Yearly Archives: 2022
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Urban Paradise
There are not many local retail stores in Macau where you can sip a cup of tea, relax, and take your sweet time to choose your ... -
Ukraine upset by Vatican inviting Russian to carry cross
A close associate of Pope Francis yesterday defended the Vatican’s decision to have a Russian woman and a Ukrainian woman carry the cross together during a Good ... -
Covid plunged 77 million into poverty before Ukraine war
The pandemic plunged 77 million more people into extreme poverty last year and many developing countries can’t recover because of the crippling cost of debt repayments ... -
Gift exchanges must be made simpler to help end corruption
The Chinese people are finding it increasingly difficult to prepare gifts for friends and relatives on special occasions including festivals. If a gift is very expensive, ... -
Thursday, April 14, 2022 – edition no. 3992
* IMF Report | GBA, new gaming concessions to drive recovery * GBA | Tax office for Lusophone countries set up in Hengqin * Education ... -
CE slams local tourism products, tourist source market for being monotonous
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng expressed during yesterday’s parliamentary question session his dissatisfaction at the city’s tourism offerings being, in his view, too monotonous and source ... -
Gov’t encourages lawmakers help with low birth rate
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has suggested younger lawmakers have more children to help with the falling birth rate. Lawmaker Lei Chan U listed data from ... -
Consumption stimulus expected by May
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has disclosed that he expects the consumption stimulus measure to be implemented by May, after the amendment to the Annual Budget. ... -
Students with hearing disability drop out of university due to compulsory mask-wearing
Students with a hearing disability have opted to drop out of higher education due to the mandatory use of masks, according to the Macau Deaf Association. ... -
Hengqin gov’t: Industrial park boosts Guangdong-Macau IC design trade
In-house enterprises at Guangdong-Macao Integrated Circuit (IC) Design Industrial Park in Hengqin generated an output value of over 1.5 billion yuan (USD36 million) in 2021. Under ... -
BYD ATTO 3 New automobile launched aimed at promoting green transportation
BYD ATTO 3 has officially been launched in Macau as BYD, working alongside its Macau partner Companhia De Automóveis De Energia Nova Hap Dic Limitada to ... -
Hong Kong returnees classified as asymptomatic case
Two Macau residents from Hong Kong were classified as imported cases of asymptomatic infection after positive nucleic acid test (NAT) results on April 11 upon their ... -
Casino sector on the brink of revenue downturn
The city’s gaming sector is expected to tumble this month as analysts forecast a 13% drop in gross gaming revenue (GGR) compared to March, which ... -
Shanghai eases two-week shutdown, letting some residents out
Some residents of Shanghai were allowed out of their homes as the city of 25 million eased a two-week-old shutdown yesterday after videos posted online showed ... -
US pulls non-emergency staff from Shanghai
The U.S. has ordered non-emergency government staff to leave Shanghai, which is under a tight lockdown to contain a COVID-19 surge. The State Department said the ... -
Government halts debt repayment pending IMF bailout plan
Sri Lanka is suspending its repayment of foreign debt, including bonds and government-to-government borrowings, pending the completion of a loan restructuring program with the International Monetary ... -
Flooding, landslides kill at least 43 people
Heavy rains caused by a summer tropical depression killed at least 43 people, with 28 others missing in the central and southern Philippines, mostly due to ... -
‘It’s not the end’: The children who survived Bucha’s horror
The coffin was made from pieces of a closet. In a darkened basement under a building shaking from the bombardment of war, there were few other ... -
1964 Poitier breaks new ground with Oscar win
The acting profession’s top award has gone to a black actor for the first time. Sidney Poitier won the best actor Oscar for his role in ... -
Dubai’s DEWA utility goes public after raising $6b in IPO
Dubai’s Water and Electricity Authority, known as DEWA, began trading for the first time yesterday, after raising just over $6 billion during its initial public offering, ... -
Japan’s Honda outlines strategy to forge ahead on EVs
Honda is investing 5 trillion yen ($40 billion) over the next decade in research, especially to realize a major shift to ecological electric vehicles, the Japanese ... -
Melco’s roadshow series generates MOP3m revenue for local SMEs
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has generated over MOP3 million revenue for local small & medium enterprises (SMEs) in the first quarter of 2022 through its Heart ... -
MGM donates another MOP300,000 to Holy House of Mercy’s Welfare Shop
MGM has donated MOP300,000 to the Macau Holy House of Mercy’s Welfare Shop project for the 10th consecutive year — in a bid to fund the distribution ... -
Atlético needs attack to start clicking again against City
TALES AZZONI, MADRID Thursday, 03:00 Atletico v Man City H 5.1, D 3.75, A 1.82 Thursday, 03:00 Liverpool v Benfica H 1.3, D 6.6, A 11.5 ... -
Victoria state in Australia to host 2026 Commonwealth Games
The Australian state of Victoria has been confirmed as the host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. It will be the first-ever predominantly regional Commonwealth Games with ... -
Sticker shock: US March inflation likely set new 40-year high
With ever-rising costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities squeezing consumers and threatening the economy, inflation in the United States likely set yet another four-decade ... -
Fight against virus more targeted and meticulous
How to balance the preventive measures for the control of the novel coronavirus and residents’ needs for daily necessities is proving to be a challenge for ... -
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 – edition no. 3991
* Order to Spend — Ho Iat Seng calls on public servants, unaffected by financial hurdles, to give back to local economy all stimulus money received ... -
Will Smith’s slap shows ‘honor culture’ is alive and well
H. Colleen Sinclair Mississippi State University After witnessing the “slap heard around the world” during the 2022 Oscars, I wasn’t surprised when the internet split into ... -
Non-local medical staff may be invited to help in makeshift hospital
If there is an outbreak in Macau necessitating the use of the makeshift hospital, non-local medical staff may be called upon to help, A&E doctor Lei ... -
CE to attend plenary session today
The Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng will attend a plenary session of the Legislative Assembly (AL) at 3 p.m. today to answer AL members’ questions on ... -
The Star under fire for ongoing relationship with Alvin Chau
The Star Entertainment Group general counsel Andrew Power was quizzed on Monday about why the gaming operator has continued dealing with junket operator Suncity after it ... -
Commercial property loans increased by 200%
Commercial real estate (CRL) loans approved by Macau banks increased by 210.1% month-to-month to MOP10.02 billion in the month of February, according to data provided by ... -
English not available in all services despite gov’t app upgrade
Despite getting an upgrade and being dubbed Macao One Account 2.0, the government’s centralized service app still does not offer all services in English. Services with ... -
Filipinos begin casting votes for presidential election
Overseas voting for the upcoming Philippine Presidential Election kicked off Sunday, with several Filipino voters expressing that they wish for a better country under new leadership. ...
