Monthly Archives: August 2021
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Big Read: Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake
Near Southern California’s dying Salton Sea, a canopy next to a geothermal power plant covers large containers of salty water left behind after super-hot liquid is ... -
The Conversation | Vaccines could affect how the coronavirus evolves – but that’s no reason to skip your shot
In 2015, my collaborators and I published a scientific paper about a chicken virus you have likely never heard of. At the time, it got some ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t will not follow HK standards regarding unvaccinated civil servants
Local health authorities have refuted the idea of adopting the standard in force in the neighboring region of Hong Kong which requires unvaccinated civil servants to ... -
Qingmao Border to open on Sept. 8
Located 800 meters from the Border Gate, the Qingmao Border Checkpoint will open on September 8, the government announced yesterday. When it opens, the city’s newest ... -
Elections 2021 | Alleged campaign misconduct referred to watchdog
The Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) revealed in a reply to a news outlet that it has referred an allegation of corruption to the Commission ... -
CEM power box renewal subsidy not generating much interest
Electricity supplier CEM has issued invitation to 68 buildings to participate in a power box renewal scheme — but only has received 11 confirmations. The scheme ... -
Macau delegation heads off to Shaanxi for National Games
A local delegation of 154 members is heading to Shaanxi Province for the 14th National Games of China. During the official farewell ceremony that took place ... -
Occupancy rate at 63.7% in July
In the first seven months of 2021, the average occupancy rate of guest rooms was 52.3%, up by 27.3 percentage points year-on-year. Data from the the ... -
Great Times | MGM ‘Virtual Exhibition’ – Yuan Jai
The pursuit of beauty in life and art is endless. “Awakening”, Special Exhibition of “Art Macao 2021”, on view now in MGM COTAI, features precious works ... -
Environment | Further awareness needed amid banning of single-use plastic straws
The import and trading of plastic straws is set to be banned by January 1, 2022, a move environmentalists deem as “baby step” into turning the ... -
China limits children to three hours of online gaming a week
China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese ... -
Millennia-old tombs, artifacts unearthed in Guangzhou
Fifty-eight tombs and artifacts from the pre-Qin period (before 221 B.C.) have been unearthed from a site in Guangzhou, capital of the Guangdong Province. According to ... -
Indonesia | Some students return to schools, at a distance
School bells rang in parts of Indonesia’s capital for the first time in more than a year yesterday as schools shut by the coronavirus were allowed ... -
Japan | Author Murakami criticizes PM over pandemic measures
Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami in his monthly radio show criticized the country’s prime minister, saying Yoshihide Suga has ignored a growing COVID-19 surge and public concerns ... -
This day in history | 1997 Princess Diana dies in Paris crash
Diana, Princess of Wales, has died after a car crash in Paris. She was taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning where surgeons ... -
Afghanistan | Rockets fired at Kabul airport amid US withdrawal hit homes
Rocket fire apparently targeting Kabul’s international airport struck a nearby neighborhood yesterday, the eve of the deadline for American troops to withdraw from the country’s longest ... -
Entertainment | ‘Candyman’ slashes way toward No. 1 box office spot
Candyman” hooked the top spot at the North American box office. The Universal Pictures film starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II impressively pulled in more than $22.3 million ... -
MGM organizes ‘The MGM Experience’ for ten consecutive years
With the aim of encouraging local youth to make the best out of their summer holiday and to broaden their horizons, MGM once again organized its ... -
Melco hosts MOP3 million lucky draw for fully vaccinated colleagues
Having reached a vaccination rate of over 70% for colleagues in Macau and Hong Kong, Melco last week hosted a MOP3 million lucky draw, with three ... -
Football | EPL: Greenwood’s goals well timed before Ronaldo’s United return
Wolves 0, Man United 1 Mason Greenwood is making sure Manchester United doesn’t neglect his scoring abilities when Cristiano Ronaldo returns. The 19-year-old striker — who ... -
The Buzz | Universal Studios sets opening for first theme park in China
Universal Studios announced yesterday that its first theme park in China will open in the country’s capital in September. The company set the opening date for ... -
EU set to recommend reinstating restrictions on US travelers
The European Union plans to recommend that its member states reinstate restrictions on tourists from the U.S. because of rising coronavirus infection levels in the country, ... -
China Daily | Moving teachers around not enough on its own
To make the distribution of public education resources fairer, many cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, have released regulations in response to the call of the ... -
Tuesday, August 31, 2021 – edition no. 3847
* Straw ban — The import and trading of plastic straws will be banned from January 1, 2022, a move environmentalists deem as ‘baby step’ toward ... -
Census 2021 concludes with high response rate; over 70% completed online
The data collection for the 2021 Population Census concluded over the weekend with a preliminary overall response rate of 83.3%, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) ... -
ECONOMY | GDP rebounds 69.5% in Q2
Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) rebounded by 69.5% year-on-year in real terms in the second quarter of 2021, the special administrative region’s (SAR) statistics department said ... -
Employment | 3,000 fewer workers in Macau between May and July
A recent survey from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) found that, in the three month period of May to July this year, there was a ... -
Briefs | Macau politics reach Portugal’s Socialist Party congress
Sociologist Paulo Godinho warned yesterday at the 23rd Socialist Party (PS) congress that cases of violations of freedoms and breaches of the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration ... -
Property | Toi San residential estate entrances blocked by parked cars
Some residents living in the Cidade Nova de Toi San have complained that the estate’s management company have extortionately increased the number of parking spaces, some ... -
Tourism industry confident about National Games 2025
The local tourism industry is eagerly awaiting the improvements to the city’s image that will follow the National Games in 2025. Last week, the Chinese government ... -
Elections | Two-week campaign period kicks off
The two week-long campaign period for the upcoming parliamentary election commenced over the weekend, with an obviously inhibited energy level, in part due to the disease ... -
DSEDJ issues recommendations for parents to prepare new school year
In preparation for the start of the new school year, the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) has issued a series of recommendations for parents, urging ... -
China lodges serious protest over report
China has made serious protests to the United States over the COVID-19 origins tracing report submitted by the US intelligence community to US President Joe Biden, ... -
Covid-19 | US intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirus
U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China’s leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the ... -
China protests US Navy, Coast Guard ships in Taiwan Strait
China’s defense ministry protested this weekend the passage of a U.S. Navy warship and Coast Guard cutter through the waters between China and Taiwan, a self-governing ...
