Monthly Archives: November 2019
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New film explores legacy of Boston’s Cocoanut Grove fire
Even though Boston’s Cocoanut Grove fire happened long before she was born, Michele Shapiro learned all about the disaster when she was a girl. Her grandfather, ... -
Bizcuits | How real is Macau’s CSR?
Once hauled up for using an unrecognisable acronym by some seriously educated chaps, I realized my fatal writer’s error: assuming reader knowledge. It hadn’t dawned upon ... -
Friday, November 29, 2019 – edition no. 3427
* Heart-breaker scam syndicate closed for good * War of words | China and US lock horns over the future of Hong Kong * The ... -
‘If you must fly, fly with purpose’, says environmentalist
If flying is inevitable, do it with purpose and intention, says Songqiao Yao, founder and Chief Exploration Officer of WildBound, an international environmental group. Her group ... -
Gaming | Japan striving to ensure IRs produce minimal negative effects
With Japan opening its doors to integrated resort operators to bid for one of three licenses across the country, an industry expert has said that the ... -
Gaming | November on track for steep contraction
November is reportedly on track to become the worst month for gross gaming revenue growth since March 2016. That’s according to analysts at two firms, ... -
Legislative Assembly | Gov’t intends to study salary increase for high-ranking officials
The local government intends to conduct a study on a salary increase for high-ranking officials, according to Kou Peng Kuan, director of the Public Administration and ... -
MELCO supports local SMEs through wave of creative and promotional opportunities
Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Melco) continues to organize events to provide creative and promotional opportunities for local small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with a staff uniform ... -
Two Macau films screened at Xiamen’s Film Festival
The 28th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival held from November 19 to 23 in Xiamen, Fujian province, featured this year two Macau films. ... -
Drone activity banned during handover celebration
The Macau government will ban all unmanned aircraft activities during the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the special administrative region next month to ensure that ... -
iFood Macau to integrate payment methods
A new system will combine all popular payment methods so that restaurateurs will not need as many payment consoles in the future, the executive of a ... -
Longines, Sands Shoppes launch Christmas decorations
Swiss watchmaking brand Longines and Sands Shoppes Macao have launched their Christmas decorations at St. Mark’s Square, inviting Hong Kong actress Linda Chung to officiate ... -
Markets | HK stock’s 78% collapse adds to wave of sudden crashes
A third Hong Kong stock in less than a week lost most of its value in a sudden one-day plunge, underscoring concern that the $5.2 trillion ... -
Goldman says time to buy shares in beleaguered MTR
MTR Corp. is poised to recover quickly when Hong Kong’s situation eventually settles, after months of protests in the city saw its passenger numbers and stock ... -
Hong Kong | Cross-Harbour Tunnel reopens as campus siege nears end
A major tunnel in Hong Kong reopened yesterday as a weeklong police siege of a nearby university appeared to be winding down, closing one of ... -
Vietnam to boost pork imports as New Year delicacies at risk
Vietnamese people may be at risk of missing out on their favorite local dishes this Lunar New Year, such as pork jelly and pork braised in ... -
Portuguese hotel CEO blames weak pound for drop in UK visitors
In 2017, then-U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said his country would never turn its back on Portugal, one of its oldest allies. Some of his ... -
Hong Kong Tatler names Sichuan Moon among top 20 restaurants
Sichuan Moon at Wynn Palace Cotai is now ranked among Hong Kong Tatler’s Top 20 Restaurants for the first time, becoming the only restaurant in Macau ... -
Studio City lights up the holiday season with Christmas Bazaar
Studio City is bringing an extra sprinkle of magic to this holiday season. In addition to a glittering Christmas Bazaar with festive displays and heart-warming gifts ... -
US proposes rules to vet all telecoms-related purchases
The Department of Commerce has proposed requiring case-by-case approvals of all purchases of telecommunications equipment in a move likely to hit major Chinese suppliers like Huawei. ... -
Environment | Gov’t says it has met its carbon reduction goal early
China has realized its 2020 target for reducing carbon emissions ahead of schedule, the ecology and environment ministry reported yesterday. The ministry said China’s CO2 emissions ... -
US criticizes China for abuses revealed by leaked cables
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that a cache of leaked documents proves that Chinese authorities are engaged in massive and systemic repression of Muslims ... -
Bodies of victims found in UK truck repatriated to Vietnam
The bodies of 16 of the 39 Vietnamese who died when human traffickers carried them by truck to England last month were repatriated to their homeland ... -
Japanese man in 50s has been detained in China since July
A Japanese man in his 50s was taken into custody in China in July on suspicion of violating its laws, with the case potentially being a ... -
Iran supreme leader claims protests a US-backed ‘conspiracy’
Iran’s supreme leader yesterday claimed without evidence that recent protests across the Islamic Republic over government-set gasoline prices rising were part of a “conspiracy” involving the ... -
Amnesty: Egypt uses prosecution branch to crush dissent
Egypt’s government is using a secretive judicial agency designed to fight terrorism to detain peaceful protesters, journalists and critics on trumped-up charges without trial, Amnesty International ... -
This Day in History | 1990 Tearful farewell from Iron Lady
Britain has a new prime minister for the first time in more than 11 years. Margaret Thatcher formally tendered her resignation to the Queen early this ... -
The Art of Giving | Connecting wealth for philanthropy
When we think about philanthropy as “the love of humankind” and explore what great philanthropists have done for public good, we can certainly identify landmark institutions ... -
Life & Style | Gift-wrapping this season trends jazzy but sustainable
The trend in gift wrapping this holiday season is toward jazzy yet sustainable options. Consider beautifully folded fabrics or understated, brown or green masking paper topped ... -
Football | Ibrahimovic buys stake in Swedish soccer team Hammarby
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is back in Swedish soccer, not as a player but as the part-owner of a club. The country’s biggest sports star outlined his desire ... -
World briefs
PHILIPPINES Police said yesterday they have arrested a suspected Chinese drug trafficker and seized one of the largest amounts of illegal drugs this year. More than ... -
Offbeat | Man using magnet fishes WWI-era grenade from Michigan river
A magnet-wielding angler has fished a World War I-era grenade from a western Michigan river. WOOD-TV reports the angler found the explosive Tuesday after dangling the ... -
The Buzz | South Korea fires warning shots at North Korean ship
South Korea’s military fired warning shots Wednesday to repel a North Korean merchant ship after it violated their disputed western sea boundary, Seoul officials said, the ... -
Singer Goo Hara’s death shines light on dark side of K-pop
The death of South Korean singer and actress Goo Hara, whose body was found at her home in Seoul this week, has again shone a spotlight ... -
Made in Macao | The magic Cantonese word to ward off evil
In the Cantonese speaking world, there are many slang words which only exist in our language and cannot be translated even into other Chinese dialects. One ...
