Yearly Archives: 2019
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StarWorld launches new gastronomic campaign
StarWorld Hotel has recently launched the “Spice Up Your Life” campaign at four of its Chinese restaurants, enhancing its guests’ dining experience with “A Sichuan Journey with ... -
Melco’s properties receive smart hotel accolades
Melco Resorts & Entertainment’s Morpheus, Nuwa, and Studio City Hotel have been awarded at the Macao Smart Hotel Award for their use of innovative technology in ... -
Tencent falls $90 billion behind Alibaba after NBA China row
Just a year ago, Tencent Holdings Ltd. locked up one of the most coveted media franchises in the country when it paid $1.5 billion for five ... -
World Bank cuts back project in restive Xinjiang
The World Bank is cutting back a $50 million project in China’s restive Xinjiang region following a review prompted by allegations of abuses. A statement from the ... -
TikTok revamps lobbying as Washington targets Chinese ownership
TikTok, the popular music-video app, is building up its fledgling lobbying operations to counter stepped-up pressure in Washington over its Chinese ownership and wage an escalating ... -
Aviation | US bars any new flights to or from Malaysia
Malaysia’s aviation-safety downgrade makes Asia the region with the most markets where airlines are restricted from U.S. airspace. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration cut Malaysia to ... -
Air quality sinks to ‘severe’ in haze-shrouded New Delhi
A thick gray haze blanketed India’s capital yesterday, with authorities attempting to reduce the pollution by sprinkling water to settle dust and banning some construction. The ... -
Evo Morales flees crisis-torn Bolivia after deadly clashes
Bolivia faced its worst unrest in decades amid a political vacuum yesterday, while Evo Morales, who transformed the Andean nation as its first indigenous president, fled ... -
Offbeat | Michigan man uses battle ax to fight off intruder
A Michigan man whose hobbies include ritualized combat with replica weapons from the Middle Ages says he wielded a battle ax he calls “my baby” to ... -
This Day in History | 1979 – Times returns after year-long dispute
The Times newspaper has been published for the first time in nearly a year. The paper’s disappearance from news stands followed a dispute between management and ... -
Life & Style | Fox legal analyst Napolitano emerges as Trump critic
More than two decades into his career as a commentator at Fox News Channel, Andrew Napolitano reached a milestone of sorts when he was called a ... -
Q&A | Horst Saiger, Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix Rider: ‘Macau is an opportunity to close the season in style’
Racing for the first time in Macau 15 years ago, Liechtenstein-born Horst Saiger returns to the Guia Circuit this year for the 13th time. In the ... -
GT World Cup – All against BMW
Following the announcement of reigning champion Augusto Farfus’ return to defend his title, the other contesting teams have been presenting their top names to face BMW. ... -
Greater Bay Area GT Cup debuts aims to gain notability
Following the central government’s policies to create an integrated area within China’s southeastern cities and regions, which include nine mainland cities and the two special regions ... -
Tennis | Defending champ Zverev beats error-prone Nadal at ATP Finals
After being thoroughly outplayed by defending champion Alexander Zverev at the ATP Finals, Rafael Nadal refused to make any excuses. The top-ranked Spaniard wouldn’t blame the ... -
World briefs
CHINA Huawei is paying its employees bonuses totaling more than $285 million as thanks for helping the Chinese tech giant cope with U.S. sanctions that threaten ... -
The Buzz | UEFA signs Takeaway.com to replace McDonald’s at Euro 2020
UEFA has announced a new food sector sponsor for the European Championship, replacing McDonald’s which owned the slot since 1992. UEFA says food delivery platform Takeaway.com ... -
Meet the witnesses: Diplomats start off impeachment hearings
Diplomats and career government officials, they’re little known outside professional circles, but they’re about to become household names testifying in the House impeachment inquiry . The ... -
World Views | Boris Johnson still has a Nigel Farage problem
A little over a week ago, Nigel Farage described the Brexit deal that U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson brought back from Brussels as a travesty and ... -
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 – edition no. 3415
* Chui | What A Wonderful World * HK police, protesters face off in renewed clashes * Second court has handed down jail sentences to ... -
Q&A | William Bascaule Director AFM: Alliance Française’s modernizing programs, aims to collaborate with Hengqin, Zhuhai
Alliance Française Macao (AFM) has outlined its goals for the next year, with a focus on strengthening its collaboration with local universities, renovating its premises and ... -
Briefs | Grand Prix Museum to charge entry fee of 80 patacas
The city’s soon-to-be-reopened Grand Prix Museum will charge an entry fee, according to a dispatch published in the official gazette. Visitors aged between 12 and 65 ... -
On the road to GP | Theodore is in ‘good shape’ to reclaim the title, team principal says
The SJM Prema Theodore Racing team is ready and well prepared to aim for their record ninth win in the Macau Grand Prix, the team’s principal ... -
Professor appeals over dismissal due to borrowing from students
The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) has set aside the appeal of a professor who asked for more than one million patacas in compensation over his ... -
Crime | Junket promoters VIP room investment scam
Two detained Hong Kong residents and one unidentified man on the run are reportedly responsible for a casino VIP room investment scam, the Judiciary Police (PJ) ... -
PJ claims no bias in two graffiti cases
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has taken two different approaches in two cases of damage done to a wall in Travessa da Paixão, according to a report ... -
New law on animal epidemic prevention and control
A bill regulating the prevention and control of animal epidemics was reviewed in detail for the first time by the Legislative Assembly’s First Standing Committee yesterday. ... -
Local firm significantly benefits from Sands Procurement training
The Paris Store in Macau has opened its doors to the public to provide local residents a range of French products and produce. Karen Chu, executive ... -
Carlos Noronha: Macau should step up CSR effort, says scholar
There is a lot more for Macau companies to do in terms of corporate social responsibility, says Prof. Carlos Noronha, Associate Professor of Accounting at the ... -
Jason Ni | Plastic-free is ultimate goal: Wynn Research Director
Work on reducing the use of disposable plastic is in progress at Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace, alongside work in other aspects to promote environmental protection, ... -
Hong Kong under siege Police shoot protester, man set on fire
Hong Kong’s leader pledged yesterday to “spare no effort” in bringing an end to anti-government protests that have wracked the city for more than five months, ... -
Hong Kong banks send some staff home as tear gas wafts outside
Major Hong Kong banks spent their morning telling employees to commute carefully, and by afternoon yesterday began urging them to consider going home as police lobbed ... -
MGM receives smart hotel accolade
MGM Macau and MGM Cotai have received the accolade of the “Elite Smart Hotel Award” from the “2019 Macao Smart Hotel Awards,” organized for the first ... -
Sheraton, St. Regis awarded as city’s best employer brand
The Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel, Cotai Central and The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Central have been recently awarded Macao Best Employer Brand 2019 at the Employer Branding Awards ... -
China’s Alibaba, JD report booming Singles Day sales
Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com reported nearly $60 billion in sales yesterday part way through Singles Day, an annual marketing event that is the world’s ...
