Monthly Archives: July 2020
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Asia Today: Another spike brings India past 900,000 cases
India’s number of coronavirus cases jumped by another 28,000 on Tuesday and are fast approaching 1 million. The 28,498 cases reported in the past 24 hours ... -
Higher Education | Macau students may lose university offers after IB algorithm delivers shock results
The Times has learned that some students in Macau may lose their university placement offers abroad because of a new grading algorithm employed by the International ... -
Hong Kong’s resilient dollar looks more shakey after decline
The Hong Kong dollar is suddenly appearing more vulnerable, after weeks of trading at the strong end of its band against the greenback. Late on Friday, ... -
Up to half of working population on reduced paid leave
A survey with 936 valid responses shows that half of its respondents are on unpaid leave, semi-paid leave, underemployed, or have had their pay cut. The ... -
Construction workers demand employment continue at Galaxy Phase 4
Some 350 local workers gathered at the site of an under-construction integrated resort yesterday morning to demand their employment with construction sub-contractors continue amid the Covid-19 ... -
Alvin Chau dubs allegations ‘extremely absurd and unreasonable’
Tycoon Alvin Chau has condemned rumors that Suncity Group has been subsidizing Hong Kong rioters, disclosing information on VIP customers to mainland Chinese authorities, and failing ... -
Courts | Prosecution lists more ‘front companies’ used to wrongfully acquire residence cards
In the trial of the case involving 26 total defendants, several of which are former high-ranked officials from the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), ... -
Briefs | Education regulator warns about fake background check calls
Several residents have reported calls made in English by people claiming to be officers of the education authority attempting to collect data with regard to ... -
Sands China supports local SME to improve products, service standards
A Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) rooted in the Macau SAR for more than 50 years is continually innovating its products and services with the assistance ... -
Briefs | All casino patrons need to take nucleic acid tests
After yesterday’s announcement that people from Hubei Province will now be allowed to visit Macau’s casinos again, the SAR government has signaled it will require ... -
Quarantine lifted for all mainland China provinces
The entire mainland is now off Macau’s list of highly infected zones, meaning that entrants from the north of the country will no longer need to ... -
Negative Covid-19 test required for outbound passengers
Starting from 6 p.m. today, all passengers leaving the Macau SAR via air or ferry services will be required to present a negative Covid-19 nucleic ... -
China sanctions Rubio, Cruz, Smith, Brownback for criticism
China said yesterday it will impose sanctions on three U.S. lawmakers and one ambassador in response to similar actions taken by the U.S. last week against ... -
Hong Kong | Organizers of Tiananmen vigil appear in court
The organizers of a vigil commemorating China’s bloody 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square appeared in a Hong Kong court on Monday on charges of inciting others ... -
Hong Kong | 600,000 vote in pro-democracy primaries
Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents turned up over the weekend to vote in an unofficial primary election held by the city’s pro-democracy camp as ... -
This Day in History | 1989 Paris in 200-year-old revolutionary fervour
About 500 people have been involved in scuffles in the Place de la Bastille in Paris. Hundreds of thousands of revellers took to the streets of ... -
Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraft
Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth — big time. Three countries — the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates — are ... -
Johnson urged to ban Huawei in UK 5G networks by end-2021
Boris Johnson is under pressure to announce a ban on telecoms companies from installing new equipment made by Huawei Technologies Co in Britain’s fifth-generation mobile networks ... -
Washington’s NFL team drops ‘Redskins’ name after 87 years
The Washington NFL franchise announced yesterday it is dropping the “Redskins” name and Indian head logo, bowing to recent pressure from sponsors and decades of criticism ... -
The Buzz | Hong Kong increases social distancing measures
Hong Kong has banned public gatherings of more than four and required face coverings on public transport as the city battles an increase in COVID-19 cases. ... -
Hollywood | Kelly Preston, actor and wife of John Travolta, dies at 57
Kelly Preston, who played dramatic and comic foil to actors ranging from Tom Cruise in “Jerry Maguire” to Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Twins,” died yesterday [Macau time], ... -
Our Desk | The opportunities in #quaranfood
The outbreak of the global pandemic felt in Macau during the last weeks of January has brought forth several changes which many now consider the new ... -
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 – edition no. 3575
* Open border — The entire mainland is now off Macau’s list of highly infected zones, meaning that visitors from the north of China will no ... -
Casino shares jump after China lifts quarantine rules for Macau
Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Wynn Resorts Ltd. and other global casino companies rallied today (Monday) after prospects brightened for Macau, the world’s largest gambling ... -
Asia Today: Hong Kong, hot spots shut again
Hong Kong reported 52 new cases yesterday (Monday), 41 of which were locally transmitted as the city battles a renewed outbreak of the coronavirus. Of the ... -
Pandemic deals blow to job market confidence
Consumer confidence is sitting at levels similar to that in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, according to the Macao Employee Confidence and Satisfaction Index ... -
Transport bureau to cut 110 motorbike parking spaces
The 110 free-of- charge parking spaces for motorbikes along a section of Avenida de Artur Tamagnini Barbosa near the Border Gate will be removed to create ... -
Briefs | Police bust illegal food operation in residential unit
In the course of investigating an illegal non-resident worker report, the Public Security Police Force happened to bust an illegal fish processing facility in a ... -
After local promotions, Macau tour guides earning nearly basic income
After months without work, some tour guides are now earning 4,000 patacas per month when they are fortunate enough to conduct one tour per week, a ... -
GBA health code recognition ‘almost ready’ but officially paused
The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U has officially confirmed that the planned travel bubble between Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province ... -
Stories from quarantine: Stranded in paradise
One of the consequences of the many travel restrictions imposed by countries and regions all around the world is the high number of people left stranded, ... -
UK-China ties freeze with debate over Huawei, Hong Kong
Only five years ago, then-British Prime Minister David Cameron was celebrating a “golden era” in U.K.-China relations, bonding with President Xi Jinping over a pint of ... -
WHO experts to visit China to plan Covid-19 investigation
Two World Health Organization experts were heading to the Chinese capital on Friday to lay the groundwork for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus ... -
Beijing vows retaliation against US sanctions over Xinjiang
China said it will retaliate against U.S. officials and institutions following Washington’s imposition of sanctions on three local officials of the ruling Communist Party over human ... -
This Day in History | 1985 Live Aid makes millions for Africa
The Live Aid concert for the starving in Africa has raised triple the £10m expected. And as the London event draws to a close at Wembley ...
