Monthly Archives: December 2019
-
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 ... -
Wang Sai Man inaugurated, takes his seat as lawmaker
Wang Sai Man, the winner of the Legislative Assembly (AL) indirect constituency’s by-election has been inaugurated as a lawmaker, taking his seat at the AL for ... -
Briefs | Three complaints so far on new plastic bag charge
The Consumer Council has received three complaints regarding the plastic shopping bag charge since the new law came into effect on November 18. A Green Future ... -
Members of Chinese press report receiving threats ahead of Xi’s visit
The Macau Portuguese and English Press Association (AIPIM) has said that the organization has not received any reports of threats from its community, contrary to what ... -
Legislative Assembly | Macau’s 20-year review dominates lawmaker discourse
The topic of the 20th anniversary of Macau’s handover accounted for half of yesterday’s interventions from lawmakers at the Legislative Assembly (AL) during the period before ... -
Crime | Two get lucky in retrieval of lost phones
The Public Security Police Force (PSP) has retrieved and returned two lost phones to their owners. Last Friday, at 1:45 a.m., a woman reported her lost ... -
Zhuhai police confirms arrest of man on HKZMB
The man who reportedly went missing on the Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai Bridge (HKZMB) while on his way to Macau has been arrested for cartel crime, the Zhuhai ... -
Baidu: still a while before self-driving cars operate on roads
Search engine giant Baidu has said that it will be a while before autonomous vehicles finally get working on the roads. Last year, the Chinese firm ... -
LRT service suspended during Xi Jinping visit
The operator of the Light Rapid Transit has said that the newly-opened service will be suspended during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Macau, starting ... -
Fitch warns credit rating depends on political, economic autonomy
Fitch Ratings yesterday affirmed the Macau SAR’s credit ratings (long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings) at “AA”, however it warned that they might not ... -
MUST rector Liu Liang | Chinese medicine was the first in medical history
The Rector of the Macau University of Science and Technology has called for traditional Chinese medicine to more closely align with modern science, adding that being ... -
Markets | Hong Kong dollar’s longest rally in five years is burning shorts
Hong Kong dollar bears are abandoning bets the currency will weaken, squeezed by the longest streak of gains in more than five years. The local dollar ...
