Monthly Archives: June 2020
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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 ... -
Law amendment to recquire insurers to retain records for up to 10 years
The government has proposed an amendment which requires insurance companies to keep business documents for a longer period, the Third Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly ... -
Briefs | Air Macau flight crew reportedly takes Covid-19 test every week
Flight crews working with Air Macau are required to undergo a Covid-19 swab nucleic acid test every seven days, an insider told the Times. The ... -
Sands China records more losses in April than in Q1
Sands China Ltd.’s net loss in April was $180 million, compared to the $166 million net loss from January to March amid the pandemic outbreak. In ... -
Chongqing announces resumption of visa issuance to SARs
Mainland China has resumed processing both Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) and group tour travel visas to the SARs, according to an official announcement issued by the ... -
MGM reshuffles after Bowie retirement announcement
MGM China will undergo a leadership restructure with the reshuffling of several positions, including that of Co-Chairperson Pansy Ho, whose role will shift from executive director ... -
Democrat association appeals police objection on its vigil
Democrat group New Macau Association (ANM) submitted an appeal to the court in the hopes of reversing the Public Security Police Force’s (PSP) decision to decline ... -
IAM pledges to keep Portuguese cobblestone pavement
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has pledged to keep the traditional Portuguese cobblestone pavement in the public spaces of Macau, the bureau said in an official ... -
Scholar discusses solutions to make cities more permeable
The increase of the impermeability of our cities and its influence on the habitat fragmentation and degradation of the ecosystems was the topic of a talk ... -
Macau Urban Renewal Limited records loss in 2019
Government-owned Macau Urban Renewal Limited recorded an investment loss of 1,439,932 patacas in 2019, according to the Follow-up Committee for Public Finance Affairs of the Legislative ... -
China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO
THROUGHOUT January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus and thanked the Chinese government for ...
