Monthly Archives: April 2021
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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 ... -
Covid-19 | Vaccination insurance will not cover facial nerve paralysis case: SSM
The insurance program, purchased by the SAR government for local inoculation participants, will not cover the city’s second serious adverse event, which involved a 27-year-old male ... -
French chamber to hold gala dinner to raise MOP50,000
The France Macau Chamber of Commerce’s (FMCC) annual gala dinner will finally be held at MGM Macau on May 28 after being postponed last year due ... -
Bus drivers in trouble after viral social media footages
Two videos circulating on social media platforms which displayed the dangerous driving behavior of two local bus drivers were used as grounds by bus companies Transportes ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t mulls suspending AstraZeneca vaccines until next year
The government is now considering to push back the import of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines until 2022, Dr Tai Wa Hou, coordinator of the Health Bureau’s Covid-19 ... -
NEW IMMIGRATION LAW | Gov’t reaffirms the need to collect triple biometrical data
The government has reaffirmed the need to collect three different types of biometrical data for border control. The measure, based upon the new immigration law and ... -
Lawmaker calls for timeline for capping resort TNRs
In his recent written inquiry, lawmaker Ng Kuok Cheong requested that the government to ask gambling concessionaires to reduce non-resident workforce to below 20% within ... -
Entry bans without restrictions
The new immigration law being analyzed by the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) Third Standing Committee does not establish time limits for the enforcement of entry bans over ... -
Chinese flag part of mandatory curriculum after law review
If the proposed amendments to the local laws governing the use and protection of the national flag and emblem go through the parliament, contents on the ... -
MOP9.11b to be used from reserves in reviewed budget
The government proposes to use MOP9.11 billion from its reserves to support this year’s budget, the Executive Council (ExCo) announced yesterday. In order to facilitate the ... -
Gaming | VIP Q1 GGR outperforms brokerages’ projections
The VIP segment raked in approximately MOP9.13 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, up 19.7% quarter-to-quarter, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau revealed. The ... -
TECHNOLOGY | Tencent’s Ma dangles billions in aid as antitrust scrutiny grows
Tencent Holdings Ltd. founder Pony Ma pledged $7.7 billion toward curing societal ills and lifting China’s countryside out of poverty, echoing Xi Jinping’s priorities at a ... -
Covid-19 | Hong Kong to ban flights from the Philippines, India, Pakistan
Hong Kong will ban flights from India, Pakistan and the Philippines for 14 days starting from today as the city reported the first two cases with ... -
Gov’t says US-Japan actions are stoking division
China hit back at the U.S.-Japan show of alliance during talks between President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, calling it an “ironic attempt ... -
Boao Forum returns with investment in focus
China is signaling it’s open for business with the resumption of its high-profile Boao Forum for Asia, an opportunity for the government to make a renewed ... -
Great Times | Where Wedding Dreams are Made
Everyone has a dream wedding in mind, and when it comes to wedding décor, most people walk miles and go to great length to find the ... -
Aerospace | NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, first for another planet
NASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars yesterday, achieving the first powered flight by an aircraft on ...
