Yearly Archives: 2021
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World Views | It’s time to move on from the Reddit trade
It’s been an exciting distraction while everyone is working from home but the actual ability of the Reddit mob to move markets, become a systemic risk ... -
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 – edition no. 3708
* Mollywood, baby! — Film workers’ association aims to bring 3,000 film production companies to Macau * Academic slams domestic violence counting system * MUST opens ... -
MGTO’s online training to upskill local tourism practitioners
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) rolled out eight online learning videos to impart knowledge of RATER, an international model of service quality assessment, to ... -
Nude-chat scams rocket amid general fall in crimes
Last year there were 14 times as many scams carried out through nude chats (a total of 68 cases) compared to the previous year, the ... -
Covid-19 | 100,000 doses of vaccine to arrive this week
The first batch of 100,000 doses of inactivated vaccine are likely to land in Macau, at the earliest, this week, and vaccination for prioritized groups will ... -
Leaders of new gov’t offices sworn in
The restructuring of various government departments were made official as several executives of the city’s new bureaus sworn in yesterday. Lao Kuan Lai da Luz and ... -
KAI FONG SURVEY | Students consider themselves as having poor mental health
A recently conducted survey on the prevalence of mental health conditions among Macau residents concluded that local residents are experiencing significant stress, caused not only by ... -
Education chief sees emotional support as ‘a social effort’
The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) cannot be the sole agent to eradicate the problem of student suicide, Lou Pak Sang, the head of ... -
Proposal for a vote of censure to former CE and economy chief voted down
A proposal aiming to issue a vote of censure against the former Chief Executive, Edmund Ho, and the former Secretary for Economy and Finance, Francis Tam ... -
Immigration law | Fake marriage and false job hiring will be specific crimes
The new immigration law that aims to amend and update two current laws that regulate immigration, authorizations of permanence, and residency in Macau was passed at ... -
Beijing bids to enhance marketization within GBA
The central government has indicated that one of its policy objectives is to enhance cooperation among the cities within the Greater Bay Area to develop ... -
Kuaishou | Ex-Googler turns virtual gifts into a $61 billion business
In China’s popular online-streaming industry, virtual gift-giving is big. You can send your favorite live performer anything from a rose for 5 yuan (80 cents) to ... -
Covid-19 | WHO team in Wuhan visits disease control centers
A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited two disease control centers yesterday that had an early hand in managing the ... -
Hong Kong | Government critic Jimmy Lai returns to court
Prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai returned to court yesterday to contest an attempt by the government to keep him in jail ... -
This day in history | 1990 De Klerk dismantles apartheid in South Africa
The President of South Africa has lifted the 30-year ban on leading anti-apartheid group the African National Congress. In a televised speech at the opening of ... -
Analysis | Navalny returns to Russia and brings anti-Putin politics with him
Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his team have stunned the Russian government again, forcing President Vladimir Putin and his allies to confront significant protest led ... -
Reddit frenzy | Silver spikes past $30 after retail traders swarm biggest target
Silver broke above $30 an ounce as the precious metal took center stage in the retail investor frenzy sweeping through markets. Most-active futures jumped as much as 13% ... -
Corporate bits | MGM rings in Year of Golden Ox with festive offers
Ushering in the Year of the Golden Ox, MGM Macau and MGM Cotai present an array of happenings to bring auspicious fortune to all. From February 12 ... -
Corporate bits | LEGO Certified Store to open this spring at The Venetian
The first LEGO Certified Store operated by Kidsland International Holdings Limited will be officially opened at the Shoppes at The Venetian Macao this spring. With the ... -
Football | Salah ends EPL drought, Liverpool back as threat to City
West Ham 1, Liverpool 3 With a trademark left-footed curler into the top corner and the deftest of finishes from a clinical counterattack, Mohamed Salah ended ... -
The Buzz | Germany looks ahead, eyes vaccine doses for 2022
Germany’s health minister wants to press ahead with securing coronavirus vaccine supplies for 2022, preferably at the European Union level but if necessary nationally. Jens Spahn ... -
Myanmar | Military stages coup, detains Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s military staged a coup yesterday and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi — a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, ... -
Our Desk | An inconvenient dependency
If there is something that the Covid-19 pandemic is responsible for, it is definitely the highlighting of certain dependencies, links, and interactions that most people may ... -
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 – edition no. 3707
* 100,000 shots — The government is expecting the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines to arrive this week and priority groups can receive their first jab ... -
Macau’s GGR up 2.6% in January on premium mass, luck volatility: experts
Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) advanced 2.6% in January this year, month-to-month, to MOP8.02 billion, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) released the city’s up-to-date ... -
Lawyers’ association files formal complaint against ‘eAskLaw’
The Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) has finally filed a criminal complaint with the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) against online legal advisory platform “eAskLaw”, the association informed ... -
Regency Art Hotel becomes optional quarantine hotel
The status of Regency Art Hotel will switch from a designated medical observation hotel to an optional medical observation hotel from today. Optional medical observation ... -
Gov’t pledges to safeguard press freedom
The Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng pledged that the government would continue to ensure freedom of the press and support development of the news media. In ... -
Occupancy rate to reach 40-60% during CNY, hotel industry forecasts
Macau’s hotel industry is anticipating to reach an occupancy rate of around 40% to 60% during the forthcoming Spring Festival — more or less the same ... -
Application for DSAL vocational training programs starts today
The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) will open applications for another round of sponsored vocational training programs starting today. The program is dedicated to upskilling local employees ... -
Gaming industry takes up greatest share of overall employment
Macau saw an increase in employment from October to December 2020, with the general unemployment rate declining by 0.2 percentage points from the previous period of September ... -
Sands’ new CEO outlines plans for life after Adelson
Robert Goldstein, the new chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., sees a number of potential growth opportunities for the casino giant – from Macau ... -
Security | Wong: Preventative measures taken on illegal immigration record browsing
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak affirmed that the authority has already taken some measures to prevent abuses of power and illegal browsing of immigration records ... -
Transport chief acknowledges LRT’s ineffectiveness
The operation of the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) in Macau has not created any positive impact on society yet acknowledged the Secretary for Transport and Public ... -
Survey: Poverty from disability is a scenario that exists in the city
A research project on children in poverty commissioned by the Caritas Macau shows that around 47% of impoverished children are from single-parent families. The study received ...
