Daily Archives: Tuesday, July 9, 2019
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Ho Iat Seng | CE candidate promises to appeal to all 400 electors
Chief Executive election candidate Ho Iat Seng told the media that he would not stop at the 66-nomination benchmark, pledging to work diligently to collect as ... -
Briefs | Property prices edge up, led by Macau Peninsula
The overall residential property price index for the three-month period of March to May 2019 increased 0.9% from the previous period (February to April) to 268.3, ... -
Macau passport drops on list of most powerful
The Macau SAR passport ranked number 36 in the most powerful passport index analyzed by Henley & Partners, six places down from the previous report in ... -
EWTN will start on Macau Cable channel 28 from August 15
Eternal World Television Network (EWTN) will start to broadcast in Macau through the Macau Cable Television Company Limited (MCTV) on channel 28 from August 15. The ... -
Macau roller hockey team beats China 14-0
The Macau national roller hockey team inflicted a painful defeat on the Chinese National team when they met on Sunday at the World Roller Games 2019, ... -
Alexis Tam leads delegation to UNESCO session
Macau’s Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, recently led a delegation from the local government to attend the 43rd session of the UNESCO World ... -
New MUST research sheds light on historic cement factory in Ilha Verde
The story of Tong King-sing, a Chinese interpreter and businessman in the 19th century and the Ilha Verde Cement Company, the first cement company in Macau, ... -
Minimum wage bill passes even with lawmakers divided
The minimum wage bill amendment to the city’s labor laws was passed yesterday at the Legislative Assembly (AL), amid lawmakers’ concerns for employees with disabilities and ... -
Domestic helpers instructive wage increases to MOP3,000
Approximately 30,000 workers will benefit from the minimum wage increase. There are 55,400 people in Macau, including non-locals, who are earning less than the newly proposed ... -
Labor rights law amendment refused
The Legislative Assembly rejected Sulu Sou’s proposal to amend Macau’s employment policy and labor rights law. Yesterday, Sou proposed to add articles to the bill which ... -
Hong Kong police arrest five as latest protest march turns tense
Hong Kong police arrested five people while dispersing a protest in one of the financial hub’s busiest tourist districts, the latest demonstration triggered by a proposed ... -
Shenzhen | One dead, three injured after construction collapse
One worker died and three were injured after a construction at a sports center collapsed in the southern Chinese municipality of Shenzhen, local authorities said yesterday. ... -
Guangdong formalizes GBA plans in new documents
The Guangdong provincial government has recently released two documents on the direction of future Greater Bay Area (GBA) development, which outline the major objectives of the ... -
South Korean Instagrammers demand Japan boycott
Angered by Japan’s move to restrict exports of vital manufacturing materials to the country, South Koreans have taken to Instagram and other social-media platforms to show ... -
Singapore says it’s well-placed to ride out global slowdown
Trade-reliant Singapore is in a good position to ride out the global economy’s slowdown, with the government on track to meet its foreign investment targets this ... -
Corporate Bits | Wynn again volunteers at Macau Holy House of Mercy’s Welfare Shop
On July 6, Wynn Macau Ltd. visited and carried out voluntary work at the Holy House of Mercy’s Welfare Shop located in Fai Chi Kei. The ... -
Taiwan | Christian family details crackdown on church
The Sunday service this week at an unassuming church in Taiwan was especially moving for one man. It was the first time Liao Qiang had worshipped ... -
Lawyer says Beijing prevents Australian resident from leaving
A detained Chinese-Australian writer’s wife has been refused permission to leave China six months after her husband was taken into custody, their lawyer said yesterday. Yang ... -
In the pig plague, it pays to be a crop giant in the right place
The world’s top agricultural-commodity traders have for months stuck to the mantra they’ll benefit from a deadly pig disease roiling global markets. Just how much they’ll ... -
Beijing blames US for Iran crisis
China has expressed regret over Iran’s breaching of the 2015 nuclear deal and blamed the United States, saying “maximum pressure” from the Trump administration, which withdrew ... -
Son of prominent South Korean defector moves to North Korea
The son of the highest-profile South Korean to defect to North Korea has arrived in the North to permanently resettle, North Korean state media said. If ... -
Parts of southern India facing acute water shortage
With the government able to meet only 40% of the water requirement, millions of people in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are depending on ... -
Philippines | Amnesty seeks international probe to end killings
Amnesty International urgently called for international pressure and an immediate U.N. investigation to help end what it says are possible crimes against humanity in the Philippine ... -
Diplomacy | Sudanese say US pressure was key to reaching transition deal
The power-sharing agreement reached between Sudan’s military and pro-democracy protesters last week came after the United States and its Arab allies applied intense pressure on both ... -
UK hunts mole behind leak of envoy’s frank Trump missives
The British government was hunting yesterday for the source of a leak of diplomatic cables from Britain’s ambassador in Washington that branded President Donald Trump’s administration ... -
Offbeat | New Mexico ghost town saloon uses civility to draw crowd
A saloon in a New Mexico ghost town attracts regulars with diverse backgrounds and opinions with a promise to “have dialogue.” The No Scum Allowed Saloon ... -
This Day in History | 2001 Scientists discover why we are here
A Californian University has thrown more light on why the Big Bang works after nearly 40 years of world-wide research. Most scientists accept that the universe ... -
Life & Style | Lithuanian couple crowned ‘wife carrying’ world champions
A Lithuanian man and his wife have won the world ‘wife carrying’ title, leaping over timber and wading through waist-high water to beat dozens of other ... -
Football | US wins 4th World Cup title, 2nd in a row
United States 2, Netherlands 0 After every goal celebration and all the confident posturing, the U.S. national team backed up its swagger at the Women’s World ... -
World briefs
Cambodia Police said they have arrested two South Korean citizens who were found carrying USD2.2 million into the country without proper authorization. South Korea The ... -
The Buzz | Eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings added to World Heritage list
The work of famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was recognized Sunday as eight of his buildings, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York ... -
Before moon landing, astronauts learned geology in Arizona
Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand ... -
Our Desk | The sudden ‘new vitality’ of Ho
The former president of the Legislative Assembly (AL) Ho Iat Seng is widely considered the most likely next Chief Executive (CE). The first to publicly acknowledge ... -
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 – edition no. 3328
* Ho Iat Seng to fight for entire electorate backing * 30,000 workers to benefit from minor lift to minimum wage * The story of China’s ...
