Daily Archives: Thursday, April 15, 2021
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Civil servants to get nine compensated holidays in 2022
The Chief Executive has finalized the official list of public holidays for 2022. Civil servants will be entitled to nine extra holidays to compensate for ... -
Education | MUST launches 7th annual communication week
The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) launched the 7th Macau International Communication Week yesterday, an annual event with academic sessions on communication studies. Themed ... -
Watchdog finds PSP officer misuses power, security breach
An investigation by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) has concluded that a police officer of the Public Security Police Force (PSP) previously stationed at the Outer ... -
Economic association raise business climate index for Q2
The Macau Economic Association has recently increased its estimate for the second quarter’s Business Climate Index to between 3.4 and 3.5, hinting at a further recovery ... -
Registration for domestic travel packages commences today
The MOP120 million domestic travel scheme, “Stay, Dine and See Macao,” has put the show on the road today. Macau residents can sign up for discounted ... -
Digital consumption fund is redeemable for MGTO travel scheme
The fund in the revised Consumption Benefit Scheme can be used to purchase tourism products of the “Stay, Dine and See Macao” domestic travel scheme, the ... -
Gov’t aims to increase border mobility
The Chief Executive (CE), Ho Iat Seng, has indicated the easing of border restrictions with neighboring regions as the only way to tackle the growing problems ... -
Families can reunite outside Macau: CE
Urged to allow the entry of local residents’ foreign family members into Macau, Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng said that the people in Macau are ... -
No official data on layoffs: CE
The government does not have data on the number of residents that have been temporarily laid off or have had to take unpaid leave. The acknowledgment ... -
Digital currency | Mainland may be able to monitor financial transfers in threat to casinos
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said that the government plans to amend laws to regulate the issue of a virtual legal tender, noting that it will ... -
Gaming | Mass GGR is ‘comfortably recovering’ whilst VIP fared ‘bad’: JP Morgan
The mass-market demand has been on a path to steady recovery, with its gross gaming revenue (GGR) forecasts set to advance 25% quarter-to-quarter, reaching 48% of ... -
TPI drops 15% y-o-y
The Tourist Price Index (TPI) for the first quarter of 2021 fell by 15.16% year-on-year to 115.78, on account of lower hotel room rates, reduced prices ... -
Gov’t tries to mend US ties by ramping up talks with firms
China is taking more direct steps to mend relations with U.S. investors, ramping up its communication with businesses in an environment of heightened economic tensions between ... -
Beijing says Biden-backed visit raises tensions over Taiwan
China criticized the U.S. for sending a group of former officials to Taiwan, saying the move will only add to mounting tensions. Two former deputy secretaries ... -
Kerry heads to China for climate talk between top two emitters
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is heading to China for talks between the world’s two biggest carbon emitters ahead of President Joe Biden’s climate summit of ... -
China-drafted electoral reform bill introduced in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s electoral reform bill was introduced in the city’s legislature yesterday, setting in motion changes that will give Beijing greater control over the process while ... -
This day in history | 1986 US launches air strikes on Libya
At least 100 people have died after USA planes bombed targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the Benghazi region. Around 66 American jets, some of ... -
EU vaccine passports draw closer in boon for airlines, hotels
European Union governments reached a deal on technical standards for so-called vaccine passports, advancing the effort to boost travel to and within the bloc in time ... -
Data leak | Facebook faces formal Irish privacy probe
Facebook Inc. faces a formal probe by its main privacy regulator in the European Union following the leak of the personal data of more than ... -
New Zealand OKs 2 Pacific teams for expanded Super Rugby
New Zealand Rugby has granted conditional approval for two Pacific Islands teams to join an Australia-New Zealand Super Rugby tournament beginning next year. Moana Pasifika, a ... -
Jack Ma’s double-whammy marks end of China tech’s golden age
The full implications of Beijing’s rapid-fire moves against Jack Ma’s internet empire in recent days won’t be apparent for weeks, but one lesson is already clear: ... -
The Buzz | On Memorial Day, Israel mourns, reflects on vets’ trauma
Israel marked its national Memorial Day for fallen soldiers yesterday, in a year when national attention has been focused on the plight of veterans suffering from ... -
Thailand’s daily COVID infections hit record, topping 1,300
Thailand reported more than 1,300 new COVID-19 infections yesterday, setting another daily record and adding pressure on the government to speed up a nearly nonexistent vaccination ... -
World Views | The FDA’s caution on the J&J vaccine is a costly mistake
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to recommend a pause in distribution of the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine has been roundly — and rightly — condemned across the political ... -
Thursday, April 15, 2021 – edition no. 3753
* Casinos at risk — A step closer to digital currency makes junkets worry that it will sound the death knell of an industry already crippled ...
