Parliamentary committee concludes discussion on hotel draft law

The parliamentary committee considering the bill governing hotel operations and related affairs has concluded its discussion, meaning that the bill will be discussed and voted upon at the plenary, Chan

China Daily | One Apple Daily keeps your IQ away

  Tuesday saw Apple Daily in Taiwan suspending its print edition. It’s such a relief to see a major source of rumors and brazen lies finally disappear. During the riots that ravaged

Hong Kong | Lam defends freezing of Lai’s assets as safety measure

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam yesterday defended the freezing of pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai’s assets as a necessary move under the city’s new national security law to protect the safety

Hong Kong | New bishop wants differing views respected

Hong Kong’s incoming Roman Catholic bishop Stephen Chow called for respect for different views as he prepares to lead a diocese that has been polarized by the city’s deteriorating political

Diplomacy | Mexican president apologizes for 1911 massacre of Chinese

Mexico’s president presented an apology for a 1911 massacre in which over 300 Chinese people were slaughtered by revolutionary troops in the northern city of Torreón. The apology is the latest

Belt & Road | China-built Colombo Port City commission needs public assent: Court

Sri Lanka’s top court has decided that some provisions of legislation to set up a powerful economic commission in a Chinese-built port city violate the constitution and require approval by

This day in history | 2004 Angry dads hit Blair with purple flour

Protesters have hurled condoms full of purple flour at British Prime Minister Tony Blair as he addressed MPs in the House of Commons, prompting an urgent review of security. The PM

Russia | Northernmost base projects its power across Arctic

During the Cold War, Russia’s Nagurskoye airbase was little more than a runway, a weather station and a communications outpost in the Franz Josef Land archipelago. It was a remote and

Singapore broker up 552% in a year, eyes China for more gains

iFast Corp., an online brokerage that’s been Singapore’s best-performing stock over the past year, is betting on China and a retail-trading frenzy to help it grow assets by more than

The Art of Giving | It’s just a divorce

Melinda and Bill Gates, two of the world’s most powerful philanthropist couples who have reshaped philanthropy over two decades, recently announced that they were ending their relationship. It would be just

Elon Musk loses world’s second-richest ranking as Tesla dips

Elon Musk’s Twitter posts keep sending Bitcoin prices tumbling. His own fortune is heading in the same direction. On Monday, Tesla Inc.’s chief executive officer lost his spot as the world’s

Rugby | Medical career beckons for Japan star player Kenki Fukuoka

The final of Japan’s Top League club competition on Sunday will mark the end of one of world rugby’s most distinguished and influential recent playing careers. Japan winger Kenki Fukuoka will

The Buzz | Biden raises cease-fire, civilian toll in call to Netanyahu

President Joe Biden expressed support for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but he stopped short of demanding

Energy agency: End new fossil fuel supply investments

A report by the International Energy Agency says immediate action is needed to reshape the world’s energy sector in order to meet ambitious climate goals by 2050, including ending investments

Animal Farm | Pragmatism

1. Macau will have to increase its efforts, and China must show greater openness, in order to reach 130 billion per year in gambling revenue in 2021, as predicted by

Wednesday, May 19, 2021 – edition no. 3775

— SJM’s Ambrose So appeals to gov’t for extension of gaming concessions for ‘at least one year’ * Leaving Japan | Galaxy cancels IR plans in Yokohama * Covid-19 | Gov’t urges

Economy | Moody’s: Growth volatility of Macau among the highest

Moody’s Investors Service confirmed the Macau SAR’s local and foreign currency issuer rating at Aa3, and maintained a stable outlook. In a statement, the rating agency noted that despite the collapse

Budget | Further cuts to gov’t spending in 2022

The Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has announced that the SAR government will continue to retrench public spending next year, given the uncertainty of the city’s economic situation. According to the

Briefs | Real estate transactions at MOP10.52b

  A total of 1,987 building units and parking spaces were bought and sold in the first quarter of 2021 according to Stamp Duty records, and the total value of the

Covid-19 | Gov’t encourages vaccination with PCR waiver

Following hints last week of a new policy for boosting the local Covid-19 immunization rate, Dr Leong Iek Hou of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced yesterday that

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