Daily Archives: Wednesday, December 18, 2019
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Fuel and cash rumors cause long queues in town
Online rumors about cash and fuel withdrawal restrictions in the coming days led to long queues in town this week at banks and gas stations, as ... -
MEMORY LANE
The Chapel of São Miguel is found in São Miguel Arcanjo Cemetery, a Catholic cemetery located in the center of the city, close to Tap Seac ... -
Aviation | Taiwan’s Starlux to run three daily flights to Macau in January
Six flights in and out of Macau will be added to the schedule from January 23, Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines announced yesterday at an event in Macau. ... -
Gaming Mid-month checks show December GGR faring poorly
Mid-month channel checks indicate that pressure on Macau’s gambling sector will persist this December, with the data supporting predictions of a double-digit drop in gross gaming ... -
Briefs | Three new judges step into office
Three new judges took oaths and stepped into office yesterday. José Maria Dias Azedo, who was previously a judge at the Court of Second Instance (TSI), ... -
Macau wins bronze at esports football tournament
Macau won a bronze medal at a high-profile international esports championship in Seoul last weekend, losing only one match to the eventual champion from Iran. Thirty-three ... -
Rua da Barca kiosk to be replaced with automatic machine
The last operating post kiosk, which is located on Rua da Barca, will be replaced by an automatic postal machine after 2019, the Post and Communication ... -
CCTV Sports kicks off Macau television broadcasts
China television channel CCTV Sports was made available to viewers in Macau beginning yesterday. The launch of the new channel represents an increase in coverage of ... -
HK insists detention of traveler to Macau ‘legal and justified’
Hong Kong’s acting Chief Executive Matthew Cheung has urged the public not to read too much into the arrest of a Hong Kong man by Zhuhai ... -
Macau-bound visitors ditch ferry travel for HZMB
Six out of every 10 visitors from Hong Kong say they are dropping ferry travel to Macau in favor of the land route made possible by ... -
Briefs | Intercity railway connects Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shenzhen
The Guangzhou-Shenzhen Intercity Railway began its official operation on Sunday, joining the cities of Guangzhou, Dongguan and Shenzhen in a “one-hour economic circle”. Designed with a ... -
Matthew Cheung | Gov’t will not flinch in face of difficulties
Matthew Cheung, acting chief executive in Hong Kong, said yesterday that the local government will never flinch in the face of difficulties resulted from the months-long ... -
HK economy limps into 2020 with fate tied to protests
Hong Kong’s economy ends the year wounded, with the chances for stabilization in 2020 hanging on whether future protests are peaceful or lapse back into violence. ... -
Hong Kong | Protests led to $5 billion fund outflow, Bank of England says
Escalating protests this year have led to about $5 billion being pulled from investment funds in Hong Kong – raising the risk that strain in the ... -
Hong Kong’s airlines face job cuts and even bankruptcies
Hong Kong’s airlines face the prospect of further job cuts and even bankruptcies as anti-Beijing protests continue to deter tourists from the city, adding to the ... -
GEG holds respectful workplace workshop with women’s association
Galaxy Entertainment Group and the Women’s General Association of Macau recently held a workshop for nearly 200 employees at Banyan Tree Macau, aiming to provide information ... -
Sands China takes trip to patriotic exhibition at Macau Forum
Over 40 Sands China employees enjoyed a guided tour of the Macau government’s new exhibition at the Macau Forum on Monday – “The Broad Waves of ... -
China and Russia urge UN to lift key North Korea sanctions
China and Russia are calling on the U.N. Security Council to terminate sanctions on key North Korean exports such as coal, iron, iron ore and textiles, ... -
Woman gets 10 months for Chinese maternity tourism scheme
A Chinese woman was sentenced to 10 months in prison for running a business that helped pregnant women in China lie on visa forms and to ... -
India | Students decry police as citizenship protests grow
Indian student protests that turned into violent clashes with police galvanized opposition nationwide yesterday to a new law that provides a path to citizenship for non-Muslim ... -
Pakistan | Lawyer who fought for unlawfully held is abducted
A Pakistani lawyer known for pursuing cases of those unlawfully detained by the country’s security agencies was abducted overnight from his home in the garrison city ... -
Guterres | UN chief says cross-border aid into Syria is essential
The U.N. chief is urging the Security Council to authorize the delivery of critically needed humanitarian aid across borders and conflict lines in Syria for another ... -
Brazil’s role questioned after UN global warming meeting
With the failure of the U.N. climate conference to produce an agreement, some Brazilians who participated in previous climate meetings say their country is now part ... -
Suriname | Convicted in massacre, leader Bourtese hangs on tight
Zahara Kamperveen laid white lilies before a glossy black plaque, then gently touched the name of her grandfather, a radio-station owner executed by a military junta ... -
This Day in History | 1997 – Dawn of Scottish parliament
A bill giving Scotland its own parliament for the first time in three centuries has been unveiled in Glasgow today. Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar revealed his ... -
Offbeat | Malnourished dog adopted after walking into home amid storm
A malnourished dog that wandered into a Philadelphia home during a storm has been adopted. Sports podcast host Jack Jokinen said his wife found the dog ... -
Football | Real Madrid to face Manchester City in Champions League
Manchester City’s reward for winning its Champions League group was a guaranteed last 16 pairing with a team that only finished runner-up. It got Real Madrid. ... -
American Football | Newtown celebrates title, but continues to grieve
On the seventh anniversary of the massacre that killed Tricia Pinto’s son Jack at Sandy Hook Elementary School, she found herself celebrating the state football championship ... -
Football | UEFA closes case of racial abuse alleged by Sweden player
UEFA has ended a case against Romania’s soccer federation that was opened after a Sweden player claimed he was racially abused during a European Championship qualifying ... -
The Buzz | The Chinese utility buys 49% of Oman power grid
A Chinese state-owned utility says it has bought 49% of the power distribution grid in the Gulf nation of Oman. State Grid Corp. described the purchase ... -
Pope abolishes ‘pontifical secret’ in clergy sex abuse cases
Pope Francis has abolished the “pontifical secret” used in clergy sexual abuse cases, after mounting criticism that the high degree of confidentiality has been used to ... -
World Briefs
CHINA A state-owned utility says it has bought 49% of the power distribution grid in the Gulf nation of Oman. State Grid Corp. described the purchase ... -
Our Desk | Our Desk Dì Yù Heī
I do not dare to be so ignorant as to rigidly translate a term that has recently emerged from the Chinese language and has been trending ... -
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 – edition no. 3439
* Visitors ditch ferry travel for Delta bridge * Rumors abound as President Xi poised to enter Macau * Macau earns bronze at top esports tournament ...
