Yearly Archives: 2021
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Briefs | Authorities find 50 suspected illegal workers
A total of 50 suspected illegal workers were found last month on construction sites, in private flats, and within commercial and industrial establishments, according to ... -
Sports | Sands China title-sponsors city’s first-ever 10km run
Local gambling concessionaire Sands China Ltd. will be the title sponsor of the city’s debut 10km run contest, which is being jointly organized to take place ... -
Zone A to have an automated water consumption metering system
Zone A of the new landfill sites will be the first area in Macau to have a new water metering system installed by Macao Water, the ... -
Gaming operators play pivotal role in suppressing organized crime: SVA
Gaming operators should be encouraged to eliminate triad and organized crime elements in order to assist the Macau SAR government in suppressing the violence arising from ... -
TSI: The Venetian’s ‘Gondola Ride’ subject to tourism tax
The famous gondola rides at The Venetian Macao are subject to the payment of 5% of tourism tax to the government, the judges of the Court ... -
Police: White powder found across city not responsible for dead cats
Public Security Police Force (PSP) has ruled out the suspicion that cats have been killed by white powder scattered across the city over the past two ... -
Yard sale find turns out to be artifact worth up to $500,000
Talk about your yard sale finds. A small porcelain bowl bought for $35 at a Connecticut yard sale turned out to be a rare, 15th century ... -
Microsoft: China-based hackers found bug to target US firms
China-based government hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft’s email server software to target U.S. organizations, the company said yesterday [Macau time]. Microsoft said that a ... -
Covid-19 | AstraZeneca’s vaccine arrives in Taiwan
The first batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Taiwan. Taiwan has signed contracts securing 10 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, 5.05 million doses ... -
As virus-era attacks on Asians rise, past victims look back
Nearly a year after they were almost stabbed to death inside a Midland, Texas, Sam’s Club, Bawi Cung and his two sons all have visible scars. ... -
This day in history | 1976 Guilty verdict for ‘Maguire Seven’
A 40-year-old Irish born mother has been jailed for 14 years for possessing explosives at her London home. Five other members of her family and a ... -
Biden brings no relief to tensions between US and China
President Joe Biden took office promising to move quickly to restore and repair America’s relations with the rest of the world, but one major nation has ... -
Energy | China turns the screws on renewables just when it needs them
After shortchanging renewable energy developers for years to the point where it owes billions of dollars in unpaid subsidies, the Chinese government is now proposing that those companies ... -
Robert Downey Jr. and Bill Gates bet on electric motor startup
As much as half of the world’s electricity is consumed by motors. They power everything from fans to electric cars and pumps to industrial machinery. Making them more ... -
The Buzz | Hong Kong probes death of man who received COVID-19 vaccine
Hong Kong authorities reported the death of a chronically ill man, two days after he received a COVID-19 vaccine and said that it is too early ... -
Who is Myanmar’s UN envoy? Coup opponent or representative
Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador, who strongly opposed the military coup in his country, insists he remains the permanent representative to the United Nations, but the foreign ministry ... -
World Views | The whole web pays for Google and Facebook to be free
Google and Facebook make a lot of noise about how their main services are free to use. And it’s true, they are. But what they don’t ... -
Thursday, March 4, 2021 – edition no. 3725
* Leaving Las Vegas — LVS is slated to sell its Las Vegas properties for USD6.25 billion as it focuses on the ‘backbone’ of the company: ... -
Breaking News: Las Vegas Sands sells its properties in USD6.25b deal
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) today (Wednesday) announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell its Las Vegas real property and operations, including The ... -
Gov’t lifts NAT certificate requirement for casino entries
The requirement for patrons to present a nucleic acid test certificate proving they are negative for Covid-19 infection before they enter casinos was lifted at 12 ... -
Briefs | Calls for application for 2021 CIIE open
Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) is calling on local firms to participate in the 4th China International Import Expo (CIIE), which will be held in ... -
China targets 40% vaccination rate by end-June, Zhong Nanshan says
The Chinese government strives to have 40% of its population vaccinated by the end of June, said Zhong Nanshan, China’s top coronavirus expert who helped formulate ... -
‘Family reunion’ immigration applications mostly from the mainland
In the past three years, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) received some 2,000 to 3,000 immigration applications motivated by “family reunions”, according to a ... -
GBA | Gov’t committed to aligning closely with the nation’s cultural & tourism plan
The SAR government affirmed its commitment to closely align itself with the development directions stipulated in the Culture and Tourism Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau ... -
IC verifying ages of two newly discovered old cannons
Yesterday morning, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) removed two old cannons from the construction site of the Galaxy resort project. Workers at the construction site reported ... -
Tour guides anticipate new tourism mode once pandemic is over
The city’s tour guides are anticipating a significant change in the mode of global tourism once the pandemic is over, Wu Wai Fong, chairman of the ... -
Crime | PJ inspector suspected of leaking confidential information
A 50-year-old investigator from the Judiciary Police (PJ) was arrested on Monday morning on suspicion of being connected to a case regarding the leaking of privileged ... -
Immigration Law | Lawmakers concerned with apparent double-standard on penalties for crimes
Lawmakers of Third Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) have expressed concerns regarding the penal framework for the new crimes proposed to be introduced under ... -
Lawmaker calls for gov’t to amend domestic violence law
Lawmaker Agnes Lam urges the government to amend the Law on Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence (domestic violence law) to empower the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) ... -
Alvis Lo to head SSM next month
Alvis Lo Iek Long will replace Lei Chin Ion as the director of the Health Bureau (SSM) early next month. Dr Lo is currently the ... -
Court of Second Instance | Defendants must pay court costs, legal fees in cases of crime expiration
Defendants in criminal cases continue to be responsible for paying court costs and legal fees even if the crime they were accused of lapses, the judges ... -
Hotel occupancy rate stood at 40.3%
The average occupancy rate of guest rooms stood at 40.3% in January, representing a month-to-month fall of 12.8 percentage points and a year-on-year drop of 40.7 ... -
Covid-19 | Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns
The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago’s airport in late January, and Chile’s president, Sebastián Piñera, was beaming. “Today,” he ... -
This day in history | 1966 BBC tunes in to colour
The BBC has announced plans to begin broadcasting television programmes in colour from next year. Britain will be the first country in Europe to offer regular ... -
Myanmar | Police fire tear gas, rubber bullets at protesters
Police in Myanmar repeatedly used tear gas and rubber bullets yesterday against crowds protesting last month’s coup, but the demonstrators regrouped after each volley and tried ...
