Monthly Archives: December 2019
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Airport expects passenger growth to reach 15%
The Macau International Airport is expecting to finish the year with an aggregate growth in the number of passengers of at least 15%, said Eric Fong, ... -
Bishop Lee encourages believers to resist consumerism
Macau Bishop Stephen Lee has conveyed the annual traditional Christmas message, encouraging the public to stay away from consumerism and materialism, as previously conveyed by Pope ... -
Affordable housing criticized by Association of Synergy
The Housing Bureau’s (IH) application procedures for affordable housing have been criticized by the President of the Association of Synergy of Macao, Lam U Tou, in ... -
Briefs | Arsonist executed over ktv fire
An arsonist who set a fire in a KTV bar in Guangdong Province that killed 18 people was executed on Tuesday. The death sentence of Liu ... -
Guangzhou scientists find huge meteor crater in northeast China
A team of Chinese scientists, led by the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has discovered a meteor crater with a diameter ... -
HK residents eye homes overseas as protests drag on
Residents of Hong Kong are hunting for homes all over the world as tense anti-government protests look set to drag into the new year. Real estate ... -
Hong Kong | Malls targeted by protesters during Christmas break
Hong Kong’s shopping malls have become a flash point for protests during the Christmas holiday. Pro-democracy demonstrations have been called for the afternoon of Boxing Day ... -
Shoppers in Asia want Europe’s handbags, not its supermarkets
Even as global consumer brands grow more dependent on Asia for sales of everything from fancy handbags to baby formula, European retailers keep retreating from the ... -
MGM Cotai to host NYE party at the Spectacle
This New Year’s Eve, the Spectacle at MGM Cotai will be transformed into a 360-degree music extravaganza countdown party to ring in 2020. The spirit of ... -
Venetian and Parisian offer NYE countdown parties
The Venetian Macao and The Parisian Macao are hosting New Year’s Eve countdown parties for end-of-year revelers hoping to bid farewell to 2019 and welcome in ... -
China, Japan, South Korea meet on North Korea, free trade
Leaders from China, Japan and South Korea reiterated their commitment to ending North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs at a trilateral summit Tuesday that comes against ... -
Gov’t vows freer movement for workers by relaxing ‘Hukou’ system
China outlined plans late Wednesday to promote the freer movement of labor as authorities look to cushion slowing growth in the world’s second-biggest economy. The policy ... -
Malaysia may reopen Mongolia murder case as Najib vows innocence
Malaysia’s top prosecutor will look into reopening the case of a murdered Mongolian woman allegedly linked to former premier Najib Razak, as the victim’s father says ... -
Japan executes first foreigner in 10 years in family murder
Japan executed its first foreigner in 10 years yesterday, a Chinese man convicted in the 2003 murder and robbery of a family of four. Wei Wei, ... -
US | Trump senate impeachment trial finds scant precedent in history
Bill Clinton’s impeachment two decades ago set the modern template for President Donald Trump’s upcoming trial in the Senate. But the process may be even more ... -
This Day in History | 2004 Yushchenko wins Ukraine election re-run
Election officials in Ukraine have declared opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko the winner of the country’s presidential elections by a clear margin. With more than 98% of ... -
Offbeat | Wisconsin city mulls dumping old ban on throwing snowballs
For decades, those who have participated in snowball fights in one Wisconsin city have risked getting in trouble with the law. But that may be about ... -
Saudi Arabia cuts loose
• The liberalization of the conservative monarchy is a staggering pivot from just three years ago, when religious police would storm restaurants playing music and ... -
Forget CGI. Dench is the special effect in ‘Cats’
There’s apparently enough groundbreaking technology used in “Cats” for NASA to send a rocket to unexplored parts of the universe — perhaps to a far-off planet ... -
Disney fans will enjoy Snow’s ‘Disney’s Land’
Disney’s Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park that Changed the World,” Scribner, by Richard Snow Scores of books have been written on ... -
Harry Styles ‘steps into the light’ with great album
Arriving just in time to mess-up everyone’s best-of-the-year music lists is Harry Styles’ sophomore album, “Fine Line.” The former One Direction member richly deserves a spot ... -
News of the World | Saudi Arabia cuts loose with bevy of models and a rave
Supermodels and social media mavens, their makeup artists and hair stylists in tow, posed at a concert in leather pants, chunky sweaters and trendy black combat ... -
Travelog | Kick off the new decade with one of these life-affirming cruises
The Caribbean still reigns supreme when it comes to cruising, but there’s a whole new world to explore. Classic ports such as the Bahamas are recovering, ... -
Dancer born with one hand makes Radio City Rockettes history
A dancer born with one hand is the first person with a visible disability ever hired by New York’s famed Radio City Rockettes. “I don’t want ... -
Lindsey Vonn goes social with P.K. Subban marriage proposal
Lindsey Vonn popped the question to hockey star P.K. Subban. “Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!! On our 2 year anniversary, in a “non traditional” move, ... -
Football | Barca and Madrid lead in Spain at winter break despite flaws
Even though Barcelona and Real Madrid have yet to dominate like in past seasons, the two heavyweights are at the top of the Spanish league for ... -
The Buzz | Brazil investigates Christmas Eve attack over Netflix show
A video on social media in Brazil shows three masked people claiming they carried out a gasoline bomb attack to protest a Christmas program on Netflix ... -
From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories
Holocaust survivors sang at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, danced in Paris and lit candles in other cities to celebrate Hanukkah together, recalling Nazi horrors that Jewish community ... -
World Briefs
INDONESIA Thousands of people knelt in prayer in Aceh province at ceremonies yesterday marking the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history’s ... -
Bizcuits | Gifts of Crisis
While Macau has been centre-stage of unequivocal messages of national sovereignty during the 20th Anniversary events, I am in Australia and Australia is burning. Multiple times ... -
Friday, December 27, 2019 – edition no. 3443
* The Qatar gap | Macau falls behind in race to become world’s richest place * Ho Iat Seng returns from Guangdong trade mission * Saudi ... -
Analysis | Xi Jinping speech made in Macau for Hong Kong ears
Chinese President Xi Jinping used his visit to Macau last week to stress one message above all: that the benefits afforded by the ‘Two Systems’ are ... -
Briefs | Chief Executive leads senior delegation to Guangdong
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng is leading a senior government delegation on a two-day visit to Guangzhou and Zhuhai, which began yesterday. According to the government, ... -
Cybersecurity law enters into force, PJ launches CARIC
To cope with their new duties under the Cybersecurity Law, which entered into force on Sunday, December 22, the Judiciary Police (PJ) has begun operation of ... -
Alexis Tam accused of overspending
The new Chief Executive, Ho Iat Seng, has explained his two unlikely picks to succeed as Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture and Secretary for Economy ...
