Monthly Archives: January 2020
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CNY parade to return Jan. 27
The annual Chinese New Year Parade is returning to the city on two occasions this coming holiday season. As with previous iterations, the Macau Government Tourism ... -
Vietnamese migrants celebrate Spring Festival
Vietnamese migrant workers in Macau held an early celebration for the upcoming the Tet Festival last Sunday – the country’s most important annual festival heralding the ... -
Anti-establishment symbols unite, divide HK protesters
Trump signs, Pepe the Frog graffiti and British and American flags have become a common sight at Hong Kong’s anti-government protests — and an unsettling one ... -
Hong Kong | Finance minister pledges bold spending to boost growth
Hong Kong’s government is preparing to spend “boldly” to shore up the finance hub’s tumbling economy, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said in an exclusive interview. Warning ... -
Briefs | Guangzhou reports better air quality
Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, saw better air quality last year, the city’s ecology and environment bureau said this week. The average concentration of PM2.5 ... -
As world leaders shun TikTok, impersonators and fake accounts creep in
As TikTok catches fire among the younger set, world leaders and politicians have kept their distance amid national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app. The vacuum ... -
Uniqlo sees worst overseas sales drop in decade amid Asia unrest
Political flare-ups in Asia are putting the brakes on Fast Retailing Co.’s overseas momentum, as the Uniqlo operator reported the worst quarterly revenue decline in a ... -
Report says illnesses may be from new coronavirus
A preliminary investigation into viral pneumonia illnesses sickening dozens of people in and around China has identified the possible cause as a new type of ... -
Taiwan leader gets election boost from unlikely place: China
A year ago, Taiwan’s leader was on the ropes. Then she got a boost from an unexpected corner: Chinese President Xi Jinping. Polls indicate that President ... -
Japan fires back at Ghosn, stoking war of words over trial
Japan battled to restore its image yesterday after former auto executive Carlos Ghosn blasted the country’s legal system in a marathon press conference following his escape ... -
Philippines | Catholics pray for Mideast peace in huge gathering
A mammoth crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics prayed for peace in the Middle East yesterday at the start of an annual procession of a centuries-old ... -
Iran sends mixed signals as tensions with US ease
Iran sent mixed signals yesterday as tensions with the U.S. appeared to ease, with President Hassan Rouhani warning of a “very dangerous response” if the U.S. ... -
Facebook again declines to limit political ad targeting
Facebook has decided not to limit how political ads can be targeted to specific groups of people, as its main digital-ad rival Google did in November ... -
This Day in History | 1991 Last ditch efforts to avoid Gulf War
The United Nations Secretary General will leave shortly for Baghdad in a final diplomatic effort to avoid war against Iraq. Javier Perez de Cuellar is expected ... -
Offbeat | Man gets arrested in attempt to support jailed lover
Authorities in Kentucky say they’ve arrested a man who wanted to go to jail to support his jailed girlfriend. Raymond Pace, 47, was charged with offenses ... -
Harry & Meghan to step back as royals
• The announcement by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — aka the Duke and Duchess of Sussex — that they’re stepping back from being “senior” members ... -
Kristen Stewart can’t save ‘Underwater’ from sinking
Welcome to January, which, in terms of quality movies, is the worst, the lowest, the abyss. Actually, that’s pretty accurate when it comes to the latest, ... -
Author lays out sturdy case in ‘From Russia With Blood’
In “From Russia with Blood: The Kremlin’s Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin’s Secret War on the West,” author Heidi Blake lays out a sturdy case ... -
Liam Payne stumbles badly with embarrassing debut CD
One Direction fans have reason to rejoice this holiday season: They get not just one, but two full albums from former members — Liam Payne and ... -
News of the World | Prince Harry and Meghan to ‘step back’ as senior UK royals
The announcement by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — aka the Duke and Duchess of Sussex — that they’re stepping back from being “senior” members of ... -
Travelog | Where to spend your money drinking in Las Vegas
Forget “Dry January.” The month is one of the biggest for alcohol sales in Las Vegas, and, not coincidentally, it’s also when the Consumer Electronics Show, ... -
Texas city paid Enrique Iglesias $485,000 for 2015 concert
A South Texas city used $485,000 in taxpayer money to pay singer Enrique Iglesias to perform at a holiday concert in 2015, according to contract details ... -
Football | Zidane’s experiment with five midfielders pays off for Madrid
Without some of his best forwards, Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane trusted his midfielders to get the job done. Zidane used five players in the midfield ... -
The Buzz | 17 UN peacekeepers, 2 civilians hurt in Mali rocket attack
Suspected Islamic militants launched a rocket attack that wounded 17 U.N. peacekeepers in northern Mali, authorities said Thursday. Olivier Salgado, spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission ... -
Agnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic champion, turns 99
Although she turned 99 on yesterday, even a 9-year-old would have a hard time keeping up with Agnes Keleti’s irrepressible energy and enthusiasm. Keleti is the ... -
World Briefs
CHINA’s economy czar will visit Washington next week for the signing of an interim trade deal, the government said yesterday. Vice Premier Liu He, Beijing’s chief ... -
Bizcuits | Red Durian and Heated Confusion
Holidays away mostly bring with them some sort of clarity. Focus elsewhere usually lends an objectivity that is impossible from within the noise and mess ... -
Friday, January 10, 2020 – edition no. 3451
* Police chief asked to dispel youths’ fear of surveillance * Vaping ‘lifestyle’ under attack * Harry & Meghan to step back as royals * ... -
LRT company to consider extending service hours during Chinese New Year
A community advisory body in Macau has suggested extending the operating hours of the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) during the upcoming Spring Festival in order to accommodate ... -
Gov’t mulls work exemption for Grand Prix weekdays
The government is considering turning at least some days of the annual Macau Grand Prix (GP) into work exemption days in a bid to cope with ... -
Lawmaker calls for centralized gov’t surveillance system
Lawmaker Lam Lon Wai wants Macau to build a centralized system for the management of all of Macau’s CCTV surveillance cameras and traffic control cameras. In ... -
JLL say delta bridge had no impact on city’s property market
The opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) had little to no impact on property prices and sales in Macau, despite the predictions of some Hong ... -
Health | No update on number of pneumonia cases in Wuhan since Jan. 5
Since the January 5 update on influenza cases, the Wuhan government has seemingly stopped providing the latest developments on the mainland city’s mysterious pneumonia outbreak. On ... -
Tourism office well-prepared for any outbreak
As part of the interdepartmental working group against pneumonia, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) said yesterday it is staying in close communication with other government ... -
Higher education | UM postdoctoral fellowships seemingly exclude own PhD grads
The University of Macau’s (UM) Macau Postdoctoral Fellowship & Postdoctoral Associateship recruits PhD holders from the top 200 universities around the globe only, implying that graduates ...
