Yearly Archives: 2021
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Macau Famine event remains 2021 core of World Vision
The Macau office of international charity body World Vision yesterday announced its series of events for 2021, which will revolve around the Macau Famine. The Macau ... -
Trade war | Under Biden, Beijing faces renewed pressure
The U.S.-Chinese trade war isn’t going away under President Joe Biden. Biden won’t confront Beijing right away, economists say, because he wants to focus on the ... -
Vietnam’s Communists look to Biden to offset growing Chinese power
As officials in Vietnam’s Communist Party jockey for position during a twice-a-decade meeting to refresh the leadership ranks, they largely agree on one thing: Closer ties ... -
Davos | Xi calls for unity in fighting virus, climate change
Countries must cooperate more closely in fighting the challenges of the pandemic and climate change and in supporting a sustainable global economic recovery, Chinese President Xi ... -
This Day in History | 1995 Cantona banned over attack on fan
Manchester United’s Eric Cantona has been fined £20,000 and banned from playing football over his kung fu-style attack on a fan. The club has relegated the ... -
Covid-19 variant brings new dimension to Europe’s pandemic
In the first week of December, Portugal’s prime minister gave his pandemic-weary people an early Christmas gift: restrictions on gatherings and travel due to COVID-19 would ... -
Markets | Tencent shares tumble after approaching $1 trillion valuation
Tencent Holdings Ltd. slumped after a world-beating surge in the stock pushed its market value to the cusp of $1 trillion for the first time. The ... -
Bally’s, Caesars Entertainment add daily fantasy sport deals
Two major casino companies announced deals with daily fantasy sports providers as they seek to expand their reach and integrate different forms of fan engagement with ... -
The Buzz | China offers flight refunds to curb travel
Chinese airlines are offering refunded tickets as the coronavirus continues to spread in the country’s northeast. The offer yesterday from the government’s aviation authority comes amid ... -
Hong Kong | China arrivals to offset exodus to UK, aide says
Hong Kong is unlikely to see an exodus under a U.K. visa program for holders of special British passports, a top government adviser said, predicting that ... -
World Views | China gets a message that Taiwan is a bipartisan US issue
China flew a significant force of bombers and fighters near the Taiwan Strait over the weekend, one of the largest in an escalation of nerves over several months ... -
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 – edition no. 3703
* China, later — President Joe Biden won’t confront Beijing right away because he wants to focus on the coronavirus and the economy * Macau GP ... -
Foreign worker tally on a downward slope
Honey Tsang There were a total of 177,663 non-resident workers registered in Macau as of December 2020, down 9.6%, or 18,875 fewer year-on-year, according to the latest statistics released ... -
Lawmakers’ agenda
Lei Chan U wants LRT to include Nam Van and Sai Van Lawmaker Lei Chan U has urged the local government to reconsider sections of the ... -
Taiwanese returning home from Macau passes away during quarantine
A Taiwanese man who had returned home to Taiwan from Macau passed away during his quarantine-upon-arrival period, according to a report by Taiwan’s Central News Agency. ... -
Gov’t plans to crack down illicit real estate advertisement
The Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong has recently met with Zhuhai authorities to discuss plans regarding the crackdown on illicit mainland real estate ... -
Mall managers call for gov’t to breathe new life into old complexes
The management of some local malls are advising the SAR government to launch supportive measures to help shopping complexes in Macau speed up their revitalization projects ... -
John Mo sentenced to six years for sexual assault
John Mo, the former dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Macau (UM), has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a mainland female student ... -
Fire safety law | Gov’t bids to reconcile potentially overlapping contracts
The local government has purportedly decided to review a specific article of the recently approved fire safety law in order to reconcile potentially overlapping contracts, according ... -
Crime | Man accused of domestic violence over assault upon wife and kids
A 45-year-old civil servant has been accused of domestic violence and bodily harm over disputes with his wife and children, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported yesterday ... -
Crime | Building gatekeeper accused of sexually assaulting two females, one underage
A 52-year-old non-resident worker from the mainland, who works as a gatekeeper and janitor in a public housing building in Macau, has been accused of sexually ... -
Amendments to FDCT regulations to take effect on Feb. 1
The Executive Council has completed its discussion over the amendments to the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), which is set to take effect on ... -
Covid-19 shots for blue card holders, int’l students to be free of charge
The government has decided that local residents, non-resident workers and non-resident students will receive their shots free-of-charge, Dr Alvis Lo of the Novel Coronavirus Response and ... -
Latest local Covid-19 patient not down with mutated virus strains
DNA analysis has shown that Macau’s latest Covid-19 patient, who was detected in Macau last Thursday, is not carrying any type of mutant SARS-CoV-2 strains, Dr ... -
Decorations 2020 | CE honors outstanding individuals, entities in awards
Macau Daily Times presents today on these pages, as a tradition, the faces of those that have been distinguished by the MSAR government for their deeds ... -
This day in history | 1950 India becomes a republic
The independent republic of India is officially born today, after nearly 100 years of British rule. A public holiday has been declared throughout the country, and ... -
Gov’t pushes fringe theories on pandemic origins, virus
Chinese state media have played up questions about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and whether it could be lethal to the very old. A government spokesperson suggests the ... -
China tackles pandemic with mass construction once again
A sprawling quarantine center is more than 4,000 rooms is being thrown up in northern China in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Shijiazhuang, a city ... -
Comac | China’s challenger to Boeing, Airbus to finally begin deliveries
China is finally reaching the finish line in its long-delayed attempt to build a jet capable of competing with narrowbody planes from Airbus SE and Boeing ... -
Football | Chelsea fires coach Frank Lampard halfway through second season
Frank Lampard was fired by Chelsea yesterday halfway through his second season in charge after being unable to replicate his success as the club’s record scorer ... -
The Buzz | India, China soldiers brawl again along disputed frontier
Indian and Chinese soldiers brawled last week along the countries’ disputed border, Indian officials said yesterday, as a monthslong standoff between the nuclear-armed rivals continued. The ... -
Rebelo de Sousa wins by landslide; far-right enters Portugal’s mainstream politics
Portugal’s president was returned to office for a second term with a resounding victory yesterday [Macau time] in an election held amid a devastating COVID-19 surge ... -
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 – edition no. 3702
* Bluecards included — TNRs included in waived Covid-19 vaccines * Secretary Lei pledges to crack down illicit promotion of mainland real estate * China pushes ... -
Year after lockdown, Wuhan dissident more isolated than ever
One year after lockdown, Wuhan has long since sprung back to life — but Zhu Tao remains bunkered in his 14th-floor apartment, spending his days doomscrolling ... -
Portuguese presidential election: Turnout in the SAR more than doubles
The voter turnout for the Macau-based polling station for the current Portuguese presidential election is more than double the figure of the last presidential election, held ...
