Monthly Archives: April 2023
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MICE industry sees 70% job recovery
The MICE industry has seen a 40% recovery in workforce handling jobs, recovering to 70% of pre-Covid times, local media has reported. The local trade has ... -
Poll: China tops global growth potential
Most Chinese people are confident about the country’s development and regard its growth potential as the most promising in the world, a survey has found. Despite ... -
Body found in Mong-ha trail
A 73-year-old man’s body was found on the Mong-ha trail Tuesday afternoon, the Judiciary Police (PJ) has announced. A hiker discovered the body and a security ... -
GBA roadshows attract 2.8 million visitors
The “Experience Macao, Unlimited” Caravan Roadshow Series across the Greater Bay Area culminated as the last roadshow took place at the ninth stop of the grand ... -
Gov’t reclaims lot in Coloane
The SAR has recovered a 2,930 square meter area in Coloane that has been illegally occupied, the Land and Urban Construction Bureau has announced in a ... -
New residential mortgage loans fall 15% in February
The new approvals of residential mortgage loans (RMLs) fell, whereas those of commercial real estate loans (CRELs) rose month-on-month in February, the special administrative region’s monetary ... -
Casinos registering MOP400 million daily run rate
Macau’s casino revenues for the first 10 days of the month have reached MOP4 billion, implying a daily run rate of around MOP400 million, according to ... -
Beyond Expo to be held in May
From May 10 to 12, the annual Beyond Expo, which gathers many companies and industries around new technologies, will take place in Macau. The live-streamed and ... -
Head of HK, Macau affairs on a six-dayvisit to HK
The head of Beijing’s top office overseeing Hong Kong and Macau affairs, Xia Baolong, starts a six-day visit today, the first visit of the official since the office was ... -
Hong Kong to resume transfer of bodies to mainland
Hong Kong is set to resume the transfer of bodies awaiting burial in mainland China via a land crossing later this week, according to media reports. ... -
New commander appointed for PLA garrison in Macau
Yu Changjiang, commander of the Sansha military garrison in Hainan Province, has been appointed as commander of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Garrison in the ... -
Fox attorneys in libel case reveal dual roles for Murdoch
Attorneys defending Fox in a defamation case related to false claims about the 2020 election withheld critical information about the role company founder Rupert Murdoch played ... -
RoboCop? No, RoboDog: Robotic dog rejoins New York police
New York City officials unveiled three new high-tech policing devices this week, including a robotic dog that critics called creepy when it first joined the police ... -
Brazil’s Lula visits China, seeking ties and Ukraine support
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva flew off to China yesterday [Macau time] to strengthen ties with his nation’s biggest trade partner and win support ... -
Beijing says Taiwan encirclement drills a ‘serious warning’
Recent Chinese air and sea drills simulating an encirclement of Taiwan were intended as a “serious warning” to pro-independence politicians on the self-governing island and their ... -
Ruling party DPP taps Lai as candidate
Taiwan’s pro-independence ruling Democratic Progressive Party nominated its number two Lai Ching-te as its candidate in the 2024 election, two days after China concluded large-scale wargames ... -
Tokyo signs $2.8b long-range missile development deals
Japan’s Defense Ministry announced this week it has signed contracts worth nearly 380 billion yen ($2.8 billion) with the country’s top defense contractor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, ... -
China warns as US, Philippines stage combat drills
China warned yesterday that a deepening security alliance between the United States and the Philippines should not harm its security and territorial interests and interfere in ... -
Fishing regulators need more transparency, ocean groups say
Some regional fisheries management organizations that were set up by the United Nations to measure and conserve fish populations — but are difficult to hold to ... -
Biden to help mark decades of relative peace in N.Ireland
President Joe Biden is in Northern Ireland to participate in marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to this part of ... -
1997 Tiger Woods wins Masters at 21
The 21-year-old golfing sensation Eldrick “Tiger” Woods has become the youngest-ever player to win the US Masters Championships. He put in a virtuoso performance that left ... -
Historic Mexico City rock and counterculture hub closes
A line of people dressed in black, flannels and piercings wound in front of a two-story building on one of Mexico City’s main avenues. Graffiti reading ... -
Mario, Mariah, Madonna added to US National Recording Registry
Madonna’s star-making 1984 album “Like a Virgin,” Mariah Carey’s 1994 holiday perennial “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and the original 1985 theme from Super ... -
Man City crushes Bayern in Champions League quarterfinals
Man City 3, Bayern 0 After a 3-0 win against Bayern Munich yesterday [Macau time], Manchester City looks to be cruising toward the Champions League semifinals ... -
Ukraine to probe video allegedly showing soldier’s beheading
Ukraine promised yesterday to investigate a gruesome video circulating on social media that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier. The video spread quickly online ... -
Pope evokes cold-war replay, says leaders should avoid arms
Pope Francis urged world leaders Wednesday to use reason and not arms to resolve differences, evoking memories of the 1960s Cold War between Washington and Moscow. At ... -
Autonomy will best benefit Brazil’s development
That Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s visit to China, from Wednesday to Friday, was rescheduled so soon after his proposed trip in late March ... -
Thursday, April 13, 2023 – edition no. 4224
* Cultural repairs — The gov’t plans to spend MOP1.65 million on the restoration of three sites considered of cultural value * GBA | Gov’t mulls ... -
Easter holiday visitors equal CNY arrivals
The number of visitors to Macau during the Ching Ming Festival and Easter holidays reached a total of 481,765, figures released by the Public Security Police ... -
Ferry sailings to increase by May as HK tourist numbers rise
TurboJET is slated to increase its ferry sailings by May due to growing demand, as seen during the Easter holidays. Alfred Ng, director of the Macao ... -
A new femininity is starting to emerge in China
Over the course of the last century, Western beauty ideals – thinness, light skin, large breasts, large eyes, a small nose and high cheekbones – have ... -
Hengqin issues preferential personal tax policies for high-end talent
The Guangdong-Macau In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin yesterday issued regulations allowing high-end and urgently-needed talent to enjoy preferential tax policies, detailing application conditions, talent standards and processing ... -
Gov’t pledges to strengthen inspections following alleged jewelry store trap
Authorities have pledged to strengthen joint inspections and improve supervision so as to protect the image of Macau as a “tourist city and protect the rights ... -
Australia suspends WTO case against China on barley tariffs
Australia suspended a complaint to the World Trade Organization in a bid to reopen the Chinese market to Australian barley for the first time in three ... -
Transport bureau positive future Zone A links will resolve current jams
The Transport Bureau (DSAT) has reassured a lawmaker that three links that are still being built and will lead to the New Urban Zone A will ...
