Monthly Archives: October 2019
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Legislative Assembly | Euthanizing animals to be last resort to prevent disease spread
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will make euthanizing animals its last resort used to prevent animal disease, the bureau’s representatives remarked during yesterday’s Legislative Assembly (AL) ... -
Legislative Assembly | Urban renewal, bus concessions and fire services top lawmakers concerns
During yesterday’s Legislative Assembly (AL) plenary session, the majority of lawmakers expressed their concerns over the government’s urban renewal plan, the recent renewal of bus concessions, ... -
Locations, not lenses | Sulu Sou discovers 1,600 surveillance camera figure may be much higher
With regards to the police force’s announcement of the installation of 1,600 surveillance cameras, lawmaker Sulu Sou has discovered that this figure actually refers to the ... -
Briefs | Subsidy for recycling industry to be extended for another year
The government has announced a one-year extension of the financial support plan for purchasing equipment and vehicles in the recycling industry. According to the order of ... -
BOC Macau president features in Macau Inc.
The November 2019 issue of the Macau Inc. magazine is on sale, featuring an interview with Li Guang, president of the Bank of China, Macau Branch, ... -
Sands China hosts trade session for local SME suppliers
Sands China hosted its fourth invitational matching session yesterday, featuring 10 participating local small and medium enterprises (SME) that offer sustainability-related products and services. The matching ... -
Melco signs Naomi Osaka as brand ambassador
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has announced that rising Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has been made brand ambassador and sports group manager for the company’s expected ... -
Decade-long disaster prevention plan released by the government
A comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation plan was officially published by the government yesterday. Covering the next 10 years, the Decennial Disaster Plan, known in full ... -
Crime | Seventy-six suspects arrested in loan shark scheme
Macau and Zhuhai authorities have arrested 76 suspects in an alleged loan-shark scheme targeting gamblers in local casinos involving over HKD20 million. According to the Judiciary ... -
Chui to visit Chinese Academy of Social Sciences today
Chief Executive Chui Sai On is due to visit Beijing today to receive a report conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on the work ... -
Hong Kong | China backs decision to exclude candidate Joshua Wong
China yesterday strongly backed Hong Kong’s move to exclude pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong from elections for local councilors, a decision seen as likely to fuel further ... -
Greater Bay could boost Macau’s role as ‘knowledge centre’
Macau has an important role to play as a ‘knowledge centre’ in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area project, according to Sino-Lusophone researchers present at a ... -
CEO of Norway’s $1 trillion wealth fund to resign after 12 years at helm
The chief executive officer of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Yngve Slyngstad, is stepping down after spending the past 12 years building a $1.1 trillion fortune. The ... -
Saudi Arabian sovereign fund to invest $10 billion in Brazil
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will invest $10 billion in Brazil and plans to use the country as a gateway to the rest of Latin America, ... -
Berlin hardliners suspect Merkel soft on Huawei to please China
Chancellor Angela Merkel is under pressure from her intelligence services and her party to toughen her stance on Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. to ensure ... -
NY band cancels China tour over ban of South Korean members
An upstate New York orchestra reversed course on Tuesday and canceled plans to tour China this winter after China refused to allow the group’s three South ... -
India plans to open 100 airports in five years
India is planning to open 100 additional airports by 2024, as part of a plan to revive economic growth in Asia’s third-largest economy, according to people ... -
Searchers look for man seen on YouTube falling on Mount Fuji
Japanese police said they found a body on Mount Fuji yesterday and are verifying whether it is that of a man who was seen falling down ... -
US to send security envoy, commerce secretary to ASEAN meet
U.S. national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will represent President Donald Trump at two regional summits in Thailand this weekend, the ... -
The rash of protests around the globe have one thing in common
Hong Kong martial arts guru Bruce Lee urged followers to “empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like water.” That philosophy has driven months of anti-government unrest ... -
Offbeat | Swedes used towels, rope on Britons’ shark bite injuries
Two Swedish nurses say they used towels and rope to stop the bleeding from two British men’s injuries in a shark attack on Australia’s Great Barrier ... -
This Day in History | 2003 End of Mahathir era in Malaysia
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, has handed over power and stepped down after 22 years in office. The change of leadership to Mohamad’s deputy, ... -
The Art of Giving | Why give?
Because giving and sharing is part of your own self. Because giving is a moral duty. Because the act of giving brings about an enjoyable feeling. ... -
Life & Style | Kat Florence releases rarest Kashmir sapphire collection
Jewellery designer Kat Florence, renowned for creating jewelry for the stars and famous for incorporating the world’s rarest colored gemstones into her masterpieces, will finally be ... -
Analysis | Japan excels as World Cup host, must ride the rugby wave
Three years into his second stint living in Japan, Peter Musgrave takes his young son to a park in central Tokyo and sees people throwing around ... -
World briefs
China and the West clashed at the U.N. human rights committee over claims that Beijing systematically oppresses ethnic minority Muslims in far western Xinjiang province. Myanmar ... -
The Buzz | Activist Thunberg declines climate prize, urges more action
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has inspired millions across the world to stage protests urging leaders to better tackle global warming, has declined an environmental ... -
Concert promoters turn away from facial recognition tech
Concert promoters in the U.S. are stepping back from plans to scan festivalgoers with facial recognition technology, after musicians and others gave it some serious side-eye. ... -
Made in Macao | Sumptuous Chinese banquet
From roast suckling pig to shark fin soup, to large steamed giant grouper, more often than not, we are full by the sixth dish of the ... -
Thursday, October 31, 2019 – edition no. 3406
* Revelation: more city cameras than thought * The next 10 years of disaster prevention disclosed * Naomi Osaka signs on as Melco brand ambassador * ... -
Cybercrime | Bill to empower police computer searches still contains ambiguities
The police authority has proposed amendments to the cybercrime bill, having suggested giving itself access to more computer information. Now facing scrutiny at the Legislative Assembly ... -
Legislative Assembly | Job agency fees must be transparent and no more than half monthly salary
The government has proposed to limit the fees charged to foreign workers by job agencies to no more than 50% of the labor’s monthly salary, with ... -
MEMORY LANE
[MDT/Renato Marques] Built in 1848, Rua Central (Central Street) connects the busy Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (San Ma Lou) to the Rua de São Lourenço and Travessa ... -
Education | MUST foundation and TIS attend innovation summit
The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) and The International School of Macao (TIS) participated recently in the 2019 Advanced Innovative Education 100 School Summit ... -
Unemployment edges up in third quarter
The general unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 1.8% during the third quarter of 2019, according to the latest data released yesterday by the ...
