Monthly Archives: October 2021
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THE CONVERSATION | What happens to your life stories if you delete your Facebook account?
If the latest deluge of Facebook controversies has you ready to kick the app to the digital curb, you are not alone. There are plenty of ... -
Not yet the right time for schools to reopen
Macau has not yet reached a level of safety that would prompt the government to reopen schools and other educational facilities, Wong Ka Ki, head of ... -
Border-crossing restrictions to ease if no more cases by noon
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center announced yesterday that a 24 hour period ending at noon today will be crucial for the implementation of the ... -
Briefs | Cargo ship beached in Taipa waterway repaired
A cargo ship that berthed west of the Taipa waterway right before Typhoon Kompasu has been repaired, the Marine and Water Bureau announced. The 50-meter-long ... -
CRIME REPORT | Unlicensed woman apprehended for administering beauty surgery
A woman has been arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) for performing beauty treatments and surgery without a license, the authority announced at yesterday’s regular press ... -
Sinopharm vaccine rolling out for youngsters
The Sinopharm inactivated virus vaccine has been officially authorized for 12-to-18-year-olds, the government announced yesterday. According to health authorities, the decision was finally made after evaluation ... -
MUST to run China’s first external National Field Science Station
The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) has obtained national approval to run the country’s first external national-level field science observation station, the university announced ... -
Education Bureau issues Squid Game warning
A drama series which has recently become popular around the world involves a “multitude of bloody and horrifying elements, which are not suitable for younger audiences,” ... -
Prosperity index estimated to rise in Q4
Although remaining below mid-range, the Prosperity Indices for the last three months of the year are expected to rise slightly, the Macau Economic Association announced in ... -
Economic growth weakens amid construction slowdown
China’s economic growth is sinking under pressure from a construction slowdown and power shortages, prompting warnings about a possible shock to its trading partners and global ... -
Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzling over sudden virus success
Almost overnight, Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. Daily new COVID-19 cases have plummeted from a mid-August peak of nearly 6,000 ... -
This day in history | 1987 Shares plunge after Wall Street crash
The world’s stock market has collapsed after shares on Wall Street suffered a wave of panic selling. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted by a record ... -
USA | Bill Clinton back home after hospitalization from infection
Bill Clinton arrived yesterday [Macau time] at his home in New York to continue recovering from an infection that left him in treatment for six days ... -
AUKUS | Indonesia, Malaysia concerned about Australia’s nuclear subs
The foreign ministers of Malaysia and Indonesia expressed concern yesterday that Australia’s plan to obtain nuclear-powered submarines may increase the rivalry of major powers in Southeast ... -
MGM inaugurates second edition of High School Diploma Program
MGM has launched the second edition of its High School Diploma Program for 65 “spirited learners,” the company announced in a press release yesterday. In the ... -
Cryptocurrency | Bitcoin-mining power plant raises ire of environmentalists
An obstacle to large-scale bitcoin mining is finding enough cheap energy to run the huge, power-gobbling computer arrays that create and transact cryptocurrency. One mining operation ... -
Gymnastics | Uchimura, five new Olympic champs headline worlds
Kohei Uchimura will be aiming for a measure of redemption when the world championships begin in his hometown this week in what could be a competition ... -
The Buzz | Colin Powell dies, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims
Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained by his faulty claims to justify the ... -
Celebrities join Prince William for Earthshot Prize award
Celebrities joined Prince William in London yesterday [Macau time] for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize, an ambitious environmental program that aims to find ... -
World Views | How many lives have coronavirus vaccines saved? Many
More than 200 million U.S. residents have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine with the expectation that the vaccines slow virus transmission and ... -
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 – edition no. 3876
* Borderline — Prospects of normalization of cross-border traffic between Macau and Zhuhai cause borderline sense of hope in a stressed city * Sinopharm vaccine rolling ... -
Border with Zhuhai normalized with quarantine requirement dropped
Fourteen-day quarantine for entrants from Macau to Zhuhai will be lifted noontime tomorrow (Tuesday) if no new Covid-19 infection is detected in Macau by then, the ... -
Lawmakers sworn-in, Kou re-elected as President
Kou Hoi In, lawmaker from the indirect election constituency, has been re-elected as the president of the Legislative Assembly (AL) over the weekend with 32 votes. ... -
Hao vs LVS | Sands CFO finds exaggerated USD12B compensation claimed by AAEC
The vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Macau’s Sands China Limited, a local operating unit of Las Vegas Sands Corporation (LVS), Dave Sun Minqi, ... -
LRT to close for 6 months to replace faulty high voltage cables
The Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) system is set to close from this Wednesday, October 20, for a period of six months for the replacement of ... -
Briefs | Bill of Taxation Code to be discussed in parliament
The draft of the Taxation Code will be delivered to the Legislative Assembly for discussion, as the Executive Council has recently concluded its own deliberation. ... -
Gov’t runs NAT on focus areas, populations
A SARS-CoV-2 mass nucleic acid test (NAT) was run yesterday on residents living in certain focus areas, as well as those who had overlapping travel routes ... -
Canton Fair | Ho Iat Seng makes future plans with Guangzhou officials
Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng has met with Guangzhou city officials to exchange views on Covid-19 prevention and control work, as well as closely work ... -
Wynn actively participates in taking forward the development of GBA
Following the introduction of the “Master Plan for the Development of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin,” the collaboration and engagement between Macao and the ... -
Space | New crew docks at first Chinese permanent space station
Chinese astronauts began this weekend their six-month mission on China’s first permanent space station, after successfully docking aboard their spacecraft. The astronauts, two men and a ... -
Two arrested in Athens for protesting Beijing Olympics
Two women attempted to hang a banner from the Acropolis in Athens yesterday in protest at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, and were detained by Greek ... -
Japan | Kishida sends offering to controversial Tokyo shrine
Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida donated ritual offerings yesterday to a Tokyo shrine viewed by Chinese and Koreans as a symbol of Japanese wartime aggression, ... -
This day in history | 1976 Funeral of Mafia boss held in NY
The funeral of Carlo Gambino, the ‘boss of the bosses’ in the Mafia, has taken place in New York. Mr Gambino, considered the most powerful of ... -
UK | ‘He was Southend’: Tributes paid to slain British lawmaker
David Amess was a man of the people, a hard-working British lawmaker who had no grand political ambitions beyond serving those who had elected him for ... -
Tennis | Basilashvili, Norrie reach Indian Wells final without Top 25
Nikoloz Basilashvili beat American Taylor Fritz 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Saturday to set up a final against Cameron Norrie at the BNP Paribas Open, which will ...
