Monthly Archives: October 2019
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Offbeat | Utah firefighters get purple manicures aiding girl in crash
Two Utah firefighters responding to a car crash left the scene with purple manicures after calming a young girl upset over the collision. North Davis Fire ... -
This Day in History | 1996 – Handguns to be banned in the UK
The British Government has announced plans to outlaw almost all handguns following the shocking massacre at Dunblane in Scotland. On 13 March Thomas Hamilton walked into ... -
Life & Style | For Huda Kattan, beauty has become a billion-dollar business
From a humble start of leaving the world of finance to write a beauty blog, Huda Kattan now has become one of the most recognizable names ... -
Rugby | France flounders but frightens rivals in World Cup knockouts
While their campaigns often take on elements of a French farce, it’s seldom a laughing matter to strike France in the knockout stages of a Rugby ... -
Football | Ronaldo nets 700th career goal in Portugal’s loss to Ukraine
UKRAINE 2, PORTUGAL 1 Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 700th career goal but couldn’t keep Portugal from losing 2-1 to Ukraine in qualifying for the 2020 European ... -
World briefs
China-US Fees paid by China to the United States and other countries to deliver packages will nearly triple through 2025 under an agreement by the global ... -
The Buzz | North Korea holds South Korea to 0-0 in World Cup qualifier with mystery audience
North Korea held South Korea to a 0-0 draw yesterday in a World Cup qualifying soccer match, though it is unclear how many people saw the ... -
It’s a tie: Atwood and Evaristo share fiction’s Booker Prize
Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and British author Bernardine Evaristo split the Booker Prize yesterday [Macau time], after the judging panel ripped up the rulebook and refused ... -
World Views | Singapore-on-Thames isn’t going to happen
British Conservatives, from the time of Margaret Thatcher, have long admired Singapore’s economic success. Low tax rates, minimal regulation and hyper-modern infrastructure are a magnet for foreign ... -
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 – edition no. 3395
* Rant against the west | Professor slams ‘ungrateful foreigners’ * Data privacy hinders smart city development * Big names drop out of Motorcycle GP * ... -
GTEF | Pansy Ho: Brazil has the basic requirements for integrated resorts
In response to a suggestion by Marcelo Álvaro Antônio, the Minister of Tourism in Brazil, regarding the country’s plans to invite investors to open up resorts ... -
GTEF | Latin America easing entry requirements for China passport holders
Argentina and Brazil – which are Macau’s 2019 Global Tourism Economy Forum partners – are mutually collaborating on an easy visa acquisition scheme for Chinese passport ... -
Tourism | HKZMB behind double-digit surge in visitor arrivals
Macau’s tourism chief has accredited 2019’s double-digit surge in visitor arrivals to the impact of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB). Preparing to mark its first anniversary ... -
Tourist prices climb on room rate surge
Tourism prices climbed in the third quarter of 2019, even as tourists spent less per capita. This is according to the latest data released by the ... -
Gaming | Fitch: casino operators might face ‘onerous’ terms under new licenses
Fitch Ratings has said that Las Vegas Sands will very likely secure a new Macau concession once its current arrangement expires in June 2022. However, the ... -
Changes to security forces discipline committee enter effect
The changes announced in April this year by the Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, to expand the powers of the security forces disciplinary body have ... -
Briefs | SAFP says universal suffrage not impossible
The Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) has remarked that Macau’s Basic Law does not rule out universal suffrage for the Chief Executive election. In ... -
Automotive service develops business model, sales following partnership with Sands China
A local automotive service and repair store that has been in operation since 1993 has recorded a ten-fold increase in its sales following its partnership with ... -
Crime | Scams continue to find victims in ‘obedient’ university students
Despite the constant appeals from the Judiciary Police (PJ) and the numerous seminars held by the force, university students in Macau, namely the ones arriving from ... -
Courts | Tutor sentenced to over 18 years for sexual assault
The tutoring center teacher who was arrested for sexually assaulting at least seven students has been sentenced to jail for 18 years and six months. The ... -
Lawmaker complains police quash freedom of assembly
democrat lawmaker Au Kam San has accused the police authority of arbitrarily suppressing the civil rights of people in Macau, in particular, the right to organize ... -
Weather bureau releases educational videos
Two videos educating the general public about precautionary measures to be taken for typhoons or storm surge conditions have been posted on the Meteorological and Geophysics ... -
Trust depleted, Hong Kong is now a city divided
As a police van sped past them, the 90-year-old woman and her 60-year-old daughter raised their fists, pointed their thumbs very deliberately down and yelled, “Triads!” ... -
Hong Kong Officer slashed in neck as violence continues
A Hong Kong police officer was slashed in the neck by a protester as clashes continued following an escalation of violence earlier this month in demonstrations ... -
Aviation | Boeing CEO, removed as chairman, near last chance on 737 Max
The clock is ticking ever more loudly for Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg as the grounding of the 737 Max hits the seven-month mark. The ... -
Corporate Bits | Wynn revives Cantonese gastronomy
From October 23 to 25, executive chef Tam Kwok Fung of Wing Lei Palace at Wynn Palace will restore six long-lost Cantonese dishes to their original ... -
China-US | ‘Fundamental agreement’ reached on trade, Mnuchin says
The U.S. and China made a “fundamental agreement” on several trade issues last week though there are still many details to be worked out and documented, ... -
Trade with US shrinks again in September
China’s trade with the United States fell by double digits again in September amid a tariff war that threatens to tip the global economy into recession. ... -
Pigs at Bay | South Korea to deploy snipers to hunt down North’s sick hogs
South Korea will send military snipers and civilian hunters to its northern border today to eliminate wayward, contagion-carrying pigs from Kim Jong Un’s reclusive neighboring state. The ... -
Philippines Police chief resigns amid drug allegations
The Philippine national police chief resigned yesterday after he faced allegations in a Senate hearing that he intervened as a provincial police chief in 2013 to ... -
US pulling out of northern Syria; full withdrawal possible
The United States appears to be heading toward a full military withdrawal from Syria amid growing chaos, cries of betrayal and signs that Turkey’s invasion could ... -
This Day in History | 1964 Khrushchev ‘retires’ as head of USSR
Nikita Khrushchev has unexpectedly stepped down as leader of the Soviet Union. The official Soviet news agency, Tass, announced that a plenary meeting of the Communist ... -
Offbeat | A solution for food waste in schools: Give it to the pigs
Maine has decided that eating like a pig could be a good thing, especially for schools looking to cut down on food waste. A law saying ... -
RUGBY ACADEMY | Bats warm-up in Japan during World Cup
The Macau Bats sent a U14 team to participate in the 2nd Asian Rugby Exchange Festival held in Fukuoka, Japan over the last weekend of September. ... -
Rugby | All Blacks, Irish to renew rivalry in World Cup quarterfinal
The quarterfinal meeting between Ireland and New Zealand at the Rugby World Cup comes with a strong feeling of reckoning. Ireland hadn’t beaten New Zealand in ...
