Yearly Archives: 2021
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World Views | When to buy a Lamborghini? There’s no time like the present
For those who aspire to cryptocurrency riches, the entreaty “When Lambo?” long ago became a popular way to refer to that blessed day when you’re finally wealthy enough ... -
Friday, May 28, 2021 – edition no. 3781
* Hard Labor — Secretary for Economy Lei Wai Nong was grilled for failing to guarantee local residents’ priority access to jobs, resolve unpaid wages and ... -
CPU member expresses concerns over building-linking flyovers
A member of the Urban Planning Committee (CPU) raised concerns over the ownership and responsibility for the inter-building flyovers used to provide access to pedestrians. The ... -
Briefs | 2nd-level Covid-19 close contact from Guangzhou quarantined in Macau
The Macau Health Bureau has been notified by the Guangdong Health Commission that a second-level close contact of a Covid-19 positive case from Guangzhou, Guangdong, ... -
Legislative committee criticizes budget execution for UM construction
The University of Macau (UM) did not do well in terms of reviewing the budget executions for its construction projects, lawmaker Mak Soi Kun and president ... -
AL committee proposes to allow provisional residential permit holders as residents
A parliamentary committee has proposed to the government to allow new immigrants on provisional residential permits to be considered as residing in Macau even if they ... -
MICE sector sees 68 events in Q1
A total of 68 meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) events were held in the first quarter of 2021, including 61 meetings and conferences (-56 year-on-year) ... -
Covid-19 | City records first case of Indian variant
The 51st confirmed case of Covid-19 in Macau, detected a few days ago, was found to be SARS-CoV-2 variant known as B.1.617 – which is widely known ... -
Crime | Drug trafficking in eggroll can busted
A crime in which a Hong Kong drug cartel used eggroll cans to contain narcotics and send them by mail to Macau has recently been busted, ... -
Gov’t to continually roll out promotions in Shanghai to attract tourists
The Macau SAR is again set to host a mega roadshow in Shanghai to entice visitors to visit the city, which has been described as a ... -
Halftone to cater to photography enthusiasts
A new photography association will launch today, aiming to promote all aspects of contemporary photography. At 6:30 p.m. today, a total of 18 photography enthusiasts who ... -
Businessman Rosário pleads not guilty in cryptocurrency investments fraud trial
The trial of the fraud case involving cryptocurrency investments began this Tuesday at the Court of First Instance. The case involves a total of 71 victims ... -
Melco hosts seminar on GBA entrepreneurship opportunities
Melco Resorts & Entertainment hosted a seminar titled “Follow your Dreams” with the aim of providing team members with practical knowledge of the Greater Bay Area’s ... -
Gaming | When bureaucratic irresolution and pandemic jabs Japan’s IR bubble
Ever since Japan’s parliament, the National Diet, ratified the Integrated Resort (IR) Promotion Act in 2016 and ensured the IR Implementation Bill in July 2018 — ... -
This day in history | 1994 Dissident writer Solzhenitsyn returns
Alexander Solzhenitsyn has flown back to his native Russia after 20 years of exile in the United States. His plane touched down in the far eastern ... -
Actor John Cena faces backlash in China over Taiwan comment
Actor and professional wrestler John Cena has apologized to fans in China after he called Taiwan a country in a promotional interview for his upcoming film ... -
Hong Kong | Legislature due to approve curbs on public vote
Hong Kong’s legislature is expected to change electoral laws to drastically reduce the public’s ability to vote for lawmakers and increase the number of pro-Beijing lawmakers ... -
Shift in fortunes | Old-school tycoons of Hong Kong are losing to China’s moguls
The prediction was vintage Jack Ma, as provocative as it was prescient. “This is the era of the internet,” the Chinese billionaire proclaimed in October 2013, ... -
Tokyo Games | Major Japan newspaper Asahi calls for Olympic cancellation
Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper yesterday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two months. It is ... -
The Buzz | Portugal backtracks on capital-focused vaccines
Portuguese authorities say they are speeding up their COVID-19 vaccination drive nationwide after prompting an outcry by saying inoculations would be accelerated only in the Lisbon ... -
WHO asked to review spiked Italy report, whistleblower case
Whistleblower protection groups urged the World Health Organization yesterday to launch an independent review into the case of an Italian researcher who reported being pressured to ... -
China Daily | Pandemic calls for unprecedented unity
Although the sporadic locally transmitted cases appearing each day over the past two weeks might appear inconsequential in comparison to the situation in many other ... -
Thursday, May 27, 2021 – edition no. 3780
* Leaving Japan — In a domino effect, Macau gaming operators or investors dropped plans to bid for IRs in the industry’s so-called new frontier citing ... -
Police ban June 4 vigil on grounds of libel, defamation
In his capacity as a member of the Macau Union of Democratic Development, lawmaker António Ng Kuok Cheong announced that the Public Security Police Force (PSP) ... -
Labor bureau investigator sentenced for corruption
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has decided to uphold the judgment made previously by the Court of First Instance (TJB) to sentence a then-investigator with ... -
TSI amends decision on the attack upon lawyer Jorge Menezes
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has ruled on an appeal filed by the assault victim, lawyer Jorge Menezes, amending a previous decision by the Court ... -
Third Stimulus | Gov’t reminds retailers to maintain price stability on e-voucher launch
The SAR government reminds the business sector to abide by the regulations of the consumption subsidy scheme set to roll out on June 1. Recently, the ... -
Retail sales almost MOP19b in Q1
The value of the SAR’s retail sales for the first quarter totaled MOP18.75 billion, up 68% year-on-year, the region’s statistics department revealed yesterday. The latest report ... -
PJ finds three dead bodies, two at home
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has been called to investigate the discovery of three dead bodies in Macau in just over 24 hours, the PJ reported. According ... -
Number of admitted hospital patients decrease
The number of in-patients in local hospitals fell by 13.0% year-on-year to 54,000, according to data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). With an increase ... -
Briefs | Gov’t to study allowing anchored yacht off from Hac-Sa coast
The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) has agreed to study the possibility of allowing yachts to anchor off Hac-Sa Beach for leisure purposes. Director of ... -
IC to host China Cultural and Natural Heritage Day activities
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) will host a series of activities as part of the “China Cultural and Natural Heritage Day” which will be held on ... -
G2E Asia | AI can improve experience for gaming guests, expert says
The combination of facial recognition cameras and Edge Artificial Intelligence (Edge AI) applications can help Integrated Resorts (IRs) better understand their guests and help them provide ... -
Distribution of cash subsidy wraps up
The distribution work of 2021 Wealth Partaking Scheme has concluded five weeks earlier than it did last year. The distribution of the annual cash handout ... -
Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in Xinjiang
A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking a toll on China’s cotton ...
