Daily Archives: Tuesday, September 3, 2019
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Crimes of a casino nature top weekend police reports
Cases involving theft of gambling money, currency exchange scams, and document forgery to trick casino security staff topped the list of reported crimes during yesterday’s joint ... -
Committee eyes Macau’s neighbors to encourage talent return
A committee that focuses on encouraging talents to return to Macau proposed in its recently held meeting that future policies for the return of qualified staff ... -
Education | DSEJ launches new round of long-term planning
The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) said it has launched a new round of its middle and long-term planning, hoping to absorb opinions from all ... -
Briefs | Chief Executive election result confirmed by TUI
Ho Iat Seng, sole candidate and winner of the Chief Executive election held on August 25, had his victory officially certified by the Court of Final ... -
Mao exhibition held to celebrate double anniversaries shows snapshots of Chinese leader’s life
An exhibition about the founder of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Mao Zedong, is being held from now until September 9 at the Handover Gifts ... -
Cross-border vehicular traffic up 9.4% in July
Cross-border vehicular traffic in July increased by 9.4% year-on-year to 454,059 trips, with vehicles passing through the Checkpoint of Cotai (139,350) rising by 7.5%. According to ... -
Suncity Group purchases Okinawa land for hotel project
Alvin Chau’s Suncity Group has announced the acquisition of land in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa that the company wants to use to build a new ... -
Tens of thousands in Hong Kong boycott first day of school
Clad in gas masks along with their formal white school uniforms, tens of thousands of students in Hong Kong boycotted the first day of classes yesterday ... -
How Hong Kong protests could lead to internet cut off
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has said all options are on the table as she tries to quell the pro-democracy demonstrations that have rocked the ... -
Hong Kong | Officials urge calm while warning of ‘signs of terror’
Hong Kong authorities appealed for calm in the Asian financial center while warning that radical protesters showed “signs of terror” over the weekend in some of ... -
Indonesia’s nickel ban shows resource nationalism on the march
Indonesia will enforce a complete ban on the export of raw nickel ore from Jan. 1, two years earlier than planned, as the nation seeks to ... -
Chinese city goes back to rationing to curb rampant pork prices
One Chinese city has gone back to rationing and price controls to calm its pork market, as the nation’s hog herd is ravaged by a killer ... -
Singapore says it can’t close doors to skilled foreign workers
Singapore needs to remain open to skilled foreign workers, especially in the technology sector, in order to ensure the economy stays a globally competitive one, the ... -
Red-hot face-swapping app provokes privacy concern
Chinese face-swap app Zao rocketed to the top of app store charts over the weekend, but user delight at the prospect of becoming instant superstars quickly ... -
Musk’s China charm offensive nets Tesla tax break amid trade war
Elon Musk’s charm offensive in China appears to have paid off. During a visit last week to the country, the billionaire chief executive officer of Tesla ... -
Why China’s Buzzing About Netflix’s Documentary ‘American Factory’
“American Factory,” a new Netflix Inc. documentary about a Chinese-owned factory in Ohio isn’t being screened in China. But hundreds of thousands of people have seen ... -
Surveys show manufacturing demand weak amid trade war
Two surveys of Chinese manufacturing show demand is weak amid a mounting tariff war with Washington over trade and technology. A monthly purchasing managers’ index released ... -
US promotes free and open Indo-Pacific at naval exercise
A senior U.S. naval officer underlined Washington’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific as the United States on yesterday launched its first joint naval exercise ... -
Japan urges nuke plants to prepare for decommissioning era
Japan’s nuclear policy-setting body adopted a report yesterday saying the country is entering an era of massive nuclear plant decommissioning, urging plant operators to plan ahead ... -
Indonesia to deport four Australia tourists who joined protests
Indonesian authorities are deporting four Australian tourists for participating in a demonstration that called for the independence of the country’s restive Papua province, an immigration official ... -
US, Poland sign joint document on 5G technology cooperation
The U.S. and Poland signed an agreement yesterday to cooperate on new 5G technology amid growing concerns about Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Vice President Mike Pence ... -
Offbeat | Woman fell asleep in her parked car, woke to find it missing
Police in New Jersey say a possible carjacker apparently removed a sleeping 80-year-old woman from her parked car before stealing the vehicle and leaving her in ... -
This Day in History | 2004 – Russian school siege ends in violence
More than 200 people are now known to have died after a three-day siege at a Russian school came to a bloody end. The hostage-takers deliberately ... -
Life & Style | Alex Gibney’s ‘Citizen K’ looks at power in Russia
Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney says profiling exiled Russian businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky allowed him to explore power in Russia from the end of communism until now. The ... -
Basketball Scola moves into No. 2 spot on World Cup scoring list
At 39, Luis Scola is not slowing down. He’s moving up. Scola climbed into the No. 2 spot on FIBA’s all-time World Cup scoring list on ... -
Judo | Iranian champion afraid to go home in Israel dispute
A judo world champion from Iran could seek asylum in Germany after disobeying orders from the government to withdraw from the world championships in Tokyo to ... -
The Buzz | Dorian strikes Bahamas with record fury as Category 5 storm
Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas as a catastrophic Category 5 storm yesterday [Macau time], its record 297 kph winds ripping off roofs, overturning cars and ... -
Iran acknowledges rocket explosion, says test malfunctioned
I ran acknowledged for the first time yesterday that a rocket at its Imam Khomeini Space Center exploded after satellite photos showed the blast last week, with ... -
Our Desk | It is the Ministers, not the Ruler
World history has taught us that on many occasions, I would even risk saying on most occasions, governments rise or fall not because of the ruler ... -
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 – edition no. 3367
* Talent call • Macau wants residents working abroad to return * Mao exhibition celebrates double anniversaries * Theft of gambling money, currency exchange scams, document ...
