Monthly Archives: February 2021
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Friday, February 19, 2021 – edition no. 3716
* Prom delay — Completion of the city’s waterfront promenade delayed due to Covid-19, IAM told the Times * Inquiries regarding mental health issues climbed in ... -
US charges North Korean computer programmers in global hacks
The Justice Department has charged three North Korean computer programmers in a broad range of global hacks, including a destructive attack targeting an American movie studio, ... -
Briefs | Foreign exchange reserves amount to MOP197B
The preliminary estimate of Macau SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP195.4 billion at the end of January 2021, according to data issue by the ... -
Immigration law | AL president requests to pass bill by September
The Third Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly has received a request from the parliamentary head, Kou Hoi In, to finish compiling its opinions on an ... -
New law mandates employment agencies to pay a guarantee of MOP300,000
The new regulation, that warrants employment agencies to pay a guarantee fee of MOP 300,000, will take effect on March 15, according to an official gazette ... -
CNY | Tourist arrivals fail to meet gov’t’s forecast
Macau welcomed a total of 77,383 tourist arrivals during the first six days of the Chinese New Year (CNY) between February 11 to 16, down 68.2% ... -
Gaming | Spring Festival’s GGR continues to be curtailed as expected: JP Morgan
Macau’s casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) is expected to stand at MOP3 billion for the first 15 days of February, equivalent to an average daily number ... -
CE visits members of the public from different sectors during CNY
Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng visited a number of neighborhoods during the Lunar New Year in a bid to gain a better understanding of business ... -
Crime | Three cases of domestic violence recorded over the holiday period
Three domestic violence cases were handled by the Judiciary Police (PJ) over the Chinese New Year holidays, a PJ spokesperson informed yesterday at the regular joint ... -
Crime | Five stranded TNR scammed over job search
Five former non-resident workers (TNR) from the Philippines, currently stranded in Macau, have been defrauded by another Filipino over an alleged job referral scheme, the Public ... -
MGTO to launch water tours at Barra ferry terminal in Q1
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is set to roll out water tour activities at the Barra ferry terminal, which is slated to open in ... -
Covid-19 | 2,000 people registered to get inoculated on first day
Next Monday will be the commencement of the Covid-19 vaccination for the public and as of yesterday afternoon 2,200 people have booked to get their shots ... -
Education | UM alters postgraduate fees for international students
Tuition fees for postgraduate international students at the University of Macau (UM) in the upcoming 2021/2022 academic year will be similar to what students from mainland ... -
Analysis | Pentagon rethinking how to array forces to focus on China
The Biden administration faces a conundrum as it rethinks the positioning of military forces around the world: How to focus more on China and Russia without ... -
Beijing steps up online controls with new rule for bloggers
Ma Xiaolin frequently wrote about current affairs on one of China’s leading microblogging sites, where he has 2 million followers. But recently, he said in a ... -
This day in history | 1954 McCarthy hunts ‘army Communists’
The Secretary of the US army has ordered two generals, subpoenaed by anti-Communist senator Joseph McCarthy, to ignore the summons. The move by Robert T Stevens ... -
Australia | News media ‘large and small’ discuss Google deals
Google is quickly negotiating generous deals with big and small Australian media companies to pay for news as lawmakers consider forcing digital giants into such agreements, ... -
Pharma | Taiwan concerned China may have blocked vaccine purchase
Taiwan’s attempts to purchase 5 million doses of BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine fell apart at the last minute, Taiwan’s health minister said, voicing concern that political ... -
The Art of Giving | 2021, a year to REcommit
The 2019 global Covid-19 pandemic has put foward a series of pressing challenges that few of us anticipated. It is likely that there will be many ... -
Gaming | Crown’s crisis deepens as regulator recommends Perth probe
The crisis enveloping Crown Resorts Ltd. deepened after a state regulator recommended an inquiry into the company’s fitness to run its Perth casino. Hours after Crown ... -
The Buzz | Australia’s second largest city comes out of third lockdown
Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, will relax its third lockdown yesterday and allow spectators to return to the Australian Open tennis tournament after a five-day absence. ... -
Protests held across Myanmar despite UN fears of violence
Demonstrators in Myanmar gathered yesterday in their largest numbers so far to protest the military’s seizure of power, even after a U.N. human rights expert warned ... -
World Views | China’s bad loan season descends again and this time it may be really bad
It happens again and again. Every time Chinese banks start sweeping their books of bad loans, investors are convinced it will be the tail-end of a chronic problem. Somehow, ... -
Thursday, February 18, 2021 – edition no. 3715
* Pale shade of CNY — Chinese New Year tourist arrivals fail to meet government’s forecast * Taiwan concerned Beijing may have blocked vaccine purchase * ... -
Hong Kong: Two plead guilty as leading activists go on trial
Two former Hong Kong lawmakers pleaded guilty to illegal assembly charges today (Tuesday), as a trial opened for them and seven other prominent democracy activists in ... -
IPIM approved over 2,000 qualified staff residency applications in 15 years, 403 on renewal
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has approved a total of 2,084 temporary residency applications for technicians with special qualifications over a period of ... -
Briefs: Customs’ holiday action cracks down on 161 parallel traders
The Macao Customs Service and Gongbei’s customs authority carried out a joint operation between February 3 and 16 to crack down on parallel trading. During the ... -
Residents oppose third substation within 100-meter radius
A group of residents has demanded the local government to suspend its plan of building an electricity substation at Beco da Rosa. Recently, the group of ... -
Foreign species of crayfish, hazardous to local ecology, found in Taipa
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has noted that it has retrieved the marbled crayfish, a foreign species, recently found in a pond on Taipa. The crustaceans ... -
Feature: Locals adapting to new normal during CNY
The real stories of Macau in miniature, cast light on the life changes in Chinese New Year in 2021 as the pandemic rolls into its second ... -
June 4 vigil: MP closes case against two detainees, red bus
The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) has closed its case against the two daughters of lawmaker Au Kam San, detained by the police on June 4, 2020, ... -
BNU says drop due to reduction of interest rates on loans, less credit card transactions
Following the results published on Wednesday which showed a 41.7% drop in the profits of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) in 2020, the BNU has justified ... -
CE New Year Message: Accelerate economic diversification to speed post-pandemic recovery
In his annual new year message, welcoming the Year of the Ox, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng emphasized the need to accelerate Macau’s economic diversification for ... -
USA | Trial highlights: Harrowing footage, focus on Trump’s words
House Democrats opened their first day of arguments in former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with searing footage of the U.S. Capitol riot as they painted ... -
Biden in call with China’s Xi raises human rights, trade
Joe Biden had his first call as president with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing’s crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong ...
