Monthly Archives: September 2020
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The Buzz | Typhoon unleashes rain, strong winds in southern Japan
The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands yesterday, blowing off rooftops and leaving homes without ... -
Brazil leader rapped for stirring doubt on Covid-19 vaccine
Critics of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are again speaking out against the leader’s stance on the coronavirus pandemic, this time rejecting his view that vaccination for ... -
World Views | Trump or Biden, who’s best for dollar vs. euro?
Strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. wrote this week about the odds narrowing on a Donald Trump win in the U.S. presidential election. His opponent, ... -
Monday, September 7, 2020 – edition no. 3613
* Migrant distress — Foreign worker associations say the gov’t has overlooked many of their concerns about employment agencies * Law excludes professions in bid to ... -
Law excludes unqualified healthcare personnel in order to protect their jobs
The Macau SAR government decided to include 15 types of healthcare professionals into registration and the operation-licensing regime in order to regulate high-risk medical areas as ... -
Asia Today: India adds another 83K, nears 2nd most in world
The number of people confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus in India rose by another 80,000 and is near Brazil’s total, the second-highest in the ... -
LRT East Line to go underground with cost estimate of MOP2 billion
The Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) East Line system will be built entirely underground, the government announced yesterday in the press conference for the launch of ... -
Only 30% of civil servant applicants pass ability test
Just 30% aspiring civil servants passed the government’s comprehensive ability evaluation. Earlier this week, the SAR government published a list of final grades for the exam. ... -
Briefs | Gov’t charging stations more expensive than private ones
The Macau SAR’s planned charging stations for electric motorbikes will be more expensive than private ones. The Office for the Development of the Energy Sector ... -
Urban Master Plan unveiled with emphasis on regional, international links
The government’s urban development plans for the next 20 years were unveiled yesterday when the public consultation document was presented by the interdepartmental group in charge ... -
High school students remember China-Japan conflict at war exhibition
Students at yesterday’s opening of a history exhibition pledged to enhance their knowledge of the Second World War, specifically the Japanese invasion of China. The exhibition, ... -
Gaming | Australia: Crown admits newspaper ad included false claims
The board of Crown Resorts misled investors through a newspaper advertisement last year that claimed long-time junket partner Suncity was controlled by a regulated Hong Kong ... -
Gov’t collaborates with gaming operators to promote in Beijing
The government is set to launch a tourism promotion campaign during the second week of September on Beijing’s busiest commercial street. The campaign will involve the ... -
Macau universities retain positions in global university rankings
The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the University of Macau (UM) have retained their places on the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) ranking. ... -
Mainland-Macau conference explores post-Covid future for business
A conference on cooperation between mainland and Macau enterprises was held online yesterday, drawing the participation of government officials, business interests and investment promoters, who explored ... -
China using big data to tackle ‘cross-border’ gambling
Mainland officials say they are using big data to identify Chinese residents planning to go overseas for gambling purposes and have prevented them from leaving the ... -
China commemorates 75th anniversary of end of Pacific War
China yesterday commemorated the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific, during which it endured a brutal invasion and occupation of ... -
Czech Senate president meets Taiwan leader; Beijing protests
The Czech Senate president met with Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen and other top government officials yesterday during a rare trip by a foreign dignitary to the ... -
This Day in History | 1957 Homosexuality ‘should not be a crime’
A report sponsored by the government has suggested homosexual behaviour between consenting adults should no longer be a criminal offence. The proposal is the principal and ... -
Germany | Soviet-era nerve agent used on Russia’s Navalny
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent used in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, the ... -
K-shaped recovery in emerging markets sees rich get richer
Emerging markets are being split apart by an increasingly K-shaped recovery. Stocks and currencies from wealthier developing nations have outperformed their poorer peers since the coronavirus ... -
Football | Nations League offers late start in 2020 for national teams
Europe’s national teams will play their first games of 2020 when the UEFA Nations League campaign starts this week in stadiums without fans. Kicking off with ... -
The Buzz | Hong Kong mass testing finds only few cases
Only six people in Hong Kong have tested positive for the coronavirus out of a batch of 128,000 residents who had undergone the mass-testing program that ... -
EU unveils plan to secure raw materials, cut dependency
Worried by an increasing dependency on the raw materials used to make smart phones, televisions and energy-saving lights, the European Union yesterday launched a new strategy ... -
World Views | Iceland has very good news about coronavirus immunity
The emergence of a handful of people reinfected by SARS-Cov-2 — including individuals in Hong Kong, Italy and the U.S. — has sparked panic over the future course of the ... -
Friday, September 4, 2020 – edition no. 3612
* Macau 2040 — Public consultation on the Urban Master Plan starts today for a future city of 808,000 people with an area of 37sqkm * ... -
Asia Today: Beijing receiving first int’l flights since March
Beijing’s main international airport today (Thursday) began receiving international flights again from a limited number of countries considered at low risk of coronavirus infection. Passengers flying ... -
Crime | PJ arrests nine linked to unlawful bank loan scheme
Nine local men have been detained by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on suspicion of being involved in a scheme that took out bank loans justified by ... -
Briefs | Vulnerable families to get another gov’t payment
The Macau SAR government is giving over 3,000 vulnerable families another assistance payment, according to a statement released by the Social Welfare Bureau. The money, ... -
Crime | Forged gaming chip puts four behind bars
The use of a forged HKD100,000 gaming chip at a casino has led to the arrest of four local men, the Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson revealed ... -
SAR vulnerable to job losses if travel restrictions, quarantine continue
The Macau SAR is in sixth place globally among the cities for which travel and tourism have the largest contribution to their respective region’s employment, making ... -
The 13 Hotel in financial trouble again after sale agreement lapses
The developer of the troubled The 13 Hotel is looking for other prospective buyers after a sale proposal and purchase agreement for the hotel collapsed. The ... -
PokerStars exits operations in China, Macau and Taiwan
The world’s largest online poker site, PokerStars, is said to have exited markets in China, Macau and Taiwan this week. As cited in an email posted ... -
Law firm that defended Ng Lap Seng sues for non-payment
The law firm that defended billionaire real estate developer Ng Lap Seng in his criminal bribery case is accusing the Macau businessman of not paying more ... -
Briefs | 60,000 secondary school students started classes
Over 60,000 secondary school students have already started their classes, according to the director of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ). This number corresponds ...
