Monthly Archives: May 2023
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Man in custody following suspicion of drug trafficking and use
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 40-year-old Filipino on suspicion of drug trafficking and drug use after finding a variety of drugs worth a total of ... -
Lawmaker calls for improving education on environmental protection
More general education on environmental protection should be introduced to make progress in the area, lawmaker Wu Chou Kit said in his parliamentary pre-agenda speech yesterday. ... -
Banks’ int’l business share rises in Q1
The proportion of international business in Macau’s local banking sector rose in the first quarter of 2023, the monetary watchdog said. According to statistics released by ... -
CPTTM calls for fashion illustration entries
The “14th Macao Fashion Illustration Contest” of the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center (CPTTM) is now open for entries and will remain open until June 28. ... -
Guangzhou to host GBA science forum
The 2023 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Science Forum will be held from May 20 to 23 in Guangzhou, according to China Science Daily. This year’s ... -
Exhibition highlights five HK and Macau artists to promote cultural exchange
Galaxy Macau launched it fourth art exhibition since 2021 “Artists-in-residence: Summer Love” which showcases 15 exclusive canvases from five different artists; two from Macau and three ... -
Why Hyundai and Kia have everyone else playing catch-up
In the past few years, Hyundai and Kia vehicles have skyrocketed to the top of Edmunds’ rankings in some of the most popular vehicle segments. For ... -
Bar Patuá at MGM Cotai presents a four-hands malt cocktail pop-up
Bar Patuá at MGM Cotai presents the “Double Twists: Lorenzo Coppola x Paul Zhang” – a four-hands malt cocktail pop-up that features renowned mixologist Lorenzo Coppola, Creative Bar director of ... -
Sands continues tradition of giving boxed lunches to taxi drivers as it celebrates anniversary
Sands Macao celebrated its 19th anniversary yesterday with its annual tradition of presenting complimentary boxed lunches to Macau taxi drivers. Sean McCreery, executive vice president of ... -
Beijing asks embassies to avoid ‘propaganda’ in apparent reference to pro-Ukrainian displays
Foreign embassies in Beijing were asked by the Chinese government to avoid displaying what it calls propaganda in an apparent response to shows of support for ... -
Lee defends removal of politically sensitive books in public libraries
Hong Kong’s leader said yesterday the city’s public libraries would not recommend books featuring “bad ideologies” to residents after they pulled titles related to the 1989 ... -
China asks Australia to increase search for 39 aboard capsized boat as 2 bodies reportedly found
A Chinese envoy asked Australian authorities yesterday to increase efforts to find survivors in the search for 39 crew members who were aboard a Chinese fishing ... -
Beijing lifts ban on Australian timber imports
China opened its doors yesterday to Australian timber imports for the first time in more than two years, in another sign that the tattered bilateral relationship ... -
Biden consults with Kishida ahead of Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima
President Joe Biden arrived in Japan yesterday and greeted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida by saying, “When our countries stand together, we stand stronger” — a ... -
Australia to provide surveillance drones to Philippines
Australia will provide surveillance drones and other high-tech gear to the Philippine coast guard and is considering whether to take part in joint patrols in the ... -
Russia fires 30 cruise missiles at Ukrainian targets; Kyiv says 29 were shot down
Russia fired 30 cruise missiles against different parts of Ukraine yesterday in the latest nighttime test of Ukrainian air defenses, which shot down 29 of them, ... -
1997 Labour to stub out tobacco sponsorship
The sponsorship of sports events by tobacco firms is to be outlawed, according to Labour’s Health Secretary, Frank Dobson. The announcement, made in a speech to ... -
Smelling dirt with Joel Edgerton in Schrader’s murky ‘Master Gardener’
Paul Schrader plants the seeds of an intriguing melodrama in his latest creation “ Master Gardener.” Sigourney Weaver is a wealthy dowager with a stately name ... -
Jonas Brothers’ ‘The Album’ is a summer hit for incurable romantics
“The Album” by Jonas Brothers (Republic Records) If, like many of us, you got burned trying to get tickets to the Jonas Brothers recent tour, their ... -
Michelin celebration
Zi Yat Heen, the signature restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel Macao, has received a Michelin star for the fourteenth consecutive year, a distinguished recognition from the Michelin Guide ... -
Prince Harry and Meghan made getaway in NYC taxi after being trailed by paparazzi
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, were trailed in their car by photographers as they left a New York City charity event this week, briefly taking ... -
Syrian president heads to Saudi Arabia for regional summit, sealing country’s return to Arab fold
Syrian President Bashar Assad headed to Saudi Arabia yesterday to attend a regional summit, his first visit to the oil-rich kingdom since Syria’s conflict began in ... -
Cooperation at heart of modern Silk Road
The success of the bilateral meetings President Xi Jinping held respectively with the leaders of the five Central Asian countries in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, on Wednesday ... -
Friday, May 19, 2023 – edition no. 4249
* National security | Bill in force — Macau and central governments ‘satisfied’ the new National Security Law passed with unanimous vote at the AL ... -
Macau ranked last in realtor’s GBA Index
Despite seeing a four-month consecutive rise, Macau is still ranked last in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) Index released by a regional realty agency. The city ... -
Lawmaker criticizes gov’t for lack of preparation for city
The government in general has been lacking a long-term vision for major plans and projects, which could be seen in existing transport arrangements, lawmaker Che Sai ... -
High blood pressure diseases increasing in Macau: Gov’t
In light of World Hypertension Day, celebrated yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) revealed that high blood pressure diseases were rising in Macau, when considering that more ... -
Sunzi, shì and strategy: How to read ‘Art of War’ the way its author intended
In the mid-1990s, I picked up the military classic “Art of War” hoping to find insight into my new career as an officer in the United ... -
Secretary Rosário: Too busy to make progress on land auction
The transport and public work sector “could not make it” in progressing with land auctions, Secretary Raimundo do Rosário for the sector said yesterday. The senior ... -
Biden scraps planned visit to Australia, Papua New Guinea to focus on debt limit talks
President Joe Biden said yesterday [Macau time] he’s curtailing his upcoming trip to the Indo-Pacific, scrapping what was to be a historic stop in Papua New ... -
Association head calls for further efforts against Inner Harbour floods
Although the government has implemented projects that managed to contain flooding in Inner Harbour, more should be done to completely eradicate the problem. Flooding is still ... -
IFTM students developed innovative smart tourism concepts for Sustaincia
The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) has partnered with Macau-based high-tech enterprises consortium Sustaincia to organize courses and workshops about an innovative smart tourism concept ... -
Construction forum to be held on Jun.1
The International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum will hold its 14th edition at The Venetian Macao on June 1-2 with over 3,000 members from political, business ... -
Gaming taxes total MOP4.95b in April
Macau’s April gaming tax revenue was above MOP4.95 billion with a total gross gaming revenue (GGR) of more than MOP14.72 billion. This is the best monthly ... -
20% of population using 5G
The city has over 20% of cellphone users using 5G service, said Lau Wai Meng, director of Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT). Speaking on the ...
