Daily Archives: Monday, December 16, 2019
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Chui calls on civil servants to lend support to next gov’t
Chief Executive Chui Sai On has called on Macau’s civil servants to provide the incoming administration with their full support and to present new ideas and ... -
Briefs | Casino dealer caught misappropriating gambling chips
A casino dealer was arrested after she defrauded her employer with the help of a gambler, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported last Friday. The 39-year-old female ... -
Former IPIM director reinstated as senior technician
The former director of the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), Glória Batalha Ung, has been reinstated in her professional duties after a period of ... -
Setback for diversification as casino influence grows
Gaming and junket activities accounted for over half of Macau’s industrial structure last year, in yet another setback in the city’s goal of building a diversified ... -
Economy thought to have shrunk 5.2% this year, EIU says
Macau’s economy will contract at a rate of 5.2% in 2019, according to the latest forecast from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a significant drop from ... -
Database for underground pipes, cables to be improved
A database on the arrangement and condition of underground pipes and cables will continue to be improved in future, pledged Macau’s Cartography and Cadastre Bureau. In ... -
Environment | Men carrying reusable bags look comical, accuses columnist
The sight of a strong, masculine man carrying a reusable shopping bag with takeaway food looks comical, a local writer wrote in his newspaper column. The ... -
Police disrupt Outer Harbor currency exchange operation
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has arrested three suspects for carrying out illegal currency exchange activities in casinos. The arrests were made during a nighttime operation conducted ... -
Youth workshop held to instill respect for heritage
The Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) have collaborated on a one-day workshop to educate young people on the conservation of World ... -
Macau planetary lab to boost China’s deep space exploration
Macau’s first space exploration satellite has been named Macao Science 1, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam announced yesterday at the opening ceremony of ... -
Gov’t concludes Art Macao coverage was satisfactory
The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has concluded that the media coverage of the Art Macao event held earlier this year was satisfactory in both traditional ... -
Briefs | Guangdong to raise allowances for unsupported children
Guangdong Province will improve basic services and social protection for de facto unsupported children by raising their cost of living allowances. According to the provincial department ... -
Mainland water has powered Macau’s development
For those who still remember what it was like to suffer from water shortages, like 80-year-old Macau resident Lee Zan Dok, fresh and clean water is ... -
Hong Kong | Police overtime bill nears 1 billion HK dollars
Hong Kong police officers have racked up nearly 1 billion Hong Kong dollars in overtime wages and other allowances as they work long hours to handle ... -
Five arrested after man’s death during protest
Hong Kong police arrested three men and two women on Friday in connection with the death of an elderly man during a protest in Sheung Shui ... -
How US-China limited trade deal achieved a little but left out a lot
The limited trade deal that the Trump administration and Beijing announced Friday means Americans will avoid a holiday tax increase on imported toys, clothing and smartphones. ... -
Analysis | Christmas comes early for markets as key risks get taken out
It started last Friday, with a blowout U.S. jobs report that beat all expectations. Then in quick succession late Thursday investors got news that the guns ... -
Briefs | Gangs spreading rumors to exploit pork crisis
Chinese criminal gangs are spreading rumors about the African swine fever to scare farmers into selling pigs for cheaper, according to magazine China Comment. The healthy ... -
AP Exclusive | Beijing reins in Xinjiang after detention camp leaks
The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and has held high-level meetings in response to leaks ... -
New Zealand | Toxic air, gases hamper search for last two volcano victims
A second land search of New Zealand’s volcanic White Island yesterday failed to locate the bodies of the last two victims of an eruption that has ... -
Strong quake kills one, collapses building in the Philippines
A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines yesterday, killing at least one person and causing a three-story building to collapse, setting off a search for people ... -
United States | Trump impeachment vote underscores a harshly partisan era
This coming week’s virtually certain House impeachment of President Donald Trump will underscore how Democrats and Republicans have morphed into fiercely divided camps since lawmakers impeached ... -
Boris Johnson urges unity after election win upends Britain
Boris Johnson won an emphatic election victory that redraws the political map of Britain and gives the prime minister the mandate he needs to pull the ... -
Offbeat | Laundromat, car dealership, grotto and pubs used in UK vote
Some citizens in the English city of Oxford could have been forgiven for bringing their dirty laundry with them when they went to their polling station ... -
This Day in History | 1984 Gorbachev visit to Britain a ‘success’
Mikhail Gorbachev, the man widely tipped as the next leader of the Soviet Union, has spent five hours in “very friendly” talks with the British Prime ... -
Belgian carnival removed from UNESCO list over racism row
A famous Belgian carnival was removed from the U.N.’s cultural heritage list on Friday following complaints that its most recent edition contained blatant displays of anti-Semitism. ... -
Tiger Woods caps comeback year by leading emotional team win
The emotions poured out of Tiger Woods, just like they did at Augusta National in the spring, except this felt different. The Masters was for him. ... -
World briefs
THAILAND Several thousand supporters of a popular opposition party in Thailand that is under threat of dissolution rallied in the nation’s capital in one of the ... -
The Buzz | Carrie Lam to update Xi Jinping on HK situation
Hong Kong’s beleaguered Chief Executive Carrie Lam has arrived in Beijing on a trip to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other senior officials, where ... -
Longest UN climate talks end with no deal
Marathon international climate talks closed yesterday with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on global carbon markets. After two weeks of negotiations on tackling ... -
World Views | Brussels prepares for its next Brexit punch-up
After a year of gridlock in Westminster that has frustrated the U.K.’s attempts to leave the European Union on amicable terms, British voters have handed Boris ... -
Monday, December 16, 2019 – edition no. 3437
* Another setback in diversification * China-US trade deal achieved a little but left out a lot * A newspaper columnist has amused eco-friendly netizens after ...
