Yearly Archives: 2020
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Boao Forum hints at Lionel Leong’s future involvement
Former Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, had a meeting last week with the secretary-general of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), Li Baodong, according to ... -
Forum Macao | Secretary-General Xu Yingzhen returns to Beijing
Forum Macao has confirmed that Secretary-General Xu Yingzhen returned to Beijing on Sunday after her four-year stint at the organization. Since starting her role at Forum ... -
Fok Kai Cheong, inventor of ‘Macau Formula’, dies
Local academic, educator, and inventor of the “Macau Formula”, Fok Kai Cheong, has died, according to Jornal Tribuna de Macau. Fok, a native of Panyu, Guangdong, ... -
Concerns over yuan supply return after cash machine unavailability
Reports about the unavailability of renminbi notes in cash dispensers are not a cause for concern according to local monetary authorities, who assure Macau Daily Times ... -
DSAL receives over 600 applications for training program
The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) received 624 applicants on the first day of the launch of the “Employment Oriented Training Program” as of 4 p.m. yesterday. ... -
New bluecard design to take effect from March 2021
The design of the non-resident workers’ permit (commonly known as the bluecard) is changing, with the new model scheduled to be deployed from March next ... -
Crime | More women fall victim to fraudsters claiming to be foreign men
Women in Macau, regardless of their residential status, continue to lose money to online fraudsters pretending to be western men, according to a criminal case report ... -
Macau Tower holds art installation with mime performances
The second iteration of “Curiouser and Curiouser – Exploring Alice’s Wonderland” kicked off over the weekend at the Macau Tower, presenting art installations that also hosted ... -
Lifting ban on overseas GP drivers is in ‘public interest’ according to medical director
The medical director of the public hospital believes that lifting the entry ban on foreign Grand Prix racers is crucial to the economic revival of the ... -
Lawmaker urges relaxation of border restrictions for some foreigners
Lawmaker Agnes Lam has urged the Macau SAR government to lift immigration restrictions for specific groups of foreign nationals. Recently, Lam wrote to the government to ... -
Air Macau to make exception on Seoul flight suspension
Local airline Air Macau is preparing to make an exception to their general cancellation of all flights between Macau and the South Korean capital, Seoul, as ... -
Shenzhen | Police confirms it detained 12 Hong Kongers at sea last month
Chinese authorities have confirmed the criminal detention of 12 Hong Kongers who were allegedly attempting to travel illegally to Taiwan by boat last month, while the ... -
UN rights chief decries racism in US, keeps eye on Hong Kong
The U.N. human rights chief appealed yesterday for “urgent and profound action to combat systemic racism” in the United States, and encouraged Hong Kong authorities to ... -
US ambassador to China to step down next month
The U.S. ambassador to China will step down early next month, ending a three-year tenure marked by a trade war and increasingly bitter relations between the ... -
Merkel leads EU talks with Beijing looking to ease tensions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, top European Union officials and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks Monday focused on trade, trying to reinvigorate slow-moving discussions on an ... -
This Day in History | 1978 German terror suspect arrested in UK
One of the most wanted members of the West German Baader-Meinhof gang has been detained in London. Astrid Proll, 31, is suspected of having been a ... -
Italy | Initial virus hotspot back to school after seven months
The morning bell yesterday marked the first entrance to the classroom for the children of Codogno since Feb. 21, when panicked parents were sent to pick ... -
Asia-Pacific’s commercial properties battered as investors flee
Global investors have disproportionately reduced spending on commercial real estate in Asia Pacific compared with other regions amid the pandemic and the outlook remains challenging, according ... -
Condo butler service demand in China sparks 400% stock gain
Surging demand for butler-like concierge service at the millions of condominiums in China is creating one of the hottest sectors in the nation’s stock market. ... -
Football | Mourinho woe, Ancelotti joy: Everton opens with win at Spurs
TOTTENHAM 0, EVERTON 1 Twenty years into his managerial career, Jose Mourinho recorded an unwelcome first: Making a losing start to a league season. “I didn’t ... -
Athletics | Berlin’s ISTAF meet takes place with 3,500 fans
Some 3,500 spectators watched under strict conditions as Kenya’s Hyvin Kiyeng and Britain’s Laura Muir ran world-leading times at the coronavirus-conscious ISTAF athletics meet yesterday [Macau ... -
The Buzz | Major economies shrink amid Covid-19 pandemic
A global development agency said the world’s 20 major industrialized nations have seen their economies shrink in an unprecedented manner between April and June amid the ... -
Motorcycle Grand Prix at serious risk of cancellation
The 54th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, the only remaining event of the four Macau Grand Prix headliners, is also at serious risk of being canceled. The ... -
Our Desk | If feeding stray dogs means owning them, does regularly supporting New Yaohan mean owning it?
Last Wednesday, local pro-government paper Macao Daily News published a report depicting that local animal welfare groups were not happy with a claim by the Municipal ... -
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 – edition no. 3619
* Monetary authority intervenes to defend yuan supplies — The 6-month long drought of mainland tourists due to the pandemic has been a drain on RMB ... -
Crime | Man accused of assaulting and raping ex-girlfriend
A 27-year-old man is facing criminal charges for multiple offenses he committed against his girlfriend, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported during Friday’s joint police press conference. ... -
Briefs | 56-year-old woman falls for romance scam
A 56-year-old local woman lost nearly HKD200,000 to a love scam. At this stage, no one has been arrested, but investigation is ongoing, the Judiciary ... -
Explosion at Zhuhai hotel injures three bystanders
A large explosion at a Zhuhai hotel on Friday injured three bystanders, according to official reports from the mainland press. At about 9 a.m. on Friday, ... -
Secretary says separation of powers not part of Macau’s system
SECRETARY for Administration and Justice André Cheong has stressed that the political system in Macau focuses on mutual cooperation rather than the traditional separation of powers ... -
Briefs | Local businessman Liu Chak Wan given honorary doctorate
Liu Chak Wan, a local businessman and chancellor of the Macau University of Science and Technology, has recently been awarded an honorary doctorate in business ... -
Tourism board does not expect major visitor growth over Golden Week
The director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Helena Maria de Senna Fernandes, said that the tourism board is not expecting a bounce in ... -
Rotary clubs organize drive for migrants with newborns
The “Wholehearted Services for Harmonious Macau, Rotary Donation to People in Need” project was organized by Caritas Macau, the Rotary Club of Macau and the Rotary ... -
Sheils gains momentum in road racing
Roadhouse Macau BMW rider Derek Sheils has been crowned the King of Kirkistown after winning the first race and then placing second during the two-race feature ... -
CESL Asia partners with Portuguese firm in bid for Efacec
Macau-based investment and services firm CESL Asia will partner with Portuguese company Alpac Capital to enter the bid for the purchase of energy equipment manufacturer Efacec. ... -
Macau Grand Prix drops F3 race, Chinese F4 to replace
The Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee (MGPOC) announced on Friday that it would drop the main headline race of the Grand Prix program, the Formula 3 ...
