Monthly Archives: May 2020
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Why open a store? Chinese merchants go livestreaming instead
At the height of China’s coronavirus outbreak, the skincare-products maker Forest Cabin closed more than half of its 300 stores across the nation as shoppers stayed ... -
Staycation offers from Sheraton, The St. Regis
The Sheraton Grand Macao and The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip are offering Staycation packages for locals from now until June 30, 2020. The packages include ... -
SCL volunteers help with school sanitization
A group of Sands Cares Ambassadors (SCA) has helped to clean and sanitize Concordia School of Special Education as part of Sands China’s cleaning initiative for ... -
The Buzz | Reports: Chinese Super League set to kick off in late June
The Chinese Super League is reportedly set to kick off in the last week of June, two weeks after lower-tier leagues are scheduled to begin in ... -
Vongfong | Strong typhoon slams into pandemic-hit Philippines
A strong typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines yesterday after authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people while trying to avoid the virus risks of overcrowding ... -
World Views | Vast numbers of unemployed will undermine China’s recovery on NPC’s watch
Millions of Chinese people are being thrown out of work by the collapse in global demand and a slow restart of the domestic economy. A ... -
Friday, May 15, 2020 – edition no. 3534
* Double standards — Zhuhai is charging its own residents for Covid-19 tests but footing the bill for Macau ID holders on the mainland. Why? * ... -
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 ... -
Asia Today: New Zealand has no new cases for 2nd day
New Zealand reported zero new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, the second day in a row without any new cases and the fourth day since ... -
Opinion | As Macau bans annual Tiananmen Massacre exhibition, Hong Kong should be wary of China exporting censorship
China’s Communist Party is continuing to export its repression of free speech. After more than 20 years of photographic exhibitions and vigils recounting the 4 June ... -
Cheong: cancellation of Tiananmen exhibition not for political reasons
Secretary for Administration and Justice, André Cheong Weng Chon, said that the cancellation of the photo exhibition that showcases the history of the 1989 Democracy Movement and the ... -
CE appoints Portuguese judges to lower courts
The Chief Executive has appointed two judges to the lower two courts; the Court of First Instance (TJB) and the Court of Second Instance (TSI). An ... -
DICJ leadership to change hands
The office of the Secretary for Economy and Finance has confirmed that Paulo Martins Chan will leave his post as director of the Gaming Inspection and ...
