Daily Archives: Thursday, March 4, 2021
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Ho Iat Seng to attend NPC opening session in Beijing
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng will attend the opening of the fourth session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing tomorrow. In addition to ... -
Former SMG head wins court case against gov’t
Fong Soi Kun, the former director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), has had his successful challenge of his dismissal by the government upheld at ... -
Covid-19 | Registered senior citizens for inactivated virus jab transfer requests to mRNA vaccine
Half of approximately 100 senior individuals have transferred their vaccine requests to the mRNA vaccine, which rolled out yesterday, due to suitability concerns, Dr Tai ... -
Gaming | Gov’t records MOP3.2b in gaming tax revenue
Macau SAR’s tax revenue from the gaming industry stood at MOP3.21 billion for the first month of 2021, plunging an aggregate of 63.3% year-on-year. In the ... -
Briefs | Authorities find 50 suspected illegal workers
A total of 50 suspected illegal workers were found last month on construction sites, in private flats, and within commercial and industrial establishments, according to ... -
Sports | Sands China title-sponsors city’s first-ever 10km run
Local gambling concessionaire Sands China Ltd. will be the title sponsor of the city’s debut 10km run contest, which is being jointly organized to take place ... -
Zone A to have an automated water consumption metering system
Zone A of the new landfill sites will be the first area in Macau to have a new water metering system installed by Macao Water, the ... -
Gaming operators play pivotal role in suppressing organized crime: SVA
Gaming operators should be encouraged to eliminate triad and organized crime elements in order to assist the Macau SAR government in suppressing the violence arising from ... -
TSI: The Venetian’s ‘Gondola Ride’ subject to tourism tax
The famous gondola rides at The Venetian Macao are subject to the payment of 5% of tourism tax to the government, the judges of the Court ... -
Police: White powder found across city not responsible for dead cats
Public Security Police Force (PSP) has ruled out the suspicion that cats have been killed by white powder scattered across the city over the past two ... -
Yard sale find turns out to be artifact worth up to $500,000
Talk about your yard sale finds. A small porcelain bowl bought for $35 at a Connecticut yard sale turned out to be a rare, 15th century ... -
Microsoft: China-based hackers found bug to target US firms
China-based government hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft’s email server software to target U.S. organizations, the company said yesterday [Macau time]. Microsoft said that a ... -
Covid-19 | AstraZeneca’s vaccine arrives in Taiwan
The first batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Taiwan. Taiwan has signed contracts securing 10 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, 5.05 million doses ... -
As virus-era attacks on Asians rise, past victims look back
Nearly a year after they were almost stabbed to death inside a Midland, Texas, Sam’s Club, Bawi Cung and his two sons all have visible scars. ... -
This day in history | 1976 Guilty verdict for ‘Maguire Seven’
A 40-year-old Irish born mother has been jailed for 14 years for possessing explosives at her London home. Five other members of her family and a ... -
Biden brings no relief to tensions between US and China
President Joe Biden took office promising to move quickly to restore and repair America’s relations with the rest of the world, but one major nation has ... -
Energy | China turns the screws on renewables just when it needs them
After shortchanging renewable energy developers for years to the point where it owes billions of dollars in unpaid subsidies, the Chinese government is now proposing that those companies ... -
Robert Downey Jr. and Bill Gates bet on electric motor startup
As much as half of the world’s electricity is consumed by motors. They power everything from fans to electric cars and pumps to industrial machinery. Making them more ... -
The Buzz | Hong Kong probes death of man who received COVID-19 vaccine
Hong Kong authorities reported the death of a chronically ill man, two days after he received a COVID-19 vaccine and said that it is too early ... -
Who is Myanmar’s UN envoy? Coup opponent or representative
Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador, who strongly opposed the military coup in his country, insists he remains the permanent representative to the United Nations, but the foreign ministry ... -
World Views | The whole web pays for Google and Facebook to be free
Google and Facebook make a lot of noise about how their main services are free to use. And it’s true, they are. But what they don’t ... -
Thursday, March 4, 2021 – edition no. 3725
* Leaving Las Vegas — LVS is slated to sell its Las Vegas properties for USD6.25 billion as it focuses on the ‘backbone’ of the company: ...
