Daily Archives: Thursday, October 15, 2020
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Asia Today: S.Korea reports 110 cases, half in Busan hospital
South Korea has reported 110 new cases of the coronavirus, half of them linked to a hospital in Busan. The numbers released by the Korea Disease ... -
Police raided Hong Kong media tycoon’s private offices, executive says
Media tycoon and activist Jimmy Lai said Hong Kong police raided one of his private offices, months after he was arrested under a new national security ... -
Judicial year opening | Ho Iat Seng commits to improving rule of law
In his speech to mark the opening of this judicial year yesterday, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng assured the public that the rule of law is ... -
Xi Jinping wants Macau, HK youngsters to move to China
President Xi Jinping called for new measures to encourage young people from Macau and Hong Kong to move to China, part of measures to integrate the ... -
Briefs | Polytec drops appeal to avoid further litigation costs: Alves
Lawyer Leonel Alves, when asked about property developer Polytec Group’s withdrawal of appeal in the Pearl Horizon case, estimated that the enterprise made the decision on ... -
Xi urges development of economic zones to better integrate mainland with the SARs
President Xi Jinping vowed to press ahead with plans to gain the global lead in technology and other strategic industries, despite expanding efforts from the U.S. ... -
Analysis | Macau casinos might be fertile ground for digital yuan
Macau might have an important role to play in the launch of China’s digital yuan if the city’s casinos adopt the currency instead of the Hong ... -
Crime | Police bust case of drug trafficking by post
A case of drug trafficking in which express courier services were used has been busted by the Judiciary Police (PJ), with MOP1.64 million worth of cocaine ... -
Lawmaker report | Sulu Sou still calling for more gov’t transparency
Pro-democrat lawmaker Sulu Sou is still dubbing the closed-door meetings of the committees of the Legislative Assembly (AL) as ‘secretive,’ stressing that there is a lack ... -
Air Macau’s concession contract extended for three years
The concession contract of Macau’s flagship airline, Air Macau, has been officially extended for a period of three years. The extension was announced yesterday on the ... -
Education | DSES: Growing number of students interested in mainland universities
Some 33.3% of final year high school students were interested in choosing mainland universities last year, 2.4% more compared with the previous year, according to statistics ... -
SMG hoisted Signal No.8 for nearly 12 hours
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted Signal No.8 for nearly 12 hours on Tuesday as Typhoon Nangka moved westward through the South China Sea, eventually ... -
Gov’t completes Iec Long firecracker factory retrieval process
The interdepartmental eviction group led by the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) yesterday finalized the retrieval process of the land plots associated with the ... -
IMF forecasts economy to shrink by 52.3%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has updated its forecast of the performance of Macau’s economy this year. According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook for Macau, ... -
China’s quiet experiment let millions view long-banned websites
In a quiet experiment of just two weeks, China provided millions of people access to long-forbidden foreign websites like YouTube and Instagram. The trial appears to signal the ... -
Pompeo defends 12 Hong Kongers detained in Shenzhen
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the 12 Hong Kong residents who were detained by China while allegedly trying to flee to Taiwan by boat ... -
China and Russia win seats on UN rights council, Saudis lose
China, Russia and Cuba won seats on the U.N.’s premiere human rights body despite opposition from activist groups over their abysmal human rights records, but another ... -
This day in history | 1964 Khrushchev ‘retires’ as head of USSR
Nikita Khrushchev has unexpectedly stepped down as leader of the Soviet Union. The official Soviet news agency, Tass, announced that a plenary meeting of the Communist ... -
Cyprus cancels maligned ‘golden passport’ scheme
Cyprus scrapped a lucrative program granting citizenship to wealthy investors amid new allegations that a top state official and a veteran lawmaker were implicated in attempts ... -
IMF envisions a sharp 4.4% drop in global growth for 2020
The International Monetary Fund foresees a steep fall in international growth this year as the global economy struggles to recover from the pandemic-induced recession, its worst ... -
CTM to offer new iPhone 12 lineup
CTM will offer the new iPhone 12 lineup, including iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12, and iPhone 12 mini, the telecommunication firm said ... -
MGM holds F&B training to members of Fuhong
MGM recently joined hands with Fuhong Society of Macau to provide a series of food and beverage related vocational trainings to the mental health rehabilitants of ... -
Drive In | A Filipina singer with heart in ‘Yellow Rose’
I’m illegal,” says Rosario “Rose” Garcia (Eva Noblezada), a Filipina living undocumented in Texas, in Diane Paragas’ “Yellow Rose.” The way she says it is meant, ... -
Book It | Cuomo book on NY pandemic outbreak short on state missteps
Gov. Andrew Cuomo condemned the federal government’s coronavirus response and lauded his own leadership efforts in a new book released yesterday that offers a few new ... -
Korean boy band BTS faces uproar in China over war comments
Chinese nationalists erupted in anger at South Korean boy band BTS after its leader thanked Korean War veterans for their sacrifices. The singer, who goes by ... -
World Bank approves $12B to finance virus vaccines, care
The World Bank has approved $12 billion in financing to help developing countries buy and distribute coronavirus vaccines, tests, and treatments, aiming to support the vaccination ... -
World Views | Should I report my partying neighbors to the pandemic police?
The pandemic has prompted European citizens to accept changes in social behavior that would have seemed impossible only a year ago. People have stopped shaking hands, ... -
Thursday, October 15, 2020 – edition no. 3638
* China club — President Xi Jinping wants young Macau and Hong Kong residents to move to China * Judicial Year | Ho Iat Seng commits to bettering ... -
The Buzz | Beijing is buying up record chunks of Japan’s debt mountain
China went on a record-buying spree of Japanese bonds over the summer months, snapping up $20.9 billion of the low-yielding debt to spur talk that it’s ...
