Yearly Archives: 2021
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Suncity suspends stock trading to stem ‘bleeding’
Hong Kong Stock Exchange registered Suncity Group Holdings Limited suspended stock trading in Hong Kong yesterday at 9 a.m. (opening time) to prevent its stock value ... -
Hong Kong court to decide on Stanley Ho’s estate heads
A Hong Kong court was tasked to decide on the administrators of the late gaming mogul Stanley Ho’s multibillion dollar estate, as his children and grandchildren ... -
Policy Address | Secretary Ao Ieong hopes Island Hospital operator helps talent cultivation
As the government previously designated the Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) as the operating entity of the future Island Hospital Complex, medical specialists from the ... -
Welfare | IAS launches family life education website for ‘healthier homes’
Aiming to promote a healthy home life, the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) and six social service organizations have jointly launched a five-year plan and a ... -
November gaming revenue at MOP6.7b; industry faces headwinds after Chau’s arrest
Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) stood at MOP6.7 billion, a decent rise of 55% compared to the prior month’s gains, which were the year’s second lowest ... -
China calls on citizens to leave eastern Congo after attacks
China yesterday urged its citizens to leave three provinces in eastern Congo as violence intensifies in the mineral-rich region. A posting from the Chinese Embassy in ... -
State Council | 85% of citizens will use Mandarin by 2025
China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85% of its citizens will use the national language by 2025. The move appears to put ... -
Beijing lashes out at Abe over former leader’s Taiwan warning
China lashed out at Shinzo Abe yesterday after the former Japanese prime minister warned of the serious security and economic consequences of any Chinese military action ... -
Japan suspends new reservations on all incoming flights
Japan continued its aggressive stance against a new coronavirus variant yesterday, asking international airlines to stop taking new reservations for all flights arriving in the country ... -
New Zealand to send military, police to Solomon Islands
New Zealand will send up to 65 military and police personnel to the Solomon Islands in the coming days after rioting and looting broke out there ... -
This day in history | 1995 Rogue trader jailed for six years
Former futures trader Nick Leeson has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for his part in the collapse of Britain’s oldest merchant bank. The 28-year-old admitted to ... -
USA | Student kills three, wounds eight at Michigan school
A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school Tuesday [yesterday, Macau time], killing three students, including a 16-year-old boy who died in a deputy’s ... -
Technology Resources Center celebrates second anniversary
The Macau Assistive Technology Resources Center celebrated its second anniversary on November 27 with a celebration ceremony and an open-house event. The activity provided the public an ... -
Sands China to pay bonus to non-management employees
Sands China Ltd. is distributing a discretionary allowance equivalent of one month’s salary to more than 25,000 eligible non-senior management full-time team members on January 17, 2022, ... -
Investment fraud | Elizabeth Holmes gets emotional under fire by prosecutors
One-time entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, under questioning by prosecutors, struggled yesterday [Macau time] to recall key events that led to her facing criminal fraud charges for allegedly ... -
The Buzz | Fiji welcomes back tourists despite omicron threat
Fiji welcomed back its first tourists in more than 600 days yesterday after pushing ahead with reopening plans despite the threat posed by the newly detected ... -
UN migration agency: Covid has ‘radically altered’ mobility
The U.N. migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic has “radically altered” mobility around the world, projecting in a new report that the growth in the number ... -
China Daily | Cold War mentality motivates moving of US military needle
The US military announced on Monday that it is planning to reinforce deployments and bases directed at China and Russia as a result of the ... -
Thursday, December 2, 2021 – edition no. 3907
* The good, the bad & the ugly — Gaming revenue turns upwards in November to MOP6.7b, while industry faces headwinds after Alvin Chau’s fall that ... -
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 ...
