Monthly Archives: July 2020
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Surging cases in India, Africa highlight pandemic inequalities
South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have doubled in just two weeks to a quarter-million, and India on Saturday saw its biggest daily spike as its infections ... -
Amazon says email to employees banning TikTok was a mistake
Roughly five hours after an internal email went out Friday to Amazon employees telling them to delete the popular video app TikTok from their phones, the ... -
The Buzz | Singapore’s ruling party holds on to power but faces setback
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s long-governing party comfortably won Friday’s general elections as expected amid the coronavirus pandemic, but faced a setback as the opposition ... -
Puerto Rico questions Spain’s legacy as statues tumble in US
Statues, street names, plazas and even the body of conquistador Juan Ponce de León himself: Spain left a nearly indelible legacy in Puerto Rico that attracts ... -
World Views | Our past is racist and bigoted. How do we face it?
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. William Faulkner’s famous line comes from a harrowing tale about two women in Mississippi. One is ... -
Monday, July 13, 2020 – edition no. 3574
* Quarantine life — Plans for a southern China travel corridor are back on hold with even top officials required to undergo 14-day quarantine * The ... -
Hong Kong reports 28 more Covid-19 cases, 16 local
Health authorities confirmed 28 new cases of Covid-19 in Hong Kong today (Saturday), with another 33 cases pending confirmation, RTHK reported. The Centre for Health Protection ... -
Taiwan ships pork to Macau after 24-year hiatus, CNA reports
Pork from Taiwan arrived in Macau for the first time in 24 years Friday after the island was recently declared a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) free zone ... -
Asia Today: Australia Victoria state daily cases drop, China rejects food imports
MELBOURNE — The beleaguered Australian state of Victoria received some good news Saturday with health officials reporting 216 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 ... -
Seoul mayor’s death prompts sympathy, questions of his acts
SEOUL — The sudden death of Seoul’s mayor, reportedly implicated in a sexual harassment complaint, has prompted an outpouring of public sympathy even as it has ... -
Late King of Gambling Stanley Ho draws tributes from Xi Jinping, Hong Kong bigwigs
Hong Kong’s biggest names came out to say goodbye to Stanley Ho, the King of Gambling, marking the end of an era. But the most powerful ... -
Macau officials quarantined after attending Stanley Ho funeral in Hong Kong
Edmund Ho, Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Lei Wai Nong, Secretary for Economy and Finance, will both be undergoing mandatory quarantine for ... -
Asia Today: Australia’s Victoria state has record 288 cases
— Australia: Victoria state on Friday reported the new daily record of 288 coronavirus cases, which also reflects a record number of tests exceeding 37,500. Meanwhile, ... -
Big Read: After lobbying, Catholic Church won $1.4 billion in virus aid
By REESE DUNKLIN & MICHAEL REZENDES, NEW YORK The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least ... -
Retaining talent crucial for emerging industries: researcher
Macau should strive to retain its talent while attracting more non-resident talent to the region, Lau Veng Seng, convener of Human Resources Policy Research Group of ... -
Briefs | Another man arrested for possession of child pornography
A retired local 65-year-old man, surnamed Tam, has been found by the Judiciary Police to be in possession of hundreds of sexual videos and images, ... -
Ho Iat Seng: Greater Bay project offers diversity opportunity
In his opening speech at yesterday’s Economic Development Committee annual plenary, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng reiterated that Macau should “utilize its institutional advantages underlying the ... -
Gov’t seen to tighten issuing of blue cards
The government may impose stricter measures on the issuing of Non-Resident Worker’s Permits, commonly known as blue cards, in order to protect local workers amid the ... -
Courts | IPIM: Defense lawyers protest use of WeChat voice messages, appeal denied
The high-profile criminal trial against the former leaders of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and their alleged affiliates continued yesterday, with defense ... -
Wynn celebrates Micro-Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day and champions local SMEs
The United Nations has designated 27 June as the official Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day to recognize the vital contributions made by MSMEs to both ... -
Macau implements stricter entry measures following HK’s new wave
A set of stringent infection control rules has been implemented at all border crossing checkpoints for the Macau SAR, as the city remains vigilant following a ... -
Personalities, top officials gather for Stanley Ho funeral
Macau’s Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong and former Chief Executive Edmund Ho were among the Macau delegation attending the vigil for casino legend ... -
Inês Chan explains recent closed-door inaugurations
The new director of the Government Information Bureau, Inês Chan, explained yesterday that journalists had not been invited to recent government events, such as her own ... -
Hong Kong | TikTok gone from app stores as china law bites
ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok is no longer available to download for either iPhones or Android devices in Hong Kong, exiting the market just days after the passage ... -
HKD peg defense tops $13 billion as demand surges
Demand for Hong Kong dollars is intensifying in the face of an increasingly politicized environment, with mainland buying helping to buoy both the pegged currency and ... -
This Day in History | 2000 UK tidal wave of web users
One in four British homes is now using the internet according to figures released by the government. A new survey by the Office for National Statistics ... -
Australia ends Hong Kong extradition treaty, extends visas
Australia suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and extended visas for Hong Kong residents in response to China’s imposition of a tough national security law ... -
Day 577 in China cell: Ex-envoy’s wife fights in Huawei standoff
In one of Michael Kovrig’s letters, the former Canadian diplomat describes life in a Chinese prison as a “gray, grinding monotony.” Confined to a windowless concrete ... -
The Buzz | China cancels all international sports events for the year
China says it will not stage any international sports for the rest of the year, apart from trials for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing ... -
Seoul mayor missing, his phone turned off, search underway
Authorities searched yesterday for the mayor of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, who vanished amid sexual harassment allegations after leaving a message that his daughter described as ... -
World Views | Meet Donald Trump’s New Political Football: TikTok
It’s official. TikTok has become a political football. The surging social media app, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., is ensnared in the escalating tensions between China ... -
Friday, July 10, 2020 – edition no. 3573
* Gov’t seen to tighten issuing of blue cards * IPIM trial | Defense lawyers protest use of WeChat voice messages * Personalities, top officials ... -
Asia Today: Hong Kong, Tokyo see record spikes feed fears of Asia second wave
— Hong Kong will tighten its social-distancing measures again after reporting 42 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, sparking fears of a new wave of infections. Of ... -
Sin Fong owners insist: MOP100m was in fact a donation
The management committee of the collapsed Sin Fong Garden has issued an open letter to state once again that the reconstruction fund of MOP100 million was ...
