Daily Archives: Thursday, June 4, 2020
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Asia Today: Australia to restart flights to New Zealand
Canberra Airport opened a register for travelers interested in flying from the Australian capital to New Zealand on July 1 in a proposed resumption of international ... -
Hong Kong outlaws insulting China’s national anthem
Hong Kong’s legislature approved a contentious bill Thursday that makes it illegal to insult the Chinese national anthem. The legislation was approved after pro-democracy opposition lawmakers ... -
Group demands gov’t prepare for ‘imminent war’
Macau People Power has demanded the local government create measures and instructions in preparation for an “imminent war,” and have called on the Macau authority to ... -
China easing airline access amid conflict with Washington
Chinese regulators said Thursday more foreign airlines will be allowed to fly to China as anti-coronavirus controls ease but it was unclear whether the change will ... -
MGTO: Returnee retrieval operation unlike regular travel
Further details need to be negotiated and confirmed before the retrieval operation for returnees can commence, Inês Chan, an official from the Macao Government Tourism Office ... -
Higher education | MUST scores 32nd best among Asian Universities
The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) has placed 32nd among the top 100 universities in Asia according to Times Higher Education’s (THE) ranking. The ... -
Briefs | Lawmaker proposes schools join pensions fund
Lawmaker Ella Lei has proposed for the local government to include schools in the non-mandatory central provident fund. In her most recent interpellation to the ... -
Macau Pass made 35.6 million patacas profit last year
Local e-payment service provider Macau Pass has announced a profit after tax amounting to 35.6 million patacas for the 2019 financial year. The company has also ... -
Macao Foundation hotline, website ready to respond to employee subsidy questions
The Macao Foundation is launching both a hotline and a website to answer the public’s questions regarding the government’s 10-billion-pataca Covid-19 relief subsidy. Zhong Yi, vice-president ... -
Health authorities say they assist patients formerly receiving treatment elsewhere
Macau health authorities have taken over treating patients who were formerly receiving medical consultations in other jurisdictions, Alvis Lo Iek Long, clinical director of the public ... -
Animal welfare struggling amid Covid-19
An animal welfare charity in Macau says its adoption program and fundraising efforts have been hindered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Wing Lee, convener of Macao Animals’ ... -
Boris Johnson pledges UK will let in Hong Kong citizens if needed
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the United Kingdom stands ready to open the door to almost 3 million Hong Kong citizens, as the city’s leader ... -
HSBC, Jardine voice support for China’s security law
HSBC Holdings Plc’s top executive in Asia has come out in support of a controversial national security law drafted by China’s central government for Hong Kong. ... -
Crime | Police dismantle illegal gambling scheme
The Public Security Police Force (PSP) has dismantled an illegal gambling scheme involving betting on Mahjong, a tile-based game similar to the western card game Rummy, ... -
Crime | Man charged for aggravated bodily harm during house visit
A non-resident worker from Vietnam has been charged with assaulting another man during a visit to an apartment he hoped to rent, the Judiciary Police (PJ) ... -
Greater Bay ‘travel bubble’ unlikely to happen until late summer at earliest
The Greater Bay Area ‘travel bubble’ remains an uncertain prospect after Hong Kong extended its border restrictions in response to detecting a new cluster of Covid-19 ... -
Ho Iat Seng in talks with Guangdong officials to facilitate cross-border travel
Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng and Guangdong’s governor Ma Xingrui are in agreement over the benefit of resuming cross-border visitor movements, but no arrangement has ... -
Singapore’s long lockdown challenges leaders facing election
Singapore’s approach to the virus is set to become a defining issue in upcoming elections, with lockdown curbs set to drag on past most of Asia’s ... -
Wuhan tests 10 million people, finds few infections
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first detected late last year, has tested nearly 10 million people in an unprecedented 19-day campaign to ... -
South Korea reopening schools despite spike in cases
South Korea yesterday reported 49 new cases of COVID-19, continuing a weekslong resurgence of the virus as the government defended its decision to reopen schools despite ... -
This Day in History | 1968 Dover begins bird purge
It’s Seagull Week in Dover. This is not, as you might expect, a celebration of the bird whose cry evokes the fresh sea air, fish ‘n’ ... -
Italy to map out economic revival as travel ban ends
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will unveil his plan to rebuild a battered economy on the day Italians end almost three months of lockdown measures and can ... -
Europe’s economy scarred by lockdowns starts on slow recovery
Europe’s economy is slowly emerging from a record slump that’s destroyed businesses and jobs and could lead to a near double-digit contraction year. A gauge of ... -
Zoom transforms hype into huge jump in sales, customers
Zoom Video Communications Inc. demonstrated that paying customers have flocked to its virtual-meeting software, transforming the once-niche appmaker into a popular communications service and positioning it ... -
VIRUS DIARY | He draws, and a world opens up for his mother
I cannot draw. I am unable to sketch anything past the outlines of a simple flower or a house no one would want to live in. ... -
The Buzz | Hong Kong can get US dollars from China if needed, says financial chief
China’s central bank can provide U.S. dollars to back Hong Kong’s currency peg should the Trump administration impose sanctions on the territory, according to the city’s ... -
US streets calmest in days, protests largely peaceful
Protests were largely peaceful and the nation’s streets were calmer than they have been in days since the killing of George Floyd set off sometimes violent ... -
World Views | The mighty U.S. dollar is having a wobble
The mighty U.S. Dollar is having a wobble, falling to its lowest level on a trade-weighted basis since March. It’s a sign that the economic ... -
Thursday, June 4, 2020 – edition no. 3548
* Travel bubble talk — Macau and Guangdong share goals of border normalization as HK turns inward * Singapore virus handling to be core issue in ...
