Monthly Archives: April 2020
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Crime | Drunk driver crashes vehicle at Border Gate checkpoint
A drunk driver crashed his vehicle into a gate at the Border Gate vehicle passageway on March 26, on his way back to Macau from Zhuhai, ... -
Gov’t introduces e-voucher registration measures for newborns
The government will allow newborns to be registered on the Consumption Subsidy Scheme, better known as the 3,000-pataca e-voucher scheme. The measures now being introduced facilitate ... -
Suncity management see salaries reduced for two months
Senior management personnel at gaming promoter Suncity Group have announced that they will take a voluntary salary deduction for two months, media outlet Allin Media reports. ... -
Briefs | Joint university exams to take place between April 16 and 19
The joint exams of four local universities will take place as planned from April 16 to April 19, according to the exam organizer. The four ... -
Dismantling democracy? Virus used as excuse to quell dissent
Soldiers patrol the streets with their fingers on machine gun triggers. The army guards an exhibition center-turned-makeshift-hospital crowded with rows of metal beds for those infected ... -
Exceptional Times | South Korea shoe cobbler donates for needy amid coronavirus
Kim Byung-rok survived tuberculosis when he was 23, but was left with one good lung. In his work polishing and mending shoes, he inhaled too much ... -
Exceptional Times | Students provide sanitizers to daily workers to fight virus
They toil on the fringes, without any job security or set hours or decent wages. And the coronavirus has made their already difficult lives harder, and ... -
This Day in History | 2000 Wartime coding machine stolen
A coding machine used by the Germans to encode messages during World War II has been stolen from the Bletchley Park Museum in Buckinghamshire, south-east England. ... -
Spain hit by record virus deaths; NY demands reinforcements
Spain’s coronavirus deaths jumped by a record number yesterday as the country’s medical system strained to care for its tens of thousands of infected patients, and ... -
Huawei warns of ‘pandora’s box’ if US curbs Taiwan supply
Huawei Technologies Co. is bracing for its most difficult year on record in 2020, when tightening U.S. sanctions and the Covid-19 pandemic threaten to slam an ... -
Football | Tottenham announces salary cuts as chair’s pay rise emerges
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy says salaries for non-playing staff are being cut due to the coronavirus pandemic as the club has disclosed his pay package more ... -
The Buzz | Bottles of spirits, wine free at Taipa bar [April Fools’]
A Taipa bar is offering bottles of spirits and wines for free to regular and walk-in patrons – up to 10 bottles per person. The bar ... -
Hong Kong dollar strength to last after best run since 2003
In a world convulsed by market volatility, there’s one surety (for now): Hong Kong’s currency will continue outperforming the greenback. Elevated local rates relative to the ... -
World Briefs
RUSSIA Moscow woke up to a lockdown obliging most of its 13 million residents to stay home, and many other regions of the vast country quickly ... -
World Views | New tests could turn tide against coronavirus—if they work
Spain wanted some new rapid coronavirus tests so badly that it bought ones that didn’t work. So did the Czech Republic. The U.K. snapped up millions ... -
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 – edition no. 3505
* No way back to Macau from HK * Dismantling democracy? Virus used as excuse to quell dissent * Lawmakers call for gaming operators ...
