Daily Archives: September 7, 2021
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Hong Kong scraps quarantine for arrivals from Macau, mainland
Travelers arriving in Hong Kong from China and Macau will no longer need to quarantine, Hong Kong’s top official said today, easing curbs imposed after summer ... -
700 non-residents deported on criminal grounds
The Unitary Police Service (SPU) announced yesterday at a special press conference that 704 non-residents have been deported after being found guilty of criminal offenses across ... -
Caritas | Applications for food program remain steady
The number of people queueing up for Caritas’ food charity program remains at “the same level” as during the peak of the pandemic, when several hundred ... -
TUI confirms penalty of dismissal to customs officer
The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) has confirmed the penalty of dismissal from the force applied to an officer from the Customs Service that abused three ... -
Crime | Man caught in scam involving Covid-19 gov’t support to SMEs
A 41-year-old male resident of Macau is being accused of a series of crimes by his business partner, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported yesterday during the ... -
GBA | China issues plan for further developing Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation zone
China’s central authorities have issued a new plan for further developing a cooperation zone for the southern metropolis of Shenzhen and the Hong Kong Special Administrative ... -
Guangdong-Macau | Liaison Office: Master plan to enrich practice of ‘One country, two systems’
The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) hailed the master plan for building the Guangdong-Macau in-depth Cooperation Zone ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t to step up PCR frequency for four groups of individuals
Certain individuals will be institutionally required to take the Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test as often as once per day, Dr Tai Wa Hou, medical ... -
Great Times | MGM ‘Virtual Exhibition’ – Chole Ho
Let’s take a deep dive into the art discourse of MGM Chairman’s Collection at “Awakening” Special Exhibition of “Art Macao 2021”. Artist of the Session – ... -
Weibo bans BTS fan account for illegal fundraising
Chinese social media platform Weibo banned a fan club of popular South Korean K-pop band BTS from posting for 60 days, saying it had raised funds ... -
Chinese star cuts ties with Swiss watch brand over Taiwan
Chinese singer and actor Lu Han, a former member of popular K-pop boy band EXO, said last weekend he would cut ties with Swiss luxury watch ... -
This day in history | 1984: Epidemic ‘spreads to second hospital’
Three more people have died in the food poisoning epidemic at hospitals in Yorkshire bringing the total number of deaths to 22. The outbreak began at ... -
USA | Florida gunman killed four, including mom still holding baby
A man wearing full body armor fatally shot four people, including a mother and the 3-month-old baby she was cradling, and engaged in a massive gunfight ... -
Entertainment | ‘Shang-Chi’ blasts Labor Day records with USD71.4M debut
On what’s traditionally one of the sleepiest weekends at the movies, the Marvel film “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” smashed the record for ... -
Media | Apple Daily parent company board resigns, plans to liquidate
The parent company of a defunct pro-democracy paper in Hong Kong, Apple Daily, is liquidating its assets and the board is stepping down, according to ... -
FOOTBALL | World Cup Qualifiers: Pressure grows on South Korea’s Son, Japan’s Furuhashi
Japan’s shocking loss to Oman and South Korea’s scoreless draw with Iraq to open the third round of Asian World Cup qualifying has increased the pressure ... -
The Buzz | Taliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province
The Taliban yesterday said they have taken control of Panjshir province north of Kabul, the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces in the country and the only ... -
US cattle producers have a beef with 35-year marketing campaign
Cattle producers for 35 years have been bankrolling one of the nation’s most iconic marketing campaigns, but now many want to end the program that created ... -
China Daily | China sets good example sharing vaccines
Even as wealthy countries are considering rolling out vaccine booster shots for their citizens this month, billions of people in the developing world are yet ... -
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 – edition no. 3852
* Cross-boundary crackdown — The annual mega crime crackdown of Macau, Guangdong and Hong Kong held a total of 746 operations, deploying over 9,700 officers * ...
