Daily Archives: Thursday, October 8, 2020
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The upside in Crown Sydney ‘was from the international VIP business’: Packer
Crown Resorts Ltd.’s billionaire shareholder James Packer today (Thursday) acknowledged he knew that junket operations in Australian casinos were vulnerable to money laundering, and that there ... -
World Press Photo Foundation investigating exhibition closure
The World Press Photo Foundation says it is following up with local partner Casa de Portugal em Macau (CPM) to find out why the World Press ... -
Lawmakers submit new trade union bill to AL
Lawmakers José Pereira Coutinho and Sulu Sou yesterday submitted a new version of a bill that proposes to establish a Trade Union Law in Macau. The ... -
Briefs | Gov’t expands distinctive local shop scheme
The Macao Economic Bureau (DSE) is planning to expand its distinctive local shop scheme, according to a report by TDM. In July the DSE started the ... -
Gaming | US operators losing license only ‘remote’ possibility, says brokerage
It is unlikely that any of the U.S.-owned gaming operators will come up short in their bids for a new concession to operate in Macau, according ... -
Sonia Chan: Withdrawal of gov’t shares in companies possible
The Macau government has withdrawn its investments in the Macau New Technologies Incubator Centre as part of its public investment plan restructure, Sonia Chan, director of ... -
Angela Leong hints at delay of Cotai projects
Both the Grand Lisboa Palace and Lisboeta projects may see their openings delayed until next year due to the pandemic, Angela Leong, Executive Director of Sociedade ... -
Local couple accused of perpetrating HKD10 million chips scam
A local couple has been detained on the charge of carrying out a scam involving HKD10 million in casino chips, the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed yesterday ... -
World Press Photo Exhibition closed without warning
The World Press Photo Exhibition at Casa Garden has been closed since October 1, the Times has learned, with no indication that it will reopen before ... -
Group urges IAM president to step down
A group of caretakers for stray animals, together with representatives of the Macau People Power association, have urged the president of the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) ... -
Tourism representatives call on gov’t to lift Covid-19 tests for GBA residents
Lawmaker Mak Soi Kun urged the local government to lift the Covid-19 test requirement in respect of all kinds of border entries. Well-known local businessman Cora ... -
30 researchers in science and technology fields receive awards
An award ceremony was held by the government yesterday to celebrate 16 projects and 30 researchers in the science and technology fields. A total of 46 ... -
China’s building mega refineries just as fuel demand stalls
China is investing tens of billions of dollars in new mega-refineries even as its fuel demand is expected to peak within five years, raising the risk ... -
Messner’s law firm represented state-run Chinese insurer
Republican Senate candidate Corky Messner takes a hard line against China in his campaign, but his law firm once represented an insurance company run by the ... -
Ex-Chinese diplomat details new WTO forecast on world trade
A former Chinese diplomat took center stage yesterday [Macau time] at the World Trade Organization, announcing its revised prediction for a 9.2% percent decline in world ... -
This day in history | 2003 The Terminator takes on California
The film star Arnold Schwarzenegger has been elected governor of California, ousting the incumbent, Gray Davis, three years before his term was due to end. It ... -
Circus school in full swing again, despite Covid
The ropes are swinging. Chalk stains the mats anew. And students at the ESAC international circus school in Brussels are smiling again, even if it is ... -
Book It | ‘Missionaries’ sees our forever wars as vocation
Phil Klay’s “Redeployment” was a masterwork in mostly spare prose, its tonal range from laugh-out-loud, Joseph Heller-esque absurdity to soul-crushing bleakness. It may be our best ... -
Two scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for ‘gene scissors’
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry yesterday for developing a method of genome editing likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one ... -
Our Desk | A not-so-golden week
The streets of Leal Senado leading up to the Ruins of St Paul have not been crowded for the past – at least – seven months, ... -
Thursday, October 8, 2020 – edition no. 3634
* Americans can stay — US operators losing gaming license is ‘remote’ possibility, says brokerage * A Viewer Guide | Virus response on stage with Pence, ...
