Monthly Archives: February 2022
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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 lawmaker ... -
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 came ... -
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 and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 – edition no. 3951
* MOPs for old mopeds — Gov’t wants to replace obsolete scooters with electric models, pays MOP3,500 * Group estimates Prosperity Index to rise this quarter ... -
Airport records 29,000 passengers in first five days of Lunar New Year
During the first five days of the Chinese New Year holiday the Macau International Airport (MIA) recorded passenger traffic of over 29,000, the MIA company has ... -
Returnee from Portugal classified as asymptomatic for Covid
A local resident who arrived in Macau February 9 after travelling from Portugal via Munich and Singapore, has tested positive for Covid-19 upon his arrival on ... -
MGTO: Visitors continue to rise after CNY
The director of the Macao Government Tourism Office, Helena de Senna Fernandes, has said that the number of visitors continues to rise following the Chinese New ... -
Civil servant group calls for more quarantine hotel rooms
A civil servant group has issued a letter to the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture to call for sufficient quarantine hotel rooms for student returnees ... -
Dozens of taxi drivers protest at DSAT, urge authorities to restart taxi meters
Several dozen taxi drivers participated in a protest at the Transport Bureau (DSAT), requesting the authority to unlock their taxi meters, which were suspended as some ... -
Secret purchase of antique mansion backed by privacy protections
The heretofore undisclosed purchase of the Chio Mansion was facilitated by the involvement of personal privacy protections, Leong Wai Man, president of the Cultural Affairs Bureau ... -
Gaming | Moody’s downgrades SJM as concerns for financial management grow
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded SJM Holdings Limited’s corporate family rating (CFR) to Ba2 from Ba1, reflecting the gaming operator’s delays in “its execution of its ... -
Pandemic opens a window on existing problems
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted some extant structural problems in Macau, making them visible to society and allowing the community to take action to address the ... -
Cross-border case completed via online legal service
The Guangdong High Court has announced that a Macau resident has successfully completed a cross-border filing of a case through an authorized witness pass service, a ... -
Cross-border RMB tax online services open to Macau residents
Hengqin has now implemented full electronic payment of cross-border RMB taxes, social insurance premiums and tax refunds, with the services available to Macau residents, the Guangdong ... -
US aims to counter China by opening Solomon Islands embassy
The U.S. says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence in the ... -
Hong Kong reports record Covid-19 cases, tightens measures
Hong Kong on Saturday reported its daily record of confirmed COVID-19 cases, at 1,514. The city is struggling with the worst outbreak of the pandemic as ... -
Ukraine Crisis | German leader travels to Russia, Ukraine as tensions grow
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is flying to Ukraine and Russia this week in an effort to help defuse escalating tensions as Western intelligence officials warn that ... -
This day in history | 1984 British ice couple score Olympic gold
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have been crowned the Olympic ice skating champions after scooping gold in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. More than 24 million people watched the ... -
EXPLAINER | Halfway through Olympics, what’s happened so far?
Halfway through the world’s second pandemic Olympics, lots has happened. We have a doping scandal out of Russia, an American skier who faltered unexpectedly, and a ... -
Beijing Winter Olympics exceeds IOC expectations: Chairman
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has said that the Olympic Games is perhaps the most complex event on the planet, like a huge and ... -
Beijing2022 | For the aged: Older Olympians in the medal mix, too
When the Beijing Olympics close on Feb. 20, IOC President Thomas Bach, by tradition, will call on the “youth of the world to assemble four years ... -
US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss North Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Japanese and South Korean counterparts Saturday in Hawaii to discuss the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea after ... -
The Buzz | Man accused of blasphemy stoned to death by mob in Pakistan
An enraged mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said yesterday. The custodian ...
