Monthly Archives: May 2020
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Grant Bowie resigns from MGM China top posts
MGM China Holdings Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Grant Bowie, will leave his position at the company effective May 31, the casino operator unveiled in ... -
Our Desk | To give or not to give
The ongoing petition for non-resident workers to also receive the 3,000 patacas e-voucher has reached nearly 2,800 signatures as of press time. The petition was started ... -
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 – edition no. 3531
* Travel backlog — Hong Kong in talks with Macau, mainland authorities on easing travel restrictions * Bowie leaves MGM China * Maxim Bessmertny’s latest film ... -
Asia Today: Indian cases spike, Shanghai Disney park reopens
India reported its biggest daily increase in cases Monday as it prepares to gradually resume train service while easing its virus lockdown. India’s train network was ... -
Grant Bowie resigns from MGM China top posts
MGM China has announced today (Monday) that Grant Bowie will retire from the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective May 31. In a filing with the ... -
Gov’t extends Air Macau’s concession agreement for three more years
Air Macau’s 25-year concession agreement, which was set to expire this November, has been extended for three years, the Civil Aviation Authority of Macau (AACM) announced ... -
Tourism | Travel association hopeful visitor arrivals will climb to 26 million this year
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is forecasting that the Macau SAR will receive a total of 26.42 million visitors this year, according to information accessed ... -
Over 20,000 TNR to be exempted from medical observation
From today, some 20,000 non-resident workers (TNR) from Zhuhai will be exempted from underdoing a medical observation period when reentering Macau. The representative of the Public ... -
Briefs | Macau journalists exempt from US government’s new visa rules
Journalists in the semi-autonomous territories of Macau and Hong Kong will be exempt from new rules adopted by the U.S. government to tighten visa guidelines ... -
Lawmakers ejected in scuffles at Hong Kong’s legislature
Scuffles broke out at Hong Kong’s legislature Friday, with security guards ejecting several pro-democracy lawmakers including one carried out on a stretcher by medics after he ... -
‘Crucial venue’ for national education to be launched next year
A pavilion featuring multimedia exhibits and training tools on the subject of national education will be launched next year. Lou Pak Sang, director of the Education ... -
Britcham re-elects Keith Buckley as chairman
The British Chamber of Commerce in Macao (Britcham Macao) has elected Keith Buckley as Chairman for the fourth successive year. The chamber held its annual general ... -
IAM reverses earlier Tiananmen exhibition authorization
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has reversed its decision to allow the display in public spaces of an exhibition organized by lawmaker Ng Kuok Cheong’s group ... -
Legislature committee comes to agreement on Labor Law review
The Third Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) has agreed to the amendments to the Labor Relations Law. In order for the amendments to take ... -
First locally-born test tube babies registered at KWH
Macau has seen its first test tube babies born at Kiang Wu Hospital (KWH) as the result of the hospital’s special project to help with ... -
More slog than snapback is outlook for Europe’s virus recovery
For Javier Vazquez, business as usual will be a faint prospect even when he does get to reopen his two Madrid restaurants shuttered by the coronavirus. ... -
UK expected to stick to lockdown as Johnson outlines future
Taking a different tack than most other nations, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to extend the bulk of the country’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions for ... -
Europe agrees on $260 billion credit lines to stem fallout
Euro-area finance ministers agreed to allow the region’s bailout fund to extend credit lines to each of the bloc’s governments on concessionary terms, paving the way ... -
Australia | Most populous states start to ease virus lockdowns
Australia’s two most populous states, responsible for 65% of the nation’s coronavirus cases, are edging toward easing social-distancing restrictions after Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged them ... -
This Day in History | 1963 Moscow jails British ‘spy’
A British businessman accused of spying for the West has been sentenced to eight years’ detention by a Moscow tribunal. The President of the Court declared ... -
Russia, Belarus mark Victory Day in contrasting events
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked Victory Day, the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in a ceremony shorn of its usual ... -
Court: ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ is Seinfeld’s show
Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” was his creation despite copyright claims by a one-time collaborator who helped direct the first episode, an appeals court ... -
The Buzz | Colombian company creates bed that can double as coffin
A Colombian advertising company is pitching a novel if morbid solution to shortages of hospital beds and coffins during the coronavirus pandemic: combine them. ABC Displays ... -
Obama blasts Trump’s virus response as ‘chaotic disaster’
Former President Barack Obama delivered a blistering attack on Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it “an absolute chaotic disaster” as well as “anemic.” ... -
World Views | Half-time high school may be just what students need
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, Bloomberg Opinion will be running a series of features by our columnists that consider the long-term consequences of the crisis. This ... -
Monday, May 11, 2020 – edition no. 3530
* Gov’t reverses June 4 exhibition decision * 20,000 Zhuhai workers to avoid medical observation when headed to Macau * Air Macau’s 25-year concession, due ... -
Asia Today: Seoul shuts down more than 2,100 nightclubs
SEOUL — South Korea’s capital has shut down more than 2,100 nightclubs, hostess bars and discos after dozens of coronavirus infections were linked to club goers ... -
Border restrictions lifted for ‘blue cards’ living in Zhuhai
From 6:00 am Monday, May 11 all non-resident workers (TNR or ‘blue card’ holders) who live in Zhuhai can enter Macau without having to go through ... -
Asia Today: South Korea advises clubs to close, may delay schools
SEOUL — South Korea on Friday advised nightclubs and similar entertainment venues to close for a month and may delay the reopening of schools after linking ... -
Education bureau to release further details on lunch provision
THE Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) and educators across Macau are in regular communication in respect to providing lunch to small children under special daycare ... -
Supermarkets popular choice for e-voucher spending
Despite criticism of price hikes and calls to boycott local supermarkets, 1 in every 5 patacas spent using the e-voucher has gone to the supermarket industry ... -
Covid-19 testing expands to serve anyone wishing to cross the border
Starting today, Covid-19 testing will be extended to all Macau residents who want or have a need to cross the border into mainland China. Just a ... -
Catholic priest removed from post for alleged misconduct
A Macau-based priest who left for the Philippines on January 26 was formally removed from his post this week as the leader of the Catholic Pastoral ... -
Electric buses pose no problem to middle Bridge, local engineer says
Macau’s electric-powered buses (EV-Buses) should pose no significant threat to the stability of the Governador Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, a local civil engineer has told the ... -
Golden bus shuttles resume on delta bridge
The shuttle bus service operating between Macau and Hong Kong via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge recommences operations today, a month after being suspended. The bus ...
