Daily Archives: Wednesday, December 1, 2021
-
Cold again | Low of 12 degrees forecast for Thursday
The Meteorological and Geophysics Bureau announced in a special note that the weather will continue to be fine and dry during the week. Nonetheless, a replenishment ... -
Junket scandal | Suncity to suspend VIP operations today: report
Five days after its chief executive officer was arrested, Suncity Group is closing all its VIP gaming rooms in Macau casinos and no longer paying some staff, ... -
André Cheong assures parliamentary committee of BO website security
The website of the Official Gazette (BO) complies with the highest security standards stipulated in the Cybersecurity Law, Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong told ... -
Macau reservoirs set to hold 12 days of water reserves after major expansion
Expansion works will be carried out on two of the city’s four reservoirs to expand local water supply capacity from seven to 12 days, announced Wong ... -
MOP60K fines slated for failure to auto-exchange tax data
In the future, financial entities that fail to conduct automatic tax information exchange may face fines ranging from MOP6,000 to MOP60,000, a parliamentary committee announced ... -
Shanghai willing to take part in bid to diversify Macau
The city of Shanghai is willing to play its part in responding to the central government’s call to diversify Macau’s economy through the development of projects ... -
Trade and investment a priority over being an international fair: IPIM
Continuing to promote trade and investment in Macau is more important and a higher priority than keeping the standard as an international fair, the president of ... -
Merry Gatherings at MGM
It is the time of gifting, receiving, and most important of all, feasting. As always, MGM celebrates the joyous season with all by crafting an array ... -
MGM’s Emerald Villa | Accentuating Macau’s skyline with the Midas touch
Sitting gracefully above MGM COTAI is Macau’s new luxury accommodation, Emerald Villa; an innovative vision brought to stunning reality, heralding a new era in Asia’s luxury ... -
China to donate 600 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Africa
China has pledged to donate 600 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccines to Africa as the world grapples with the unequal distribution of the shots between ... -
Chinese team reports racial abuse at table tennis worlds
Chinese officials’ formal complaint of racist abuse toward one of their players at the table tennis world championships in Texas was taken “very, very seriously,” the ... -
PMI | Manufacturing improves as power shortages ease
China’s manufacturing activity rebounded in November as orders improved and power shortages eased, a survey showed yesterday. An industry group and the national statistics agency said ... -
Covid-19 | Omicron variant brings vaccine inequity ‘home to roost’
The emergence of the new omicron variant and the world’s desperate and likely futile attempts to keep it at bay are reminders of what scientists have ... -
This day in history | 1990 Tunnel links UK and Europe
Construction workers have drilled through the final wall of rock to join the two halves of the Channel Tunnel and link Britain to France. The momentous ... -
Social media | New Twitter CEO steps from behind the scenes to high profile
Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile and politically volatile jobs. But his ... -
Ballon D’Or | Putellas and Messi win awards
Lionel Messi won the men’s Ballon d’Or for a record-extending seventh time yesterday [Macau time], ending the year in style after a brilliant final season with ... -
Portugal probes local transmission of omicron at soccer team
Portuguese health authorities yesterday [Macau time] identified 13 cases of the omicron coronavirus variant among members of a professional soccer club and were investigating whether it ... -
The Buzz | Appeals court to weigh Trump arguments to withhold records
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers will try to persuade a federal appeals court to stop Congress from receiving call logs, drafts of speeches and other documents ... -
World Views | Migrant crisis front and center in pope’s Greece-Cyprus trip
When Pope Francis visited the Greek island of Lesbos in 2016, he was so moved by the stories he heard from families fleeing war in Iraq ... -
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 – edition no. 3906
* Omicron brings vaccine inequity home to roost * Macau reservoirs | 7 to 12 days of water supply after expansion * Junket scandal | ...
