Daily Archives: Thursday, May 14, 2020
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Asia Today: Japan easing emergency, Wuhan starts new testing
Experts on Japan’s coronavirus task force on Thursday approved a government plan to lift a state of emergency in most areas ahead of schedule except for ... -
Crime | Online scams grow as casino crimes decline
Although crimes relating to gambling activities are on the decline, crimes involving online shopping and online relationships are continuing to grow in number, with local residents ... -
GBA authorities bust smuggling group
A group smuggling counterfeit fashion items and electronics from Asia to North America has been busted by law enforcement authorities from the Greater Bay Area, the ... -
Briefs | Date for civil service exam still unknown
The date of the civil servants’ competency examination is still unknown, according to Kou Peng Kuan, Director of the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau ... -
Lawmaker says it’s too late to appeal axing of photo exhibition
Lawmaker Au Kam San will not file a judicial appeal against the government’s decision to ban a controversial photo exhibition from being held in Senado Square. ... -
Chinese scholar wants to relocate Forum Macao to Hengqin
All affairs relating to trade cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries should involve Macau, according to Lin Guangzhi, head of the Institute for Social and Cultural ... -
Amendment would lessen financial risk for employers hiring from overseas
The latest amendment proposal for the city’s non-local workers employment law could lead to some non-local workers incurring financial losses if they make trips to Macau ... -
Profile | Grant Bowie’s leadership difficult to replace, say analysts, employees
One of the pioneers of Macau’s Western-style integrated resorts model, Grant Bowie, has announced he will resign from his post at MGM China. After leading one ... -
Gaming | Las Vegas Sands gives up on $10 billion Japan casino project
Las Vegas Sands Corp., the world’s largest casino company, is dropping its pursuit of a license in Japan, ending a multidecade quest for what was one ... -
Mainland entrants can be tested for Covid-19 in Macau
Mainland residents holding business, family visit or public service permits to Macau, as well as those entering Macau with mainland passports, will be allowed to undergo ... -
Grand Prix Museum postpones opening to second half of 2020
The renovated and expanded Macau Grand Prix Museum will not open its doors to the public during the first half of this year as previously announced ... -
Endangered dolphin seen swimming around NAPE
A video on social media showing a white dolphin swimming off the coast of the city’s NAPE district has been authenticated by the Marine and Water ... -
China may test all of Wuhan amid fears of virus comeback
Authorities in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic first broke out, are planning to test all 11 million residents in the next 10 days, ... -
Trump: Fed retiree fund should ban Chinese investments
The Trump administration has directed the U.S. federal employee retirement fund to scrap its plan to place more than $4 billion into Chinese investments, a move ... -
This Day in History | 1955 Communist states sign Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies have signed a security pact in the Polish capital, Warsaw, after a three-day conference. Announcements in Warsaw and ... -
Italy’s South Tyrol invokes autonomy to pry open lockdown
The blazing orange letters of fire spelled out a familiar message in Italy’s South Tyrol province, an old call to resistance repurposed for the days of ... -
187-year-old Jardine faces pain in Indonesia after expansion
After political protests and the coronavirus crisis walloped its businesses in Greater China, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd., one of Hong Kong’s last remaining British trading houses, ... -
The Art of Giving | Modern Philanthropy and Legacy
Physics genius Albert Einstein once said: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is ... -
Drive In | A grotesque, inglorious look at Capone’s last year
Al Capone lived out his final years on a grand estate in Palm Island, Florida, with his wife, Mae, by his side and grandchildren running around ... -
The Buzz | Mexico finds 15,000 turtles in crates bound for China
Mexican authorities said yesterday [Macau time] they have seized a shipment of 158 wooden crates bound for China containing about 15,000 fresh-water turtles, some of them ... -
Poll: Taiwanese distance themselves from Chinese identity
About two-thirds of Taiwanese don’t identify as Chinese, according to a survey released yesterday that highlights the challenge China would face in bringing the self-governing island ... -
World Views | Reinventing holidays for the coronavirus era
The world’s biggest package-holiday company has given a glimpse of what vacations will look like as long as the novel coronavirus remains a potent health threat. ... -
Thursday, May 14, 2020 – edition no. 3533
* MGM Grant — Profiling Grant Bowie, a veteran gaming executive who helped shape Macau * White Dolphin bathes in NAPE waters * World’s largest ...
