Yearly Archives: 2022
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Cher appears at Balmain finale at Paris Fashion Week
Paris Fashion Week roared into full gear yesterday [Macau time] with atmospherics and excitement over Balmain’s evening fashion-music festival spectacular — a star-studded charity concert featuring ... -
1955 James Dean killed in car smash
The Hollywood film star James Dean has been killed in a road accident in California, USA. The 24-year-old actor was behind the wheel of his German-made ... -
‘Smile’ turns twisted grin into bland horror flick
I have mostly frowny faces for “Smile,” a bluntly unsettling and blandly grim new horror flick that wrings as much mileage as it can out of a ... -
Best of luxuries
Ritz-Carlton, Macau and French high-end trunks and leather goods-maker Pinel et Pinel present Pinel et Pinel Afternoon Tea Experience. This special tea set combines Pinel et ... -
The Bao Tou 1500 Metres Turf
2022-10-02 | Sat | 15:25 Owner Alliance return to his first outing of the new season, he should take all the beating from the field and ... -
Fish fossil catch from China includes oldest teeth ever
A big catch of fish fossils in southern China includes the oldest teeth ever found — and may help scientists learn how our aquatic ancestors got their ... -
Xi, Kishida exchange congrats on 50th anniversary of China-Japan diplomatic ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida yesterday exchanged congratulatory messages over the 50th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan diplomatic relations. In ... -
China-Japan ties for next 50 years
The China-Japan Joint Statement, inked by the two countries’ governments on Sept 29, 1972, put a complete end to the post-war confrontation and isolation between Beijing ... -
Friday, September 30, 2022 – edition no. 4106
* Red packs — MGTO hopes for daily tourist arrivals of 20,000 during National Day holidays in a city packed with events and fireworks * End ... -
Taiwan to end quarantine for arrivals starting Oct. 13
Taiwan today (Thursday) said it will end mandatory COVID-19 quarantines for people arriving from overseas beginning Oct. 13. The Central Epidemic Command Center announced that the ... -
Macau filmmakers get nominations in prestigious Taiwan film awards
Despite being only partially confident, the three local filmmakers who were nominated at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards (GHA) feel flattered by the recognition. Dubbed the ... -
Investment firm predicts mass GGR to reach 40% pre-pandemic levels in Q4
UBS analyst Angus Chan is estimating that the city’s mass gross gaming revenue (GGR) will reach 40% of pre-pandemic levels in the fourth quarter. With optimism, ... -
Zhuhai residents advised not to travel, MGTO boosts efforts in city promotion
The Zhuhai health authority is calling on mainland residents to celebrate National Day at home and avoid going to medium-risk or high-risk areas. For the upcoming ... -
Political advisor calls for efforts to enforce Beijing’s jurisdiction in the SARs
China’s top political advisor Wang Yang attended a reception on Tuesday to celebrate the upcoming 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China ... -
Yuan slides to 14-year low after US rate hikes
China’s yuan fell to a 14-year low against the dollar yesterday despite central bank efforts to stem the slide after U.S. interest rate hikes prompted traders ... -
UM forecasts economic growth to drop up to 29% in 2022
The University of Macau (UM) estimates that economic growth will drop between 26.4% and 29.2% this year. This is followed by a drop between 31.3% and ... -
BOP SAR left with MOP10.9b surplus for 2021
The overall preliminary balance of payments (BOP) of the Macau SAR recorded a surplus of MOP10.9 billion in 2021. Of which, the current account registered a ... -
Cultural commentator happy at nominations, fruitful subsidy scheme
Local cultural commentator and academic Pan Lei recounted his memories of seeing Hong at the GHA After Party in 2016. In that year, Lei was a ... -
Commercial flights plunge 40% y-o-y in August
Arriving and departing commercial flights totalled 485 trips in August, a decline of 39.1% year-on-year, data from the the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) shows. From ... -
Former top graft buster indicted on bribery charges
A former top graft buster at China’s ministry for intelligence and counterintelligence has been indicted on bribery charges, just weeks before a major congress of the ruling ... -
Restaurant fire kills 17 people in north-eastern city
A restaurant fire killed 17 people yesterday in the city of Changchun in northeastern China, authorities said. The fire was reported about 12:40 p.m. in a high-tech ... -
US seeks united front in Asia despite Korea, Japan tensions
Standing on the deck of an American destroyer at a naval base here yesterday, Vice President Kamala Harris directly challenged China by accusing it of “disturbing ... -
Japanese leader’s trip to China in ‘72 was diplomatic gamble
The Japanese leader who normalized relations with China 50 years ago feared for his life when he flew to Beijing for the high-stakes negotiations at the ... -
1960 Khrushchev anger erupts at UN
The Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev has disrupted a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with several angry outbursts. Twice he pounded his desk and twice ... -
Bank of England to buy UK bonds to avert financial risk
The Bank of England said yesterday that it will launch a temporary government bond-buying program to stave off “material risk to U.K. financial stability” after unfunded ... -
Spain tops Portugal late to reach Final Four
Portugal 0, Spain 1 Luis Enrique was ready for the criticism to start pouring out back home. He knew another setback so close to the World ... -
English club Worcester suspended amid financial issues
English Premiership rugby club Worcester Warriors were suspended from all competitions this week after plunging into financial turmoil amid debts totaling more than 25 million pounds ... -
Australia demands Optus pay for new customer IDs after breach
Australia’s federal and state governments yesterday called for Optus to pay for replacing identification documents including passports and driver’s licenses to avoid identity fraud after 9.8 ... -
EU vows to act if energy lines hit as firms ramp up security
The European Union suspects that damage to two underwater natural gas pipelines was sabotage and is warning of retaliation for any attack on Europe’s energy networks, a senior ... -
Measures can spur momentum of foreign trade
In spite of all the clamor about boosting domestic consumption as the main driver of growth, and the endeavors to that effect, foreign trade, export-oriented processing ... -
Thursday, September 29, 2022 – edition no. 4105
* Shining on silver screen — Macau filmmakers get nominations in prestigious Golden Horse Awards * Gaming| UBS forecasts mass GGR to reach 40% pre-pandemic levels ... -
As Cantonese language wanes, efforts grow to preserve it
Three decades ago, finding opportunities to learn Cantonese in San Francisco wasn’t hard. But today in the city that’s drawn Cantonese speakers from South China for ... -
Boy accused of sexually assaulting three-year-old in library toilet
A 12-year-old boy is accused of sexually assaulting a three-year-old child in a library toilet in Taipa, according to the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday. The PJ ... -
Case defendant describes parallel betting as ‘grey area’
A defendant in the case concerning Suncity Group has described the practice of parallel betting as falling “within a grey area.” The seventh defendant, Lou Sek Fung, ... -
August hotel guests down 10.4% y-o-y
August hotel guest numbers declined 10.4% year-on-year to 390,000, data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) shows. Mainland guests (263,000) and local guests (104,000) fell ...
