Monthly Archives: May 2021
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BOC discusses online credit card abuse
Reports on credit card abuse have become a feature of the Judiciary Police (PJ) press announcements recently. Even the Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, commented ... -
Court tries Chinese Australian writer on espionage charge
China yesterday put a Chinese Australian writer on trial for alleged espionage and denied the Australian ambassador in Beijing access to the hearing. Yang Hengjun has ... -
China leads the world in 5G base stations: vice minister
China has taken a global lead in the development of 5G, with a total of 819,000 5G base stations built so far, accounting for over 70 ... -
This day in history | 1959 Monkeys survive space mission |
Two monkeys have become the first living creatures to survive a space flight. Able, a seven-pound female rhesus monkey, and Baker, a one-pound female squirrel monkey, ... -
Book It | For such a small place, Iceland has a big influence
How has small Iceland been able to play such a big role in the world? The confluence of geology, fish and rugged explorers seems to have ... -
Covid-19 | China says politics behind Biden call for virus origin probe
China yesterday accused the Biden administration of playing politics and shirking its responsibility in calling for a renewed investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic ... -
Macau Racing Tips | The Brazil 1350 Metres Sand 2021-05-28 | Fri | 19:40
Luck plays a vital role in the sports of king, my pick on Dawson last Saturday was a classic example, he got every chance to win, ... -
FASHION | Inspiration from the 90s
This month, Shanghai Tang launches Yuni Ahn for Shanghai Tang, an exclusive collaboration with eponymous designer Yuni Ahn. Yuni Ahn for Shanghai Tang debuts with a Pre-Fall 2021 Collection ... -
The Buzz | Production of another COVID-19 vaccine to begin in weeks
Production of another potential vaccine against COVID-19 will begin within weeks, its developers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said yesterday as they launched a large trial enrolling 35,000 ... -
Hong Kong bans Tiananmen crackdown vigil for second year
Hong Kong authorities for the second year have banned the June 4 candlelight vigil to commemorate the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, ... -
World Views | When to buy a Lamborghini? There’s no time like the present
For those who aspire to cryptocurrency riches, the entreaty “When Lambo?” long ago became a popular way to refer to that blessed day when you’re finally wealthy enough ... -
Friday, May 28, 2021 – edition no. 3781
* Hard Labor — Secretary for Economy Lei Wai Nong was grilled for failing to guarantee local residents’ priority access to jobs, resolve unpaid wages and ... -
CPU member expresses concerns over building-linking flyovers
A member of the Urban Planning Committee (CPU) raised concerns over the ownership and responsibility for the inter-building flyovers used to provide access to pedestrians. The ... -
Briefs | 2nd-level Covid-19 close contact from Guangzhou quarantined in Macau
The Macau Health Bureau has been notified by the Guangdong Health Commission that a second-level close contact of a Covid-19 positive case from Guangzhou, Guangdong, ... -
Legislative committee criticizes budget execution for UM construction
The University of Macau (UM) did not do well in terms of reviewing the budget executions for its construction projects, lawmaker Mak Soi Kun and president ... -
AL committee proposes to allow provisional residential permit holders as residents
A parliamentary committee has proposed to the government to allow new immigrants on provisional residential permits to be considered as residing in Macau even if they ... -
MICE sector sees 68 events in Q1
A total of 68 meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) events were held in the first quarter of 2021, including 61 meetings and conferences (-56 year-on-year) ... -
Covid-19 | City records first case of Indian variant
The 51st confirmed case of Covid-19 in Macau, detected a few days ago, was found to be SARS-CoV-2 variant known as B.1.617 – which is widely known ... -
Crime | Drug trafficking in eggroll can busted
A crime in which a Hong Kong drug cartel used eggroll cans to contain narcotics and send them by mail to Macau has recently been busted, ... -
Gov’t to continually roll out promotions in Shanghai to attract tourists
The Macau SAR is again set to host a mega roadshow in Shanghai to entice visitors to visit the city, which has been described as a ... -
Halftone to cater to photography enthusiasts
A new photography association will launch today, aiming to promote all aspects of contemporary photography. At 6:30 p.m. today, a total of 18 photography enthusiasts who ... -
Businessman Rosário pleads not guilty in cryptocurrency investments fraud trial
The trial of the fraud case involving cryptocurrency investments began this Tuesday at the Court of First Instance. The case involves a total of 71 victims ... -
Melco hosts seminar on GBA entrepreneurship opportunities
Melco Resorts & Entertainment hosted a seminar titled “Follow your Dreams” with the aim of providing team members with practical knowledge of the Greater Bay Area’s ... -
Gaming | When bureaucratic irresolution and pandemic jabs Japan’s IR bubble
Ever since Japan’s parliament, the National Diet, ratified the Integrated Resort (IR) Promotion Act in 2016 and ensured the IR Implementation Bill in July 2018 — ... -
This day in history | 1994 Dissident writer Solzhenitsyn returns
Alexander Solzhenitsyn has flown back to his native Russia after 20 years of exile in the United States. His plane touched down in the far eastern ... -
Actor John Cena faces backlash in China over Taiwan comment
Actor and professional wrestler John Cena has apologized to fans in China after he called Taiwan a country in a promotional interview for his upcoming film ... -
Hong Kong | Legislature due to approve curbs on public vote
Hong Kong’s legislature is expected to change electoral laws to drastically reduce the public’s ability to vote for lawmakers and increase the number of pro-Beijing lawmakers ... -
Shift in fortunes | Old-school tycoons of Hong Kong are losing to China’s moguls
The prediction was vintage Jack Ma, as provocative as it was prescient. “This is the era of the internet,” the Chinese billionaire proclaimed in October 2013, ... -
Tokyo Games | Major Japan newspaper Asahi calls for Olympic cancellation
Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper yesterday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two months. It is ... -
The Buzz | Portugal backtracks on capital-focused vaccines
Portuguese authorities say they are speeding up their COVID-19 vaccination drive nationwide after prompting an outcry by saying inoculations would be accelerated only in the Lisbon ... -
WHO asked to review spiked Italy report, whistleblower case
Whistleblower protection groups urged the World Health Organization yesterday to launch an independent review into the case of an Italian researcher who reported being pressured to ... -
China Daily | Pandemic calls for unprecedented unity
Although the sporadic locally transmitted cases appearing each day over the past two weeks might appear inconsequential in comparison to the situation in many other ... -
Thursday, May 27, 2021 – edition no. 3780
* Leaving Japan — In a domino effect, Macau gaming operators or investors dropped plans to bid for IRs in the industry’s so-called new frontier citing ... -
Police ban June 4 vigil on grounds of libel, defamation
In his capacity as a member of the Macau Union of Democratic Development, lawmaker António Ng Kuok Cheong announced that the Public Security Police Force (PSP) ... -
Labor bureau investigator sentenced for corruption
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has decided to uphold the judgment made previously by the Court of First Instance (TJB) to sentence a then-investigator with ...
