Monthly Archives: April 2021
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New Zealand to open travel bubble with Australia on April 19
New Zealand announced yesterday it will open a long-anticipated travel bubble with Australia on April 19 now that both countries have been successful in stamping out ... -
World Views | Some of China’s grand plans have gotten a little smaller
China’s state planners are notorious as purveyors of billions of yuan of budgetary spending, intimidating industrial policy and soaring technology goals. The Five-Year Plan — Beijing’s periodic, Soviet-style ... -
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 – edition no. 3747
*Easter eggs — Over 291,000 crossed the border during holiday while hotel occupancy is moderately on the rise * Desperately looking for food bank * New ... -
Alvis Lo takes office as SSM director, sets pandemic control as priority
Alvis Lo was inaugurated yesterday as the new director of the Health Bureau (SSM). During the ceremony held at the government’s headquarters, Lo noted in his ... -
April Fools | The Suez Canal Macau-bound livestock
Following a millenary tradition, Macau Daily Times yesterday didn’t forget to put up an April Fools joke as is common on this day across the world ... -
BioNTech vaccination expected to start next week
A shipment of 20,000 BioNTech-produced mRNA Covid-19 vaccines is set to arrive in Macau within days and the mRNA vaccination will re-commence next week at the earliest, the new ... -
March GGR hits record high since pandemic, boding well for future recovery
Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) in March is music to the ears – it totals MOP8.31 billion, a record monthly high since the Covid-19 outbreak. The ... -
Gov’t uncommon hardline stance to US may be counter-productive: Law expert
The Macau Government’s uncompromising reply to the U.S.’s 2020 Human Rights Report was a “stark contrast to its previous approaches.” This suggests that “it was very ... -
Melco posted huge loss for 2020, remains optimistic for 2021
Melco International Development Limited (Melco) posted a net loss of HKD12.38 billion for the full year of 2020, according to the group’s financial report released on ... -
Motorsport calendars hint F3 and F4 races for 2021 GP
The Macau Grand Prix (GP) is likely to return this year to its original 4-day format. Several recently released motorsport calendars have indicated its return, during ... -
Businesses overall satisfied with unified mobile payment
Business owners and shopkeepers are happy with unifying all local mobile payment methods and have said that the impact was most obvious during peak hours. Local ... -
Group calls for assembly at TDM to defend freedom of the press
New Macau Association (ANM) has called for an assembly at the entrance of public broadcaster TDM this coming Sunday in defense of freedom of the press, ... -
China Daily | Origins of political virus put in spotlight by report
It is no surprise those in the West who hoped to find evidence of guilt in the findings have felt disappointed about the World Health ... -
Analysis | Hong Kong tycoons emerge as losers from Xi’s election revamp
When China regained control of Hong Kong more than two decades ago, the Communist Party entrusted the city’s wealthiest tycoons with enormous influence over local politics. ... -
Press | Beijing takes aim at ‘illegal’ club for foreign correspondents
China slammed a foreign correspondents’ club in the country as an “illegal organization” in a move that broadens its attack on journalists whose reports differ from ... -
Hong Kong | Seven democracy leaders convicted as China clamps down
Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including a media tycoon and an 82-year-old veteran of the movement, were convicted yesterday for organizing and participating in ... -
This day in history | 1986 Bomb tears hole in airliner over Greece
Four people, including an eight-month old baby, have been sucked out of a TWA passenger jet after an explosion ripped a hole in its side. The ... -
LGBTQ | The Dutch went first in 2001; who has same-sex marriage now?
Twenty years ago, just after the stroke of midnight on April 1, the mayor of Amsterdam married four couples in City Hall as the Netherlands became ... -
Drive In | Michelle Pfeiffer has a feast with ‘French Exit’
Is there any living actor better at the disdainful eye roll than Michelle Pfeiffer? Her latest turn in “French Exit “ should end all debate on ... -
Taste of Edesia | Grand Cru of the Himalayas
Born from a dream that began in 2008, Ao Yun is the first Grand Cru of the Himalayas, a unique, world-class fine wine in China. First ... -
Macau Racing Tips | The Lanzhou 1200 Metres Turf 2021-04-03 | Sat | 16:55
My best bet for Easter is on another outsider come from K.S Wong’s yard this Saturday in Yings Fans. Yings Fans caught my eyes in his morning work ... -
The Buzz | Pfizer say vaccine effective up to six months later
Pfizer says its vaccine continues to be effective against COVID-19 up to six months later. Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, announced updated results yesterday from ... -
China foreign minister in talks with SE Asian counterparts
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is meeting with counterparts from four Southeast Asian countries this week as Beijing seeks to expand its influence in the region ... -
World Views | Telemedicine will be great after Covid, too
People have been predicting the ascent of telemedicine since the 1920s, but even mass broadband use wasn’t enough to make it catch on. Doctors were too worried ... -
Friday, April 2, 2021 – edition no. 3746
* Scent of recovery — March gaming revenue hits record high since pandemic, boding well for future recovery * Gov’t unusual hardline stance to USA may ... -
Macau set for tourism rebound with expanded airport: CE
The Macau SAR government capitalized on the downtime during the Covid-19 pandemic to enhance the city’s airport infrastructure and gear itself up for the forthcoming influx ... -
Gov’t to institute new department and legislation for TCM: Ao Ieong U
The SAR government is set to establish a new dedicated department and legal framework to lay the groundwork for the surveillance and manufacturing of traditional Chinese ... -
CAEAL attempts new clarification in distinguishing news reports from propaganda
The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election (CAEAL) has said that what matters to classify a media report as electoral propaganda, is whether that ... -
Another jetfoil dismantled: Urzela becomes scrap metal, Pico and Guia next
Another jetfoil vessel has reportedly been dismantled at Hong Kong’s Wang Tak shipyard, the jetfoil Conservation Concern Group has said in a statement. According to the ... -
Wynn-sponsored sailing contest to drive economic diversification
Responding to the call by the government to promote sports and sports tourism in Macau, it was announced yesterday at a press conference that Wynn will ... -
Unified scan-by-customer mobile payment rolls out
After the consolidation of the first phase of mobile payment method, the second phase, in which customers can pay by scanning QR codes with any local ... -
Ponte 16 drags Success Universe from profit to loss in 2020
Ponte 16, a flagship investment project of Hong Kong-listed company Success Universe Group Ltd (Group), posted a negative adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortization ... -
MICE leaders positive about business in H2 2021
The meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) industry is sanguine about the prospect of the MICE sector in Macau in the second half of 2021. Some ... -
Presenting ‘To the Moon’ imbues energy to keep going, says the sole performer
As the sole performer in the upcoming play “To the Moon,” Wang Junhao, having played more than 60 shows of the namesake production, is not only ... -
Report: Chinese loan terms hamper post-virus debt talks
China’s loans to poor countries in Africa and Asia impose unusual secrecy and repayment terms that are hurting their ability to renegotiate debts after the pandemic, ...
