Daily Archives: Friday, April 8, 2022
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Gov’t: Foreign domestic helper entrants pose potential risks to household members
Allowing foreign domestic helpers to enter the city may pose risks to their employees, especially to children and the elderly, public health doctor Leong Iek Hou ... -
Macau follows mainland standards on Covid-19 positive identification
Leong Iek Hou was also questioned about the mismatching thresholds for positive SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test (NAT) results between Macau, Hong Kong and mainland China. In ... -
Fitch lowers SARs’ economic growth forecast
Fitch Ratings forecasts Macau’s economy will only expand by 19% in 2022, based on the assumption that gaming revenue will recover to about 44% of its ... -
Equatorial Guinea to officially join Forum Macau
Equatorial Guinea will officially become part of the Forum Macau from April 10, becoming the 10th permanent member of the body, which aims to promote economic ... -
Lawmaker calls for securing local employment
Lawmaker Ron Lam asked the government about its measures to safeguard employment of the local workforce, such as cutting the number of non-resident workers in larger ... -
Police arrest five allegedly faking non-local hires to meet blue card quotas
Five people have been arrested on charges of forging the employment details of 12 non-resident workers (TNRs) in an attempt to meet the business’s TNR hiring ... -
DSAT to achieve turning 50% traffic lights smart by year end
The Transport Bureau (DSAT) will finish upgrading 50% of local traffic lights to the smart system by the end of this year, Lam Chi Kim, department ... -
Spirits of the Two Sessions shared at Melco’s dedicated forum
Splendors of China learning program promotes national pride among colleagues and community A special Forum to share the Spirits of Spirits of China’s Fifth Session of ... -
Chinese ship shadows research vessel, Filipino scientists wary
A Chinese coast guard ship last month maneuvered for days near a research vessel deployed by Philippine and Taiwanese scientists to undertake a crucial survey of undersea ... -
JD.com founder Richard Liu leaves CEO post
Chinese e-commerce company JD.com said yesterday that its founder Richard Liu has left his position as CEO, the latest Chinese billionaire founder to step aside amid ... -
Authorities search for three Europeans lost on dive; one rescued
Malaysian authorities rescued a Norwegian dive instructor and were searching yesterday for three other Europeans, including two teenagers, who disappeared while diving off a southern island. ... -
Ukraine seeks arms from NATO as fight looms on eastern front
Ukraine told residents of its industrial heartland to leave while they still can and urged Western nations to send “weapons, weapons, weapons” yesterday after Russian forces ... -
1973 Art master Picasso dies
The artist Pablo Picasso has died of a heart attack at his chateau near Cannes on the French Riviera. He suffered the fatal seizure at approximately ... -
‘COW’ needs no words to convey one animal’s life
The human voice, a necessity in virtually any film, is barely existent and wholly secondary in “COW.” We hear only random bits of conversation, muffled and ... -
Dolphins’ playful social habits form bonds, but spread virus
Three young male dolphins simultaneously break the water’s surface to breathe — first exhaling, then inhaling — before slipping back under the waves of the Chesapeake ... -
Delicious delights
This April The Lounge at JW Marriott Hotel Macau has prepared new cocktails, small plates and other culinary creations to offer in an elegant space and ... -
Legendary spirit
Last week, Swiss watchmaker Longines staged a launch event for its Longines Spirit — Macau Edition at its flagship store in the Largo do São Domingos, ... -
Haunting Canada boarding school shot wins World Press Photo
A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside, with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a residential school ... -
Dolphins’ playful social habits form bonds, but spread virus
Three young male dolphins simultaneously break the water’s surface to breathe — first exhaling, then inhaling — before slipping back under the waves of the Chesapeake ... -
Need to make TCM more effective, and acceptable to youths
When I visited my community clinic recently for some medicines, I saw a new face in the consultation room. “Yes, traditional Chinese medicine has been added ... -
Friday, April 8, 2022 – edition no. 3988
* Slow motion — Fitch Ratings forecasts Macau’s economy will only expand by 19% in 2022, based on less than expected gaming revenue * Health ...
