Monthly Archives: June 2020
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Asia Today: China sees 57 new cases, Bangladesh over 3,000
BEIJING — China on Sunday reported its biggest one-day jump in coronavirus cases in two months after closing the biggest wholesale food market in Beijing and ... -
A semi-private viewing of Ronaldo as Italian soccer resumes
TURIN — Cristiano Ronaldo bellowed out a loud expletive when he missed a chance at the end of the first half in Italy’s first soccer match ... -
Asia Today: India records single-day high, Beijing outbreak at market
NEW DELHI — India reported more than 11,000 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, another single-day high for the country, as it passed the grim milestone of ... -
Crazy rich Asian: The former reporter behind a fugitive’s $8 billion fortune
When entertainment reporter Kimbie Chan Hoi-wan first met her future husband, billionaire mogul Joseph Lau, she reached out to a mole on his head and asked ... -
Vetting of 1,981 done, now awaiting Zhuhai’s approval
The local government has completed the vetting of 1,981 local residents who wish to be enlisted in Zhuhai’s quarantine policy. Lo Iek Long, a clinical director ... -
Fewer seats for Summer Activities this year
This year’s Summer Activities Program will have 30,000 fewer seats than last year, due to Covid-19 conditions in Macau, the government has announced. Each year, the ... -
Briefs | Typhoon may hit SARs over weekend
A low-pressure area that is developing near the Philippines has the coast of Guangdong in its trajectory, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) announced in ... -
Security chief couldn’t guarantee next year’s June 4 vigil
Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, stated yesterday that he would not make assumptions and could not guarantee that the June 4 vigil’s application would be ... -
Legislative assembly | Cheong pledges more eco-friendly gov’t vehicles
At the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Secretary for Administration and Justice, André Cheong, replied to the spoken inquiries of lawmakers, saying that they are aiming to ... -
Gov’t fails to exercise measures with similar standards, says Agnes Lam
Lawmaker Agnes Lam expressed that the government had acted as though there were different standards for events hosted by the government and private entities. The Times ... -
Ex-IPIM head heard in court over corruption allegations
The opening court hearing on the corruption allegation against Jackson Chang, the former president of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), was finally held ... -
Association demands gov’t stop repeated quarantine measures
Two local residents delivered a petition of complaint to the government’s headquarters yesterday, urging the Macau SAR to stop measures that require mandatory 14-day quarantines be ... -
HK to conclude work on mutual health status between Macau, mainland China
The Hong Kong government is about to conclude its work to promote the mutual recognition of health codes between Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China, Hong ... -
Approved mortgage loans drop 35%
The value of new residential mortgage loans (RMLs) approved by Macau banks dropped by 35.1% month-on-month to MOP2.01 billion in April, according to data issued by ... -
Hong Kong | Joshua Wong calls Lebron a hypocrite for China silence
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong accused LeBron James of hypocrisy, after the NBA superstar moved to form a group supporting black voting rights in the ... -
South China cleaning up from floods but more rain on the way
Parts of southern China still cleaning up yesterday from floods that have left at least 20 people dead or missing are forecast to be hit with ... -
This Day in History | 1964 Nelson Mandela jailed for life
The leader of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, Nelson Mandela, has been jailed for life for sabotage. Seven other defendants, including the former secretary-general of ... -
UK | Worries mount of inequality increase from school closures
Six months away from the classroom, at least. That’s the prospect facing most children in the U.K., an absence that is likely to cause harm to ... -
Norway | White nationalist gets 21 years for slaying, mosque attack
A white nationalist Norwegian man who killed his stepsister and then stormed an Oslo mosque and opened fire, hitting no one, was found guilty yesterday and ... -
Football | Bayern beats Frankfurt in cup semi, still targeting double
Robert Lewandowski scored the winning goal as Bayern Munich beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 yesterday [Macau time] to reach the German Cup final, with both teams paying ... -
The Buzz | Hedge fund manager who nailed 2015 China crash is hoarding cash
The Hong Kong arm of China’s biggest asset manager is amassing cash and building up short positions in a bet that the U.S.-China power games will ... -
HBO Max removes ‘Gone With the Wind,’ will add context
HBO Max has temporarily removed “Gone With the Wind” from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for ... -
Editorial | The serpent’s egg
Police authorities have denied the organization of the annual June 4 vigil in remembrance of the victims of Tiananmen on the grounds of public health safety. ... -
Friday, June 12, 2020 – edition no. 3554
* It depends — Wong cannot assure vigil will go ahead next year * HK about to conclude mutual health status with Macau, mainland China ... -
Asia Today: Tracing harder in S. Korea, Indian cases spike
SEOUL — South Korea has reported 45 new cases of COVID-19, all but two of them in the greater capital area, continuing a weekslong resurgence that ... -
GEG holds parenting skills training for team members
Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) organized a parenting skills training workshop for the second consecutive year, in hopes of helping team members enhance their parent-child relationships during ... -
People Power: Group calls for expansion of salary subsidy scheme
Macau People Power has urged the SAR government to expand the salary subsidies scheme to include more residents. Yesterday, a representative of the association delivered a ... -
ANM: high-rise building project ‘unreasonable’
The New Macau Association (ANM) has once again urged the local government to suspend the high-rise building project that would obscure the view of the Guia ... -
Letter to the Editor | Combating the common enemy of mankind through solidarity and cooperation
On June 7, China’s State Council Information Office issued a white paper titled “Fighting COVID-19: China in Action”. Consisting of four parts, namely, “China’s fight against ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t to launch special ferry to and from HK airport
A special ferry service between Macau’s Taipa Ferry Terminal and Hong Kong International Airport’s SkyPier will be operated by both TurboJET and Cotai Water Jet between ... -
SAR flag carrier records MOP150 million profit in 2019
Air Macau, the city’s flag carrier has made a profit of 150 million patacas that has been fully carried forward to this year, as publicized yesterday ... -
Crime | ‘Ghost riders’ finally caught
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have finally identified and detained two suspects for a strange case involving the disappearance and reappearance of a motorcycle, a PJ spokesperson ... -
Briefs | Consulate sees increase in residency application
The Consulate General of Portugal in Macau and Hong Kong has received some 1,100 applications in the first five months of the year, mainly from ... -
GBA internship program offers 50 vacancies
The internship program for Macau local youth in the Greater Bay Area is now open for applications, offering a total of 50 positions, the Talents Development ... -
Authorities axe group’s environmental protection activities
A series of ongoing activities organized by the group Macau for Waste Reduction , which is dedicated to waste collection for recycling, have been disrupted by ...
