Yearly Archives: 2021
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TECHNOLOGY | Tencent’s Ma dangles billions in aid as antitrust scrutiny grows
Tencent Holdings Ltd. founder Pony Ma pledged $7.7 billion toward curing societal ills and lifting China’s countryside out of poverty, echoing Xi Jinping’s priorities at a ... -
Covid-19 | Hong Kong to ban flights from the Philippines, India, Pakistan
Hong Kong will ban flights from India, Pakistan and the Philippines for 14 days starting from today as the city reported the first two cases with ... -
Gov’t says US-Japan actions are stoking division
China hit back at the U.S.-Japan show of alliance during talks between President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, calling it an “ironic attempt ... -
Boao Forum returns with investment in focus
China is signaling it’s open for business with the resumption of its high-profile Boao Forum for Asia, an opportunity for the government to make a renewed ... -
Great Times | Where Wedding Dreams are Made
Everyone has a dream wedding in mind, and when it comes to wedding décor, most people walk miles and go to great length to find the ... -
Aerospace | NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, first for another planet
NASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars yesterday, achieving the first powered flight by an aircraft on ... -
This day in history | 1972 Apollo 16 safely on Moon after engine crisis
The Apollo 16 mission has landed on the Moon after a seven-hour crisis that nearly aborted the mission altogether. Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke became ... -
Bahamas tops China in ranking of central bank digital currencies
Mainland China is third behind the Bahamas and Cambodia in a ranking of the maturity of central banks’ retail digital currency projects, according to a report ... -
Basketball | Kings snap 9-game losing streak, beat Mavericks 121-107
De’Aaron Fox had 30 points and 12 rebounds, Harrison Barnes scored 24 and Terence Davis II added 23 as the Sacramento Kings snapped a nine-game losing ... -
The Buzz | European Union to purchase 100 million more vaccine doses
Pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer say they will provide 100 million more doses of their coronavirus vaccine to the European Union this year. ... -
Tottenham fires manager Jose Mourinho after 17 months
Tottenham fired Jose Mourinho yesterday after only 17 months in charge, and just as he was preparing to coach the club in the League Cup final. ... -
World Views | EU’s bond bonanza will reshape the capital markets
The fixed-income landscape is set to be transformed as the European Union revs up to borrow $1 trillion by selling bonds in its own right. While talk ... -
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 – edition no. 3756
* Big spending — The government proposes to inject an additional MOP9.11 billion to the 2021 budget to facilitate the third stimulus scheme and other spending ... -
Covid-19 | Resident diagnosed with Bell’s palsy after vaccination
A 27-year-old male resident of Macau has been reportedly diagnosed with facial nerve paralysis, known as Bell’s palsy, after being inoculated with a vaccine against Covid-19, ... -
DSAL launches subsidized training course in English
The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has launched a new subsidized training course on Western Restaurant Service in the English language which will increase the vocational ... -
CE attends Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan
Macau’s Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng is leading a delegation to take part in the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021 in Hainan ... -
MGTO to select 700 applicants for helicopter tour by lots
The highly celebrated “Helicopter Flight Experience Tour” received several thousand applications on its debut registration day on April 15 — far exceeding its quota of some ... -
Tourist arrivals hit record high since pandemic
Tourist arrivals in Macau reached a total of 191,828 visitors from April 9 to 15, showing an upward trend in recent days. On Friday, the SAR ... -
Scoot cancels SG-Macau route flights
The flights from Macau to Singapore intended to be operated by Singapore’s low-cost airline Scoot have been canceled, according to an email the Times had access ... -
Shake Shack opens with localised menu
World-famous modern-day burger chain Shake Shack opened its first restaurant in Macau over the weekend. Located at the newly opened The Londoner Macao, the restaurant aims ... -
Animal Protection Law | IAM to release animal abuse data
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) stated that it is now reviewing the possibility of publishing the statistics regarding violations of the Animal Protection Law, which has ... -
IC U-turns on preserving 200-year-old customs checkpoint
After waving away concerns over the historic values of No 5-7 Pátio do Amparo raised at an earlier Urban Planning Committee plenary, the Cultural Affairs Bureau ... -
DSEC laying the groundwork for 2021 Population Census
The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) convened meetings with the city’s tertiary institutions and associations to lay the groundwork for the city’s 16th Population Census this ... -
Shenzhen Fashion Week | Local designer stages latest collection
At the recent Shenzhen Fashion Week, local designer Nuno Lopes once again staged his latest collection from his namesake brand and received positive feedback from the ... -
Hong Kong | Lai and other top activists sentenced amid crackdown
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced Friday to a total of 14 months in prison for attending unauthorized protests and charged ... -
Beijing says US ‘too negative’ toward China
A top Chinese diplomat said Friday that U.S. policy toward China is “too negative” and that cooperation could be critically important as the Biden administration focuses ... -
Hong Kong | Trudeau Visa gets over 500 applications
Justin Trudeau’s special immigration initiative for Hong Kong residents received more applications than expected in its first three weeks, according to a spokesperson for Canada’s immigration ... -
This day in history | 1995 Many feared dead in Oklahoma bombing
A huge car bomb has exploded at a government building in Oklahoma City killing at least 80 people including 17 children at a nursery. At least ... -
Climate change | US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency
The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with urgency, just days before President Joe Biden ... -
Baseball | Sean Kazmar makes it back to majors after 13-year absence
Sean Kazmar Jr. grounded into a double play — and sounded overjoyed. “Definitely everything and then some,” he said. “What an amazing feeling.” While Kazmar and ... -
The Buzz | Navalny’s doctor: Putin critic ‘could die at any moment’
A doctor for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, says his health is deteriorating rapidly and ... -
Fashion industry evolves, as virus forces a rethink
The pandemic has torn a multibillion-dollar bite out of the fabric of Europe’s fashion industry, stopped runway shows and forced brands to show their designs digitally ... -
World Views | Don’t write off China’s vaccines — the world needs them
It’s been an awkward time for the head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Gao Fu was cited over the weekend as telling a health ... -
Monday, April 19, 2021 – edition no. 3755
* The worst is over — A total of 34,252 tourist arrivals were registered in a single day – the highest daily record since the pandemic ... -
Hong Kong democracy leaders given jail terms amid crackdown
A Hong Kong court today (Friday) sent five leading pro-democracy advocates, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, to up to 18 months in prison for organizing a ...
