Monthly Archives: April 2023
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Melco participates in promotional event in Lisbon
“Experience Macao Unlimited – Macao Promotion in Lisbon” event hosted by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) – introducing Macau’s entertainment and leisure experiences to locals while ... -
MGM celebrates Thai fest Songkran
Earlier this month, MGM hosted the first “Celebrate Songkran in Macau” dinner in three years, which welcomed almost 200 guests from Thailand. The celebration took place ... -
Four protesters against pandemic policy released on bail
Officials in Beijing have released four women on bail who were arrested for joining rare nationwide protests in late November against China’s tough anti-coronavirus policies, an ... -
Focus China’s efforts to achieve modernization benefit world: experts
China’s efforts to achieve modernization will effectively boost the world’s development and offer a new model of growth for developing countries, experts said at the ongoing ... -
Economy’s internal dynamics display great energy
The National Bureau of Statistics released China’s economic statistics for the first quarter on Tuesday. They indicate that the recovery momentum is being consolidated. Some observers, ... -
Top envoy Tai says US not seeking to ‘decouple’ from China
Washington is not seeking to decouple the American economy from China’s, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said yesterday while on a visit to Tokyo. Tai, who ... -
Bishop hopes for closer ties with Beijing diocese
Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop said in a historic trip to Beijing that he hopes the dioceses of the two cities will have more exchanges and ... -
Kishida denounces attack, vows security review before G7
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida denounced a pipe bomb attack at a campaign event he attended last weekend and pledged to review security procedures to ensure ... -
Fighting in Khartoum threatens to unravel cease-fire
Fighters from Sudan’s rival factions battled around the main military installation in central Khartoum and other parts of the country’s capital yesterday, threatening to unravel the ... -
NATO head defiantly says Ukraine belongs in alliance one day
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg defiantly declared yesterday that Ukraine deserves to join the military alliance and pledged continuing support for the country on his first visit ... -
1955 Fleet Street papers back after strike
National newspapers have been published for the first time in nearly a month following the end of the maintenance workers’ strike. The stoppage was called off ... -
Blood sloshes and Nicolas Cage feasts in ‘Renfield’
“Renfield” is not Nicolas Cage’s first blush with a vampire. In 1988’s “Vampire’s Kiss,” he played a New York literary agent who thought he was an ... -
A harrowing shipwreck and mutiny in ‘The Wager’
The Wager, a British war ship, crashed onto rocks amid stormy seas off the coast of Patagonia in 1741. Sailors on a secret wartime mission had ... -
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AP image of Mariupol hospital attack wins World Press Photo
Associated Press photographer Evgeniy Maloletka won the World Press Photo of the Year award yesterday for his harrowing image of emergency workers carrying a pregnant woman ... -
Singapore to resume executions after 6-month break
A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for abetting an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the island-state, in a resumption of executions after ... -
ROK should think twice before going all in with US
Republic of Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday that the ROK may provide weapons to Ukraine, after last year ruling ... -
Friday, April 21, 2023 – edition no. 4230
* For real?! — Business sector lawmakers want more and cheaper manpower * Lisbon visit | President Marcelo, Ho discuss culture, Portuguese status in MSAR * ... -
CE does not fear discussing human rights with EU
If the EU asks me about human rights conditions in Macau, I will not fear discussing it,” Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng told a press conference ... -
MGTO hopes visitors to reach over 20 million
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) hopes incoming visitors will reach over 20 million this year, half the level of pre-pandemic times. Maria Helena de Senna ... -
Local Canto-opera group open to new-old hybrid
The executive producer of a Cantonese opera in this year’s Macao Arts Festival is open-minded about introducing modern elements to the traditional artform. Yesterday, the production ... -
AI has social consequences, but who pays the price? IT companies’ problem with ‘ethical debt’
As public concern about the ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence keeps growing, it might seem like it’s time to slow down. But inside tech ... -
New Generation of Macau ID bill passes in first reading
The bill to update the rules regulating the issuing and use of the Macau Identity Card (Macau ID) passed yesterday in its first reading at the ... -
Fox, Dominion reach $787M settlement over election claims
Fox News agreed yesterday [Macau time] to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company’s lawsuit that would ... -
Two CPTTM officials re-elected Worldskills tech directors
Victoria Kuan and Mak Seng Hin of the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center (CPTTM) have been re-elected as technical directors of fashion techniques and website ... -
Forum Macau Secretariat visits Canton Fair, GBA
A delegation from the Permanent Secretariat to the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) has visited the Canton Fair, held ... -
Gov’t ‘spares no effort’ refining Pearl of the Orient traffic
Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário has pledged to parliament the government would spare no effort to refine traffic conditions near the Pearl ... -
Lawmakers claim higher wages could solve local unemployment problem
Lawmakers Leong Sun Iok and José Pereira Coutinho have claimed higher wages could solve at least part of the unemployment rate among local residents. The two ... -
Mainland student scammed for RMB1.2 million
A 19-year-old female university freshman in Macau has been scammed RMB1.2 million, according to the Judiciary Police (PJ). She received a call from an “express company” ... -
TUI upholds drug trafficking conviction in postal delivery drug case
A local resident bought the drug “marijuana” and “hemp oil” from an unknown seller to sell them to others and to use himself. The transaction was ... -
First day of Round of 16 starting to reveal favorites
Yesterday saw the first day of the Round of 16 at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao 2023 tournament, which started to unveil the favorites ... -
Local academic alerts journalists may lose their jobs in AI era
Journalists, transcribers and customer service agents, among other jobs, will easily be replaced by AI when it develops further, a local academic has warned in an ... -
HK Gov warns about iOS, iPadOS vulnerability
Users of Apple Inc. devices running on iOS or iPadOS should beware of certain system vulnerabilities and update their operating systems as soon as possible, two ... -
Uneasy marijuana industry seeks broader trade amid vast glut
The email went out to legal cannabis growers around Washington state. Another of their colleagues had gone under. “Liquidation sale,” it said. Attached was a spreadsheet ... -
SJM celebrates its partnership of 2023 Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau
For this 15th edition on April 26 at Grand Lisboa Macau, SJM Resorts will host the first Michelin Guide Ceremony Gala Dinner since the pandemic. Numerous ...
