Yearly Archives: 2022
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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 ... -
Made in China 2025 and the new multipolar world
In 2015, China adopted one of its most ambitious plans – the Made in China (MIC) 2025. MIC 2025 is an initiative that aims to guarantee ... -
Monday, February 14, 2022 – edition no. 3950
* More rooms, please! — A civil servant group is calling on gov’t for sufficient quarantine hotel rooms for student returnees; however, MGTO admitted it has ... -
THE CONVERSATION | Ski jump: Flying or falling with style?
If you or I jump in the air as high as possible, we can stay off the ground for about half a second. Michael Jordan could ... -
Transportation | Public bus budget at MOP970m in 2021
The budget for public bus transport services last year was around MOP970 million, a lower amount than that of 2020, according to the Transport Bureau (DSAT). ... -
No illegality found in police CNY inspections
Of the 331 people who were stopped and questioned by Public Security Police Force (PSP) officers in the Lunar New Year operation, none were found to ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t warns outbreaks may suspend vaccine plan
People in Macau should get vaccinated against Covid-19 with urgency, as this might not be possible later on, health authorities stated during yesterday’s regular Novel Coronavirus ... -
Crime | Man arrested for privacy intrusion and harassment over online broadcasting
A 34-year-old man from the mainland has been detained by the Public Security Police Force (PSP) after he uploaded a live-stream to the internet publishing ... -
Approved residential and commercial loans decrease
Residential mortgage loans approved by Macau banks fell by 22.5% month-on-month to MOP2.49 billion in December, according to data provided by the Monetary Authority of Macao. ... -
Gaming MGM seeks to convert junket players to direct players amid sector’s turmoil
MGM China is set to focus on targeting the mass market, saying “it is where the future resides,” as the city’s junket sector faces a crackdown. ... -
MGM revenue surges 85% to HKD9.4b in 2021
MGM China’s net revenue soared by 85% to approximately HKD9.4 billion in 2021, according to its recent earnings announcement. The group had a turnaround to an adjusted ... -
GBA | Hengqin issues first license to Macau-owned clinic
The first wholly Macau-owned medical institution in the Guangdong-Macau In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin has received its license to provide diagnostic and treatment services including internal ... -
‘Politics of grandeur’: Two Olympics and China’s love of big
Tiananmen Square. The Forbidden City. The Great Wall. The Three Gorges Dam. Dozens of high-end malls in Beijing. China has thousands of years of doing things ... -
Australia | Blinken says century will be shaped by Indo-Pacific region
The United States remains focused long-term on the Indo-Pacific region despite concerns over Russian aggression toward the Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday. ... -
Myanmar | Prominent filmmaker arrested after a year on the run
An award-winning film director in Myanmar has been arrested almost a year after he was put on a wanted list for encouraging government employees to join ...
