Yearly Archives: 2019
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Hong Kong | Carrie Lam unbowed after massive weekend protest
Hong Kong’s leader yesterday again ruled out further concessions to protesters who marched peacefully in their hundreds of thousands this past weekend, days before she is ... -
Guangzhou | Former senior provincial official sentenced for graft
Qian Yin’an, a former senior official in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, was sentenced to 14 years in prison yesterday by a Guangzhou court for taking bribes. ... -
Guangzhou | Belt and Road bar association founded to improve legal services
The Belt and Road International Lawyers Association was launched by the All China Lawyers Association (ACLA) in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province. The association aims at ... -
Briefs | Special inspection for delta bridge ahead of Xi’s arrival
Zhuhai’s security department has started a special security inspection at the eastern artificial island of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB), according to an announcement released by ... -
Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai buys $10 million stake in esports team
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder Joe Tsai is expanding his sports empire, buying a minority stake in competitive gaming franchise G2 Esports. The owner of the ... -
China’s investors eyeing hogs as swine fever abates
The worst impact of African swine fever may be over, but that doesn’t mean investors have stopped betting on the Chinese farm stocks that have benefited ... -
Interview | Taiwan may help if Hong Kong violence expands
Taiwan’s top diplomat said yesterday that his government stands with Hong Kong citizens pushing for “freedom and democracy,” and would help those displaced from the semi-autonomous ... -
China sees US postponing Dec.15 threat as tariff cuts debated
Chinese officials expect the U.S. will delay a threatened tariff increase set for Sunday as both sides focus on de-escalating tensions by cutting import taxes currently ... -
New Zealand | Stories of injured, missing in volcano eruption
Officials say 47 people from New Zealand, United States, Australia, Germany, Britain, China and Malaysia were on a New Zealand volcanic island when it suddenly erupted. ... -
India | Crackdown hits religious freedom in disputed Kashmir
For years Romi Jan’s mornings would begin with the plaintive call to prayer that rang out from the central mosque in disputed Kashmir’s largest city. The ... -
US Federal watchdog says FBI was justified in probing Trump-Russia
The FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and did not act with political bias, the Justice ... -
Chile | Military plane missing with 38 on way to Antarctica
Chile’s air force lost radio contact with a transport plane carrying 38 people on a flight yesterday to the country’s base in Antarctica, and authorities indicated ... -
Offbeat | In Sweden’s Arctic, ice atop snow leaves reindeer starving
Thick reindeer fur boots and a fur hat covering most of his face shielded Niila Inga from freezing winds as he raced his snowmobile up to ... -
This Day in History | 1979 – Rhodesia reverts to British rule
The Zimbabwe-Rhodesian Parliament has voted itself out of office and handed power back to the British until democratic elections can take place. Both the House of ... -
IFFAM 2019 winner | Give Me Liberty: a review
Like the passengers in the van which is Give Me Liberty’s primary form of transportation, viewers of this compassionate, sometimes disjointed drama need to hang on and ... -
IFFAM 2019 Closed in style
The fourth edition of the International Film Festival & Awards-Macao (IFFAM) ended yesterday at the Macao Cultural Center, with the Closing Red Carpet ceremony. The six-day ... -
Football | France coach Deschamps signs new contract until end of 2022
France coach Didier Deschamps has extended his contract until 2022, giving him a chance to defend the World Cup title. Since taking charge after the 2012 ... -
World briefs
TAIWAN’s top diplomat Joseph Wu said that his government stands with Hong Kong citizens pushing for “freedom and democracy,” and would help those displaced from the ... -
The Buzz | Merriam-Webster declares ‘they’ its 2019 word of the year
A common but increasingly mighty and very busy little word, “they,” has an accolade all its own. The language mavens at Merriam-Webster have declared the personal pronoun their ... -
Animal Farm | Why a slaughterhouse in Macau?
A bull or a cow fled the Matadouro (Macao slaughterhouse) a few days ago. I would also have done the same. What is the use of ... -
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 – edition no. 3434
* Best film at 4th IFFAM goes to… Give me liberty * ‘Censorship cannot deny inner truth, love or freedom’ * ‘The rise of Chinese ... -
Alexis Tam, first of outgoing secretaries to return to gov’t
Alexis Tam will serve Macau in another government role once he steps down as Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture later this month. According to a ... -
Third Standing Committee of the AL | Migrant workers claim meeting cut short for lack of translators
The Third Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) unexpectedly cut short a planned two-hour meeting with representatives of the city’s domestic helpers due to a ... -
Lawmaker urges crackdown on parallel trading
Lawmaker Sulu Sou has urged the local government to regulate parallel trading activities. In his latest interpellation, Sou highlighted the problem posed by parallel trading activities ... -
Helicopter hangar to make way for Islands Hospital
The helicopter hangar at Coloane will be relocated to a site adjacent to the Taipa Ferry Terminal at an expense to the government of MOP535 million. ... -
International Film Festival & Awards – Macao Hong Kong film wins new Shorts Competition
The newly launched Shorts Competition at the 4th International Film Festival & Awards – Macao (IFFAM) has announced that the Hong Kong film “Lonely Encounter” by ... -
Q&A | Li Shaohong: A reflection of life across the border
For at least one brief moment in this city’s recent history, Macau offered something entirely unique and perhaps irreplaceable: it was a mirror reflecting the lives ... -
Briefs | Consumer Council encourages use of less plastic bags
With the new plastic bag bill now effective, each plastic shopping bag offered by retailers to consumers will be charged except under specific situations exempted from ... -
Secretary calls for more foreign affairs activities in Macau
Sonia Chan, the soon-to-depart Secretary for Administration and Justice, has proposed to the Central Government to organize certain types of foreign affairs activities in Macau. Last ... -
Wong dismisses ‘speculation’ on entry ban for AmCham leaders
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has dismissed allegations that the decision to refuse entry to two business officials from the American Chamber of Commerce was ... -
Gaming | Philippine company withdraws from Galaxy partnership
Galaxy Entertainment Group and Philippines-based resort developer and operator Leisure & Resorts World Corp. (LRWC) have terminated their partnership to develop a casino resort on the ... -
Philippines: Business district halts new online casino permits
Makati City has declared a moratorium on new online casinos in the Philippines’ main business district, citing an “overheating” leasing market and rising criminality. The city ... -
Hong Kong | Injured journalist seeks answers from police
More than two months after being blinded in one eye by what she believes was a projectile fired by riot police, Indonesian video journalist Veby Mega ... -
Hong Kong | Police sound alarm over homemade explosives
Hong Kong’s much-maligned police force provided a rare behind-the-scenes look last week at its bomb disposal squad to show the potentially deadly destructive force of homemade ...
