Yearly Archives: 2021
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Volkswagen triples electric car sales ahead of climate rules
Europe’s push into electric cars is gathering speed — despite the pandemic. Automaker Volkswagen tripled sales of battery-only cars in 2020 as its new electric compact ... -
Football | US soccer players hope to set positive example after riot
A day after last week’s deadly riot in the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, players from the U.S. soccer team gathered in Bradenton, Florida, and considered ... -
The Buzz | FBI warns: Trump supporters planning armed protests ahead of Biden inauguration
The FBI has warned of possible armed protests being held across the U.S. as Trump supporters and far-right groups call for demonstrations before Joe Biden is ... -
US asking states to speed vaccine, not hold back second dose
The Trump administration is asking states to speed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to people 65 and older and to others at high risk by no longer ... -
World Views | China’s Very Distressed Developers Are Also Very Clever
Wary of billion-dollar defaults, China does not want its daredevil real estate developers to take on any more debt. Banks have been asked to limit their housing ... -
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 – edition no. 3693
* Sheldon Adelson (1933-2021) — The inventor of Cotai Strip dies at 87 * Local families express difficulties in hiring mainland domestic helpers, lawmaker Wong ... -
Sheldon Adelson passes away at 87
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has passed away at 87 after battling with lymphoma. The Las Vegas convention visionary and philanthropist spearheaded a major project to bring ... -
Portugal’s president, 72, tests positive for coronavirus
The office of the Portuguese president says that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for the coronavirus although the veteran politician has no symptoms. Rebelo ... -
Police ‘suggesting’ or ‘petitioning’ may be considered a violation
Police officers who make suggestions or petitions to the government authority may be deemed in violation of their special obligations, according to the Third Standing Committee ... -
Briefs | Gov’t sets up new award catalogs
The Talents Development Committee has set up two new award catalogs to encourage local talent in Macau to obtain more certifications. According to a statement ... -
DSEJ admits local students may not have sufficient knowledge about the SAR
At the final public consultation session for the Non-tertiary Education Mid- to Long-term Planning (2021-2030), Lou Pak Sang, Director of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau ... -
Gov’t encourages locals to stay in town during CNY
Macau residents should consider spending their Lunar New Year holidays in the city and drop unnecessary travel, Dr Alvis Lo of the Novel Coronavirus Response and ... -
Entreaty for mainland workers to not travel came amidst China’s surge of Covid-19 cases
The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) issued an appeal yesterday, urging mainland workers residing in Macau not to return to their hometowns in China during the Spring ... -
Crime | Man accused of theft by finding of mobile phone
A 61-year-old man from the Philippines, who is in Macau as a non-resident worker, is being charged with illegally appropriating a mobile phone that he found ... -
Crime | Local woman involved in sham marriage over debt
A local woman is being accused of having engaged in a sham marriage to see an old debt repaid by the family of her alleged husband ... -
Gov’t appoints new members of Women and Children Affairs Committee
The organizational members of the Women and Children Affairs Committee have largely been replaced, according to a notice published in the Official Gazette. Approximately one ... -
38 public projects left idle in Q3 2020
A total of 38 projects within the government’s Investment and Development Expenditure Plan (PIDDA) were left idle in the third quarter (Q3) of 2020, the Legislative ... -
SMG issues warning on continued temperature drop
The Macau public have braced themselves for the past few days of cold weather, with the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) issuing an Orange Cold Weather ... -
Pansy Ho appointed head of local UN body
Local entrepreneur Pansy Ho has been appointed President of the Macau Chapter of the United Nations Economic and Social Ministry – France-China Cultural Exchange and Promotion ... -
China: WHO experts arriving Thursday for virus origins probe
Experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive in China this week for a long-anticipated investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, the ... -
China Daily | Responsible China contributes to global development
China has seen considerable growth in its economic, technological and composite national strength. The rise of a responsible country like China does not threaten others ... -
Indonesia green-lights emergency use of Chinese vaccine
Indonesia’s Food and Drug Authority yesterday green-lighted emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China-based Sinovac Biotech Ltd., with vaccinations of high-risk groups expected to ... -
Beijing denies coercive birth control measures in Xinjiang
A Chinese official yesterday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy ... -
India returns Chinese soldier who crossed disputed border
A Chinese soldier seized by India’s military in the remote Ladakh region, where the two countries are locked in a border standoff, was handed back to ... -
This day in history | 1976 Crime writer Agatha Christie dies
The most popular novelist in the world, Dame Agatha Christie, has died leaving rumours of a multi-million pound fortune and a final book waiting to be ... -
USA | Pelosi says House will impeach Trump, pushes VP to oust him
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump as she pushes the vice president and the Cabinet to ... -
Bitcoin’s biggest plunge since March shakes faith in crypto boom
A steep selloff in Bitcoin is fueling concern that the cryptocurrency bubble may be about to burst. Bitcoin slid as much as 21% over Sunday and ... -
Sheraton Grand, The St. Regis to offer wedding packages in expo
Couples planning their wedding are invited to visit The 43rd Wedding, Banquet, Beauty & Jewellery Expo at The Venetian Macao, to take advantage of a range of ... -
GEG awards contractors with best occupational safety, health performance
Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) Project Development recently organized the “Best Safety Award 2020” presentation ceremony to recognize the outstanding occupational safety and health (OSH) performance of ... -
Football | Spurs show no mercy to 8th-tier Marine, Crawley stuns Leeds
Marine 0, Tottenham 5 The biggest mismatch in the FA Cup’s 150-year history delivered a predictably one-sided result as Tottenham showed no mercy to an eighth-tier ... -
The Buzz | Israel announces new settler homes, risking Biden’s anger
Israel yesterday advanced plans to build 800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a move that could strain ties with the incoming administration of ... -
Germany | Merkel says Trump’s Twitter eviction ‘problematic’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel considers U.S. President Donald Trump’s eviction from Twitter by the company “problematic,” her spokesman said yesterday. Twitter permanently suspended Trump from the ... -
Hong Kong’s new top judge urges impartiality in courts
Hong Kong’s new top judge warned yesterday that the semiautonomous Chinese territory’s courts need to show they are impartial amid a flurry of politically charged cases ... -
Our Desk | McD reads MDT!
In my previous Our Desk article, the lack of marketing by a particular chain restaurant for other types of meat products – other than the prime ... -
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 – edition no. 3692
* Stay put — Gov’t encourages locals to stay in Macau during CNY * Covid probe | WHO experts to come this week to China ...
