Wong Sio Chak confirms Qingmao Port completion next month

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak confirmed the Qingmao Border Checkpoint Building will likely be completed next month, on the basis of information available to him, the senior official disclosed

Mobile payment platforms announce promotions

With the impending new round of consumption stimulus, the eight mobile payment platforms participating in the scheme have announced their respective promotion plans to attract users. The government has already announced

Employment | 765 job hunters referred to DSAL for job-matching

The Macao Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM) has referred 765 job hunters to the Labor Affairs Bureau (DSAL), which affirmed it will offer a vocational matching service to the group

The Asian hour | China mutes reaction to Zhao’s Oscars as S. Korea lauds Youn

Chloé Zhao’s history-making Oscars sweep, winning best director and best picture, is being met with a muted response in her country of birth, and even censorship. Zhao’s “Nomadland” is the second

Moments | History, glamour … and what a weird ending

Wait. What? If that’s what you yelled at the TV during the final moments of Sunday’s Oscars, you weren’t alone. In what may have been the most abrupt ending since that

This day in history | 1961 Sierra Leone wins independence

Sierra Leone has become the latest West African state to win independence, after more than 150 years of British colonial rule. The new nation was born at the stroke of midnight,

Anti-trust campaign | China widens internet crackdown with Meituan monopoly probe

China’s government has expanded its antitrust crackdown beyond Jack Ma’s technology empire, launching an investigation into suspected monopolistic practices by food-delivery behemoth Meituan. The State Administration for Market Regulation announced the

Property | Beijing to crack down on home buying in famous school district

One of Beijing’s most famous districts for top schools rolled out a new admission policy to crack down on housing speculation, the latest move by local authorities to keep the

Banking | Citigroup’s Asia chief calls retail exit a strategic necessity

Citigroup Inc.’s decision to exit retail banking operations in 13 markets outside the U.S. including China was crucial for its ability to redeploy capital to areas where it can make

MGM holds a seminar on cultural heritage

MGM recently collaborated with Macao Institute for Tourism Studies and Oral History Association of Macau to hold the “MGM National Education Series Seminar – Embracing Chinese Cultural Heritage in Macau.” The seminar

Shine Spa by Sheraton launches new ‘wellness’ package

Shine Spa by Sheraton is offering the new “A Spa Day with Friends,” a package that includes a 60-minute spa treatment followed with a healthy and nourishing plant- based wellness meal

Football | Madrid turns focus from Super League to Champions League

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane wants nothing to do with the Super League. Last week, the Spanish club was doing everything possible to make the controversial breakaway competition happen, attracting attention

The Buzz | Prototype of first US dollar coins auctioned for $840,000

A piece of copper that was struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia in 1794 and was a prototype for the fledgling nation’s money was auctioned off for $840,000, considerably more than

Hong Kong, Singapore to launch air travel bubble from May 26

Hong Kong and Singapore said yesterday they would launch an air travel bubble in May, months after an initial arrangement that would allow tourists to fly between both cities without

Our Desk | This is not a democracy – Part 1

This is not a democracy! This was a sentence I have gotten used to hearing since my early days in Macau. I confess that at the time, the sentence sounded

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 – edition no. 3761

— The first vaccination outreach effort kicks off today at UM, expecting to provide up to 700 shots daily * History, glamour and a weird ending at the Oscars * Mobile payment

Elections 2021 | Ex-New Macau member Scott Chiang likely to run with Ng Kuok Cheong

Incumbent lawmaker António Ng Kuok Cheong hinted yesterday on his social media platform about a possible partnership with previous New Macau Association (ANM) member Scott Chiang Meng Hin in the

10 returnees sent to clinical centre in Coloane

A total of 10 residents who returned from Nepal to the SAR were sent to the Public Health Clinical Centre in Coloane for quarantine after five of them tested positive for

Crystal fish 2021 | Security chief identifies five aspects to improve

The Joint Civil Protection Operations Centre held a typhoon drill on Saturday – codenamed “Crystal Fish 2021” – to test the operation capacity of the Civil Protection system ahead of

Price Index continues gradual descent

  The Composite Consumer price index (CPI) last month dropped by 0.97% year-on-year, official statistics released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) show. The Composite CPI for March (102.29) decreased

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