Daily Archives: Wednesday, December 30, 2020
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SMG anticipates more days with poor air quality due to stricter standards
The Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) will begin to assess Macau’s air quality with new and stricter standards from January 1. The bureau has anticipated ... -
Amended CEPA to come into effect on January 1
Starting from January 1, seven further articles concerning the origin of goods under the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) will come into effect. According to a ... -
MUST scientists demonstrate Chinese herbal medicine’s role in treating Covid-19
A recent study authored by scholars from the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) has provided fresh insight into how Chinese herbal medicine fights ... -
Gaming | China’s new crime amendment could cripple Macau’s 2021 VIP sector: experts
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature, has sanctioned an amendment to the national criminal law criminalizing anyone who “organizes [for] ... -
Parliamentary election administrator sees pandemic as prime challenge
The Electoral Affairs Committee, which will administer next year’s Legislative Assembly Election, has identified the lingering pandemic as the election’s major challenge, Justice Tong Hio Fong, ... -
Crime | Police bust suspects for illegal banking transactions totaling MOP11.6b
The Judiciary Police (PJ), in cooperation with its counterparts from the Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Fujian, has dismantled an alleged crime ring that has carried ... -
Heavier punishment wanted for sex crimes against minors
The General Union of Neighborhood Associations of Macau has urged the SAR government to apply heavier punishments to perpetrators of sex offences against minors. The association ... -
Taobao | Customs denies collaboration with logistics supplier
The Macao Customs Service has denied in a statement claims that it was in negotiation with a logistics supplier to facilitate the direct delivery of Taobao ... -
Rosário describes Nam Van Lake proposals as ‘big improvement’
Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, has reminded residents to consider the big picture rather than focusing on minor details when reviewing the ... -
Christmas season sees 20% increase in tourist arrivals
The Christmas season has seen an average of 24,000 daily visitor arrivals to Macau, with the hotel occupancy rate reaching nearly 70%. Aside from the week ... -
Covid-19 | Wuhan’s cases may have been ten times higher, study shows
The scale of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan early this year may have been nearly 10 times the recorded tally, a study conducted by China’s public ... -
Hong Kongers charged in China plead guilty, relatives told
Relatives of the 10 Hong Kongers accused of fleeing the city by speedboat during a government crackdown on dissent say they’ve been informed that their family ... -
Hong Kong | Tycoon Jimmy Lai resigns as Next Digital chairman
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was charged earlier this month with colluding with foreign forces under the city’s new national security law, resigned as ... -
Thailand Bangkok imposes new restrictions amid coronavirus outbreak
Officials in the Thai capital have announced new restrictions, including the closure of some entertainment facilities during the New Year’s holiday, as infections continued to rise ... -
Philippines | Authorities ban travelers from 20 nations with new strain
The Philippines has decided to ban travelers from 20 nations with the new Covid-19 strain, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said yesterday. The travel ban covers Australia, ... -
This day in history | 1958 Castro’s rebels edge closer to capital
A vicious house-to-house battle between rebel guerrillas, led by Fidel Castro, and the Cuban army is raging around the town of Santa Clara, the capital of ... -
Covid-19 | Iran begins first human trial of locally made virus vaccine
The first study of the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine in Iran began yesterday, state TV reported, with dozens due to receive the domestically ... -
EU, China signal support to complete long-sought investment deal
The European Union and China indicated they could clinch an agreement within days to open the Chinese market further to foreign investors in what would be ... -
CEM collaborates with MUST turning low-voltage pillar boxes into artworks
CEM’s “Electricity x Culture and Creativity – Pillar Box Revitalization with Art” exhibition was back in town recently, and for the first time the activity was ... -
Philanthropy association raises USD9,900 for #helplebanon2020
The Associação Internacional de Filantropia (Macau) has raised a total of USD9,907.81 for its solidarity campaign titled “#helplebanon2020,” which aims to support local NGO Achrafieh2020 following ... -
Football | Frustration for Lampard as Chelsea held
Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 1 Not even another goal from talisman Olivier Giroud could give Chelsea coach Frank Lampard the change in fortune he needs, as ... -
The Buzz | Cambodia’s first commercial extraction of oil begins
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the country’s long-awaited first commercial extraction of oil has finally begun. Speaking nationwide on state television, Hun Sen ... -
Obituary | Famed French designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98
Pierre Cardin, the French designer whose famous name embossed myriad consumer products after his iconic Space Age styles shot him into the fashion stratosphere in the ... -
World Views | Covid’s worst should be over by Valentine’s Day
Watching the U.S. Covid-19 data every day, as I tend to do, has been a grim ritual. In my neighborhood, in the places where my friends ... -
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 – edition no. 3684
* Crippling the GGR — China’s amended gaming law could impede Macau’s 2021 VIP sector: experts * Stricter standards for air quality assessment from Jan. 1 ...
