Yearly Archives: 2021
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This day in history | 1976 Chairman Mao Zedong dies
The chief architect of the Chinese revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong, has died at the age of 82. His death – at 10 minutes past midnight – ... -
Retail | Festival aims to rekindle Hong Kong’s passion for shopping
The inaugural Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Shopping Festival will not only help rekindle Hong Kong consumers’ passion for shopping, but also provide opportunities for retailers ... -
Fashion | Christian Siriano kicks off New York Fashion Week in color
With Katie Holmes and Lil’ Kim on his front row and singer Marina on the mic high above his runway, Christian Siriano helped kicked off New ... -
Football | World Cup Qualifiers: Australia, South Korea, Japan complete 1-0 wins
Australia edged Vietnam 1-0 in Hanoi to make it two wins out of two in Group B of Asia World Cup qualifying, but China’s campaign was ... -
The Buzz | Elders leader tells UN council to protect Afghan women’s rights
Former Irish president Mary Robinson, who heads the group of prominent former leaders founded by Nelson Mandela, called on China and Russia especially to tell the ... -
Liberal candidate in Japan race calls for new capitalism, recovery
One of the main candidates to be Japan’s next prime minister said yesterday the country needs a new type of capitalism to address income and social ... -
WORLD VIEWS | Who is Mullah Hasan Akhund?
Mullah Akhund is a fascinating but relatively enigmatic figure in the Taliban. He has been an influential figure in Afghanistan since the inception of the militant group ... -
Thursday, September 9, 2021 – edition no. 3854
* National rejuvenation — China’s ruling Communist Party has jolted everyone from tech billionaires to school kids as President Xi calls for a ‘more powerful, prosperous ... -
Breaking News | Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members
The Taliban today [Tuesday, local time] announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s and the 20-year ... -
Hong Kong scraps quarantine for Macau, mainland arrivals
Travelers arriving in Hong Kong from China and Macau will no longer need to quarantine, Hong Kong’s top official said yesterday, easing curbs imposed after summer ... -
Crime | Man accused of sexual abuse of two children
A 77-year-old man working as a doorman at a private building is being accused of sexually abusing two boys aged seven and nine years old ... -
Alipay launches Macau-mainland transfer feature
Users of a mobile payment app originally from mainland China can now conduct immediate cross-border transfers with real-time currency conversion, the Ant Bank in Macau announced ... -
Crime | Woman claims to have been robbed of HKD15,000 on bus
A local woman has filed a complaint to the Judiciary Police (PJ) claiming that she was robbed during a bus trip between Taipa and Macau. According ... -
Elections2021 | CAEAL reports 17 cases of potential electoral illegalities
From the start of the election campaign up until Monday, the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) received a total of 17 complaints of alleged electoral ... -
Analysis | Guangdong-Macau cooperation zone in Hengqin to bring great opportunities
The Chinese central authorities’ plan for building the Guangdong-Macau in-depth cooperation zone in Hengqin has been hailed as a “major good news” for the Macau SAR. ... -
University of Coimbra and CityU offer joint postgrad program aimed at local students
The Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra in Portugal and the City University of Macau (CityU) signed an agreement yesterday creating a joint postgraduate ... -
Economic official says new Hengqin plan to help city diversify
Describing the new Hengqin plan as “a new page in the development of Macau,” Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong is confident in the ... -
#MeToo | Prosecutors drop sexual assault case against Alibaba manager
Chinese prosecutors have dropped a case against a former Alibaba manager accused by a female colleague of sexual assault, weeks after the case caused a backlash ... -
Hong Kong | Activists slam government for foreign agent label
The Hong Kong government is arbitrarily labeling pro-democracy organizations as foreign agents, making them subject to prosecution under a tough national security law, a leader of ... -
Myanmar | Opposition calls for national uprising against army
The main underground group coordinating resistance to Myanmar’s military government issued a sweeping call for a nationwide uprising yesterday, raising the prospect of spiraling unrest. The ... -
Japan | Ex-official gets prison term in casino bribery case
A Tokyo court yesterday sentenced to four years in prison a former top government official for taking bribes from a gambling company, in a high-profile case ... -
This day in history | 1986 Pinochet survives rebel ambush
The president of Chile has escaped an attempt on his life in a fierce attack which killed five of his bodyguards and wounded 11 more. General ... -
France | Emotions raw before Paris trial for Islamic State carnage
For the music lover, it was nearly three hours at gunpoint, wondering if he would become yet another body on the floor of the Bataclan concert ... -
Economy | China’s trade accelerates in August despite coronavirus
China’s import and export growth accelerated in August despite disruptions due to the spread of the coronavirus’s delta variant. Exports rose 25.6% over a year earlier ... -
Tech | When digital services meet 600-yr-old Forbidden City
China’s Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is stepping up the use of digital technology to boost its public appeal and international exchanges. At ... -
GEG relaunches ‘U-LEAD Graduate Internship Program’
This year, in support of the 2021 internship career experience program organized by the Labor Affairs Bureau (DSAL) for the second year, Galaxy Entertainment Group relaunched ... -
Sands China expresses support to Guangdong-Macau master plan
Sands China Ltd. “greatly welcomes and fully supports” the master plan of the Development of the Guangdong-Macau Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin promulgated by the central government Sunday, ... -
Football | World Cup qualifiers: Pressure mounts on US after two draws
Players walked off the field dejected. Nervous American fans are in an uproar. No, this wasn’t four years ago. This is the here and now for ... -
The Buzz | Merkel says vaccinated aren’t ‘guinea pigs’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has publicly rebuked a top rival politician’s comments describing people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as “guinea pigs.” The long-serving leader ... -
UN climate chief: No country is safe from global warming
The U.N.’s top climate official urged governments yesterday [Macau time] to stop their “deferral and delay” tactics and instead embrace rapid, widespread measures to curb and ... -
World Views | Bitcoin is now ‘legal tender’ in El Salvador – here’s what that means
The government even went a step further in promoting the cryptocurrency’s use by giving US$30 in free bitcoins to citizens who sign up for its national digital wallet, ... -
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 – edition no. 3853
* Another way out — Travelers arriving in Hong Kong from China and Macau will no longer need to quarantine, easing curbs for those who ... -
Hong Kong scraps quarantine for arrivals from Macau, mainland
Travelers arriving in Hong Kong from China and Macau will no longer need to quarantine, Hong Kong’s top official said today, easing curbs imposed after summer ... -
700 non-residents deported on criminal grounds
The Unitary Police Service (SPU) announced yesterday at a special press conference that 704 non-residents have been deported after being found guilty of criminal offenses across ... -
Caritas | Applications for food program remain steady
The number of people queueing up for Caritas’ food charity program remains at “the same level” as during the peak of the pandemic, when several hundred ...
