Yearly Archives: 2021
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53 organizations participate in IFTM Career Day
The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) held its 2021 Career Day yesterday at its Taipa Campus, inviting 53 participating organisations from Macau and the mainland ... -
TSI revokes blue card cancellation order on humanitarian grounds
The judges of the Court of Second Instance (TSI) have revoked an order from the Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, which had canceled the ... -
China, Russia officials meet in show of unity against EU, US
The foreign ministers of China and Russia affirmed their countries’ close ties at a meeting yesterday, amid intense criticism and new Western sanctions against them over ... -
South China Sea | US backs Philippines in standoff over reef
The United States said yesterday it’s backing the Philippines in a new standoff with Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, where Manila has asked a ... -
This day in history | 1992 Punch ends 150 years of satire
Punch, Britain’s oldest satirical magazine, is to close after suffering crippling losses of £1.5m a year. The decision ends a publishing tradition dating back almost 151 ... -
Korean peninsula: Xi, Kim share messages reaffirming alliance
The leaders of China and North Korea are reaffirming their traditional alliance following contentious talks between top diplomats from Washington and Beijing and diplomatic isolation and ... -
Economy | Biden starts infrastructure bet with US far behind China
President Joe Biden is betting that a multitrillion-dollar economic plan centered around infrastructure spending will do more than bolster an American economy hammered by the coronavirus ... -
Olympics | Japan spends millions on technology for absent Tokyo games fans
Japan’s top telecommunications company is getting 7.3 billion yen — about $67 million — in taxpayer money to design mobile tracking software to curb the spread ... -
One Good Thing | An artist preserves Wuhan’s Covid memories
Scribbled instructions for incoming patients plastered on the window of a silent hospital reception counter. A lone worker in a hazmat suit, steadily spraying disinfectant in ... -
The Buzz | Sinovac: CoronaVac vaccine effective in children
Sinovac said that its COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac is safe and effective in children ages 3-17. The results were from early and mid-stage clinical trials with over ... -
World Views | The business case for vaccine passports
Once people have been vaccinated against Covid-19, they’re safer to dine out, fly on airplanes, attend concerts and movies, work out at the gym, go ... -
Wednesday, March 24, 2022 – edition no. 3739
* Brave the weather — Weather Bureau forecasts 5 to 8 typhoons this year, develops new tsunami alert * Golden Bus reduces service frequency * Macao ... -
Household internet users climb to 183,500
The number of Macau households using the internet climbed by 1,200 year-on-year to 183,500 in 2020, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) – 91.9% ... -
New Central Library abandons plan to move traffic underground
The new Macao Central Library, which will be built on the former site of Hotel Estoril in Tap Seac Square, will abandon its plan to re-direct ... -
Mainland tourist apprehended and placed under medical observation in Coloane
A 52-year-old man from Xi’an was searched by the police authorities in Macau and placed under medical observation at the Public Health Clinical Centre in ... -
Locals called on to take jabs to pave the way for expedited travel
Considering the willingness has remained low among Macau’s residents to receive a coronavirus inoculation, locals should take the jabs as early as possible to help the ... -
Residents to receive vaccination certificates after two injections
Residents will get a vaccination certificate and a record card upon receiving the two doses necessary for the Covid-19 vaccination, Dr Tai Wa Hou, coordinator of ... -
Consulate sets up new service to cater to Portuguese residing in HKSAR
The Portuguese Consulate General in Hong Kong launched a new remote service yesterday aiming to provide consulate services to the Portuguese community in Hong Kong. This ... -
Sales of restaurants in Jan ‘less satisfactory’
The percentage of restaurants and similar establishments which reported a year-on-year rise in receipts, or a steady performance in January 2021 (25%) remained at the ... -
CRIME | At least 17 construction workers illegally hired
A local businessman is being charged over the hiring of illegal workers for civil construction as well as for the forgery of dozens of documents to ... -
Macao Water to partially subsidize facilities maintenance in old buildings
The Macao Water Supply Company Limited has set aside MOP10 million for the water facilities maintenance project. Commencing on April 1, the project will provide subsidies ... -
Tourism | Visitor arrivals plunge to just over 427,000 in Feb
Tourist arrivals in the Macau SAR has dropped to 427,122 in February, registering a decline of 23.3% month-to-month, according to the latest data provided by the ... -
Nüwa to reopen on Mar 31
After more than a year of overhaul, Nüwa at City of Dreams will be unveiling its newly refurbished guestrooms, suites, and villas on March 31. The ... -
China denies incursion as 200 ships dock at Philippine reef
Bad weather prompted more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels to anchor at a reef claimed by the Philippines, Beijing said yesterday, sidestepping accusations from Manila of ... -
Eight activists jailed in Shenzhen returned to Hong Kong
Eight activists detained at sea as they sought to flee Hong Kong by speedboat have finished serving jail sentences in China and were handed over yesterday ... -
NYU Shanghai seeking answers after police detain nine students
New York University said yesterday it was seeking more information from Chinese authorities after nine students from its Shanghai campus were temporarily detained in what appeared ... -
GREAT TIMES | Meet Sea Odyssey’s New Friends at MGM
Say HELLO to the new air swimming creatures at the Grande Praça at MGM MACAU! When you are all too familiar with the shiny silvery dolphins, we ... -
Second Canadian goes on trial in Beijing on spying charges
A second Canadian citizen held for more than two years on spying charges in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a senior executive of the telecoms ... -
This day in history | 1983 Reagan launches Cold War into space
President Reagan has unveiled plans to combat nuclear war in space. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) proposes a defensive shield, using laser or particle beam technology ... -
Exclusive | Cyber attack tied to China boosts development bank’s chief
The cyberattack crested just as finance officials from across Latin America were descending on Washington to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Inter-American Development Bank. On ... -
Nissan scandal | Japan charges Americans with helping Ghosn flee, jump bail
Japanese prosecutors charged two Americans, Michael Taylor and his son Peter, yesterday in the escape of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn to Lebanon, while he was ... -
Wynn to host new edition of ‘Wynn Guest Chef Series’
With the arrival of spring, Wynn is set to host a new edition of the “Wynn Guest Chef Series.” China’s leading chefs from all across the ... -
Sands Cares holds guided tour of The Londoner
A group of 20 Sands Cares Ambassadors recently hosted about 80 members of the Women’s General Association of Macau at The Londoner Macao for a guided ... -
Football | Leicester ousts Man United to join Chelsea in cup semis
While its neighbor is chasing a quadruple, Manchester United now has only one route to ending a four-year trophy drought. Losing 3-1 at Leicester in the ... -
The Buzz | AstraZeneca: US data shows vaccine effective for all ages
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalizations and deaths from the disease across all age groups in a late-stage study in the ...
