Monthly Archives: August 2019
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Briefs | Lawmaker calls for shift to electronic textbooks
Lawmaker José Maria Pereira Coutinho has proposed that public schools should start using electronic textbooks instead of traditional textbooks. “In the modern era, it is unacceptable ... -
New Macau faces cyberattacks, threats due to voting activity
Local pro-democracy group New Macau Association (ANM) said that the website where it has been conducting its voting activities on universal suffrage has been subject to cyberattacks and ... -
Sulu Sou urges charging for domestic refuse
Lawmaker Sulu Sou has urged the Macau SAR government to establish a system for charging for domestic refuse, according to his interpellation to the government. “Regarding ... -
Administrative reform is priority for Ho Iat Seng’s incoming government
Macau’s administrative reform is the top-most priority for the incoming government, said the sole Chief Executive candidate, Ho Iat Seng, on Saturday in an interview with ... -
Living standards | Ho agrees better quality housing should be built
Chief Executive election candidate Ho Iat Seng said at his second public hearing yesterday that he will aim to improve the quality of subsidized housing. The ... -
Youth affairs | Ho commends youngsters’ judgment, independent analysis
Chief Executive candidate Ho Iat Seng believes that Macau’s youth are capable of resisting the influence of Hong Kong’s protesters. Late last week, Ho attended a ... -
What Hong Kong’s 1960s chaos could teach city’s besieged leaders
It was a 5-cent fare hike for Hong Kong’s iconic Star Ferry that set off the protests. Cars and buildings were set on fire. Riot police ... -
China flexes muscle in Shenzhen amid more weekend rallies
Members of China’s paramilitary People’s Armed Police marched and practiced crowd control tactics at a sports complex in Shenzhen across from Hong Kong in what some ... -
Aviation | Cathay CEO quits after airline caught in Hong Kong protests
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.’s Chief Executive Officer Rupert Hogg resigned, a week after the carrier was rebuked by China for staff involvement in the anti-Beijing protests ... -
Flight attendants unions regret Hogg’s departure
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.’s flight attendants unions said they were “saddened” and “regret” the departure of CEO Rupert Hogg and Chief Customer and Commercial Officer Paul ... -
State’s biggest energy company shuns Venezuela oil on tighter US sanctions
China’s biggest energy company is backing away from direct purchases of Venezuelan crude as the Trump administration tightens sanctions against the South American nation. China National ... -
Beijing blames India for Kashmir tension as UN action blocked
China’s ambassador to the United Nations blamed India for stoking tensions with Pakistan and called on both sides to exercise restraint after a rare closed-door Security ... -
Beijing lines up lower borrowing costs with revamped rate system
China’s central bank said it’ll start releasing a new reference rate for bank loans, a further step in a long-awaited reform to interest rates that’s set ... -
US backs F-16 sale to Taiwan, drawing warning from China
The Trump administration has informally told Congress that it supports a potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, drawing a preemptive warning from China at ... -
Restrictions continue in Kashmir despite security ease
Restrictions continued in much of Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday, despite India’s government saying it was gradually restoring phone lines and easing a security lockdown that’s been in ... -
North Korea | Kim expresses ‘great satisfaction’ over weapons tests
North Korea said Saturday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of an unspecified new weapon, seen as an attempt to pressure Washington and Seoul ... -
Philippines | Defense secretary calls for shift of gaming centers
Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has called for online gaming operations that carry out activities close to military camps to be relocated on security concerns. Lorenzana ... -
France | Police suicide rate climbs, government is flummoxed
Three riot police officers, a police commander, a police academy teacher — all are among eight French police officers who have killed themselves recently. That makes ... -
Leaked UK memos warn of food, drug shortages in Brexit chaos
Secret British government documents have warned of serious disruptions across the country in the event that the U.K. leaves the European Union without a trade deal ... -
Offbeat | Woman thought she had kidney stones, gave birth to triplets
A South Dakota woman who recently gave birth to triplets says she didn’t find out about her pregnancy until she went to the hospital with what ... -
This Day in History | 1991 – Hardliners stage coup against Gorbachev
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been overthrown after a coup by Communist hardliners. Mr Gorbachev is reported to be under house arrest at his holiday home ... -
Life & Style | ‘After the Wedding’ was a family affair for Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore is accustomed to working with her husband, director Bart Freundlich, on set, but it was a real family affair when their daughter joined them ... -
Football – La Liga | Without Messi, Barcelona loses first league opener in 10 years
Barcelona lost its opening Spanish league match for the first time in a decade on Friday, falling at Athletic Bilbao 1-0 as Antoine Griezmann couldn’t make ... -
World briefs
China-North Korea Top military leaders from North Korea and China have recommitted themselves to strengthened exchanges between their armed forces during a meeting in Beijing. China Teams ... -
The Buzz | Feminist icon Steinem blasts Israel PM over travel ban
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem has called Israel’s prime minister a “bully” and says she won’t visit as long as he remains the country’s leader. In a ... -
Beer named for Pacific island nuke test site draws criticism
A Texas-based company is facing criticism for naming a beer after the location of nuclear tests that resulted in the contamination of a Pacific island chain, ... -
Rear Window | Changing the game
No need to resort to the disclaimer of “noblesse-oblige” to give credit where credit is due. And the credit goes to the solo runner to take ... -
Monday, August 19, 2019 – edition no. 3356
* Administrative reform, living standards, youth affairs | His priorities * The property market woke up in the second quarter with residential sales nearly doubling that ... -
Briefs | 3 more Hongkongers caught dealing drugs in Macau
Another three Hong Kong residents have been caught dealing drugs in Macau, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported yesterday. The three people were involved in two different ... -
Four bureaus monitoring cholera situation at Cheoc Van
Following reports late last month on the detection of cholera bacteria in the waters of Cheoc Van Beach, the Times has inquired with four government bureaus ... -
Higher education | UM welcomes 3,000 new students in convocation
The University of Macau (UM) yesterday held the convocation and an orientation seminar for the 2019/2020 academic year to welcome 3,000 new students as well as ... -
International assets in banking sector decrease
At end-June 2019, the share of international assets in total banking assets decreased slightly from 86.3% at end-March 2019 to 85.9%, while the share of international ... -
Courts | TSI denies appeal in paternity case
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has rejected the appeal of a man who was attributed the legal paternity of a 16-year-old boy born in Taiwan ... -
7 days proposed for free return of purchased items
The government has proposed giving consumers seven days to decide whether or not they want to return a purchased item. Yesterday, government representatives met with members ... -
Senado Square assembly called off by police
An assembly at Senado Square in central Macau called for Monday August 19 has been refused authorization by the Public Security Police Force (PSP) for “not ...
