Yearly Archives: 2019
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Singapore team wins MGM lion dance championship
Singapore’s Yi Wei Athletic Association won this year’s MGM Lion Dance Championship – Macau International Invitational 2019 with a score of 9.3, outdoing the other nine ... -
Xian Xinghai Memorial Museum opens its doors
Located at one of the renovated villas at the Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira, the Xian Xinghai Memorial Museum opened its doors to public visits on ... -
HK families protest police use of tear gas
Chanting “No more tear gas,” dozens of Hong Kong families with young children marched Saturday to oppose the government’s handling of pro-democracy protests on the eve ... -
Seige of Polyu | Once a protest fortress, HK campus quiet
Overturned chairs. Empty plastic bottles scattered around. Food leftovers rotting in the canteen. Most of the protesters who took over the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have ... -
Turnout high in Hong Kong vote seen as referendum on protest
A record number of Hong Kongers cast ballots in district council elections yesterday, seizing the first opportunity to vote after months of increasingly violent protests calling ... -
Trump claims he’s behind China restraint
President Donald Trump on Friday wouldn’t commit to signing bipartisan legislation supporting pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong as he tries to work out a trade deal ... -
Decorations 2019 | Liu Chak Wan, Ma Iao Lai given Golden Lotus accolades
For the final time before he steps down next month as the city’s top official, Chief Executive Chui Sai On conferred the city’s highest and most ... -
Gaming | Atlantic City casinos’ third-quarter profits up from year ago
Atlantic City’s nine casinos saw their collective gross operating profits increase by 12.5% in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period last ... -
Tourism | UK, Chinese visitors top list as thousands have a Saudi holiday
Saudi Arabia’s embryonic efforts to turn the kingdom into a magnet for holidaymakers attracted 50,000 visitors since the September launch, and almost three times that ... -
Galaxy holds opening ceremony for Int’l Marathon Carnival
Galaxy Entertainment Group held the opening ceremony yesterday for the 2019 Galaxy Entertainment Macao International Marathon Carnival at Broadway Food Street, Broadway Macau. Through marathon-themed game ... -
Celebrity chef showcases regional cuisine at The Parisian
Celebrity master chef Zhou Xiaoyan, renowned as “the Godfather of Huaiyang cuisine” and eight Chinese Five-Star Alliance master chefs produced a feast of regional cuisine at Sands Resorts ... -
Gov’t says self-confessed spy defector is fraudster
China denied the explosive claims of a self-confessed spy seeking asylum in Australia, saying yesterday he is a convicted fraudster wanted by Shanghai police. The Nine ... -
US regulators bar gov’t telecom funds for Huawei, ZTE
U.S. communications regulators have cut off government funding for equipment from two Chinese companies, citing security threats. The Federal Communications Commission also proposed requiring companies that ... -
Pope in Hiroshima: Use and possession of atom bomb ‘immoral’
Pope Francis traveled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki yesterday to demand that world powers renounce their nuclear arsenals, declaring the use and possession of atomic bombs an ... -
G-20 | Japan, South Korea meet after saving intelligence pact
The Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers met on the sidelines of a Japan-hosted G-20 meeting Saturday, a day after Seoul kept alive a 2016 military ... -
Israel | PM’s party support is key to his political survival
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked to project business as usual yesterday as he returned to work following his indictment on corruption charges, but a wall of ... -
This Day in History | 1973 Army deposes ‘hated’ Greek president
The Greek Government has been toppled by the country’s armed forces after weeks of unrest. There appears to have been little or no resistance when tanks ... -
Offbeat | Dog befriends baby giraffe after abandoned in South Africa
A dog in South Africa has befriended a baby giraffe that was abandoned at birth, rescued and taken to a local orphanage. Jazz the giraffe arrived ... -
K-Pop star Goo Hara found dead at her Seoul home
K-pop star and TV celebrity Goo Hara was found dead at her home in Seoul on Sunday, police said. Police said an acquaintance found the 28-year-old ... -
Iggy Azalea, Playboy Carti report $366K in stolen jewelry
Rappers Iggy Azalea and Playboi Carti have told Atlanta police that $366,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from their rental home. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports a ... -
Figure skating | Russian teenager Kostornaia wins NHK Trophy for 2nd GP title
Teenager Alena Kostornaia captured her second title of the season Saturday at the NHK Trophy to complete a sweep of the Grand Prix series by Russian ... -
The Buzz | Duterte fires VP from anti-drug post weeks after offering it
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has fired the vice president from a lead role in his anti-drug crackdown just weeks after she accepted the post and vowed ... -
Michael Bloomberg launches Democratic presidential bid
Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president. Ending weeks of ... -
World Briefs
TAIWAN Filmmaker Ang Lee says China’s boycott of Taiwan’s Golden Horse film awards demonstrates how politics can take its toll on the arts. Beijing’s order to ... -
Rear Window | Squaring the circle
Hong Kong is apparently at its direst crossroads, stranded between Beijing’s resolve to restore order in the SAR and the symbolic strength Hongkonger foot protesters still ... -
Monday, November 25, 2019 – edition no. 3423
* Democrats claim victory in HK’s ‘barometer election’ * Sole candidate takes 89% of votes in Macau’s small election * Singapore team crowned MGM lion ... -
Massive turnout in Hong Kong vote seen as protest referendum
Voters in Hong Kong turned out in droves today (Sunday) in district council elections seen as a barometer of public support for pro-democracy protests that have ... -
Largest-ever Light Festival to target international visitors
Entering its fifth year, the Macao Light Festival will be larger than ever before, covering a total of 15 locations across Macau in four different districts. ... -
Education | Schools may need to repay subsidies if they collapse
The Bill of the Non-Tertiary Private Education Statute has no stipulations on how government subsidies should be handled if a school collapses or becomes profitable, the ... -
Tourism committee targets creation of diverse products
The Tourism Development Committee (CDT) is targeting the creation of more multi-destination tourism products in Macau and other cities in the Greater Bay Area, as discussed ... -
Visitor arrivals surpass 3.2 million in October
Visitor arrivals surpassed 3.2 million in October 2019, according to the latest data from the Statistics and Census Service, up by 1.8% year-on-year. The marginal growth ... -
Arts | Musical is a search for identity, say performers in Mr Shi and His Lover
Each and every performance rendered by the actor portraying Mr Shi in the musical “Mr Shi and His Lover”, now playing at the Macau Cultural Center, ... -
Gastronomy | Sands China kicks off F&B culinary exchange series
Sands China Ltd. has been holding the Sands China Academy – Fostering Collaboration to Incubate F&B Talent Series since Wednesday, aiming to boost local talent in the ... -
Briefs | Concrete falls from PSP academy building, damages cars
Loose concrete from a building belonging to the public security force has fallen to the ground and damaged three cars. Earlier this week, at the Academy ... -
Sulu Sou asks about limits on immigration
Lawmaker Sulu Sou has written an interpellation to the local government asking about Macau’s immigration policy and more specifically, about limits on immigration. In the third ...
