Gaming | Committee expresses concerns over casino operator executives’ dual nationality

The question of the backgrounds of managing directors of casino operators under the gaming law amendment was tabled yesterday by the Second Standing Committee.

City’s Urban Master Plan announced as Executive Regulation

Macau’s Urban Master Plan was finally promulgated yesterday in the form of an Executive Regulation, alongside a separate ordinance enacting the categorization of land use. The

Gov’t wants to replace ‘obsolete’ mopeds with electric models, offers MOP3,500

The government wants the owners of small motorcycles (also known as scooters or mopeds) to replace them with new, electric-powered models, the Environmental Protection Bureau

Crime | Man apprehended for manufacturing, consuming cocaine

A Tanzanian man has been arrested for allegedly “illegally manufacturing and consuming psychiatric and anesthetic substance,” the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in a special press

Foreign domestic workers’ entry still ‘not an option’

Bringing in foreign domestic workers is still not an option, Wong Chi Hong, director of the Labor Affairs Bureau (DSAL), insisted in a reply to

GBA | Guangdong to promote infrastructure implementing HK, Macau rules

Guangdong is pledging to boost efforts to advance the development of Hengqin and Qianhai cooperation zones, improve working mechanisms and policy systems, and give new reform

SME credit approved by banks dropped 37.5% in H2 2021

In the second half of 2021, the new small and medium enterprise (SME) credit limit approved by Macau banks totaled MOP12.1 billion, a drop of 37.5%

Covid-19 | Hong Kong to vaccinate 3-year-olds amid new Covid-19 surge

Hong Kong plans to offer COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 3 as infections rage through the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The announcement late Sunday

Group forecasts Q1 rise in Prosperity Index

The city’s Prosperity Index may rise from 2.8 – its level at the end of last year – to 3.1 at the end of April, the

Xinhua Insight | Anti-pandemic approach suits national condition, benefits whole world

Every now and then, some Western media criticized China’s anti-pandemic approach of clearing COVID-19 infections in a timely manner, arguing it’s too rigid to sustain

At Winter Olympics, virus fight waged with worker sacrifices

In her mind, Cathy Chen pictures a scene that she herself says could be drawn from a TV drama: Falling into the arms of her husband

War, peace, stalemate? Week ahead may decide Ukraine’s fate

Even if a Russian invasion of Ukraine doesn’t happen in the next few days, the crisis is reaching a critical inflection point with European stability and

This day in history | 1989 Soviet troops pull out of Afghanistan

Soviet troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan, nine years after they swept into the country. A convoy of Soviet armoured vehicles travelled the 260-mile (418km) journey to the

Analysis | Olympics distract from Chinese soccer’s puzzling predicament

One good outcome for men’s soccer in China is the timing of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, which has been a national distraction from another failed

Beijing 2022 | Russian skater can compete, but medal ceremony won’t be held

Russian teenager Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women’s figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test, setting

Beijing 2022 | Eileen Gu advances on busy day of freestyle at Olympics

Trying for three gold medals in one Olympics is a hectic business. So it was no surprise that Eileen Gu was a skier in a hurry yesterday.

New Zealand | Ardern signals harsher stance on vaccine protest

New Zealand’s prime minister yesterday said protesters who oppose coronavirus mandates were using “intimidation and harassment,” as authorities appeared to take a harsher stance toward the convoy of

The Buzz | South Korea to allow special voting for Covid-19 patients

South Korea’s parliament yesterday approved plans to provide a special time for COVID-19 patients to vote during the March 9 presidential election as the country grapples with a

In Russia’s Ukraine plans, how much does the mud matter?

The Russian expression “tanks don’t fear mud” is common enough that it’s been the title of a short-lived Russian television series and can be found stenciled on car

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 – edition no. 3951

— Gov’t wants to replace obsolete scooters with electric models, pays MOP3,500 * Group estimates Prosperity Index to rise this quarter * Gov’t insists on barring entry of foreign domestic workers * A

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