.0 as protesters vow to keep fighting
Protesters flooding downtown Hong Kong to stop the government’s proposed extradition law effectively presented the city’s leaders with an ultimatum: back down, or risk violent clashes ... -
Analysis | Hong Kong, standing for freedom and justice once more
On June 9, the march against the government sponsored extradition bill felt like a recast of the protest held on July 1 2003 against the enactment ... -
Financial fallout | Stock analyst spooked by extradition law may leave HK
Hong Kong’s controversial extradition bill has at least one stock-market analyst considering a move out of the city. Gillem Tulloch, whose GMT Research Ltd. is best ... -
Security firm warns businesses of counter protests
Hong Kong-based Steve Vickers & Associates (SVA) advised businesses yesterday to evaluate their risk profiles amid growing unrest in the HKSAR and the possibility of counter ... -
HKD11 billion bid dropped on ‘instability’
Goldin Financial Holdings Ltd. is dropping its successful HKD11.1 billion (USD1.42 billion) bid for a land parcel located in the Kai Tak area in Kowloon, Hong ... -
Stories from the streets | Macau journalist says he was attacked by Hong Kong police during interview
A local journalist from All About Macau said he was attacked by a Hong Kong police officer yesterday while interviewing demonstrators in the neighboring SAR. The ... -
Hotels | New Jersey mandates panic buttons for room cleaners
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill Tuesday that he and others said is the nation’s first requiring most hotels to provide their workers with ... -
Accused Mar-a-Lago intruder allowed to be her own attorney
A Chinese woman charged with illegally entering President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort will be allowed to act as her own attorney, a judge ruled yesterday (local ... -
Investigation | Openings set at Illinois trial in slaying of Chinese scholar
Opening statements are set today in the death-penalty trial of a former University of Illinois graduate student charged with kidnapping, torturing and killing a visiting Chinese ... -
US gift to China questions enforcement of N. Korea sanctions
The meeting between acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and his Chinese counterpart began with all the hallmarks of a routine staged and scripted session between two ... -
Japan premier in Iran as Yemen rebels strike Saudi airport
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe landed yesterday in Tehran on a mission to ease tensions between the U.S. and Iran, just hours after Iranian-backed rebels in ... -
Australia | Opposition calls for review of press freedom
Australia’s opposition yesterday called for a parliamentary inquiry into press freedom after police raids on a media organization’s Sydney headquarters and a journalist’s Canberra home seeking ... -
India | Cyclone Vayu poised to hit as year’s 2nd major storm
Indian authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people yesterday as a severe cyclone in the Arabian Sea approached the western state of Gujarat, lashing the coast ... -
Russia probe | Ex-FBI leaders to testify on Russian threat, Mueller report
House Democrats angling to spotlight damning allegations from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report are focusing today on contacts between the Trump 2016 presidential campaign and Russia. ... -
Offbeat | Deputies: Alligator bit off piece of patrol car in Louisiana
Sheriff’s deputies in Louisiana say an alligator took a bite out of one of their patrol cars. WBRZ-TV reports deputies were called Monday to Louisiana Highway ... -
This Day in History | 1991 – Yeltsin wins first Russian elections
Boris Yeltsin is celebrating victory as Russia’s first popularly-elected president. The 60-year-old reformer and leader of the group Democratic Russia has inflicted a heavy defeat on ... -
Football | Alex Morgan has five goals as US routs Thailand 13-0
Thailand was never a real threat to the U.S. national team. Even so, the three-time Women’s World Cup champions had no desire to go easy on ... -
World briefs
CHINA Albanian police say they have arrested a Chinese man wanted in his country for illegal earnings as part of an organized crime group. CHINA Forty-nine ... -
Jon Stewart lashes out at Congress over 9/11 victims fund
Comedian Jon Stewart scolded Congress yesterday [Macau time] for failing to ensure that a victims’ compensation fund set up after the 9/11 attacks never runs out ... -
World Views | Hong Kong’s moment of reckoning
Hong Kong is facing an existential threat. A vast protest on Sunday reflects the culmination of angst over changes that are undermining the foundations of the Chinese city’s economic ... -
Thursday, June 13, 2019 – edition no. 3310
* Hong Kong police charge protesters | Occupy LegCo – Debate on extradition bill adjourned sine die * New Macau calls for universal suffrage * The ... -
The Buzz | China’s extradition law should respect Hong Kong deal, says May
Theresa May has stepped into the growing crisis over China’s controversial plan to change the extradition law for Hong Kong citizens, by saying it was vital this did ...
