Monthly Archives: July 2019
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World Views | Protest data breaches threaten HK’s hub ambitions
Hong Kong’s ambitions to be an international data-center hub are a potential casualty of the city’s mass protests. Privacy breaches stemming from a summer of clashes ... -
Monday, July 29, 2019 – edition no. 3342
* Cheating the system • Macau accused of hiding behind ‘developing country’ status * On the verge of unloading iconic casinos * Police, protester brawls back ... -
FSS enforces automatic system for pension withdrawals
The Social Security Fund (FSS) has established a new measure that aims to facilitate the withdrawal of the Special Allocation from Budget Surplus beneficiaries. From August ... -
Briefs | DSEJ will not survey teachers on work willingness
The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) says that the bureau has conducted discussions with the education sector on how it can improve the bureau’s measures ... -
Twelve drop out of Chief Executive race
Twelve Macau residents who collected application forms for the fifth Chief Executive election have dropped out of the race, leaving former President of the Legislative Assembly ... -
LVS says US-China spat beginning to impact VIP customers
China’s high rollers are feeling the hit to their businesses from the trade war. That’s the feedback Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) is getting from its ... -
CoD opens luxury showroom with finest from land, sea and air
Melco Resorts and Entertainment opened a new showroom yesterday at its flagship property City of Dreams Macau, featuring luxury vehicles, such as a bulletproof SUV featured ... -
Taobao agents offer shady discounts for Grand Resort Deck
Taobao agents are offering shady 45% discounts for a day at Galaxy Macau’s Grand Resort Deck, with their customers instructed to follow carefully planned itineraries that ... -
Cholera discovery in beach waters might be connected to poor waste treatment
Following reports in recent days about Cholera bacteria detected at Cheoc Van Beach, some residents have expressed concerns, with at least one drawing a connection between ... -
Migrant worker still awaiting updates from insurance, employer
The Filipino migrant worker who is seeking compensation following a workplace accident that cost him his leg says he still has no updates regarding amputation claims ... -
Hong Kong | Police deny permit for Saturday protest after attacks
Hong Kong police refused permission for a Saturday protest scheduled to take place in the same area that saw unidentified groups of men attack demonstrators, even ... -
Hong Kong to name Yue as next Monetary Authority chief
Eddie Yue will be named the next chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, succeeding Norman Chan, the South China Morning Post reported. Yue, a ... -
Guangdong | Trade with Central, Eastern Europe rose 15.2%
Guangdong Province saw its trade with 17 Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) rise 15.2% year-on-year in the first half of this year, Customs data showed ... -
Shenzhen | A city in love with books
Thunderstorms at the start of the week failed to dampen the enthusiasm of book lovers in China’s southern city of Shenzhen. A book fair held in ... -
Saudi Prince’s megacity shows signs of life
The walls are covered with graffiti in the sleepy fishing village of Khurayba. There are supplications to God, advertisements for vacation rentals and house painters. Near ... -
US warship sails through Taiwan Strait amid China tensions
Taiwan said yesterday the U.S. Navy is free to sail through its strait after an American warship did so soon after Beijing warned against foreign interference ... -
Trade | Chinese importers looking at buying more US farm goods
Chinese companies are willing to import more U.S. farm goods, the Ministry of Commerce said yesterday, as envoys prepared to meet in Shanghai next week for ... -
Police release data on alleged rape by Chinese businessman
Police who were called to a report of an alleged rape by Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu last August initially decided to release him ... -
Government to fund 85% of Malaysia’s revived rail project
China’s Export-Import Bank is expected to finance 85% of a 44 billion ringgit (USD10.7 billion) rail link project in Malaysia that will bolster economic development in ... -
Australia | Law lets gov’t ban extremists for up to two years
The Australian Parliament yesterday passed laws that enable the government to prevent suspected extremists from returning home for up to two years despite concerns it could ... -
North Korea fires new type of short-range ballistic missiles
North Korea fired a new type of short-range ballistic missile in two launches into the sea Thursday, South Korean officials said. They were North Korea’s first ... -
Judge blocks Trump asylum restrictions at US-Mexico border
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop denying asylum to anyone who transits through another country to reach the U.S. border, marking the ... -
New British PM Johnson urges EU to renegotiate Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the European Union yesterday to rethink its refusal to renegotiate the Brexit deal, setting himself on a collision course with ... -
Offbeat | Goose freed, got stuck in pizza driver’s car grille
Authorities say a goose that got stuck in a pizza delivery driver’s car grille in Vermont is expected to make a full recovery. Driver Ryan Harrington ... -
This Day in History | 1945 – Churchill loses general election
Clement Attlee has been elected Britain’s new prime minister after Labour won a sweeping victory in the general election. The outgoing prime minister and great wartime ... -
Tarantino’s HOLLYWOOD with DiCaprio & Pitt
• Once upon a time, not too far from Hollywood, two of the world’s biggest movie stars were talking about what it’s like to screw up ... -
Baldacci’s latest novel doesn’t disappoint
Aloysius Archer fought in Europe for the Allies, and shortly after making his way back home, he found himself imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. ... -
In Tarantino’s latest, a radiant Hollywood fable
Quentin Tarantino has, for a while now, been reminding us what’s so great about movies — or at least, what he thinks is so great about ... -
Tycho takes new direction on ‘Weather’
California-artist Scott Hansen, better known as Tycho, is back with his fifth studio album “Weather,” one that begins much as one might expect. Opener “Easy” is ... -
News of the World | Pitt, DiCaprio & Robbie reconcile a changing Hollywood
Once upon a time, not too far from Hollywood, two of the world’s biggest movie stars were talking about what it’s like to screw up on ... -
F&B | The Kitchen to offer unlimited fresh lobsters this August
The Kitchen at Grand Lisboa is featuring a feast on fresh Boston lobsters every Friday night in August. Guests are welcome to eat as many lobsters ... -
Life & Style | Alexander Neef to become Paris Opera director in 2021-22
Alexander Neef has been hired to succeed Stephane Lissner as director of the Paris Opera starting with the 2021-22 season. The 45-year-old Neef, whose hiring was ... -
Football | Anfield’s next expansion may be larger than first planned
The next proposed expansion of Anfield may be more substantial than initially envisioned. Capacity at Liverpool’s stadium rose by about 8,500 to approximately 54,000 with the ... -
World briefs
China A Beijing-based rocket developer sent two satellites into orbit yesterday, becoming China’s first private company to successfully complete an orbital launch, state media said. Indonesia ... -
The Buzz | HK June exports plunge most since 2016 amid trade wars
Hong Kong’s exports sank more than expected in June for an eighth straight month of declines, as government officials warned there was no near-term relief in ...
