Monthly Archives: December 2019
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Briefs | Three remain missing in Guangzhou ground collapse accident
Three people who were trapped in a sudden ground collapse accident in Guangzhou remain missing, according to local authorities. The cave-in occurred on Sunday at ... -
Chinese yuan planned to flow freely in GBA by 2022
The Chinese yuan is planned to flow freely in the entire Greater Bay Area by 2022, according to Carol Lao, deputy director of the financial ... -
Macau-Zhuhai joint fireworks show promises tech innovation
The Macau SAR government and the Zhuhai Municipal People’s Government will stage their first joint fireworks show together above the sea area in front of Macau ... -
HK awaits ‘enormous’ retail hit as chaos cripples economy
Hong Kong is counting the economic cost of almost six months of political unrest, with the city expected to post its first budget deficit since the ... -
Hong Kong Airlines given one week to save its license
Hong Kong Airlines Ltd., the city’s only other competitor to Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., is fighting for survival just as the busy Christmas season approaches. ... -
Tourists ruined Venice. Now floods are making it uninhabitable
Two weeks after high tides and fierce winds produced the worst flooding in Venice in more than half a century, sirens sound about 6:30 a.m. to ... -
Melco to host in-house nursery to support working parents
Melco Resorts & Entertainment announced that it will have an in-house nursery at one of its properties to support the company’s working parent employees – the ... -
Sands China launches pop-up store for disadvantaged groups
Sands China launched its Macao Creative Pop-Up Store – a platform for local non-governmental organizations and designers to display and sell their arts and craft products to ... -
Beijing to suspend US Navy visits to Hong Kong over new law
China said yesterday it will suspend U.S. military ship and aircraft visits to Hong Kong and sanction several American pro-democracy and human rights groups in retaliation ... -
China, Russia launch massive joint gas pipeline
China and Russia launched yesterday a gas pipeline that is more than 6,000 kilometers long, an outcome of their long-planned energy partnership. As its relationships with ... -
China plans new coal plants, trims support for clean energy
As world leaders gather in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight falls on China — the top emitter of ... -
Australia says China’s treatment of writer is ‘unacceptable’
Australia’s foreign minister yesterday described as “unacceptable” the daily interrogation of a shackled Chinese Australian writer detained in Beijing since January on suspicion of espionage. Yang ... -
India | People demand justice after woman gang raped and killed
Hundreds of people gathered in New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and other Indian cities yesterday to demand justice in the case of a veterinarian who was gang-raped ... -
NATO under friendly fire as leaders ready for London summit
NATO leaders will gather in London today as the world’s biggest military alliance, marking its 70th birthday, battles with one of the most confounding of adversaries: ... -
Climate Summit | Guterres disappointed by climate action so far
The head of the United Nations said yesterday he’s “disappointed” with pledges made so far by the world’s bigger greenhouse gas emitters to reduce their contribution ... -
This Day in History | 1984 Hundreds die in Bhopal chemical accident
Hundreds of people have died from the effects of toxic gases which leaked from a chemical factory near the central Indian city of Bhopal. The accident ... -
Offbeat | Cats to be put on leashes to protect wildlife? EU says No
Put domestic cats on a leash to better protect threatened birds and the environment? The European Union says that would deny mankind’s furry friend its unalienable ... -
Daughter in admissions scandal returns to YouTube channel
Social media star Olivia Jade Giannulli (pictured, left) posted yesterday [Macau time] her first YouTube video since the arrest of her parents, actress Lori Loughlin and ... -
Relic thought to be from Jesus’ manger arrives in Bethlehem
A tiny wooden relic that some Christians believe to be part of Jesus’ manger arrived last weekend in its permanent home in the biblical city of ... -
Love & Liberty is in the air THE COMPETITION – I
Ten feature films of a variety of topics and origins are in competition for the top IFFAM Award 2019. They will be shown in Macau venues ... -
OPENING NOIR WITH JOJO RABBIT
Long ago, turning Nazi Germany into a joke was verboten. Or, at least, it seems like it was; it’s actually hard to imagine a time when ... -
International Competition Jury
International Competition Jury Peter Chan Ho-sun (Hong Kong SAR) – PRESIDENT A Chinese film director, producer and screenwriter, Peter Ho-Sun Chan is regarded as one of ... -
Football | Inter leapfrogs Juventus to top Serie A as Bianconeri draw
A teenage goalkeeper restricted Juventus to a 2-2 draw at home to Sassuolo yesterday (Macau time) which dropped the eight-time defending champion into second place. Juventus ... -
Golf | Larrazabal stumbles, then rallies to win in South Africa
Pablo Larrazábal won the European Tour’s season-opening Alfred Dunhill Championship after losing a three-shot overnight lead and then making three birdies on his last four holes ... -
The Buzz | Former governor of China’s Xinjiang sentenced in bribery
The former governor of China’s tense northwestern region of Xinjiang was sentenced to life in prison on charges of taking bribes, becoming one of the highest-profile ... -
Belgian Carnival town renounces UNESCO title over racism row
The famed Belgian Carnival town of Aalst wants to renounce its place on the U.N. cultural heritage list, saying it is sick of widespread complaints that ... -
World Briefs
CHINA’s foreign ministry urged Canada to free an executive of telecom equipment giant Huawei Technologies held for more than a year as she awaits an extradition ... -
Our Desk | Is it Christmas yet?
The Philippine Consulate General held its Christmas party for the Filipino community on Sunday – a community that has been the butt of jokes about it ... -
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 – edition no. 3429
* His ‘difficult’ choices * Bobo’s specimen to be displayed by second quarter of 2020 * The 4th International Film Festival & Awards establishes Macau as ... -
Three new secretaries confirmed for gov’t
In a surprise announcement last night, the Macau SAR government disclosed the officials who will take up the most senior posts in the next government. Of ... -
Certain exemptions suggested for Archive Law
The government has proposed certain exemptions when publicizing classified archives, such as documents related to national defense and foreign relations, reported local media Cheng Pou. The ... -
ExCo completes discussion on LRT safety law
The Executive Council (ExCo) has completed its discussions on safety issues relating to the near-ready Light Rapid Transit (LRT) transportation network. The Transport Bureau (DSAT) is ... -
Gaming | November casino revenue plunge to extend into December
Macau gross gaming revenue plummeted 8.5% in November, as high-roller demand crumpled amid persistent economic headwinds in the SAR. Casino revenue topped 22.87 billion patacas ($2.84 ... -
Package tour visitors slump 35%
The number of package tour visitors coming to Macau slumped 35.3% in October, according to the latest data from the Statistics and Census Service, flying in ...
