Daily Archives: Thursday, May 28, 2020
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Asia Today: Virus cases jump again in South Korea, India
SEOUL — South Korea on Thursday reported its biggest jump in coronavirus cases in more than 50 days, a resurgence that health officials warn is getting ... -
Death of King of Gambling gives empire reins to daughter Pansy
About an hour after the death of Stanley Ho, the billionaire who built the Chinese territory of Macau into the world’s biggest gambling hub, his large ... -
New IPIM chief takes helm for one-year term
Lau Wai Meng, the new president of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), officially stepped into office yesterday, according to the executive order published ... -
MGM China obtains HKD2.34 billion revolving credit facility
A new HKD2.34 billion revolving credit facility was granted to casino operator MGM China Holdings Ltd. This also includes “an increase option” which allows the gaming ... -
Survey shows significant drop in retail, supermarkets the exception
Retail sales in Macau registered a significant drop during the first three months of 2020 owing to the Covid-19-related restrictions imposed on visitor entries, a Statistics ... -
UM receives maximum exam exemptions from ACCA
The University of Macau (UM) is entitled to the highest numbers of exam exemptions with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), according to a recent ... -
Gov’t prepares to receive some 400 overseas students
The government is finding ways to help some 400 overseas Macau students return home when they finish the school year, Inês Chan, an official from the ... -
Talents Committee to launch subsidies for postgrad programs in Portugal
The Talents Development Committee (CDT) will be launching three subsidy schemes in June. The schemes will provide monetary support to those aiming to enroll in postgraduate ... -
Briefs | Government repossesses land plot in ZAPE
The government has finally taken possession of a land plot of around 6,500 square meters located in the center of the ZAPE area, the Land, ... -
Student’s research finds migrant workers in tourism sector face discrimination
A student research study has shown that migrant workers in the Macau SAR continue to face discrimination in the tourism sector. The study, titled “Coming, Living ... -
Macau’s food souvenirs prove unanimously popular in student survey
All of the tourists who bought traditional food souvenirs while in Macau were satisfied with their purchases, according to one study recently conducted by Liang Ziyang, ... -
Crime | Two individuals concealed wealth to get social housing units
The Public Security Police Force (PSP) has reported two cases involving two individuals who presented false declarations of their wealth in order to be admitted to ... -
Briefs | Paramedics help woman deliver baby on the street
A paramedics team from the Fire Services Bureau helped a woman deliver her baby on the street at 4 a.m. on May 21. The incident ... -
Security chief renews rights of 601 surveillance cameras
The Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak has granted the Public Security Police Force (PSP) a renewal of the rights of usage of 601 surveillance ... -
HK police overwhelm protesters now crying ‘independence’
In the first major test of Hong Kong’s protest movement in 2020, it became clear that demonstrators face a more formidable challenge in reigniting the street ... -
India and China move in more troops as border tensions rise
India has moved additional troops along its northern border as it prepares for an extended conflict with neighbor China, after several rounds of talks failed to ... -
Huawei CFO Meng to find out if her fraud case will proceed
A top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei is scheduled to learn today [Macau time] if a U.S extradition case against her can proceed. Canada arrested ... -
This Day in History | 1951 Glasgow powers up for the Festival
Her Royal Highness, Princess Elizabeth, has formally opened the Exhibition of Industrial Power in Glasgow, the latest show in the Festival of Britain. The exhibition tells ... -
Rubio warns of foreign actors amplifying virus conspiracies
Sen. Marco Rubio, the new Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is warning that foreign actors will seek to amplify conspiracy theories about the coronavirus ... -
Shanghai Stock Exchange mulls first revamp of benchmark in 30 years
The Shanghai Stock Exchange is considering the first overhaul of its benchmark index in three decades so that it better reflects China’s increasingly high-tech economy, according ... -
China traders are buying Hong Kong stocks like never before
Mainland money is flowing into Hong Kong’s stocks at an unparalleled pace, offering support to a market at the center of rising tensions between Beijing and ... -
Drive In | In ‘Painter and the Thief,’ an unlikely friendship
The documentary “The Painter and the Thief” has a few wrinkles to add to the old Picasso adage that great artists steal. “The Painter and the ... -
The Buzz | Poll: Half of Americans would get a COVID-19 vaccine
Only about half of Americans say they would get a Covid-19 vaccine if the scientists working furiously to create one succeed, according to a new poll ... -
Ho’s bold ideas for his homelands
A group of Hongkongers “led by casino tycoon Stanley Ho, is gathering support for the idea of leasing the territory to the United Nations after 1997 as ... -
World Views | There’s far less bang in a Huawei ban now
It’s easy to ban a product that’s difficult to get your hands on anyway. That’s why Britain’s possible move to impose a stricter ban on Huawei Technologies ... -
Thursday, May 28, 2020 – edition no. 3543
* Calls for independence — Hong Kong demonstrators face a formidable challenge in reigniting street protests as calls for self-determination rise * Cold war II: India ... -
Pompeo says Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainland China, setting the stage for ...
