Yearly Archives: 2022
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11,300 residents participate in cross-border investment
The “Cross-Border Financial Management” pilot project in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) has attracted some 11,300 residents from Macau and mainland China as of December 31, 2021.According ... -
Gongbei Border Customs top official expelled from post
Deputy Commissioner of the Zhuhai Gongbei Border Customs, Xiong Zhenguo, was expelled from the public office for allegedly violating the “spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation.” The Eight-point ... -
GBA | Hengqin GDP hit USD7 billion in 2021
The annual regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin increased by 8.5% year-on-year to 45.46 billion yuan (USD7.1 billion) in ... -
Studio City cuts budget for Phase 2
Studio City International Holdings Ltd reduced the project budget of the remaining works at Studio City to approximately USD1.2 billion, the company said in a filing. ... -
Notions of time and interaction between people exhibited at Ka Ho
Titled “Social Distance,” the exhibition by architect and photographer Ricardo Meireles will open to the public this Saturday. The exhibition aims to explore different notions of ... -
Housing prices held steady in Q4 of 2021
The residential property price index has remained steady with only marginal variations during the last quarter (Q4) of last year, according to information from the Statistics ... -
Crime | Resident scammed in credit card fraud
A local woman has filed a complaint with the Judiciary Police (PJ) claiming that her credit card details were unlawfully used to acquire an air ticket, ... -
China locks down southern city as omicron variant surges
China has ordered inhabitants of the southern city of Baise to stay home and suspended transportation links amid a surge in COVID-19 cases at least partly ... -
US indictment accuses Chinese firm of stealing Motorola trade secrets
A federal indictment unsealed yesterday [Macau time] accuses a Chinese telecommunications company of stealing technology from Illinois-based Motorola Solutions Inc., in another case highlighting longstanding fears ... -
US bill aims to arrest China, Russia influence in Latin America
Two leading voices in Congress on Latin America have introduced bipartisan legislation to spur closer U.S. security cooperation in the region and turn back what they ... -
North Korea increases virus budget after partial border opening
North Korea plans to increase its government spending on pandemic measures by one-third this year to carry out leader Kim Jong Un’s calls for a more ... -
Philippines | No handshakes: Presidency hopefuls open campaigns
Campaigning in the Philippines’ presidential election started yesterday with a cast of candidates led by a late dictator’s son and the pro-democracy current vice president, with ... -
Biden threatens: No gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine
In a flurry of diplomacy across two continents, President Joe Biden met with Germany’s new leader yesterday [Macau time] and vowed the crucial Nord Stream 2 ... -
This day in history | 1950 McCarthy launches anti-red crusade
United States Senator Joe McCarthy has accused more than 200 staff in the State Department of being members of the Communist Party. He made the startling ... -
Beijing 2022 | Praise for Eileen Gu breaks Chinese social media
Two American-born athletes competing for China. Two radically different reactions from Chinese social media to their performances at the Winter Olympics. As freestyle skier Eileen Gu ... -
Beijing 2022 | Chen flips, spins way to world-record score at Olympics
Nathan Chen flipped, whirled and even punched his way to a world-record score in the men’s figure skating short program at the Beijing Olympics. Next up ... -
SNAPSHOT | Olympic press can grab high-tech naps
With nowhere really to go, journalists inside the Beijing Olympics bubble are encouraged to sleep on the job. They can’t visit the village rooms where competitors ... -
Oscars 2022 | ‘Power of the Dog’ tops noms with 12; ‘Dune’ nabs 10
Jane Campion’s gothic western “The Power of the Dog” led nominations to the 94th Academy Awards, where streaming services more than ever before swept over Hollywood’s ... -
The Buzz | Retired pope asks pardon for abuse, but admits no wrongdoing
Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness yesterday for any “grievous faults” in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denied any personal or specific wrongdoing ... -
China Daily | Washington reneges on Taiwan pledges
How far is Washington willing to push the envelope on the question of Taiwan? This is not just a grave concern for China, since Taiwan is ... -
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 – edition no. 3947
* ‘Party’ is over — Gongbei Border Customs top official Xiong Zhenguo expelled from post after he was found to have accepted gifts, banquets and travel ... -
Crime | Croupier couple cons man out of HKD2.2 million
A local couple in their fifties is accused of defrauding a mainland man of the sum of HKD2.2 million over an alleged currency exchange deal, the ... -
Crime | Motorcyclist accused of hit and run involving pedestrian on sidewalk
A local 27-year-old man is accused of a hit and run after riding a motorcycle on the sidewalk and hitting a pedestrian, the Public Security Police ... -
Chinese New Year arrivals at over 113,000
Visitor arrivals for the seven-day long Chinese New Year holiday totaled to 113,699 tourists, far fewer than the average 20,000 daily tourist arrivals the government had ... -
Mobile payment transactions rise to 57m in Q4
The number of transactions carried out using local mobile payment tools grew by 5.4% from the previous quarter, to 56.9 million in the fourth quarter of ... -
UM research team develops novel metal-phenolic network
A research team from the University of Macau (UM) has developed a novel metal-phenolic network to potentiate the activation of stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway ... -
TSI imposes heavier penalty for document forgery
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has ruled in favor of an appeal from the public prosecution regarding a case involving forged documents and false declarations ... -
Registered firms slightly increases to over 81,000 in 2021
The number of registered companies in Macau totaled 81,060 in 2021, a slight increase of 5.7% compared to the number of firms registered in 2020 when ... -
LVS terminates agreement with three primary gaming promoters
Las Vegas Sands has confirmed that it has terminated its contracts with three gaming promoters as of December 2021. In its annual report, the parent company ... -
A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble
China’s capital city returned to work yesterday after a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday that was muted by the pandemic — especially for the thousands of ... -
Olympic diplomacy | Xi meets Poland, Pakistan leaders
Chinese President Xi Jinping met las weekend with leaders from Poland and Pakistan in a flurry of diplomacy on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympic ... -
Covid-19 | Across Asia, spike in virus cases follows Lunar New Year
Many Asian countries are facing a spike in COVID-19 infections after the widely-celebrated Lunar New Year holidays, as health officials grapple with the highly-transmissible omicron variant ... -
Leaders meet around the globe hoping to calm Ukraine crisis
International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified yesterday, with French President Emmanuel Macron set to hold talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ... -
This day in history | 1952 New Queen proclaimed for UK
Princess Elizabeth has formally proclaimed herself Queen and Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith. Lords of the Council – numbering 150 – representatives ... -
Beijing 2022 | Shiffrin’s fall in Olympic giant slalom will stick with her
Mikaela Shiffrin will not soon forget what happened yesterday in her first race of the Beijing Olympics. The poor transition that came five turns, and about ...
