Monthly Archives: September 2019
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Macau lacks effective wildlife trade governance, says British NGO
A report issued by TRAFFIC, an environmental non-government organization from the U.K., expects imports of wildlife regulated under the Washington Convention into Macau will continue to ... -
Guangzhou writer calls for protection of Cantonese
The Second Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, Greater Bay Area Literature Development summit kicked off in Macau yesterday, with some participants proposing the protection of the Cantonese ... -
Ageing parents care for ageing disabled children
Due to the ageing population of the MSAR, there is a greater tendency in Macau for people with mental illnesses who are getting older to be ... -
Alexis Tam hints at possible job successor
Secretary for Culture and Social Affairs, Alexis Tam, indicated that “there might be a better candidate” to become the next Secretary for Culture and Social Affairs ... -
Public service tops career choices of university graduates
The Higher Education Bureau has released the results of a survey on university graduates’ employment intentions for 2019. Results showed that the most sought after job ... -
Guitars bound for HK land at Alaska schools
The Anchorage School District received a donation of high-end guitars that were bound for Hong Kong before they were confiscated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ... -
Shenzhen establishes over 1,000 parks to improve environment
As testament to its urban greening initiatives, Shenzhen is now home to more than 1,000 parks, according to Chinese state media agency Xinhua. The metropolis, which ... -
Cathay says it fired two employees amid oxygen bottle probe
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said it fired two crew members at a unit as part of an investigation into why depleted emergency oxygen bottles are turning ... -
Hong Kong | Carrie Lam hopes town hall will be start of healing
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said yesterday she doesn’t expect a town hall meeting this week to find answers to the months-long pro-democracy protests but hopes ... -
The man behind an audacious bid for the London Stock Exchange isn’t giving up
Charles Li is at it again: trying to persuade doubters that a one-time oil rigger who grew up on the fringes of the Gobi desert is ... -
California, China to team up on climate research institute
As tensions between China and the United States ratchet up, former California Gov. Jerry Brown sees a way to bring together the world’s largest carbon emitter ... -
Beijing calls on Washington to cancel Xinjiang meeting
China called on Washington yesterday to cancel a planned meeting at the United Nations to discuss accusations of repression and mass detentions in its Muslim northwestern ... -
Three Chinese tourists in critical condition after US crash
Three Chinese tourists remained in critical condition yesterday [Macau time] after they were injured in a tour bus crash in Utah that left four other passengers ... -
Canada says border officials followed rules in Huawei arrest
Canada’s attorney general said that officials followed the law when they detained a top Chinese tech executive at Vancouver’s airport and the defense has no proof ... -
China planning controls on e-cigarettes amid health concern
China plans to join governments that are imposing controls on tobacco liquid and additives for e-cigarettes amid rising concern about deaths and illnesses blamed on vaping, ... -
Indonesia | Students rally against changes to corruption law
Police fired tear gas and water cannons yesterday to disperse thousands of rock-throwing students protesting a new law that they said has crippled Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency. ... -
South Korea | Fourth swine fever case in a week confirmed
South Korea’s African swine fever crisis intensified yesterday with lab tests confirming the fourth case in a week from a farm near its border with North ... -
Japan not inviting S.Korea to naval review amid dispute
Japan announced that it is not inviting South Korea to a multinational naval review it is hosting next month because their ties are badly strained over ... -
UN Summit | Trump focuses on religious freedom, not climate
President Donald Trump made his political priorities clear yesterday [Macau time] within an hour of arriving at the United Nations for a three-day visit: He breezed ... -
Offbeat | After Amazon packages found in cemetery, police deliver them
Officers in a Massachusetts police department briefly turned into Amazon drivers after a stash of undelivered packages was found in a cemetery. Burlington police tweeted that ... -
This Day in History | 1950 – Seoul in UN hands
United Nations forces have taken control of the South Korean capital Seoul, three months after it fell to North Korea, the US Army has announced. The ... -
One of B.B. King’s ‘Lucille’ guitars sold for $280K at auction
A guitar given to B.B. King for his 80th birthday has sold for $280,000 at an auction of items from the blues legend’s estate. Julien’s Auctions ... -
Kanye West attracts thousands to Wyoming for worship service
Kanye West has held an outdoor worship service that attracted thousands of people to the Wyoming city where he owns a ranch. The Billings Gazette reports ... -
Football | Messi, Rapinoe win FIFA player of the year awards
Lionel Messi won his sixth FIFA player of the year award, while Megan Rapinoe won her first at a lavish ceremony at Milan’s iconic Teatro all ... -
Rugby World Cup | Italy can move closer to third place with a win over Canada
In a Rugby World Cup group containing three-time champion New Zealand and two-time winner South Africa, the realistic option for the other teams is third place. ... -
The Buzz | China central bank says no plans for big economic stimulus
China’s central bank governor said yesterday its monetary policy will stay “stable and healthy,” suggesting Beijing has no plans to join the United States and Europe ... -
Dutch reinforce major dike as seas rise, climate changes
Rising up in a thin line through the waters separating the provinces of North Holland and Friesland, the 87-year-old Afsluitdijk is one of the low-lying Netherlands’ ... -
World Briefs
CHINA-US As tensions between China and the United States ratchet up, former California Gov. Jerry Brown sees a way to bring together the world’s largest carbon ... -
Animal Farm | Hong Kong: where are you and where are you going?
Hong Kong is entering a spiral of violence that, especially in the face of unequal forces, is not a solution for those who aspire to keep ... -
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 – edition no. 3383
* Report | Endangered species trade through Macau goes wild * Analysts lower expectations ahead of Golden Week * Macau will host the PGA Tour Series-China, ... -
LVS recognized in Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Sands China’s parent company, Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS), has once again been recognized by the S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) for its performance in environmental, social ... -
Over 617,000 individuals cashed their handout
A note from the Financial Services Bureau (DSF), informed that the works on the distribution of the 2019 Wealth Partaking Scheme concluded on September 13. In ... -
IPIM testing new immigration vetting following probe
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) is testing its new assessment measures for the review of immigration applications related to “major investment immigration” and ... -
Consumer prices growing faster in August
The Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key measure of inflation in the territory, increased 2.83% year-on-year to 116.41 in August, according to the latest information ... -
Gaming | China disputes mass exodus from Cambodia’s online casino blackout
As many as 120,000 Chinese nationals may have departed Cambodia since the announcement of a ban on online gambling last month, about half of the estimated ...
