Daily Archives: Wednesday, December 11, 2019
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Give me Liberty wins best film at IFFAM
American film Give Me Liberty won Best Film in the international competition category of the 4th International Film Festival Awards – Macau, topping the nine other ... -
LRT fares set between 6 and 10 patacas per trip
The six-pataca Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) fare previously reported by the Times was confirmed yesterday by the Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo Arrais ... -
MEMORY LANE
These photos show the current Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) building located on Avenida do Coronel Mesquita – a street that was named after the first lieutenant ... -
HK journalist held at border prior to Pereira Coutinho interview
A Hong Kong journalist was held by immigration authorities for nearly three hours yesterday while attempting to enter the Macau special administrative region. Phila Siu, a ... -
Paulo Cunha Alves | Consul affirms Macau’s role in Sino-Portuguese relations
Macau plays an important role in Sino-Portuguese bilateral relations, and it has achieved remarkable development in various fields over the past 20 years, Paulo Cunha Alves, ... -
Macao Light Festival | Teams from Japan, Shenzhen to stage mapping shows
Two teams from Japan and Shenzhen will stage projection mapping shows at the Macao Light Festival 2019 from December 11 to 19 in celebration of the ... -
Macau casinos face biggest threat to growth in five years
Two decades after Macau returned to Chinese rule, a shift that catalyzed its emergence as the world’s biggest gambling hub, casinos are facing serious obstacles to ... -
Gaming | Analysts: Xi Jinping visit to dampen December revenue
A consensus is forming among analysts that the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month will spell bad news for Macau’s visitor count and ... -
Health | Free flu shot now available for Macau residents
Holders of a Macau resident ID can now receive their free influenza vaccination at participating healthcare facilities after prior online registration. For residents planning to receive ... -
Drinking water salinity under control, says Water Bureau
Tap water in Macau is still safe for consumption, despite the significant rise in its salt content, the Marine and Water Bureau has assured. The bureau ... -
Q&A | Carina Lau: ‘The rise of Chinese cinema has left Hong Kong behind’
One of the Talent Ambassadors of this year’s International Film Festival & Awards – Macao (IFFAM), Carina Lau demonstrated a bold friendliness during her interview with ... -
Q&A | Juliette Binoche: ‘Censorship cannot deny inner truth, love or freedom’
Talent ambassador of the 2019 International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) Juliette Binoche has told the press to “move on” regarding the public censure of ... -
Self-professed ‘fangirls’ defend China from HK protesters and the world
For Li Mo, the footage of black-clad people clashing with police and vandalizing storefronts proved the final straw. The images of Hong Kong protesters fighting for ... -
Hong Kong | Carrie Lam unbowed after massive weekend protest
Hong Kong’s leader yesterday again ruled out further concessions to protesters who marched peacefully in their hundreds of thousands this past weekend, days before she is ... -
Guangzhou | Former senior provincial official sentenced for graft
Qian Yin’an, a former senior official in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, was sentenced to 14 years in prison yesterday by a Guangzhou court for taking bribes. ... -
Guangzhou | Belt and Road bar association founded to improve legal services
The Belt and Road International Lawyers Association was launched by the All China Lawyers Association (ACLA) in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province. The association aims at ... -
Briefs | Special inspection for delta bridge ahead of Xi’s arrival
Zhuhai’s security department has started a special security inspection at the eastern artificial island of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB), according to an announcement released by ... -
Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai buys $10 million stake in esports team
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder Joe Tsai is expanding his sports empire, buying a minority stake in competitive gaming franchise G2 Esports. The owner of the ... -
China’s investors eyeing hogs as swine fever abates
The worst impact of African swine fever may be over, but that doesn’t mean investors have stopped betting on the Chinese farm stocks that have benefited ... -
Interview | Taiwan may help if Hong Kong violence expands
Taiwan’s top diplomat said yesterday that his government stands with Hong Kong citizens pushing for “freedom and democracy,” and would help those displaced from the semi-autonomous ... -
China sees US postponing Dec.15 threat as tariff cuts debated
Chinese officials expect the U.S. will delay a threatened tariff increase set for Sunday as both sides focus on de-escalating tensions by cutting import taxes currently ... -
New Zealand | Stories of injured, missing in volcano eruption
Officials say 47 people from New Zealand, United States, Australia, Germany, Britain, China and Malaysia were on a New Zealand volcanic island when it suddenly erupted. ... -
India | Crackdown hits religious freedom in disputed Kashmir
For years Romi Jan’s mornings would begin with the plaintive call to prayer that rang out from the central mosque in disputed Kashmir’s largest city. The ... -
US Federal watchdog says FBI was justified in probing Trump-Russia
The FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and did not act with political bias, the Justice ... -
Chile | Military plane missing with 38 on way to Antarctica
Chile’s air force lost radio contact with a transport plane carrying 38 people on a flight yesterday to the country’s base in Antarctica, and authorities indicated ... -
Offbeat | In Sweden’s Arctic, ice atop snow leaves reindeer starving
Thick reindeer fur boots and a fur hat covering most of his face shielded Niila Inga from freezing winds as he raced his snowmobile up to ... -
This Day in History | 1979 – Rhodesia reverts to British rule
The Zimbabwe-Rhodesian Parliament has voted itself out of office and handed power back to the British until democratic elections can take place. Both the House of ... -
IFFAM 2019 winner | Give Me Liberty: a review
Like the passengers in the van which is Give Me Liberty’s primary form of transportation, viewers of this compassionate, sometimes disjointed drama need to hang on and ... -
IFFAM 2019 Closed in style
The fourth edition of the International Film Festival & Awards-Macao (IFFAM) ended yesterday at the Macao Cultural Center, with the Closing Red Carpet ceremony. The six-day ... -
Football | France coach Deschamps signs new contract until end of 2022
France coach Didier Deschamps has extended his contract until 2022, giving him a chance to defend the World Cup title. Since taking charge after the 2012 ... -
World briefs
TAIWAN’s top diplomat Joseph Wu said that his government stands with Hong Kong citizens pushing for “freedom and democracy,” and would help those displaced from the ... -
The Buzz | Merriam-Webster declares ‘they’ its 2019 word of the year
A common but increasingly mighty and very busy little word, “they,” has an accolade all its own. The language mavens at Merriam-Webster have declared the personal pronoun their ... -
Animal Farm | Why a slaughterhouse in Macau?
A bull or a cow fled the Matadouro (Macao slaughterhouse) a few days ago. I would also have done the same. What is the use of ... -
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 – edition no. 3434
* Best film at 4th IFFAM goes to… Give me liberty * ‘Censorship cannot deny inner truth, love or freedom’ * ‘The rise of Chinese ...
