Daily Archives: Friday, May 22, 2020
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Facemasks dissolved in incineration enough to destroy virus
Incinerating disposed facemasks is sufficient to destroy the virus, according to information released during today’s (Friday’s) Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center. Alvis Lo Iek Long, ... -
Macau elites applause NPC’s HK national security proposal
Macau members of the National People’s Congress (NPC) have commended China’s proposal to establish a national security organization in Hong Kong. Earlier this week, the NPC ... -
Hong Kong opposition slams China national security law move
HONG KONG — Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers sharply criticized China’s move to take over long-stalled efforts to enact national security legislation in the semi-autonomous territory, saying ... -
Asia Today: India’s cases surge again, China opens Congress
India reported its biggest single-day spike in virus cases Friday ahead of a resumption of domestic flights after a two-month halt. The 6,088 new cases reported ... -
China boosts spending for virus-hit economy, takes up HK law
Beijing – China’s No. 2 leader today (Friday) promised higher spending to revive its pandemic-stricken economy and curb surging job losses but avoided launching a massive ... -
Key points about China’s legislative session
BEIJING — Thousands of delegates from across China are in Beijing for this year’s annual session of the country’s rubber-stamp legislature and its advisory body, meetings ... -
Health authorities report minor changes to latest mask supply round
As the 13th round of the centralized mask supply scheme begins today, a child’s ID will now allow the buyer to purchase a maximum of 10 ... -
Briefs | Zhuhai withdraws five people’s quarantine exemption privileges
The Zhuhai government has suspended the quarantine exemptions of five people who violated regulations. The group of five includes a businessman who needed to travel ... -
China expected to tighten grip on Hong Kong with security law
Chinese authorities were planning to write a new national security law into Hong Kong’s charter, local media reported, in what would be a dramatic escalation of ... -
CCAC report: Fraud associated with gov’t subsidy schemes
The 2019 Annual Report of the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) published this week uncovered a high number of incidents connected to several government subsidy schemes, namely ... -
IPIM ex-president’s trial postponed again for same reason
The trial of Jackson Chang, former president of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), was due to commence yesterday before it was postponed for ... -
June 4 vigil organizer submits judicial appeal
Lawmaker Au Kam San, head of the organizing body for the annual June 4 vigil in Macau, yesterday submitted an official appeal against the banning of ... -
Melco Deploying Volunteers – Simple Acts of Kindness
Melco’s Simple Acts of Kindness philosophy is based on the principle that little things have a big impact, and each person can do something to touch ... -
Grand Prix to proceed without one, maybe two, of its headliners
The 67th Macau Grand Prix is likely to be less glittery than previous years, due to the many changes occurring across the worldwide motorsports calendar. Although ... -
Macau Airport renews environmental accreditation
The Macau International Airport (MIA) has recently had its annual Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) renewed for one year. A statement issued by the Macau Airport Company ... -
April tourist arrivals lowest level in over a decade
The tightening of quarantine measures for arrivals in Macau starting in late March 2020 has caused the number of visitor arrivals in April to tumble 99.7% ... -
Macau proves popular with young adult demographic
Young adults were the largest age group of visitors to Macau last year, accounting for nearly a quarter of all arrivals, new research from Morgan Stanley ... -
China kicks off key political event delayed by pandemic
China began its most important political event of the year yesterday after a two-month delay because of the coronavirus pandemic. The opening of the annual session ... -
This Day in History | 1972 President Nixon arrives in Moscow
America’s President Richard Nixon has arrived in Moscow for talks with Soviet leaders. He was given a modest welcome as he stepped off the plane at ... -
White House report blasts Chinese ‘malign activities’
Beyond its hard-hitting rhetoric against China over its handling of the coronavirus, the White House has issued a broad-scale attack on Beijing’s predatory economic policies, military ... -
AstraZeneca gets $1 billion from US to make Oxford vaccine
AstraZeneca Plc received more than $1 billion in U.S. government funding for an experimental Covid-19 vaccine from the University of Oxford, a boost to one of ... -
Detective, nurse, confidant: Virus tracers play many roles
Health investigator Mackenzie Bray smiles and chuckles as she chats by phone with a retired Utah man who just tested positive for the coronavirus. She’s trying ... -
The Buzz | Wildlife consumption ban in Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic
The central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global coronavirus pandemic originated last year, has issued a total ban on the hunting, breeding and human consumption ... -
World Views | Moderna vaccine whiplash demands better disclosure
Interpreting drug trial data releases is difficult in the best of circumstances. And usually, it’s just a problem for the subset of investors who focus ... -
Friday, May 22, 2020 – edition no. 3539
* Pandemic looms over NPC, CPPCC sessions | Two meetings, one issue * Two top races may be cut from Grand Prix * The ... -
Patten urges Hong Kong protesters not to ‘lose faith’
Hong Kong’s last British governor, Chris Patten, yesterday [Macau time] urged protesters not to “lose faith” over what he described as moves by Beijing to tighten ...
