Daily Archives: Wednesday, April 21, 2021
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Domestic violence law | Gov’t: Evaluation of prosecution effectiveness difficult
More judicial prosecution is needed to determine whether the Domestic Violence Law has been effective in punishing lawbreakers, Hon Wai, president of the Social Welfare Bureau ... -
Education | MUST research on smart Covid diagnosis published in renowned journal
A research team at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) has made significant progress on its research on smart diagnosis of Covid-19, and subsequently ... -
Registered substance takers plunge 36% last year
A government database recorded 219 registered illicit substance users last year, a 36% drop from 2019, the Drug Control Committee announced yesterday. Of the users, 70% ... -
President Xi urged unity and denounced ‘decoupling’ at Boao Forum
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for a concerted effort from all countries in Asia and beyond to combat the pandemic and drive post-Covid economic recovery, ... -
Tourism | MGTO expects a record high tourist arrivals in Golden Week
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) is anticipating a the highest tally of tourist arrivals to Macau since the pandemic in the coming May Golden Week ... -
No approved residency applications for ‘major investment’ category in 2020
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has not approved any residence applications based on the ‘major investment’ category last year. According to a ... -
Crime | Young couple detained over document forgery, fraud
A young local couple was yesterday detained by police on suspicion of having committed multiple crimes including document forgery and fraud, the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed ... -
Budget execution rate hits record high
The budgetary execution rate of the Macau government’s Investment and Development Expenditure Plan (PIDDA) for the fourth quarter of 2020 reached nearly 96%, hitting record high. The committee for ... -
Climate | 2020 a cooler, dryer year in town, statistics show
Last year, Macau registered lower temperatures than in 2019 as well as a significant drop in rainfall levels, environmental statistics released by the Statistics and Census ... -
Gaming | Mid-month GGR projected to hit 35% of pre-pandemic levels
Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the first 18 days of April is forecast to hit MOP5.5 billion, or MOP280 million per day, according to the ... -
Police detect 79 suspected illegal workers
The Public Security Police Force (PSP) detected a total of 79 people suspected of working illegally in Macau last month, according to statistics just released. This ... -
Gov’t rejects accusations of abuses in Xinjiang
China’s government yesterday rejected accusations of abuses in the Xinjiang region after a human rights group appealed for a U.N. investigation into possible crimes against humanity. ... -
Spain dismantles Chinese gang selling cannabis across Europe
Police in Spain said yesterday they have dismantled one of the largest criminal gangs growing cannabis in the country and trafficking it across Europe. At least ... -
Chinese military seen behind Japan cyberattacks, NHK Says
China’s military is thought to have instructed a hacker group to conduct cyberattacks on nearly 200 Japanese research institutions and firms, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing unidentified ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t expected to approve BioNTech vaccine in June, AmCham says
China is expected to approve BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine in June, according to the head of American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, Ker Gibbs. The Shanghai ... -
This day in history | 1945 Red Army enters outskirts of Berlin
Russian troops have captured some outlying suburbs of Berlin at the beginning of what promises to be a bitter battle for control of the city. The ... -
Military says that Chad’s president killed on battlefield
Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, died yesterday of wounds suffered on the battlefield during a ... -
Italy targets mid-May opening for tourism in bid to save sector
Italy is aiming to open the country to tourists in mid-May, pledging a range of measures to protect visitors from the coronavirus as it scrambles to rescue a sector ... -
Automobile | Tesla disquiet in China mounts after embarrassing driver protest
Tesla Inc. looks to be coming under increasing pressure in China with two government entities firing off missives about the company’s behavior and treatment of its ... -
MGM holds the 11th ‘Health Day for Senior Buddies’
MGM recently held the annual “Haircut and Health Day for Senior Buddies” at MGM Cotai’s Ballroom, providing complimentary health consultation and haircut service to more than 300 ... -
Sands China organises national security exhibition tour for staff
Nearly 40 Sands China team members, including senior management from various departments, recently participated in a tour of the 2021 National Security Education Exhibition at the Complex of ... -
Basketball | Curry hits 10 3s, scores 49 in Warriors’ win in Philly
Stephen Curry stripped off his No. 30 jersey and handed stuffed duffle bags full of memorabilia to a Delaware state trooper who stopped in full uniform ... -
The Buzz | Navalny’s doctors prevented from seeing him at prison clinic
Several doctors were prevented yesterday from seeing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prison hospital after his three-week hunger strike and prosecutors detailed a sweeping, ... -
Queen enters ‘twilight’ of reign after farewell to Philip
Now that the Royal Family has said farewell to Prince Philip, attention will turn to Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th birthday today and, in coming months, the ... -
World Views | The pandemic will be more deadly this year
Covid-19 is going to kill more people in 2021 than it did last year. If you want to see why, look at what’s happening in India. Cases have ... -
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 – edition no. 3757
* A call for unity — President Xi Jinping has called for concerted effort from all countries in Asia and beyond to drive post-Covid economic recovery ...
