Daily Archives: Monday, January 17, 2022
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Covid-19 | Home-based learning for cross-border students from Nanping and Tanzhou
Starting from today, cross-border teachers and students who live in Nanping village in Zhuhai and Tanzhou village in Zhongshan, along with those who have visited Guoji ... -
January Prosperity Index estimated to remain unsatisfactory
The Prosperity Index for January is estimated to range between 3.0 and 3.1, an unsatisfactory level, the Macau Economic Association (MEA) has announced. Explaining the estimate, ... -
Law Amendment | Gaming operators demonstrate support
All eyes – particularly from the gaming sector – are on the gaming renewal concessions. With the announcement made, gaming operators in the city have each ... -
Gaming | Long-awaited amendment rolls out ‘over promised, under delivered’
A long-awaited decision by casino executives arrived “over promised and under delivered” on Friday, four months after it was announced that a gaming law amendment would be ... -
Casino stocks rise following revision announcement
Casino’s shares recorded a surge of up to nearly 17% on Friday after authorities announced amendments to the city’s gaming law. Reports and analysts had previously ... -
Former lawmaker unhappy with gov’t explanation on footprint app tracking
Vague terms and conditions for the footprint recording app may leave room for personal data privacy breaches, former lawmaker Sulu Sou said in a social media ... -
CE holds meeting with Zhuhai official on pandemic control measures
The Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng held a meeting on Saturday via videoconference with officials in Zhuhai in order to exchange views on pandemic control measures ... -
China’s Muwu BBQ wins sailing race
China’s Muwu BBQ emerged as the grand winner of this year’s MGM Macao Cup International Regatta in the Beneteau First 40.7 unified design boat group. Showing ... -
Macau to host up to seven National Games sports events in 2025
As a co-host of the 2025 China National Games, Macau will hold six to seven sports events during the games, the president of Sports Bureau (ID) ... -
Covid-19 | Chinese city lifts some restrictions after three-week lockdown
State media are reporting the Chinese city of Xi’an has gradually begun lifting restrictions after over three weeks of lockdown as authorities sought to stamp out ... -
Economy | China’s trade surplus surges to record USD676.4b in 2021
China’s politically volatile global trade surplus surged to $676.4 billion in 2021, likely the highest ever for any country, as exports jumped 29.9% over a year ... -
Pacific tsunami threat recedes, volcano ash hinders response
The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede yesterday, but the massive ash cloud covering the tiny island nation ... -
Strong quake shakes Indonesia’s capital; no tsunami alert
A powerful earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, damaging buildings and houses and sending people into the streets, but no casualties ... -
Ukraine | Microsoft discloses malware attack on govt networks
Microsoft said late Saturday that dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian government agencies have been infected with destructive malware disguised as ransomware, ... -
Israel | Netanyahu negotiating plea deal in corruption trial
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is negotiating a plea deal in his corruption case, a person involved in the talks said Sunday. The deal, which ... -
This day in history | 1983 BBC wakes up to morning TV
People have been switching on their televisions a little earlier than usual to catch Britain’s first breakfast news programme. The BBC’s new Breakfast Time programme went ... -
Tennis | No title defense for No. 1: Djokovic deported from Australia
Instead of starting the defense of his Australian Open title yesterday, Novak Djokovic was slated to be deported from the country, a stunning and unprecedented end ... -
Prince Andrew, accuser seek witnesses in sex abuse lawsuit
Lawyers for Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre have filed their initial requests for witnesses in her lawsuit accusing the British royal of sexually abusing her at ... -
The Buzz | Woman killed in subway shove at Times Square
A woman was pushed to her death in front of a subway train at the Times Square station yesterday (Macau time) police said, a little more ... -
China Daily | US’ Huawei hunt for hegemony at any cost
In 2008, the United States prevented the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei from purchasing the network solutions provider 3Com. That marked the start of its 13-year-long campaign ... -
Monday, January 17, 2022 – edition no. 3934
* Big wins for the big six — Macau plans to give up to six gaming concessions with duration capped at 10 years; casino shares surged ...
