Daily Archives: Thursday, August 22, 2019
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Double-digit visitor growth still a slowdown from June
Visitor arrivals rose 16.3% in year-on-year terms in July to reach 3.53 million, according to the latest data provided by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), ... -
Briefs | License fee for cars travelling to Hong Kong to decrease
Macau car owners who hold a one-year permit to drive into Hong Kong have been called to renew their licenses before September 4. Yesterday, the Transport ... -
Consumer prices hold 2.6% higher
Consumer prices in July were on aggregate 2.6% higher than a year earlier, according to the latest data provided by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), ... -
Flexing muscle | China wants total ban on online gambling in Southeast Asia
China wants Philippines to stop all forms of online gambling, as it continues cracking down on a practice it says causes illegal outflow of money. While ... -
MGM says no facial recognition system installed in casinos
The casinos of MGM Macau and MGM Cotai are not using facial recognition technology in their surveillance systems, according to CEO and Chief Executive Officer of MGM ... -
Crown Resorts woes deepen as VIP business shrinks
Crown Resorts Ltd.’s high-roller gambling business continued to shrink, cementing the company’s woes amid allegations that criminal gangs laundered money at its casinos. Turnover from the ... -
Held back by bureaucracy, LRT Taipa Line is ready to open by December
The Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) is almost ready to begin operation. Months of testing have passed and, although they will continue for a few more ... -
Macao Marathon returns December with new prizes
The Galaxy Entertainment Macao International Marathon is returning on December 1 for its 38th edition. A press conference was held yesterday to announce the event, as ... -
Ebola drug candidates discovered by UM student
Two Ebola virus drug candidates discovered by University of Macau (UM) student Faraz Mohammadali Shaikh have been validated by the University of Oxford in the U.K. ... -
Body found in Nam Van Lake
The body of a woman was discovered in Nam Van Lake on Monday evening by the Fire Services Bureau and subsequently reported to the Judiciary Police (PJ). ... -
Garbage truck strikes over 30 vehicles
A garbage collection truck from CSR Macau-Companhia de Sistemas de Resíduos, Limitada damaged over 30 other vehicles parked on Estrada do Cemiterio during the early hours ... -
Typhoon Bailu expected to hit Taiwan this weekend
According to a forecast by the Japan Meteorological Agency, tropical cyclone Bailu, which is currently located east of the Philippines, may make landfall over Taiwan this ... -
Briefs | Japan ‘deeply concerned’ about ongoing unrest
Japan’s top diplomat has told his Chinese counterpart that Japan is “deeply concerned” about the continuing protests in Hong Kong. Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Tuesday ... -
China seeks to shape Hong Kong narrative with letter to media
China is looking to reshape the global narrative over Hong Kong as months of street protests dominate news agendas around the world. In a letter sent ... -
China’s alleged plans to make Shenzhen better than HK not quite what they seem
The Chinese government has set up additional goals for making its pride city of Shenzhen a world-leading metropolis within the next five years. In a document ... -
Hong Kong | Third pilot leaves Cathay amid tumult tied to protests
A third pilot left Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. amid Hong Kong’s anti-Beijing protests, with the departure related to comments he made about a rally at the ... -
Rust-belt China looks abroad as economy slows, tariffs bite
From Thailand to Kenya, trains run on tracks from steel mills in China’s northeast, a rust-belt region that is trying to capitalize on a multibillion-dollar national ... -
Experience Portugal’s flavors with Chiado restaurant’s new menu
Michelin-starred celebrity chef Henrique Sá Pessoa will present a new menu at Sands Cotai Central’s Chiado restaurant from August 29 to September 1, 2019. The five-course menu will feature ... -
Melco introduces ‘In Your Shoes’ program
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited has launched the “In Your Shoes” program to allow the management team to experience a day in the life of their frontline colleagues, ... -
Tariff War | Beijing appeals to US to ‘meet halfway’ on trade
Beijing appealed to Washington yesterday to “meet China halfway” and end a tariff war after President Donald Trump said Americans might need to endure economic pain ... -
China says it will sanction US firms over Taiwan warplanes
China says it will impose sanctions on U.S. companies involved in plans for an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighters to Taiwan. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman ... -
Beijing says British consulate staffer detained 15 days
China said yesterday a staffer at the British consulate in Hong Kong has been given 15 days of administrative detention in the city of Shenzhen for ... -
Chinese woman accused of Mar-a-Lago trespass angers judge
A Chinese woman accused of trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents is frustrating the federal judge hearing her case ... -
China hosts Japan, S. Korea ministers in bid to smooth row
The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea met in Beijing yesterday as they seek to encourage progress on North Korean denuclearization at a time of ... -
Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell
An Australian appeals court yesterday upheld convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, in a decision ... -
Trump | US president cancels Denmark visit because Greenland isn’t for sale
Two days after he said buying Greenland wasn’t a top priority, President Donald Trump canceled an upcoming trip to Denmark, which owns the mostly frozen island, ... -
Offbeat | German city offers $1.1M to whoever proves it doesn’t exist
A German city that’s been the subject of a long-running online light-hearted conspiracy theory claiming it doesn’t really exist is offering big bucks to whoever proves ... -
This Day in History | 1966 – ICI announces big nylon job losses
Britain’s largest manufacturing company Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is cutting 1,000 staff at its nylon-fibre producing factories. Six hundred jobs will go at Doncaster, 200 at ... -
Life & Style | Larry King seeks divorce from seventh wife after 22 years
Larry King is seeking a divorce from his seventh wife, Shawn King, after 22 years. The 85-year-old talk show host filed a petition to end the ... -
American Football | Antonio Brown is all in – at least for now
Antonio Brown is right about one thing: Helmets are important. The way Brown has been toying with his new team makes you wonder if he’s ever ... -
Football | Ronaldo says 2018 ‘probably worst year’ of his life
Cristiano Ronaldo says the rape allegation against him was an attack on his honor and led to one of the worst years of his life. Ronaldo ... -
World briefs
China At least 201 people have been killed and 63 are missing following flooding across China in July and August, according to government rescue services. The ... -
The Buzz | Thousands interested in Dutch idea for Brexit beach party
As the deadline for Britain to quit the European Union approaches, thousands of people are expressing interest in a Brexit beach party in the Netherlands to ... -
Thailand to set up center to combat ‘fake news’
Thailand’s government announced a plan to set up a center to combat unverified news on social media platforms, rejecting concerns that it might be used ... -
World Views | Trump trolls the Nordics. They troll him back
Donald Trump’s decision to cancel his meeting with Danish Prime minister Mette Frederiksen because she wouldn’t sell him Greenland is just another episode in a comedy someone should make ...
