Daily Archives: Friday, December 13, 2019
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Xi Jinping expected to unveil plans to make financial hub out of Macau
During his visit to Macau next week, Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to announce a raft of new policies aimed at diversifying the local economy. ... -
Teenagers spend December in rehearsals ahead of handover ceremony
School’s out earlier than usual this December for some local teenagers, who have been asked to step away from the classroom for a large part of ... -
Legislative Assembly | In rare move, Sulu Sou submits own surveillance tech bill
Lawmaker Sulu Sou has submitted a bill to the Legislative Assembly that would restrict the government’s use of particular surveillance technologies. Announced yesterday, the proposed legislation ... -
Researcher wants city to seek more foreign investment
Jean A. Berlie, a Hong Kong-based researcher at The Education University of Hong Kong, launched a book yesterday which features a chapter on Macau’s role in ... -
Briefs | CSG electricity supply to Macau has increased 24-fold
As of December 1, 2019, China Southern Power Grid (CSG) has supplied Macau with more than 50 billion kWh since it began serving the territory, according ... -
The new government | Women in ExCo not an indicator of gender equality trends, says scholar
Incoming Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng this week announced the composition of his advisory board, the Executive Council (ExCo), which is entirely devoid of female members. ... -
Visitor growth expected to grind to a halt in 2020
The local government is not seeing any obvious indications that this year’s significant growth in the number of tourists will extend into the first half of ... -
Health tender opened for Islands Hospital Lab
The government has announced the opening of the public tender for the construction of the main laboratory facility of the Islands District Medical Complex. The announcement ... -
Cinematheque offers free screenings of Christmas films
Cinematheque Passion will be showing two films free-of-charge during Christmas to “warm cinema fans’ hearts,” the arthouse announced yesterday. The two films to be shown are ... -
Higher education | IFT signs curriculum, training agreement with Tencent
The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) is collaborating with Tencent to enrich the school’s curriculum, jointly explore projects and train talented human resources for the ... -
Macau’s Café E.S. KIMO to attempt HK listing
Hede Holdings, the parent company of Café E.S. KIMO, a Macau-based food and beverage chain, has applied to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s ... -
Hong Kong dollar jumps into strong half of its trading band
Hong Kong’s dollar climbed into the strong half of its trading band against the greenback for the first time since July, boosted by elevated borrowing costs ... -
Hong Kong | Property stocks battered by protests look cheap
Months of protests and a struggling local economy have hammered Hong Kong’s property stocks. Analysts are starting to see a silver lining in valuations. A measure ... -
Zhuhai | Macau’s neighbor aspires to be a model for education
The neighboring city of Zhuhai aims to be an example and a role model in the fields of education and training for the entire Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau ... -
Top HK-Macau affairs official calls for defence against foreign intervention
Zhang Xiaoming, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council, said that Macau and Hong Kong must defend against external forces ... -
Nintendo Switch sales in China could reach 4 million by March
Only a few days after Nintendo Co.’s Switch made its long-anticipated entry into China, one analyst is making a bullish case for Mario and Zelda’s prospects ... -
Robinhood launches cash management service
Robinhood Markets Inc. has finally launched its take on a bank account, albeit a very different version of the service it once hoped to offer. On ... -
Melco’s 2,000-strong volunteer team join ‘Walk for a Million’
More than 2,000 staff from Melco Resorts & Entertainment and their families volunteered to take part in the annual charity event, “Walk for a Million”. As ... -
Singer Terry Lin to perform at The Venetian Macao next month
One of Asia’s best-known singers, Terry Lin, will deliver musical highlights from his 30-year career when he appears at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena on January ... -
Luxury travel retailer DFS Group showcases ‘Masters of Time’ exhibition
Luxury travel retailer DFS Group (DFS) is holding their 11th world-leading ‘Masters of Time’ exhibition for two months, in partnership with Shoppes at Four Seasons in ... -
China was biggest jailer of journalists in 2019, group says
China surpassed Turkey to become the biggest jailer of journalists in the world this year, according to a press watchdog group, as Chinese President Xi Jinping ... -
North Korea may return to launching ICBMs, US envoy Warns
The U.S. sees “deeply troubling indications” that North Korea is poised for a major provocation, UN Ambassador Kelly Craft warned, as Kim Jong Un’s year-end deadline ... -
Citizenship law | Protesters defy curfew in Indian state to vent anger at bill
Police arrested dozens of people and enforced a curfew yesteday in several districts in India’s northeastern Assam state where thousands protested legislation that would grant citizenship ... -
Crisis is rocking Latin America. Peru’s leader has a plan to escape it
Roadblocks of mud, sticks and steel wire bar the entrance to villages lining the northern side of the Rio Tambo, a sign of revolt in the fertile valley cultivated ... -
Wealthy German family gives millions to Holocaust survivors
One of Germany’s richest families, which owns Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Pret A Manger and other international brands, is giving millions to support Holocaust survivors as it ... -
Offbeat | Oink oink, cha-ching: $3 million found in barrels of pork
Barrels of raw pork shoulder were riding fat in a tractor trailer pulled over by North Carolina deputies. Approximately $3 million in cash was recovered from ... -
This Day in History | 1981 – Military crackdown on Polish people
Poland’s military rulers have declared a state of emergency after imposing martial law and placing leaders of the Solidarity trade union under arrest. The country is ... -
Samiya | Coming home to die
• Sold by her family as a bride to a Chinese trafficker, Samiya David spent only two months in China. When she returned to Pakistan, the ... -
‘Dark Waters’ plunges into ‘forever chemicals’
Todd Haynes’ “Dark Waters,” about the prolonged (and ongoing) legal fight to uncover the environmental damage of cancer-inducing “forever chemicals” and hold their corporate makers accountable, ... -
Jeff Lindsay has entertaining new thriller
Riley Wolfe gets his kicks executing spectacular robberies that no one else would even contemplate. His victims are always the super-rich, whom he despises as “smug, ... -
Coldplay do a 180-degree turn from arena pop-rock
At the end of a year that saw musicians like Niall Horan and Ed Sheeran gingerly dip their toes into other languages, Coldplay have responded: Hold ... -
News of the World | Sold to China as a bride, she came home on brink of death
Sold by her family as a bride to a Chinese trafficker, Samiya David spent only two months in China. When she returned to Pakistan, the once ... -
F&B | How not to ruin that pricy piece of meat in the holiday meal
Nothing says “celebration” like a ridiculously expensive piece of meat. Well, that’s not really true, but this is the time of year for splurging, in dollars ... -
Kim Kardashian West sues doctor over ‘Vampire Facial’
Reality TV star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian West is suing an Alabama doctor over claims he wrongly used her image to promote a medical procedure called ... -
Football | Atalanta, Atlético complete Champions League lineup
For the first time in history only five countries will be represented in the last 16 of the Champions League. Atalanta and Atlético Madrid became the ...
