Monthly Archives: August 2019
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China summons HK’s 500 to Shenzhen to discuss unrest
China’s top agencies in charge of Hong Kong affairs held a special meeting across the border in Shenzhen to discuss unrest in the financial hub that’s ... -
HKZMB accounts for just 7% of cross-border vehicle traffic
Nearly nine months after its opening in October last year, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai- Macau Bridge (HKZMB) accounted for just 7% of Macau’s cross- border vehicular trips ... -
Mi Jian shares views on Macau’s Greater Bay Area involvement
Director of the Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau Mi Jian was featured in a one- page news report on Chinese media by Macao Daily News. ... -
Guangzhou releases map for nighttime tourism
The capital of southern China’s Guangdong Province has rolled out a map highlighting commercial clusters for evening activities, as the city aims to spur its “nighttime ... -
What did you say? Tourists fuel pocket translator boom in Japan
Takehiko Fujita wouldn’t be able to do his job selling eye drops and pain relievers without his pocket translator. Instead of an app, language dictionary, or ... -
Amazon gives option to disable human review on Alexa
Amazon.com Inc. will let Alexa users opt out of human review of their voice recordings, a move that follows criticism that the program violated customers’ privacy. ... -
Tourism | Let down by China, Mauritius turns to Saudi Arabia for growth
Let down by falling numbers of Chinese visitors and fretting about Brexit, the tourism industry of Mauritius is turning to an unexpected savior: Saudi Arabia. While ... -
China warship collision led to standoff, freighter captain says
The Taiwanese coast guard intervened to end an hour-long standoff between a freighter and an unidentified Chinese warship after the two vessels collided in the contested ... -
Gov’t bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards
China said yesterday that it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry’s most prestigious ... -
Yuan weakens after signs of stability calm markets
China’s currency weakened again yesterday after hopes among financial traders that its decline was stabilizing helped to calm jittery global markets. The yuan edged down to ... -
Japan says export step not aimed at hurting ties with Seoul
Japan’s government spokesman says his country’s downgrading of South Korea’s trade status is not intended as retaliation for disputes over court rulings ordering Japanese companies to ... -
Thailand | Health ministry receives cannabis oil for medical use
Thailand’s health ministry received its first batch of legal medical marijuana yesterday to be distributed in state-run hospitals. Public Health Minister Anutin Chanvirakul presided over the ... -
Sri Lanka PM: Country must prepare for new terrorism phase
Sri Lanka’s prime minister told a parliamentary committee investigating the Islamic State-inspired Easter Sunday bomb attacks that the country should prepare itself for new types of ... -
Kim says North Korean launches were warning to US, South
North Korea said yesterday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live- fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the ... -
Some skeptical as Trump prepares to visit sites of shootings
President Donald Trump is bringing a message aimed at national unity and healing to the sites of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. But ... -
Russian couple face losing custody of child after protest
Moscow’s children’s rights ombudsman and other public figures have reacted with outrage to Russian prosecutors’ moves to remove a 1-year-old boy from his parents because they ... -
This Day in History | 1974 – President Nixon to resign from office
Richard Nixon has announced he is stepping down as president of the United States – the first man ever to do so. He has announced his ... -
Offbeat | Florida woman says toilet explodes after lightning strike
A Florida woman says lightning destroyed her septic tank and caused a toilet in her house to explode. Marylou Ward tells television station WINK News that ... -
Popular ‘Bachelorette’ finale boosts ABC in ratings
Summer’s most popular entertainment series, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” had a little competition last week. ABC’s “The Bachelorette” delivered its best ratings for the franchise in ... -
Rhiannon Giddens to get Americana award
Grammy-winning folk singer and musician Rhiannon Giddens and pioneering composer Francis “Frank” Johnson will be the first recipients of the inaugural Legacy of Americana Award. The ... -
Football | Man City looking to make it a hat trick of league titles
One thing Pep Guardiola does not tolerate is complacency. After his formidable Manchester City side powered to the Premier League title with a record-equaling five games ... -
Lampard set to steer new era at Chelsea
Chelsea has a new manager but the curious case of Jorginho and the team’s midfield metamorphosis might still come to define Frank Lampard’s first season in ... -
Made in Macao | Autumn Commences already?
Two of the 24 Solar Terms in Autumn are surprising. 立秋 (Lap Cau), or Autumn, commences on August 8, and 處暑 (Cyu Syu), End of Heat, ... -
The Buzz | Australian ex-publisher gets 13 years on Myanmar drug charge
A court in Myanmar yesterday sentenced an Australian journalist who was a pioneering publisher in Southeast Asia to 13 years in prison for possession of illegal ... -
Latest deforestation data in Brazil show significant surge
New data from the Brazilian space institute published Tuesday point to a surge in deforestation in the Amazon in the last quarter, fueling fears that President ... -
World briefs
China said yesterday that it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry’s most prestigious honors, ... -
Thursday, August 8, 2019 – edition no. 3349
* China summons HK’s 500 * Lawmakers fire last shots at dropped bill* Macau chosen to host priest college * The gaming regulator said that casino ... -
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 ...
