Monthly Archives: March 2021
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Internet | Beijing considers creating state-backed company to oversee tech data
China’s government has proposed establishing a joint venture with local technology giants that would oversee the lucrative data they collect from hundreds of millions of consumers, ... -
China’s $2.3 trillion hidden debt could climb even further
China’s local governments had 14.8 trillion yuan ($2.3 trillion) of hidden debt last year, and the figure could climb even further this year, according to a ... -
Figure Skating | US team stronger than most for recent world events
Multiple medals at the World Figure Skating Championships are rare for the United States. This year’s team could reverse that trend. And there couldn’t be a ... -
The Buzz | Israel election: Netanyahu falls short of majority amid vote count
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu could struggle to secure enough seats in parliament to stay in power, incomplete results from Tuesday’s election show. With almost 90% of ... -
White House: North Korea conducted short-range missile test
North Korea fired short-range missiles this past weekend, just days after the sister of Kim Jong Un threatened the United States and South Korea for holding ... -
World Views | When is equal pay day for white women?
Every year, the American Association for University Women marks Equal Pay Day, illustrating how far into the new year women would have to work to make as much ... -
Thursday, March 25, 2022 – edition no. 3740
* Lisbon protests — Portuguese foreign minister calls for Chinese authorities to comply with Basic Law after TDM’s ‘patriotic’ editorial guidelines led six journalists to resign ... -
Breaking News: Gov’t following up matters after suspension of BioNTech jab in Macau
The Health Bureau held an online meeting this morning with Fosun Pharma following the company’s request to suspend utilization of a batch of BioNTech-produced COVID-19 vaccines, ... -
Weather bureau forecasts 5 to 8 typhoons this year, develops new tsunami alert
Five to eight tropical storms might affect Macau in 2021, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) predicted yesterday in a press conference about the work of ... -
Macau was always ‘governed by patriots’
The Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Macau, Liu Xianfa, said yesterday that the Macau SAR has always been governed by “patriots” and has ... -
SAR discusses possible air link with Qatar
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has discussed with the Ambassador of the State of Qatar to China the prospect of both regions stepping up efforts to ... -
Dragon boat races go ‘national’ once again
One of the few survivors of the annual calendar of sports events in Macau, the International Dragon Boat Competition, will once again go ahead as scheduled ... -
Women’s Volleyball League might not return to Macau
The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Women’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL) will not be held in Macau this year and may not return to the Special ... -
‘Golden Bus’ reduces service frequency
It has been announced that the shuttle bus service traveling via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB), colloquially known as the Golden Bus, will have its daily ... -
Melco holds forum on recent Two Sessions
Melco Resorts & Entertainment held a sharing session on the recent Two Sessions held in Beijing at its “Splendors of China Leadership Forum” yesterday. According to a statement, ... -
No plans to extend transportation discount scheme to 60-64 year olds
The Transport Bureau (DSAT) has confirmed that the authorities have no current plans to extend the transportation discount scheme for the elderly to those aged ... -
Gaming | Suncity Group expects gain of RMB750 million for 2020
Suncity Group Holdings Ltd is anticipating a gain of approximately RMB750.4 million for the whole year of 2020, representing a sharp turn- around from the loss ... -
Gaming | Weekly GGR continues to trend upwards: JP Morgan
Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the first 21 days of March is projected to reach MOP5.8 billion, with the third week’s run-rate standing at ... -
Macao Art Festival to return in May themed ‘Restart’
The 31st Macao Art Festival (MAF), which was suspended last year due to Covid-19, is set to make up for lost time and will roll out ... -
53 organizations participate in IFTM Career Day
The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) held its 2021 Career Day yesterday at its Taipa Campus, inviting 53 participating organisations from Macau and the mainland ... -
TSI revokes blue card cancellation order on humanitarian grounds
The judges of the Court of Second Instance (TSI) have revoked an order from the Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, which had canceled the ... -
China, Russia officials meet in show of unity against EU, US
The foreign ministers of China and Russia affirmed their countries’ close ties at a meeting yesterday, amid intense criticism and new Western sanctions against them over ... -
South China Sea | US backs Philippines in standoff over reef
The United States said yesterday it’s backing the Philippines in a new standoff with Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, where Manila has asked a ... -
This day in history | 1992 Punch ends 150 years of satire
Punch, Britain’s oldest satirical magazine, is to close after suffering crippling losses of £1.5m a year. The decision ends a publishing tradition dating back almost 151 ... -
Korean peninsula: Xi, Kim share messages reaffirming alliance
The leaders of China and North Korea are reaffirming their traditional alliance following contentious talks between top diplomats from Washington and Beijing and diplomatic isolation and ... -
Economy | Biden starts infrastructure bet with US far behind China
President Joe Biden is betting that a multitrillion-dollar economic plan centered around infrastructure spending will do more than bolster an American economy hammered by the coronavirus ... -
Olympics | Japan spends millions on technology for absent Tokyo games fans
Japan’s top telecommunications company is getting 7.3 billion yen — about $67 million — in taxpayer money to design mobile tracking software to curb the spread ... -
One Good Thing | An artist preserves Wuhan’s Covid memories
Scribbled instructions for incoming patients plastered on the window of a silent hospital reception counter. A lone worker in a hazmat suit, steadily spraying disinfectant in ... -
The Buzz | Sinovac: CoronaVac vaccine effective in children
Sinovac said that its COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac is safe and effective in children ages 3-17. The results were from early and mid-stage clinical trials with over ... -
World Views | The business case for vaccine passports
Once people have been vaccinated against Covid-19, they’re safer to dine out, fly on airplanes, attend concerts and movies, work out at the gym, go ... -
Wednesday, March 24, 2022 – edition no. 3739
* Brave the weather — Weather Bureau forecasts 5 to 8 typhoons this year, develops new tsunami alert * Golden Bus reduces service frequency * Macao ... -
Household internet users climb to 183,500
The number of Macau households using the internet climbed by 1,200 year-on-year to 183,500 in 2020, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) – 91.9% ... -
New Central Library abandons plan to move traffic underground
The new Macao Central Library, which will be built on the former site of Hotel Estoril in Tap Seac Square, will abandon its plan to re-direct ... -
Mainland tourist apprehended and placed under medical observation in Coloane
A 52-year-old man from Xi’an was searched by the police authorities in Macau and placed under medical observation at the Public Health Clinical Centre in ... -
Locals called on to take jabs to pave the way for expedited travel
Considering the willingness has remained low among Macau’s residents to receive a coronavirus inoculation, locals should take the jabs as early as possible to help the ...
