Yearly Archives: 2020
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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The Macau government has withdrawn its investments in the Macau New Technologies Incubator Centre as part of its public investment plan restructure, Sonia Chan, director of ...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, ... -
Billionaire Packer says he didn’t consider Stanley Ho ban in Melco deal
Crown Resorts Ltd.’s billionaire shareholder James Packer pushed for a tie-up last year between Australia’s biggest casino operator and Hong Kong-based Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd. ... -
Greek court rules Golden Dawn party criminal organization
A Greek court ruled today (Wednesday) that the far-right Golden Dawn party was operating as a criminal organization, following a politically charged five-year trial against dozens ... -
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 ...
