Yearly Archives: 2021
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Gaming | June GGR daily rate to drop 34.4% month-to-month: Bernstein
Macau’s daily gross gaming revenue (GGR) run rate is expected to display a 34.4% month-to-month slump in the first half of June, mainly dampened by the ... -
Sands China keeps open attitude on professional advice from SMEs
A fire system is a vital component of a building for safeguarding people’s lives and the property. Being the largest integrated resort operator in Macao, Sands ... -
Lawmakers demand support for cross-border workers, students
Lawmakers Ho Ion Sang, Ella Lei, and Wong Kit Cheng expressed concerns on Wednesday over the recent border-crossing regulations requiring commuters to take Nucleic Acid Tests ... -
Ng Kuok Cheong urges gov’t to postpone gaming licenses tender for another two years
Lawmaker Ng Kuok Cheong has urged the government to postpone the public tender for new gaming licenses for a period of two years in a statement ... -
Crime | Man secretly photographs woman in public library
A young man was arrested by the Public Security Police Force last Thursday at the Patane Library over allegations that he secretly took a sexually intrusive ... -
Air Macau suffered over MOP1b net loss in 2020
Air Macau, the city’s flagship airline, has endured an annual net loss of approximately MOP1.04 billion in 2020, owing to the double blows of the Covid-19 ... -
CE congratulates central gov’t on spacecraft launch
The Chief Executive, Ho Iat Seng, sent a congratulatory message to the Central Government regarding the successful launch of the Shenzhou-12 crewed spacecraft, which blasted off ... -
Editors of Hong Kong newspaper arrested under security law
Hong Kong police used a sweeping national security law yesterday to arrest five editors and executives of a pro-democracy newspaper on charges of colluding with foreign ... -
EXPLAINER | The significance of China’s new space station
Adding a crew to China’s new orbiting space station is another major advance for the burgeoning space power. WHAT’S THE MISSION’S PURPOSE? The three-member crew is ... -
Japan announces easing of virus emergency ahead of Olympics
Japan yesterday announced the easing of a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and six other areas from next week, with new daily cases falling just ... -
This day in history | 1972 UK’s worst air crash kills 118
All 118 people on board a flight from London Heathrow to Brussels have died when the airliner crashed minutes after take-off. The British European Airways plane ... -
Iran nuclear deal hangs in balance as Islamic Republic votes
Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers hangs in the balance as the country prepares to vote on today for a new president and diplomats press ... -
Drive in | Kevin Hart shows range in tearjerker ‘Fatherhood’
Kevin Hart can make us laugh and cry, it seems, even if the vehicle was practically engineered to bring on the waterworks. In “Fatherhood,” on Netflix ... -
TASTE OF EDESIA | Seafood goes vegan
OmniFoods, a pioneer in plant-based food innovation, announces its latest game-changer: OmniSeafood. Following the worldwide success of its OmniPork series since its debut in 2018, OmniFoods ... -
Macau Racing Tips | The Beacon Hill 1350 Metres Sand 2021-06-19 | Sat | 18:55The Beacon Hill 1350 Metres Sand 2021-06-19 | Sat | 18:55
My very good friend from Macau now residing in Hong Kong is staying in Beacon Hill, Kowloon; looking at this Saturday’s card there is a race ... -
Preview | Sweden to throw off shackles against Slovakia at Euro 2020
Sweden is promising a more expansive approach against Slovakia at the European Championship. That won’t be difficult. Against Spain in their Group E opener, the Swedes ... -
Italy impress again in 3-0 win over Switzerland at Euro 2020
The wingers sprint forward like Ferraris. The midfielders are just as capable at scoring as the forwards. And the reserves look like starters. A new-look Italy ... -
England-Scotland: Rivalry that started international soccer
Unimaginable now, especially with tickets in short supply during the coronavirus pandemic, but when England and Scotland first decided to play each other in a soccer ... -
The Buzz | Congress approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. The House voted 415-14 yesterday (local time) to make Juneteenth, or June ... -
Internet outages briefly disrupt access to websites, apps
A wave of brief internet outages hit the websites and apps of dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe yesterday. The Hong ... -
World Views | Why nobody will ever agree on whether COVID lockdowns were worth it
As an increasingly vaccinated world emerges from lockdowns, lots of people are talking about whether the fight against the pandemic was too strong or too ... -
Friday, June 18, 2021 – edition no. 3795
* Vaccine drive widened — Local children as young as 12 will be allowed to take the mRNA vaccine from today as long as they are ... -
Lawmakers urge gov’t to act on flooding, illegal wastewater dumping
Several lawmakers used the period before the agenda yesterday at the Legislative Assembly to call on the government to find real solutions to prevent flooding in ... -
Pereira Coutinho loses appeal to plenary on rejected law proposal
Lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho once again made a proposal to establish a regime that would allow workers associations to represent and fight for workers’ rights, only ... -
Macau office in Taiwan to suspend operation
The Macau Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan will temporarily cease to operate from June 19 as Macau employees working at the office could not obtain ... -
Lisboeta launch date unclear despite role in tourism initiative
The second phase of the “Stay, Dine and See Macao” local tour and staycation initiative will see facilities located in several local hotels or resorts taking ... -
MGTO unveils 15 new partially subsidized local tour routes
Yesterday, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) held a press conference to announce the second phase of the “Stay, Dine and See Macao” initiative, which ... -
Rotary Club of Macau hosts 74th Annual Charity Ball
The Rotary Club of Macau’s 74th Annual Charity Ball gathered around 300 Rotarians, relatives, Rotaract and Interact club members, and guests at an event themed “wanderlust.” ... -
USD12 billion Case | Trial between mogul Hao and LVS begins
The court case between Taiwanese businessman Marshall Hao and gaming giant Las Vegas Sands (LVS) started yesterday. Hao is seeking approximately 70% of Sands Macao’s profits ... -
Crime | UM 4-meter high embankment climbed by illegal immigrants
Members of an illegal immigration syndicate, which has recently been busted by the Judiciary Police (PJ), for climbing the four-meter high embankment surrounding the University of ... -
Covid-19 | New vaccination center to open June 21
Given the increasing demand for vaccination among residents, the government has designated the Mong-Ha Sports Centre as a new inoculation site, bringing the total number of ... -
Young male not identified as imported case for now
An 18-year-old man, a Macau resident who recovered from Covid-19 and then tested positive again on June 15 whilst observing mandatory quarantine after his return to ... -
Authorities are ‘bending the rules’ to claim illegal assembly, Scott Chiang says
Pro-democracy activist and candidate to this year’s Legislative Assembly elections, Scott Chiang, thinks that judiciary authorities were bending the rules when they found him guilty for ... -
China set to send first crew to new space station today
The three members of the first crew to be sent to China’s space station say they’re eager to get to work making their home for the ... -
This day in history | 1974 IRA bombs parliament
A bomb has exploded at the Houses of Parliament, causing extensive damage and injuring 11 people. The IRA said it planted the 20 lb (9.1 kg) ...
