Yearly Archives: 2021
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Thursday, May 13, 2021 – edition no. 3771
* Real-world study | Sinovac shot highly effective * MUST hosts Chinese painting exhibition to mark double anniversary * The coming Legislative Assembly Election is ... -
Big read: Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter
China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media. Liu Xiaoming, who recently ... -
Sands China expecting to reach new heights on occupancy rates
Sands China Limited (SCL) remains confident in the performance of its newest property and continues to bet on the premium mass market. Based upon the gradual ... -
Sands Shopping Carnival to reconvene in July
Sands China Limited (SCL) is slated to reconvene its shopping carnival from July 23 to 25 at The Venetian, featuring over 560 booths, 10% more than ... -
Wynn Macau records highest post-pandemic profit at May Day holiday
Wynn Macau Ltd posted USD43.9 million in adjusted property earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) during the first quarter of this year, up around ... -
Wong’s office denies accusation over disallowing civil assembly
In a reply to a written inquiry from lawmaker Sulu Sou, the Office of Secretary for Security denied that the security branch has overstepped its legal ... -
Population stood at around 680,000 in Q1
The city’s population in the first quarter (Q1) of this year dropped to 682,500, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced. In the previous quarter, the ... -
HK gov’t to recognize 10 vaccines for reduced quarantine
The Hong Kong government announced that it will recognise 10 different coronavirus vaccines to allow Hong Kong residents to have shorter quarantine periods when they return ... -
SSM admits Health Code bumps amid system maintenance
System maintenance on the Macau Health Code platform was conducted yesterday morning, the Health Bureau (SSM) told the Times. Concerned that the system was facing another ... -
Briefs | Decoration of Lusophone complex’s exhibition hall to start Q3
Decoration work on the exhibition hall of the China-Lusophone Countries Trade Cooperation Service Platform Complex, located on the underground level of the building, is expected ... -
Three large MICE events to be held by June
Three large conferences – mainly corporate conferences – will be held in Macau by the end of June, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) ... -
Caterer association to subsidize outlets on back end digitization
Eligible local food and beverage (F&B) operators, when digitizing their back end operations, may receive a subsidy of 80% of the cost with a cap of ... -
Local canoe team triumphs in Shanghai national-level marathon
The Baía do Mar Canoeing Club has performed satisfactorily in a national canoe and stand- up paddle marathon tournament in Shanghai, winning three gold medals, two ... -
When spur-of-the-moment idea of the daring duo comes into fruition
In the arts, mustering the courage to make a bold move always leads to huge rewards. Catarina Lio, vice president of Brand Marketing of MGM China ... -
Covid-19 | New outbreaks threaten status of places that had virus contained
Taiwan and Singapore are reimposing pandemic restrictions as the return of a small number of virus cases challenges what have been some of the most successful places at ... -
This day in history | 2000 Ford quits Dagenham after 70 years
Ford has confirmed that car production at its Dagenham plant in Essex is to end after more than 70 years. In total, it will mean the ... -
Senegal | Hit by Covid, women find renewed hope in fishing
Since her birth on Senegal’s coast, the ocean has always given Ndeye Yacine Dieng life. Her grandfather was a fisherman, and her grandmother and mother processed ... -
Gaming | Wynn to take online-betting business public in SPAC merger
Wynn Resorts Ltd. is taking its nascent online-betting business public by merging it with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), the latest in a line of ... -
Economy | Australia to reveal big-spending plan for next fiscal year
The Australian government will release its big-spending economic plan for the next fiscal year yesterday designed to create jobs and repair pandemic damage and with an ... -
MUST students visit MGM’s F&B facilities
The Macau University for Science and Technology (MUST) recently led students from the Food and Beverage Management (BFBM) to visit MGM Cotai with the objective to ... -
Football | UEFA has issues with CL switch to London, Portugal a backup
Playing the all-English Champions League final on home soil at Wembley is proving problematic. Instead, the players and fans of Chelsea and Manchester City could be ... -
Rugby | Home nations could have crowds for July tests
While the cream of Britain’s and Ireland’s rugby players are in South Africa, their national teammates will have tests of their own in the July window. ... -
Covid-19 | Hong Kong scraps plan to require vaccines for domestic workers
Hong Kong backtracked on a plan to require foreign domestic workers to be vaccinated to secure work visas, caving in to criticism that the policy was ... -
World Views | If China shrinks, it’s the world’s problem
China’s slowest population growth in decades may be felt more acutely beyond its borders than within them. The economy will keep humming and incomes can continue ... -
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 – edition no. 3770
* Aging fast — China’s population grows at lowest rate in decades * Exclusive | Spur-of-the-moment idea comes into fruition of ‘MGM Awakening Lion’ * Sands ... -
Clock is ticking for EU vaccine certificates as summer looms
As strict lockdowns are loosened across Europe and many EU citizens dream about holidays in the sun, the 27-nation bloc has yet to agree on how ... -
Population | China adds few babies, loses workers as its 1.4B people age
The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade as its aging population barely grew, a census showed today (Tuesday), adding to economic ... -
Public consultation on gaming law to be launched in H2, DICJ confirms
The government is laying the groundwork for the renewal bidding process of gaming concessions, as the public consultation over the proposed amendments to gaming legislation will ... -
Gaming | May Golden Week GGR to reach up to 60%, JP Morgan restates
The daily run-rate of gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the May Golden Week from May 1 to 5 is projected to reach a “strong” MOP630 million ... -
Two more vaccination points to come into service
It is expected that the city will soon have two more Covid-19 vaccination points; one at the University Hospital and another at the Macau Forum, Dr ... -
Half of rehabilitated prisoners employed
57 of 120 rehabilitated prisoners have been hired by inclusive employers in the last year, as part of an initiative coined “Love Employers” by the ... -
Mobile payment transactions on the rise
The number of transactions conducted via local mobile payment platforms grew by 40.9% from the previous quarter to 34.7 million in the first quarter of this ... -
Gov’t launches measures to waive tourism tax
The SAR Government is launching measures to reduce or exempt a range of taxes and extend the coverage of tourism tax exemption, which is expected to ... -
CRIME | Woman loses over HKD5 million in investment trap
A local woman fell victim to a suspected investment scam and lost HKD5.35 million, the Judiciary Police (PJ) disclosed yesterday at its regular press briefing. The ... -
MGM pledges to make Macau a ‘cultural destination’ with new project
MGM China Holdings Limited (MGM) launched a visionary art project titled “MGM Lion IP (Intellectual Property),” — a collection of artistic tourism offerings across multiple genres. ...
