Daily Archives: Friday, January 3, 2020
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Chief Executive: 2020 will bring closer alignment with China
The people of Macau will embark on a journey in 2020 that will take them deeper into the country’s development plan. That was the message relayed ... -
Briefs | UM co-launches radio show in Portugal, Brazil
The University of Macau is launching a weekly radio program called “Chinese Ideas,” which will air in Portugal and Brazil today following its launch yesterday. The ... -
Casino workers demand civil servants-style benefits
Hundreds casino workers took to the streets yesterday demanding more pay and better labor conditions, similar to those enjoyed by civil servants. The protest was organized ... -
Gross gaming revenue plunges to wrap up worst year since 2015
Macau gross gaming revenue slipped for the third straight month in December, rounding out the year with a 3.4% contraction in the worst annual decline since ... -
SSM conducts temperature screening of Wuhan visitors
The Health Bureau (SSM) has been conducting temperature screening of passengers flying from Wuhan to Macau since the beginning of the year, following the increasing number ... -
Philippines finds trafficker bound for Macau posing as nanny
The Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration has shed light on the modus operandi of human trafficking syndicates after two female victims posed as the nannies of children ... -
Tourists reach record high 39.4m
Macau received 39.4 million visitors in 2019, recording an increase of about 10% from 2018’s 35.8 million, according to data provided by the Public Security Police ... -
Malaysians elude package tour visitor contraction
Package tour visitors to Macau dropped 43.5% year-on-year in November 2019, according to newly released data by the Statistics and Census Service, with only Malaysian tourists ... -
Drunk driver crashes car, injures four
Four people were injured in a car crash in Coloane yesterday. The accident took place on Estr. de Cheoc Van, on the side closer to Hac ... -
Radio Taxi receiving 7,500 orders daily
Macao Radio Taxi Services Limited (Radio Taxi) is receiving 7,500 orders daily, according to a report by public broadcaster TDM. Since April 1, 2017, Radio Taxi ... -
Guangdong-Macau Industrial Park recruitment to end mid-January
Recruitment in Macau for the Guangdong-Macau Joint Industrial Park project will end on January 16, the government announced yesterday. Both new applications and the submission of ... -
Macau education chief promises diverse views on HK unrest
The head of Macau’s Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) has said that his bureau promotes a multi-faceted analysis of Hong Kong’s social unrest. In an ... -
HK-Macau intercity football match postponed
Hong Kong Football Association has announced the latest arrangements for three football matches amid the city’s protests, according to a statement released by the association. The ... -
Hundreds of thousands pack HK streets in New Year’s rally
Hundreds of thousands of people packed Hong Kong streets for an annual New Year’s Day protest march as the months-long pro-democracy movement extended into 2020. At ... -
Hong Kong | Iconic HSBC lions caught in protests’ crosshairs
Experts in Hong Kong could be facing a dilemma unseen in more than six months of protests: How to clean a pair of iconic bronze lion ... -
Xi defends HK model after restive year
President Xi Jinping used his New Year’s Eve address to defend China’s system for running Hong Kong, in an unusually high-profile acknowledgment of the Asian financial ... -
HKEX discusses new listings with Ctrip, Netease
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. is discussing secondary listings with Chinese technology companies including Trip.com Group Ltd. and Netease Inc. after Alibaba raised $13 billion ... -
China suspends link between Shanghai, London exchanges
China has temporarily halted a tie-up between the Shanghai and London stock exchanges, according to people familiar with the decision. The move to suspend the London-Shanghai ... -
Taiwan | Tsai defends anti-infiltration law aimed at China
China has been relentless in its attempts to influence and infiltrate Taiwan’s politics and society but the island’s new ban on political interference should have no ... -
Copter crash kills Taiwan’s top military officer, 7 others
Taiwan’s top military official was among eight people killed in an air force helicopter crash in mountainous terrain outside Taipei yesterday, the defense ministry said. Five ... -
Trump says he’ll sign first-step China trade deal on January 15
The first phase of a U.S.-China trade agreement will be inked at the White House in mid-January, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, adding that he will ... -
Huawei sales up 18% but US pressure means tough times ahead
China’s Huawei Technologies said Tuesday that its sales rose a lower-than-projected 18% in 2019 and predicted tough times ahead as the U.S. moves to restrict ... -
Kim Jong Un gives up on Trump, prepares to endure US sanctions
Kim Jong Un is giving up on hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump will lift sanctions anytime soon. Alongside the North Korean leader’s latest saber-rattling this ... -
Lebanon receives Interpol wanted notice for Nissan ex-Chair
Lebanon’s justice minister said yesterday that Lebanon has received an international wanted notice from Interpol for Nissan’s ex-chair Carlos Ghosn. Albert Serhan told The Associated Press ... -
Baghdad embassy attack prompts Pompeo to delay Ukraine visit
The breach of the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad has prompted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to postpone his trip to Ukraine and four other countries. ... -
This Day in History | 2000 – Art theft was ‘professional’ job
Police have said the Cezanne painting taken from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on New Year’s Eve was probably stolen to order. The painting – Auvers-sur-Oise ... -
Offbeat | 2020 starts on frigid note with polar bear plunges
2020 began in frigid fanfare for hundreds of people who splashed through the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club Plunge. Swimmers wearing ... -
Australia ablaze
• There’s no end in sight to Australia’s wildfire crisis, which this week intensified as strong winds fanned flames across the world’s driest inhabited continent ... -
A technical feat, ‘1917’ is great storytelling, too
It’s been a good time for World War I buffs — especially if they’re also movie buffs. A year ago director Peter Jackson applied state-of-the-art technology ... -
‘A Small Town’ slick, somewhat predictable revenge fantasy
As Thomas Perry’s new thriller opens, little Weldon, Colo., is still reeling from a brilliantly planned escape from a federal prison on the outskirts of town. ... -
Townshend, Daltrey return to The Who’s rocking ways
While frequently joining forces for tours and other projects, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey have released just two studio albums as The Who since 1982, with ... -
News of the World | No end in sight to Australian wildfire crisis
Australia’s wildfire crisis intensified this week as coastal towns across the southeast caught ablaze, forcing thousands of stranded tourists and locals to seek refuge on beaches. ... -
F&B | How food will change in 2020
Like most corners of America, the food world saw unexpected drama in 2019. Fried chicken sandwiches caused chaos, and the meatlessness of plant-based Whoppers became a ... -
Flavored vapes may be pulled from US market
President Donald Trump says the federal government will soon announce a new strategy to tackle underage vaping, promising, “We’re going to protect our families, we’re going ... -
Hello, dogo: Two new breeds get the American Kennel Club’s nod
A powerful Argentine big-game hunter and a sociable French water dog have made the American Kennel Club’s list of recognized breeds. The club announced Tuesday ...
