Halted applications for residency at IPIM remain a concern

The high number of requests and applications for the renewal of residency permits currently pending processing at the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) came

39,000 enrolled in higher education

Macau has recorded approximately 39,000 students in higher education during the past academic year (2019-2020), an increase of 8.3% compared to the previous year. Of these,

Decorations | 2021 Gov’t announces outstanding individuals, entities

Yesterday, the government announced it would award the Decoration of Honour – Golden Lotus to Kiang Wu Hospital and Chui Sai Cheong. A statement was

Gaming | New Year’s fireworks returning to Vegas after 2020 hiatus

New Year’s Eve fireworks that were called off last year on the Las Vegas Strip due to the coronavirus pandemic are returning with hopes for big

Hong Kong votes for legislature with only loyalists approved

Hong Kong was voting yesterday in the first election since Beijing amended the laws to reduce the number of directly elected lawmakers and vet candidates to ensure

Beijing vows to respond after US enacts Xinjiang sanctions

China will take all necessary measures to safeguard its institutions and enterprises, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said last week after the U.S. Senate passed a law barring imports

e-Commerce | Alibaba to grow Southeast Asia e-commerce arm to USD100b

Alibaba this week revealed an ambitious vision to grow its Southeast Asian e-commerce business to $100 billion in transacted sales as well as a pledge to

India | Man beaten to death inside historic Sikh temple

A man was beaten to death in the northern Indian city of Amritsar after he allegedly attempted to commit a sacrilegious act inside the historic Golden Temple,

Pakistan | Death toll in Karachi sewer gas blast jumps to 17

The death toll from a sewer gas blast in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi jumped to 17 as some critically injured people died overnight and yesterday,

Philippines | Typhoon deaths top 100, mayors plead for food

The governor of an island province in the central Philippines said yesterday at least 63 people died in the devastation wrought by Typhoon Rai in more than

Islamic world unites to aid desperately poor Afghanistan

The economic collapse of Afghanistan, already teetering dangerously on the edge, would have a “horrendous” impact on the region and the world, successive speakers warned yesterday at

This day in history | 1995 ‘Divorce’: Queen to Charles and Diana

The Queen has urged the Prince and Princess of Wales to seek “an early divorce”.  Buckingham Palace said the Queen called for an end to the marriage in

Olympics | Ferreira takes ski halfpipe win, closing in on Beijing spot

Alex Ferreira joked that all the spins in his winning run of the men’s ski halfpipe final left him feeling dizzy. This might straighten things out

Hopes, fears in Finnish Christmas country as omicron looms

Workers at Santa Claus Village, a holiday theme park on the edge of the Arctic Circle, chipped away at a frozen dome, using chisels to put the

The Buzz | Germany tightens travel restrictions on UK

Germany is tightening travel restrictions for people coming from Britain in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant there. The country’s national disease control center,

China Daily | Differentiated policies for holiday travel required

It is less than two months before Spring Festival ushers in the Year of the Tiger. For many who work in places away from their loved ones, to

Monday, December 20, 2021 – edition no. 3918

— A 68-strong delegation of top Chinese athletes arrived in Macau for a three-day visit * TNR | Lawmaker Ma advocates a stricter regime for domestic workers * Halted applications for residency

Pandemic: Fauci says omicron variant is ‘just raging around the world’

The COVID-19 omicron variant is "just raging around the world," the White House's top medical adviser said today (Sunday), and President Joe Biden is planning to give "a stark warning

Closure of VIP rooms, junket operators, dominate AL plenary

The cessation of gaming promoter Suncity Group’s operations – and the consequent loss of a large number of its employees’ jobs – dominated lawmakers’ attention in

Sin Fong inauguration | Legal action to be taken on individual basis

Residents of the reconstructed Sin Fong Garden Building have failed to come to a collective decision regarding legal action against the original developer, vice president of

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