Daily Archives: Wednesday, August 7, 2019
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Macao Foundation president uses website launch to praise city’s ‘social harmony’
The Macao Foundation (FM) yesterday officially launched a new website seeking to preserve and archive Macau’s local culture and history, which will show to the outside ... -
MEMORY LANE
Captured from the military fort known as Fortaleza do Monte, these two photos show how the Ruins of St. Paul’s and the surrounding areas have changed ... -
Secretary Sonia Chan backed into corner over political reform
Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan appeared to back herself into a corner yesterday at the Legislative Assembly (AL), claiming that Macau would not advance ... -
Gaming | South Shore discussing potential sale of subsidiary
An under-discussion transaction could lead South Shore Holdings to sell a 60% stake in one of its subsidiaries that owns The 13 Hotel in Cotai. The ... -
Gaming regulator clamps down on use of AI in casinos
Macau’s gaming watchdog has restricted the use of artificial intelligence tools that may help casino operators track gamblers likely to bet big, according to a report ... -
MICE industry one of the fastest-growing sectors, says IPIM
Macau’s Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) industry has been one of the fastest-growing emerging sectors in recent years, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute ... -
Briefs | Weather, education bureaus to revive rainstorm warning
The Meteorological and Geophysics Bureau (SMG) will revive the first three-tier rainstorm warning after its prior elimination in 2004. Before that, the warning had two tiers ... -
Heritage | IC says United Nations did not object to Guia Hill building
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) told a press conference yesterday that it had explained to the United Nations about the height of the building being built ... -
Guangzhou finding a sense of humor at ‘Watermelon’ club
If you think what the performers say is funny, laugh out loud; but if it sucks, just heckle them with your applause,” said a comedian surnamed ... -
Macau | Court rules in favor of residence cancellation
Macau’s Court of Second Instance (TSI) has issued a ruling against the renewal of a Hong Kong woman’s local residential permit. She had come to Macau ... -
Shenzhen | Six million blockchain invoices issued in past year
Approximately 6 million blockchain- based invoices have been issued in the past year since the first invoice was issued in the southern metropolis of Shenzhen, authorities ... -
Hong Kong | Stock rout enters 10th day, worst streak since 1984
Hong Kong stock investors headed for the exit as economic woes, street protests and China’s weak yuan intensified worries over potential outflows from the city. The ... -
Hong Kong | Tensions weigh on InterContinental Hotels
InterContinental Hotels Group Plc reported a slowdown in business travel in China amid a trade war with the U.S. and protests in Hong Kong. Revenue per ... -
China warns ‘those who play with fire will perish by it’
China warned yesterday that it will be “only a matter of time” before it punishes those behind two months of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong that ... -
Marriott jumps into all-inclusive resorts with Ritz-Carlton deal
Marriott International Inc. is jumping into the all-inclusive resort business, once the domain of specialty companies that offered lodging, food and other services for a single ... -
China vows to counter US deployment of midrange arms in Asia
China said yesterday that it “will not stand idly by” and will take countermeasures if the U.S. deploys intermediate-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region, which Washington ... -
Yuan falls further amid trade war fears
China allowed its currency to fall further yesterday and accused Washington of destroying the global economic order, fueling fears about increasing damage from their trade war. ... -
North Korea fires more weapons, denounces US military drills
North Korea continued to ramp up its weapons demonstrations by firing two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea yesterday while lashing out at the United ... -
Malaysia uses helicopter, dogs in search for missing UK girl
Police used a helicopter and sniffer dogs yesterday in an expanded search for a 15-year-old London girl who disappeared from a Malaysian resort over the weekend, ... -
Trump freezes Venezuelan government assets amid tensions
The Trump administration froze all Venezuelan government assets in a dramatic escalation of tensions with Nicolás Maduro that places his socialist administration alongside a short list ... -
US senators want Poland to pay victims of Nazi property thefts
U.S. senators urged President Donald Trump’s administration to pressure Poland, a NATO ally, to resolve demands to compensate Holocaust victims for property confiscated by the Nazis ... -
Offbeat | No perfume, please: Viennese against scented subway air
Vienna subway travelers have decided that they don’t want their train rides to be scented. The Austrian capital’s transport authority tried out four scents, including hints ... -
This Day in History | 1972 – Asians given 90 days to leave Uganda
The Ugandan leader, Idi Amin, has set a deadline for the expulsion of most of the country’s Asians. General Amin said all Asians who are not ... -
Life & Style | Victoria’s Secret hires first transgender model
Valentina Sampaio has become the first openly transgender model hired by Victoria’s Secret nearly a year after a top company official was pressured to apologize for ... -
Nathan Adrian: life before gold medal as he fights cancer
Five-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Nathan Adrian says that his success won’t be on his mind at the end of his life. Maybe that would have ... -
Swimming | Lochte wins 200 IM at US nationals after 14-month ban
Ryan Lochte won the 200-meter individual medley at the U.S. national championships, fresh off a 14-month ban. The 12-time Olympic medalist touched in 1 minute, 57.76 ... -
World briefs
China Tech giant Tencent is in talks with French media company Vivendi to buy 10% of Universal Music Group, whose artists include Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, ... -
The Buzz | Police charge 72 over Australian climate rally
Police arrested dozens of climate protesters who disrupted traffic yesterday in the biggest city in Australia’s main coal mining state. The demonstration was the latest in ... -
Thai dissident musicians celebrate getting French haven
Members of a Thai folk music group who feared for their lives because of their fiercely anti-establishment songs are celebrating this week after being admitted to ... -
Macau Matters | Shenzhen’s new EV Horizon
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Wednesday, August 7, 2019 – edition no. 3348
* Backed into a corner • Sonia Chan faces tough questions on democratic reform at the AL * Macao Foundation chief praises country at website launch ...
