Monthly Archives: August 2019
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MEMORY LANE
Designed and built at the beginning of the 1960s by Alfred Victor Jorge Alvares, a Portuguese architect based in Hong Kong, Hotel Estoril was opened on ... -
Macau Hotel Association talks tourism tax with Ho Iat Seng
The Macau Hotel Association (MHA) met yesterday with Chief Executive candidate Ho Iat Seng to discuss topics and share opinions regarding the development of the local ... -
Ho acknowledges tourism overload problem
Sole Chief Executive candidate Ho Iat Seng has expressed his strong agreement with the sentiment that the city is overrun by tourists. Ho voiced his stance ... -
Briefs | Woman smuggled pork to Macau wrapped around her waist
A woman was discovered smuggling fresh pork meat to Macau by the Macao Customs Authority on Monday morning. The woman, 64 years old, is a Macau ... -
Mandarin Bend to be widened in coming Grand Prix races
Macau’s Guia Circuit will experience some minor changes to the track this year to accommodate the racing program, including the addition of the new Formula 3 ... -
Police say Senado Square deployment not political
The Public Security Police Force (PSP) said yesterday that the decision to deploy officers to Senado Square to deter a possible unlawful gathering of protesters was ... -
Crime | Police report cases of aircraft thievery
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has reported two recent cases of theft that reportedly took place on two separate flights bound for Macau. Both cases are nearly ... -
Creative City of Gastronomy food festival returns
A food festival celebrating China’s trio of UNESCO Creative Cities of Gastronomy – Sichuan’s Chengdu, Guangdong’s Shunde, and the Macau SAR – will return for the ... -
How China is trying to quell Hong Kong’s protests without troops
China has lots of weapons to deploy to bring Hong Kong’s protesters under control before it needs to send in the troops. From barring dissident flight ... -
Hong Kong | Carrie Lam pledges new effort at dialogue over protests
Hong Kong protesters rejected leader Carrie Lam’s attempt to meet one of their key demands, raising questions about whether a compromise can be reached even as ... -
Briefs | Hong Kong: Li Bets $3.3 billion on UK pubs surviving Brexit
A year after taking the helm of Hong Kong’s biggest conglomerate from his father Li Ka-shing, Victor Li is making a $3.3 billion bet that Brexit ... -
US extends limited reprieve on tech sales to China’s Huawei
The Trump administration has extended a limited reprieve on U.S. technology sales to Huawei, even as questions remain over how much of an effect broader sanctions ... -
Airport to hold Summer Gourmet Festival
This summer, the Macau International Airport will bring new experiences to its passengers. The airport, together with its service partners for food, beverage and shopping facilities, will ... -
Lui Che Woo Prize Reveals 2019 Laureates
The Lui Che Woo Prize (LCWP) – Prize for World Civilization announced the three 2019 laureates on August 19. The 2019 laureates are The Nature Conservancy, Dr. ... -
Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests
Twitter said it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong ... -
Britain concerned about consular employee missing in China
The British foreign ministry said it is “extremely concerned” about an employee of its consulate in Hong Kong who has been missing since crossing into China ... -
Slain Chinese scholar’s family to give $20K for help in case
The parents of a University of Illinois scholar from China who was abducted and killed two years ago are giving at least $20,000 to people who ... -
Urgency for vaccine grows as virus ravages China’s pigs
Scientists are working to develop a vaccine to help guard the world’s pork supply as a deadly virus ravages Asia’s pig herds. Farmers have long contained ... -
Philippines | Still-unknown disease prompts culling of pigs
The Philippine agriculture chief said this week that an unspecified number of pigs has died or been culled in backyard farms in recent weeks and a ... -
Taiwan’s Tsai expresses thanks over approval of F-16V sale
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen thanked the United States yesterday for approving the sale of 66 advanced F-16V fighter jets and urged rival China to respect Taiwan’s ... -
Afghanistan | Museum workers restore art shattered by Taliban as peace deal nears
The Taliban fighters arrived with hammers and hatred. What they left behind is laid out on tables at the National Museum of Afghanistan, 18 years later: ... -
Syria | Militants leave key rebel town as regular troops push in
The main insurgent group in the Syrian province of Idlib pulled out of a key rebel town as government forces advanced in the area yesterday amid ... -
Offbeat | ‘Miracle house’ in Ohio draws pilgrims amid sainthood push
Late in the summer of 1939, crowds of strangers started showing up at Rhoda Wise’s house next to a city dump in Ohio after she let ... -
This Day in History | 1968 – Russia brings winter to ‘Prague Spring’
Dozens of people have been killed in a massive military clampdown in Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact countries. Several members of the liberal Czechoslovak leadership have ... -
Life & Style | Brad Paisley out; Reba, Dolly, Carrie Underwood to host CMAs
Carrie Underwood, who has hosted the Country Music Association Awards since 2008 with Brad Paisley, is losing her partner-in-crime. But she won’t be on her own: ... -
Golf | Woods wants US Presidents Cup team playing before Australia
Tiger Woods wants the eight players who made his Presidents Cup team and four more under consideration as captain’s picks to play tournaments and stay sharp ... -
Football | China calls up Brazil-born Elkeson for World Cup qualifier
Brazil-born striker Elkeson is set to become the first player of non-Chinese heritage to play for China’s national soccer team when it starts its World Cup ... -
World briefs
China Scientists are working to develop a vaccine to help guard the world’s pork supply as a deadly virus ravages Asia’s pig herds. China-Japan The foreign ... -
The Buzz | California smuggler of erectile dysfunction drug gets prison
A Southern California man who smuggled $11 million worth of erectile dysfunction drugs into the U.S. from China has been sentenced to more than eight years ... -
Records: Epstein signed will two days before jailhouse suicide
Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in jail, new court records show, opening a new legal front in what could ... -
Macau Matters | Crowd-sourced data collection
Premise (www.premise.com) is a recently formed data collection and analysis company based in San Francisco. It plans to recruit, and pay, large numbers of people to ... -
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 – edition no. 3358
* Hotels meet Ho • Association digging for clues on future Chief’s view about visitor tax * Mandarin Bend to be widened before November * The ... -
Coutinho doubtful Ho Iat Seng will make senior officials more accountable
As the time approaches for sole Chief Executive candidate Ho Iat Seng to step into office, José Pereira Coutinho hopes that the new government can push ... -
Retailers, restaurants expected business to improve over summer
Macau’s business climate was mixed in June, as restaurants seemed to fare better but retailers reported revenue decline. According to the latest survey, both sectors anticipated ... -
Briefs | CCTV facial recognition will abide by the law
Macau’s security authority has affirmed that facial recognition functions in some of the city’s CCTV surveillance cameras will abide by personal data laws. According to the ...
