Monthly Archives: October 2020
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Suspect detained in HKD800,000 counterfeit money scam
A 33-year-old man from the mainland was detained by the Judiciary Police (PJ) as one of three suspects involved in a HKD800,000 counterfeit banknote fraud case. ... -
Briefs | Gov’t not proposing establishment of liquor licensing system
The Macau SAR government is not suggesting that a liquor licensing system be established, according to the transcript of a public consultation on alcohol control ... -
City sees 21,500 visitors on 5th day of Golden Week
The number of tourists from mainland China is showing a slight improvement as Macau recorded a total of 21,500 visitors for the fifth day of the ... -
PJ to set up national security department next week
The Judiciary Police (PJ) will set up a new department on October 12 for safeguarding national security, the government announced yesterday. According to a dispatch published ... -
Worker’s group objects to cancellation of cash handouts
Some of the city’s frontline workers have expressed disapproval and refused to accept the idea of canceling the cash handout for next year. Their representatives conveyed ... -
Police confirm dead body found on Hac Sa Beach
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have confirmed that a dead body was found yesterday afternoon after a reader of the Times provided a lead about the discovery ... -
Sulu Sou concerned about school subsidies
Pro-democracy lawmaker Sulu Sou is concerned about the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) lack of supervisory capacity, due to the high amount of subsidies that ... -
Ex-lawmaker Chan Wai Chi considering running in next election
Former full-attendance lawmaker Paul Chan Wai Chi hinted at his desire to run in the next election, which will take place in 2021. The member of ... -
Lawmaker Ella Lei asks gov’t to further digitize procedures
Complimenting the government’s move to digitize certain services, lawmaker Ella Lei has asked the government to make further progress on this, including allowing the full electronic ... -
Ng Kuok Cheong calls on gov’t to improve parking lot ventilation
In his recent written inquiry, lawmaker Ng Kuok Cheong asked the government about progress in improving ventilation in underground parking lots across the city. The lawmaker ... -
Half a billion travelers show China’s economy moving past Covid
Hotel prices shot up, ride-hailing apps crashed, tickets to the Great Wall sold out: after more than nine long, housebound months, almost half a billion ... -
Briefs | FSS reminds employers to pay contribution fees
The Social Security Fund (FSS) is calling on employers to pay obligatory system contributions for their local long-term employees for the third quarter of 2020. If ... -
Quad meeting | US, Australia, India, Japan discuss China’s growing power
Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said yesterday at a meeting with the U.S. and other diplomats that their “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” initiative, a concept ... -
Hong Kong | Carrie Lam defends punishing teachers for pushing politics
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defended disciplining teachers for promoting anti-China views, after the Asian financial center for the first time revoked an educator’s registration over ... -
This day in history | 1977 Invasion of Swedish identical twins
Ninety sets of Swedish identical twins have travelled to Felixstowe for a brief shopping trip. The twins are taking part in studies by researchers from the ... -
USA | White House staff, Secret Service eye virus with fear, anger
The West Wing is a ghost town. Staff members are scared of exposure. And the White House is now a treatment ward for not one — ... -
EU ready to call Johnson bluff, betting he won’t quit talks
The European Union has no plans to offer concessions to Boris Johnson before next week’s Brexit deadline, betting that the U.K. prime minister won’t make good ... -
Melco SME Academy holds series of training sessions
Supported by Melco Resorts & Entertainment’s inhouse Learning Academy, the Melco SME Academy is dedicated to enhancing small and medium enterprise (SME) prosperity and helping local businesses succeed. ... -
Sands China’s RG ambassadors complete refresher training
A group of approximately 60 of Sands China’s Responsible Gaming Ambassadors completed a refresher training at Conrad Macao, Cotai Central, part of the company’s continued efforts to strengthen team ... -
The Buzz | Amid rising infections, Israeli ultra-Orthodox defy lockdown
After a revered ultra-Orthodox rabbi died this week from COVID-19, Israeli police thought they had worked out an arrangement with his followers to allow a small, ... -
Covid-19 | White House nixes updated FDA guidelines on vaccine approval
The White House has blocked new Food and Drug Administration guidelines on bringing potential vaccines for COVID-19 to market that would almost certainly have prevented their ... -
World Views | The expat model is broken
Something big is missing from Singapore’s picturesque and impeccably maintained highway linking downtown with Changi Airport: traffic. The collapse in international travel has hit the city-state ... -
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 – edition no. 3633
* Long March to recovery begins * Suspect detained in HKD800,000 counterfeit money scam * Worker’s group tenders petition to the Chief Executive against the ... -
Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask
President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night (today, Macau time) after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an ... -
Gov’t admits GP racer numbers may be low
This year’s Macau Grand Prix may see far lower numbers of racers compared with the organizer’s previous estimates, the Sports Bureau (ID) admitted yesterday. Represented by ... -
Briefs | SMG recognized globally as 100-year facility
The meteorological station of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) in Taipa Grande was recognized as a Centennial Observing Station by the World Meteorological Organization ... -
Visitor arrivals muted over first half of Golden WeekVisitor arrivals muted over first half of Golden Week
Visitor arrivals were muted over the first four days of October, to the disappointment of casinos, retailers and restauranteurs who had been hopeful for a surge ... -
Caritas’ travel agency underway
Non-governmental organization Caritas Macau has submitted an application to the government to open a travel agency catering towards senior citizens who are incapable of participating in ... -
Local art project may need extra gov’t subsidies to survive
Fortes Pakeong Sequira, director of operation of the “Art Gate” project, located on Rua dos Ervanarios on the Peninsula’s Central District, has hinted that it may ... -
Report claims city’s hotel booking exceeds 2019’s Golden Week
Qunar, one of mainland China’s major online travel agencies, has reportedly revealed that bookings for Macau hotels for the first day of this National Day Holiday ... -
MPay to extend service to Hong Kong in 2021
Macau Pass is set to launch its MPay electronic wallet services in Hong Kong by the second quarter of 2021, enabling local residents to use ... -
72-year-old man found dead
A 72-year-old male resident has been found dead near the Estrada da Barragem de Ka Ho in Coloane, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported. According to ... -
Macau’s platform role aligned with national ‘dual-cycle’ strategy
Macau will make good use of its role as a platform to serve China’s “dual-cycle” development pattern, the Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng, said in ... -
Gov’t disagrees with TSI decision on Taipa land plot
The government is not satisfied with the decision reached by the Court of Second Instance (TSI) on a land plot located in Taipa, the Secretary for ... -
Vatican: Pope Benedict XVI approved bishop accord with China
The Vatican doubled down last weekend on its intent to pursue continued dialogue with China over bishop nominations, defending a deal it did with the Chinese ...
