Daily Archives: Thursday, May 6, 2021
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Art as the pillar to anchor the mass during Covid -19 pandemic
If Covid-19 has taught Water Poon anything, it is the skills to maneuver social media platforms, a digital sphere in which he was a greenhorn before ... -
Third stimulus | Registration for consumption subsidy starts tomorrow, transfer of funds possible
Registration for the third round of the consumption subsidy scheme will start tomorrow, Tai Kin Ip, director of the Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) announced ... -
Monetary Authority bypasses questions on encouraging Simple Pay
The Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) has recently announced that, as of end of April, the proportion of businesses participating in Simple Pay unified mobile payment ... -
Crime | Illegal currency exchange prompts theft of HKD200,000
An illegal currency exchange operation at a hotel in Cotai resulted in a robbery involving HKD200,000, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported in a press conference early ... -
Briefs | Zone D, Zone A waterway to remain
New Urban Zone D will be reclaimed, despite a lack of sand needed for the project. In the concluding report of the Master Urban Plan ... -
Opinions on Urban Master Plan divided
In the public consultation concerning the Urban Master Plan, the government has received 1,265 documents of comments, which were condensed into 4,939 different comments. Out of ... -
Qingmao Port to open after tests completion
Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, indicated yesterday that as soon as the Financial Services Bureau hands over the new Qingmao Border Port to the competence ... -
Adriano Ho reappointed at DICJ for 2 years
The current director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has been reappointed for two more years. The reappointment, published on the government’s official ... -
Gov’t says ferry operators pledged to guarantee job security
Companies operating ferry services between Macau and Hong Kong allegedly made pledges guaranteeing employment opportunities for local workers, despite having laid off nearly half of their ... -
Mainland capital accounts for 56% of new companies in Q1
Capital from the mainland accounted for the creation of a total of 55.5% of all newly registered companies in Macau during the first quarter (Q1) of ... -
Trade | Australia’s spat with Beijing opens door for grain rival Argentina
Farmers in Argentina are pouncing on a trade feud between grain rival Australia and voracious crop buyer China. Argentine growers are set to expand barley plantings ... -
Philippines rejects China fishing ban, wards off Chinese vessels
The Philippines said China’s unilateral fishing ban in the South China Sea doesn’t apply to areas within the Southeast Asian nation, in yet another sign of ... -
Covid-19 | Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble has families on tenterhooks
As Singapore’s government assesses any potential change to a planned travel bubble with Hong Kong following a spike in local virus cases, families on both sides of the ... -
Covid-19 | EU delivers vaccine jabs to Balkans after China and Russia
The European Union started delivering EU-funded coronavirus vaccines to the Balkans, a region that wants to join the 27-nation bloc but where China and Russia have ... -
This day in history | 1994 President and Queen open Chunnel
The Queen and France’s President Francois Mitterrand have formally opened the Channel Tunnel during two elaborate ceremonies in France and Britain. After travelling through the tunnel, ... -
G-7 | India’s foreign minister out of meeting over Covid risk
India’s foreign minister pulled out of in-person meetings at a Group of Seven gathering in London yesterday and was self-isolating after members of his country’s delegation ... -
Markets | Chicago says goodbye to CME’s last commodity trading pits
It’s the end of an era for open outcry commodities trading, made famous by the film “Trading Places” with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd. The CME ... -
Gaming | California tribe buys Palms Casino in Vegas for $650 million
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians agreed to buy the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas from Red Rock Resorts Inc. for $650 million, the ... -
Corporate bits | Wynn’s F&B academy targets to reach international benchmark
The Wynn Food & Beverage Academy continues to hold career development and F&B training sessions. The academy collaborates with a number of global institutions for team ... -
Football | Roma might be a perfect fit for José Mourinho
José Mourinho, that most outspoken of soccer coaches, will take over next season at Roma, the team with some of the most outspoken fans in Italy. ... -
The Buzz | Biden aims to vaccinate 70% of American adults by July 4
President Joe Biden set a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one shot to 70% of adult Americans by July Fourth as he tackles the ... -
Wine that went to space for sale with $1 million price tag
The wine is out of this world. The price is appropriately stratospheric. Christie’s said this week it is selling a bottle of French wine that spent ... -
World Views | Unseen digital cash will stretch your money
Away from the cryptocurrency craze, important changes are taking place in how financial institutions move funds. Unlike the upcoming digital yuan or the keenly awaited Britcoin and FedCoin, a wholesale version ... -
Thursday, May 6, 2021 – edition no. 3766
* Long-awaited money — Registration for the consumption card scheme will commence tomorrow, which will allow transfer of funds among other convenient options * Water Poon ...
