Yearly Archives: 2020
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Beijing 2022 organizers say on-track despite virus outbreak
ORGANIZERS of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games say they are on track to complete all competition venues by year-end and have teams in place for ... -
The Buzz | Chinese man sentenced to die for murders at virus roadblock
A driver who fatally stabbed two people guarding a virus-control roadblock in southwestern China was sentenced to death yesterday, a state news agency reported. The report ... -
Hong Kong tycoon Lai arrested in fresh crackdown on activists
Hong Kong media tycoon and a prominent democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, who has long denounced as a traitor by Chinese state media, was among activists swept ... -
World Briefs
JAPAN The last group of about 130 crew members got off the Diamond Princess on yesterday, vacating the contaminated cruise ship and ending Japan’s much criticized ... -
World Views | The US fed’s response to the coronavirus doesn’t go far enough
Both the Federal Reserve and the White House are considering emergency measures to combat the economic fallout from the coronavirus. These are the right responses, but ... -
Monday, March 2, 2020 – edition no. 3483
* Hubei rescue mission * Macau will attempt to repatriate 50 local residents as the city prepares for the worst-case scenario: a wave of new ... -
Tourism, health chiefs inspect venues about to reopen
The director of the Macau Government Tourism Office, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, and the director of the Health Bureau, Lei Chin Ion, inspected several entertainment ... -
24 carriers confirm Macau flights canceled through March
Flights in and out of Macau will remain largely suspended this month after 24 carriers announced further cancellations. According to a note published Saturday by the ... -
SME credit limits shrink one-quarter as recession kicks in
Credit limit extended to new small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) shrank by over a quarter during the second half of last year, as banks adjusted to ... -
Macau gaming revenue suffers record plunge from virus blow
Casinos in Macau reported a record drop in gaming revenue, as they grappled with the cost of closing down their businesses for 15 days to help ... -
As virus spreads, other countries can learn from China
As the new coronavirus spread rapidly in central China, the country’s authoritarian government took a very authoritarian step: It ordered the unprecedented lockdown of 60 million ... -
Macau’s visitor expenditure down by 8% in 2019
The total spending of visitors to the city excluding gaming expenses in 2019 dropped by 8.0 percent year-on-year to 64.08 billion patacas (about $7.98 billion), ... -
Medical tests at border may include Macau residents
The Macau SAR government has indicated the possibility of also requiring mandatory medical examinations and tests performed at Macau’s medical checkpoints for Macau local residents. During ... -
50 drivers apply for home quarantine exemption
Fifty drivers have applied to the Macau local government for an exemption from the 14-day home quarantine measures, according to Nam Yue (Group) Company Limited. ... -
Two Taiwanese men charged for operating phone scam
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has discovered that two men from Taiwan living in a residential unit in northern Macau were responsible for a phone scam. The ... -
Man accused of scamming 12 over face masks awaiting trial
The Public Prosecutions Office (MP) has said that a man suspected of swindling 12 citizens by falsely advertising face mask sales will be released on bail, ... -
Drunk driver impersonates twin brother
A local man has impersonated his twin brother by using the latter’s identification card during police questioning. At midnight yesterday, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) ... -
Tuition centers, entertainment venues to reopen Monday
Tuition centers and continuing education establishments, along with a series of entertainment and leisure venues, have been allowed to resume operations from March 2 under certain ... -
Another patient recovers from Covid-19, but still in quarantine
Eight out of 10 patients in Macau confirmed to have Covid-19 have now recovered, with the latest case being discharged from the Conde de São Januário ... -
Philippine gov’t to decide on repatriating nationals in the SAR
The Philippine government will soon decide on whether to repatriate its nationals from Macau. Several stranded Filipinos in Macau have been calling on the Philippine government’s ... -
Security authority open to reviewing personnel’s work schedule
The security authority is open to discussing the possibility of its personnel operating on a similar schedule to that of ordinary civil servants. In response to ... -
FDCT receives 74 proposals related to combating Covid-19
The Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) received a total of 74 project applications from various institutions and enterprises after it called for research proposals related ... -
Officials: Chinese industry recovering, more aid coming
Small, mostly private companies that are the engine of China’s economy are back to operating at one-third of normal levels after anti-virus controls shut factories, shops ... -
Xinhua Analysis: China’s governance capacity, system strength highlighted by int’l observers
Observers around the world said Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech on Sunday has demonstrated the country’s governance capacity and social system strength in its fight against ... -
Hardest-hit China, South Korea count 938 new virus cases
As the worst-hit areas of Asia continued to struggle with a viral epidemic, with hundreds more cases reported yesterday in South Korea and China, worries about ... -
Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages over virus; Iran cases spike
Saudi Arabia yesterday banned foreign pilgrims from entering the kingdom to visit Islam’s holiest sites over the new coronavirus, potentially disrupting the plans of millions of ... -
This Day in History | 1986 – Swedish prime minister assassinated
The Swedish prime minister has died after being shot in a street ambush in central Stockholm. His wife was wounded. Olof and Lisbeth Palme were attacked ... -
Covid-19 | US identifies first coronavirus case without outbreak ties
U.S. health authorities said they’ve identified the first case of coronavirus that doesn’t have known ties to an existing outbreak, a worrying signal that the virus ... -
Euro hopeful flags laundering concern in wide banking probe
Romania’s central bank has launched a probe over alleged money laundering after questionable transactions at half of the euro aspirant’s commercial lenders raised suspicions from outside ... -
Football | Champions League: Man City rallies to beat Real Madrid
REAL MADRID 1, MAN CITY 2 With two late goals in five minutes, Manchester City turned the tables on Real Madrid and boosted its chances ... -
The Buzz | Cruise ship can dock at Mexico’s Cozumel amid virus fears
The cruise ship MSC Meraviglia, turned away by two nations due to fears of a virus outbreak, is being allowed to dock at Mexico’s Caribbean island ... -
Venice faces new threat from virus after reeling from floods
Still reeling from the effects of major flooding just a few months ago, Venice faces a new emergency: the threat of a new virus outbreak across ... -
World Briefs
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis is sick and he skipped a planned Mass with Rome clergy across town yesterday, officials said. The Vatican said the 83-year-old pontiff ... -
World Views | Iran can’t be trusted to deal with coronavirus
If the leadership of the World Health Organization can spare a moment from their genuflecting to Beijing, they should direct their attention to another authoritarian state struggling ... -
Friday, February 28, 2020 – edition no. 3482
* City back to business, except schools * China, South Korea count over 930 new virus cases * The Science and Technology Development Fund ...
