Daily Archives: Wednesday, October 9, 2019
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Report hails improvement in fight against money laundering
A report issued by the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) has highlighted the Macau SAR’s improvement in addressing its anti-money laundering deficiencies identified in earlier ... -
Management firm fined for unlawful debt collection
The Office for Personal Data Protection has released its 2018 Annual Report, which mentions a case of improper debt collection together with other cases and statistics. ... -
Memory Lane
The A-Ma Temple is a temple to the Chinese sea goddess Mazu. The temple is located in São Lourenço Parish, in an area known as the ... -
Gaming | Poor Golden Week show may weigh on October revenue
A slowdown in the VIP segment in the past week may weigh on October gross gaming revenue, according to preliminary industry estimates. Analysts say that gross ... -
Tourism | Golden Week visitors narrowly miss 1 million mark
Preliminary data from the Public Security Police Force, which is responsible for border control in Macau, show that some 985,000 visitor counts were recorded during the ... -
Briefs | Mainland mother abandons son at border gate
Late last Tuesday night, a mainland mother abandoned her 9-year-old son at the Gongbei border gate for him to cross into Macau, according to a report ... -
IPOR – Joaquim Coelho Ramos | Portuguese renaissance positions the language to permeate Chinese Macau
The Portuguese language is facing a renaissance in Macau as it once again sees itself become a practical medium of communication, the Times has learned, contrary ... -
Ho Iat Seng urges study of content, spirit of Xi’s letter
Chief Executive Chui Sai On, Chief Executive-elect Ho Iat Seng and some members of the public have praised the letter to Macau senior citizens penned by ... -
Grand Prix museum opening postponed
The opening of the Macau Grand Prix Museum has been postponed to the first quarter of 2020, according to director of the Macao Government Tourism Office ... -
ExCo to face overhaul, speculate lawmakers
Lawmakers Pereira Coutinho and Sulu Sou expect an overhaul of the Executive Council when the new Chief Executive enters office, reported local Chinese newspaper Cheng Pou. ... -
PSP appoints new deputy commissioner
Assistant Commissioner Leong Heng Hong of the Public Security Police Force (PSP) assumed office as Deputy Commissioner yesterday, according to a statement from the government. The ... -
Briefs | Guangzhou: Bangladesh bank opens first office on Chinese mainland
Bangladesh’s Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has opened its first representative office on the Chinese mainland, choosing the southern city of Guangzhou. Guangzhou is a city of ... -
Carrie Lam vows to stop Hong Kong’s ‘limitless and lawless’ violence
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam said her government could handle growing violence without a military intervention by Beijing, but didn’t rule out seeking China’s help or ... -
HKEX abandons bid for London stock exchange
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. abruptly dropped its 29.6 billion-pound ($36.4 billion) unsolicited takeover bid for London Stock Exchange Group Plc after a sharp rebuke ... -
Tourism | New Ports Lure Asia’s Biggest Cruise Ship to the Philippines
The Philippines, a country of more than 7,600 islands where you’re rarely more than a few miles from the sea, wants a bigger slice of Asia’s ... -
Blizzard bans gamer on HK protest support
A unit of Activision Blizzard Inc. has punished a player for expressing support for Hong Kong’s protest movement, the latest example of a U.S. company attempting ... -
Sands China says Art Macao contribution seen by 8 million
With Sands China’s All That’s Gold Does Glitter – An Exhibition of Glamorous Ceramics wrapping up today, the museum-quality exhibition has been seen by over 8 million visitors to ... -
Melco executives visit Zhuhai to better understand Greater Bay
Melco Resorts & Entertainment chairman & CEO Lawrence Ho recently paid a visit to the city of Zhuhai with a team of the company’s senior executives ... -
Gov’t’s diplomatic squeeze on Taiwan risks backfiring on Xi
Seventy years after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, President Xi Jinping is nearing a goal that was only a distant dream for Mao ... -
NBA chief defends freedom of expression in face off with China
As China’s outrage against the National Basketball Association intensified in the wake of a tweet over the Hong Kong protests, the U.S. league dug its heels ... -
Samsung billionaire heir to cede board seat before bribery probe
Samsung Electronics Co.’s de facto leader, Jay Y. Lee, plans to give up his board seat after his directorship expires late October as he prepares for ... -
Japan protests to N. Korea over sea collision, vows firm steps
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday that Tokyo has lodged a protest with Pyongyang over a collision between a North Korean fishing boat that illegally ... -
UK says chances of Brexit deal slim; EU chides ‘blame game’
Britain and the European Union traded bad-tempered barbs yesterday, as the chances of a Brexit deal appeared to fade, with just over three weeks until the ... -
3 win Nobel Prize in Physics for work to understand cosmos
A Canadian-American cosmologist and two Swiss scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics yesterday for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved from ... -
This Day in History | 1967 – Che Guevara ‘shot dead’
Marxist revolutionary Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara has reportedly been killed during a battle between army troops and guerillas in the Bolivian jungle. A statement issued by the ... -
Offbeat | Police: Power tool used to vandalize ‘America’s Stonehenge’
Police in New Hampshire say it appears someone used a power tool to vandalize a stone at group of rock configurations called America’s Stonehenge. The vandalism ... -
Mike Tyson is ready to talk your ears off about MMA
The former heavyweight champion is set to join the Professional Fighters League as host of the new series “Mike Tyson’s New Fight Game: The PFL,” which ... -
A book today | ‘Blues in the Dark’ is compelling crime novel
A movie producer who moves to Los Angeles and stumbles upon a story sparks Raymond Benson’s look at a turbulent Hollywood of the 1940s with ramifications ... -
RWC review | South Africa demolishes Canada 66-7, all but into quarters
South Africa demolished 14-man Canada 66-7 to pretty much confirm its place in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals yesterday. The Springboks scored 10 tries and had ... -
RWC preview | Fiji coach McKee: It’s time for players to seize the moment
Wednesday, 12:45 Argentina v USA H 1.11, D 51, A 10 Wednesday, 15:15 Scotland v Russia H 1.02, D 101, A 51 Wednesday, 17:45 Wales v ... -
The Buzz | Macau to launch first scientific satellite project
The Macau University of Science and Technology, together with the Macau SAR Government, the Liaison Office of the Central Government in Macau and the China National ... -
Portugal’s Socialists win election, now eye alliances
Portugal’s Socialist Party had little time to savor its general election victory, as tough negotiations for parliamentary support loomed and the economy braces for leaner times. ... -
World Briefs
CHINA demanded Washington lift newly imposed sanctions on Chinese tech companies but said yesterday that envoys will go ahead with a U.S. trip for trade talks ... -
Macau Matters | A global call for climate action
The recent plea for strong action to combat climate change at a UN Climate Action Summit in New York by Greta Thunberg, a16 year old climate ... -
Wednesday, October 9, 2019 – edition no. 3390
* Interview with Joaquim Coelho Ramos | Portuguese poised for comeback * Golden Week VIP play to weigh heavy on October * ExCo to face overhaul, ...
