Monthly Archives: January 2021
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Hong Kong | Top judge cautious on calls for judicial reform
Hong Kong’s outgoing top judge said yesterday that calls for reform of the city’s judiciary cannot be based on dissatisfaction with court rulings, as pro-Beijing figures ... -
This day in history | 2000 Flu outbreak stretches NHS resources
Hospitals around the UK are feeling the strain of the current flu outbreak even though it has not been classed as an epidemic. In Scotland latest ... -
Ladbrokes owner Entain rejects MGM’s $11b takeover
Gambling company Entain Plc has dismissed an 8.1 billion-pound ($11.1 billion) takeover attempt from MGM Resorts International saying the bid undervalues the U.K. company that’s benefiting ... -
UK freight shipping costs quadruple after Brexit and Covid-19
The cost of moving freight from France to the U.K. surged to more than four times the usual level last week after Brexit and a ... -
MGM wins 28 HR accolades in 2020
MGM has won 28 international and regional HR accolades solely in 2020, the gaming operator announced in a statement. In the future, MGM pledged that it ... -
WTT Macau 2020 among CCTV’s top ten international sports news: GEG
The World Table Tennis (WTT) Macau 2020 was the city’s only international sports event to be ranked in the top ten international sports news in 2020 ... -
Football | Man United gaining respect from rivals ahead of crucial week
Over the next seven days, Manchester United can reach a cup final and climb to the top of the Premier League — all at the expense ... -
The Buzz | Hong Kong detects cases of new Covid-19 variant, mulls ban on UK flights
Hong Kong has detected four cases of the U.K. variant of Covid-19, health authorities said in a virtual press briefing yesterday. Among the cases was a ... -
Hebei | Beijing makes parts of province high danger zones
China has designated parts of Hebei province near Beijing as a coronavirus high danger zone after 14 new cases of COVID-19 were found. Eleven of those ... -
World Views | NYSE just gave China Inc. one more reason to leave
What’s more shocking? Kicking out Chinese companies listed in the U.S., or a sudden U-turn from one of America’s biggest stock exchanges on its plan to do ... -
Wednesday, January 6, 2020 – edition no. 3688
* Another way home — The upcoming Amsterdam-Tokyo and Tokyo-Macau route is expected to bring home stranded local residents in Europe * 30,747 tourists: City ... -
Where is Jack Ma, China’s e-commerce pioneer?
China’s best-known entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, made his fortune by taking big risks. The former English teacher founded Alibaba Group in 1999, when China had ... -
UK | PM bets 2 million vaccine shots a week will end lockdown
Boris Johnson pinned his hopes for a national recovery on a plan to deliver 2 million coronavirus vaccinations a week, as the U.K. went back into ... -
Gov’t: No negotiation plans to open special channels
Individuals who want to return to or depart from Macau should find ways other than Taipei, which has recently closed borders to foreign entrants and transit ... -
Home address needed for Health Code from today
Following a system crash last month, the Macau Health Code will now require users to enter their home address in order to generate a code. Dr ... -
Briefs | 2,500 social housing applications recorded since August
The Housing Bureau has received upwards of 2,500 applications for social housing since the introduction of a new permanent application method on August 20, 2020. ... -
CPCS: Gov’t proposes keeping minimum wage, severance pay unchanged
The government has proposed making no change to the amount of the minimum wage for local cleaners and security guards working in residential buildings, nor the ... -
Controversial Nam Van Lake proposals to be presented to Urban Planning Committee
Having received 138 comments in opposition to the planning conditions drafts for two Nam Van Lake land plot developments, the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau ... -
Registrations for universities’ unified exam open today
Registrations for students seeking to participate in the Unified Exam to access the four local university institutions open today and will remain accessible until January 20. ... -
Crime | Teenager accused of rape
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has remanded a local teenage boy and referred him to the prosecution authority on the charge of rape, the department reported yesterday ... -
Committee suggests widening road to fit bigger buses
Vice President of the Traffic Services Committee Wong Seng Fat suggests widening some of the city’s roads to accommodate the forthcoming bus models. These buses are bigger ... -
AMCM to prompt banks to offer transaction reassurance to credit cardholders
The Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) has pledged to prompt local financial institutions to reinforce verification measures for credit card transactions, to safeguard local customers’ entitlements. ... -
Gaming | Deutsche Bank scales back city’s 2021 GGR forecast
The Deutsche Bank Securities Inc has moderately rolled back its previous projection of Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) for 2021 from USD26.60 billion to $26.35 ... -
SJM to deliver ‘living subsidy’ to staff tomorrow
Macau’s gaming operator Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, S.A. (SJM) has affirmed its commitment to deliver two bonuses as part of the casino industry’s customary annual ... -
Beauty products lead the increases on imports in November 2020
Beauty, cosmetic and skincare products category led the hike in imports to the MSAR by 57% from the figure registered in November last year. The personal ... -
Hong Kong | Gov’t extends school closures until Lunar New Year
Hong Kong pushed back the re-opening of classrooms for more than a month as part of government measures to stamp out the spread of the coronavirus. ... -
PMI | manufacturing recovery weakens in December
China’s manufacturing activity improved in December but at its weakest rate in three months as the economy recovered from the coronavirus pandemic while its trading partners ... -
China Daily | China sheds light on global poverty eradication
China has made historic achievements in eradicating absolute poverty. It was a problem that has plagued the Chinese nation for thousands of years. It is ... -
Nuclear | Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes S.Korean tanker in strait
Iran yesterday began enriching uranium up to 20% at an underground facility and seized a South Korean-flagged oil tanker in the crucial Strait of Hormuz, further ... -
Pandemic | Thailand reports record daily cases as more curbs imposed
Thailand reported 745 new coronavirus cases yesterday as a surge in infections prompted authorities to impose fresh curbs in some of the most-populous regions including capital Bangkok. The ... -
This day in history | 1985 Israel ends major Ethiopian rescue mission
Israel has airlifted thousands of Jewish Ethiopian refugees out of Sudan, it has emerged. Operation Moses, which has been taking place in secret since 21 November ... -
USA | Extraordinary warning to Trump by 10 former Pentagon chiefs
In an extraordinary rebuke of President Donald Trump, all 10 living former secretaries of defense are cautioning against any move to involve the military in pursuing ... -
Global stocks rise after Wall Street ends 2020 at new highs
Global stock markets and U.S. futures rose yesterday on 2021’s first trading day, boosted by optimism about coronavirus vaccines after Wall Street ended the year on ... -
Football | Man City surges to win over Chelsea in Premier League
Chelsea 1, Man City 3 Manchester City left Chelsea in disarray by sweeping to a 3-1 victory yesterday [Macau time] with a ruthless attacking display that ... -
The Buzz | Malaysia coroner rules out others in French-Irish teen death
A Malaysian coroner ruled that the death of a French-Irish teen whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on vacation ...
