Monthly Archives: February 2020
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Complaints about facemask reselling received by health authority
The Health Bureau (SSM) has confirmed reports that facemasks sold under the administration by the government are being resold to people at a higher price. These ... -
Longtime CEO Jim Murren to step down from MGM
MGM Resorts International’s longtime chairman and chief executive officer, Jim Murren, plans to step down before his contract expires – departing as the casino company copes ... -
Taiwan request removal from Philippines blanket China travel ban
Taiwan has requested that the Philippines remove the Chinese island from its temporary travel restrictions, noting that it was “wrongly included” in the blanket ban designed ... -
TDM denies allegations staff were forced to take unpaid leave
Public broadcaster TDM has denied allegations that it asked some of its employees to take unpaid leave following the outbreak of Covid-19. To deter the spread ... -
Briefs | Temperatures to drop as low as 10 degrees next week
At the beginning of next week, the minimum temperature will drop to around 10 degrees Celsius, according to weather forecast by the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau ... -
HKEX faces tough year with China links in flux
Hong Kong’s exchange faces a challenging year as the spreading coronavirus chokes off deals, adding more urgency to its efforts to convince Beijing to further open ... -
Hong Kong | Schools won’t reopen before at least March 16
Hong Kong will extend school closures at least to March 16 due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus, Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung said in ... -
Hong Kong | Landlords start to slash retail rents as virus bites
Hong Kong’s biggest landlords have begun to slash rents for their commercial tenants as retailers struggle amid the spreading coronavirus. Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., the ... -
North Korea | Kim Jong Un’s ski resort ambitions are melting
Masikryong Ski Resort in North Korea Climate change and the coronavirus are threatening Kim Jong Un’s ambition to ski his way out of international sanctions. The ... -
China park operator warns of cashflow woes
A Chinese national park operator risks becoming the first high-profile victim of the coronavirus outbreak in the country’s nascent asset-backed securities market, warning against a weakening ... -
Covid-19 | China reports spike in virus cases with new way of counting
China yesterday reported a sharp spike in deaths and infections from a new virus after the hardest-hit province of Hubei applied a new classification system that ... -
Beijing picks new provincial leaders in virus epicenter
China yesterday replaced its top officials in the central province of Hubei and its capital, Wuhan, the epicenter of a viral outbreak that has infected more ... -
Vietnam locks down village with cluster of cases
Vietnamese news media say a community northwest of the capital Hanoi has been locked down due to a cluster of cases of Covid-19 confirmed there. The ... -
FAQ | How virus is impacting Asia’s cruises and passengers
DEE-ANN DURBIN & DAVID KOENIG A new viral outbreak is wreaking havoc on cruises in Asia, where some passengers are stranded aboard ships and others can’t ... -
US admiral hopes Philippine security pact can still be saved
The move by the Philippines to end a security pact that allowed U.S. forces to train in the country potentially “challenged” future American operations with Filipino ... -
Offbeat | Christian Cowan lives out his childhood fashion dream
Christian Cowan equates showing his fashion collections with continuously living out a childhood dream. “I’m always going to be so ecstatic every time I wake up ... -
This Day in History | 1989 – Ayatollah sentences author to death
Iranian Muslim leader Ayatollah Khomeini has issued a death threat against British author Salman Rushdie and his publishers over the book Satanic Verses. Scotland Yard is ... -
Olympics | Tokyo, IOC officials reiterate that the games are on
Tokyo Olympic organizers reiterated their message yesterday at the start of two days of meetings with the International Olympic Committee: The 2020 Games will not be ... -
World briefs
CAMBODIA A cruise ship that had been stranded at sea for about two weeks after being refused entry by four Asian governments because of virus fears finally ... -
The Buzz | Japan reports first death from virus, 44 more cases on ship
Japan announced last night its first death from a new virus from China, hours after confirming 44 more cases on a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo ... -
China’s new HK boss used to rip crosses from churches
China named an official known for tearing crosses from the roofs of churches to lead the agency that oversees Hong Kong, in the biggest shakeup yet ... -
Editorial | The dawn of a new era?
Nothing will be the same after the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus that infected mainland China and the world with an epidemic disease (recently dubbed Covid-19), ... -
Friday, February 14, 2020 – edition no. 3472
* Covid-19 crisis | Gov’t launches proactive economic support * Beijing reports spike in virus cases, dismisses provincial heads * A third covid-19 patient was discharged ... -
Mask provision delayed at some pharmacies
The third phase of the sale of surgical face masks administered by the government was running behind schedule yesterday, reported some pharmacies. Several pharmacies along and ... -
Second patient discharged from hospital
Without the pomp and circumstance of the first recovery, Macau health authorities informed the public yesterday of the release of the second patient to recover ... -
Hotels occupancy rate drops to 16%
The occupancy rate of local hotels during the week of February 1 to 7 was only 16%, a representative of the Macao Government Tourism Office said ... -
Over 100,000 queued for masks yesterday
Some 100,000 people acquired face masks on the first day of the government’s third round of distribution, the Coordinator of the Center for Disease Control ... -
Joint university exam postponed until April
The Higher Education Bureau (DSES) has decided to postpone the Joint Entrance Exam of Four Universities in Macau in view of the need to control ... -
Gov’t efforts to ensure mask supply prove popular
The efforts to ensure an uninterrupted supply of surgical masks to the public has proven the most popular government measure among a raft of other policies ... -
Briefs | Fog leads to Macau-Shenzhen ferry suspension
Foggy weather yesterday led to the suspension of some ferry services between Macau and Shenzhen, according to the Marine and Water Bureau. Yesterday’s weather report ... -
Over 130 Filipinos still stranded in travel ban
We’re really helpless at this moment as there is no other way for me, my wife and my seven-month old son to go back to the ... -
Japan confirms 39 new virus cases on cruise ship
Thirty-nine new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed aboard a cruise ship quarantined at a Japanese port, on which five Macau residents are being held. ... -
Lawyers Association concerned with computer crime amendment
Instances when the Judiciary Police (PJ) is not required to obtain judicial approval before accessing personal computer systems should be well-defined in the law, according to ... -
Fugitive billionaire Lau sells Hockney work for $30 million
A painting of a swimming pool by David Hockney, owned by fugitive Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau, fetched 23.1 million pounds ($30 million) at Sotheby’s in ... -
Hong Kong | Virus puts protests on ice. Will they return?
The crowd lining up recently on a cold, dark Hong Kong street wasn’t part of the anti-government protest movement that rocked the semi-autonomous Chinese territory for ...
