Hotel occupancy dropped 2% in Nov

A total of 1.16 million guests checked into hotels and guesthouses in November 2019, down by 2% year-on-year, according to a statement released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Guests

Thai workers to join Sands China in partnership deal

The government of Thailand will take the lead in recruiting workers from the country to work in Macau, among other destinations, in order to protect the interests of its labor

Galaxy to award discretionary bonus on Jan. 23

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) announced that a 2019 discretionary bonus equivalent to one month’s salary will be awarded to eligible employees at the level of senior manager or below. According to

Report | Chinese ‘millennials’ account for large part of local tourism

Chinese “millennials” and other young people account for nearly one-third of all mainland arrivals in Macau, according to data recently released by China’s largest travel service provider Ctrip. The data was

Airport confirms 9.6 million passengers in 2019

The number of passengers served by the Macau International Airport grew to 9.6 million in 2019, setting a new a record, the airport management company has confirmed. The press release from

Iran’s cyberattack on billionaire Sheldon Adelson provides lesson on strategy

As the U.S. awaits possible retribution over a recent airstrike that killed a top general, there’s at least one American businessman who can attest, in detail, to what happened after

UM develops Cantonese-Mandarin machine translator to further GBA integration

A new online machine-translation system has been developed by a research team, the University of Macau (UM) has recently announced. It was developed, the university explained, to facilitate the integration

Macau visitor passes now available 24/7 in Guangzhou

Mainland residents can now apply for Macau and Hong Kong visitor permits at the new automated facility at Guangzhou South Railway Station, the Police Department of Guangzhou has announced. The service

Foshan crosses trillion-yuan GDP threshold

  Foshan city of Guangdong province became a trillion-yuan city last year, following in the footsteps of China’s information technology hub, Shenzhen, and the provincial capital, Guangzhou. Although the final data

New Hong Kong liaison chief confident city will stabilize

China’s new top official in Hong Kong said he is certain the city will stabilize following months of political unrest, backing leader Carrie Lam and her administration in his first

HSBC walks tricky political tightrope between HK and Beijing

The two bronze lion statues standing guard over HSBC Holdings Plc’s main offices in Hong Kong still bear the marks of an attack by protesters, who last week daubed them

Debt mountain | China vows to ‘win’ battle against growing financial risks

  China pledged to step up measures to shore up its troubled banks and small businesses while continuing a crackdown on shadow banking and property speculation, in a difficult balancing act

Stocks fall in sharp selling on fresh trade worries

Chinese and Hong Kong stocks saw sharp afternoon selling yesterday, in part on fresh worries about U.S.-China trade, and the concerns also pressured the yuan. After sporting gains much of the

Pneumonia outbreak widens to 59 amid hunt for source

A pneumonia outbreak in China that’s infected 15 more people doesn’t appear to be spreading from human to human, officials said, after ruling out SARS as

Xi meets Kiribati leader after switch from Taiwan

Chinese President Xi Jinping lauded Kiribati yesterday for “standing on the right side of history” during his first meeting with the Pacific island nation’s leader

Elon Musk plans to come to Shanghai for debut of Made-in-China Tesla

Elon Musk plans to attend a ceremony to mark the first deliveries of made-in-China Tesla Inc. vehicles to customers today, according to people familiar with the matter.

Asian countries brace to evacuate workers in Iraq, Iran

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to prepare to deploy its aircraft and ships “at any moment’s notice” to evacuate thousands of Filipino workers

Thailand launches full-time clinics dispensing cannabis oil

Thailand yesterday opened its first two full-time clinics dispensing cannabis oil for medical treatment, a step forward in the government’s policy of promoting the licensed

US ambassador leaves Kabul, ends two-year Afghan tenure

U.S. Ambassador John Bass left Kabul yesterday as his two-year tenure as America’s top diplomat in war-torn Afghanistan ended. His departure comes as U.S. tensions with

Offbeat | Bye-bye buoy: Large beacon removed from Florida beach

A large red navigation buoy that escaped from the Atlantic Ocean for the second time was removed Thursday from a Florida beach where it had become something of

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