Monthly Archives: June 2023
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Asians and North Americans top list of foreign visitors to Macau so far this year
Often statistically labeled as “others” during the major holidays and celebratory seasons in Macau, foreign visitors occupied just a small percentage (3.8%) of all the visitors ... -
Northbound vehicle policy impacts both commercial and residential markets
The Northbound Travel for Macau Vehicle policy has negatively affected both the commercial and residential realty markets, a regional realtor disclosed in a statement yesterday. Local ... -
Digital identity eligible for those leaving Macau from today
The digital identity generated on the government One Account app will be available for border clearance purposes in Macau from today, the government announced at a ... -
Macau to host another event at the year’s end with Wynn Macau Snooker Masters
Scheduled to take place this year from December 25 to 29, the first-ever Wynn Macau Snooker Masters hopes to attract billiards fans to Wynn Palace’s Grand ... -
Over 5% of Chinese women remain childless at 49
Around 5.2 percent of Chinese women who had reached the age of 49 remained childless in 2020, according to a study released by the China Population ... -
IPIM to showcase products from Lusophone countries in upcoming expo
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) will set up the “PSC Mart – Portuguese-speaking Countries Products and Services Experience Zone” at the 11th Macao International ... -
Export up slightly to MOP1.2b
Total merchandise exports amounted to MOP1.17 billion in May 2023, up by 2.6% year-on-year. The value of re-exports (MOP1.02 billion) rose by 3.8%, of which re-exports ... -
MPU among finalists for THE Awards Asia 2023
The Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) was one of the eight finalists for the Award of “Excellence and Innovation in the Arts” in The Times Higher Education ... -
Gov’t to move programs planned for Old Court Building to new Black Box Theater
Due to open during the first half of next month, the Black Box Theatre of the Macao Cultural Centre (CCM) will showcase all performances already scheduled ... -
Financial Reserve with growing trend this year following gaming results
The Macau Financial Reserve accounts have recorded growth this year, with the first five months of 2023 showing a positive balance of MOP13.45 billion, according to ... -
Food safety authority does not rule out inspecting food imports from Japan
As Japan considers disposing of allegedly nuclear-contaminated water from Fukushima into the nearby ocean, stricter measures will be implemented on fresh and live food from the ... -
Hotel guest number leaps 140% y-o-y May
A total of 1,104,000 guests checked in Macau’s hotel establishments in May, leaping 140.3% year on year, thestatistics department said on Wednesday. The latest Statistics and ... -
Construction begins on Zhuhai-Macau translational medical center
The Zhuhai-Macao Translational Medical Center and Institute broke ground at the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Zhuhai recently. The center, being built at ... -
Public bus firms report losses of over MOP50m in 2022
Public bus firms Transmac and TCM reported losses of more than 50 million patacas in 2022, according to their financial reports. Transmac suffered losses of MOP27.37 ... -
Electricity consumption on the rise
Electricity consumption in the first half of this year has increased by 6.6% year-on-year. According to a report issued by TDM, the CEM Customer Advisory Committee ... -
US guitar maker Fender opens flagship store in Tokyo banking on regional growth
Fender, the guitar of choice for some of the world’s biggest stars from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, is opening what it calls its “first flagship ... -
Internet gambling would be given 5 more years under latest change in New Jersey
Internet gambling in New Jersey would be allowed to take place for at least five more years under the latest proposal by state lawmakers. Yesterday (Macau ... -
Threatened by shortages, electric car makers race for supplies of lithium for batteries
Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and ... -
Finance ministers agree to resume currency swap agreement as ties warm
Japan and South Korea agreed yesterday to revive a currency swap agreement for times of crisis, in the latest sign of warming ties as the countries ... -
Sri Lanka spares banks in its $ 19.8 billion local debt restructuring plan
Sri Lanka will spare banks from being part of its local debt restructuring plan because of the possible impact on deposits, while the bulk of the ... -
France will deploy 40,000 police officers to quell violence that followed deadly police shooting
France will deploy 40,000 police officers overnight to quell violence that engulfed cities and towns in the wake of a deadly police shooting, France’s interior minister ... -
UK appeals court rules that plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful
A British court ruled yesterday that a government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is unlawful, delivering a blow to the Conservative ... -
1985 Beirut ordeal ends for US hostages
All 39 Americans being held captive by the Shia Muslim Amal militia in Lebanon have been released, after almost three weeks in captivity. Their freedom was ... -
Harrison Ford gets a swashbuckling sendoff in ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
The magic of Indiana Jones belongs wholly to Harrison Ford. Apparently, he doesn’t even necessarily need Steven Spielberg behind the camera, though, to be fair, the ... -
A role for Philanthropies: the road map to a new global financing pact
France’s summit for a New Global Financing Pact just ended in Paris. Although no legally bidding agreement per se was presented, the summit was nonetheless important ... -
Summer detox
This summer, Banyan Tree Spa Macau presents “Green Detox” spa treatment. The relaxing journey aims to help release tension and stress, enabling the body and mind ... -
Teatime Indulgence
To avoid the sweltering midday sun, relishing a beautifully crafted tea set in the elegant surroundings of The Lounge at JW Marriott is an option. The Afternoon ... -
Dozens in 16 states charged with health care fraud schemes, including $1.9B in bogus claims
The Justice Department has charged dozens of people in several health care fraud and prescription drug schemes, including one totaling $1.9 billion and a doctor accused ... -
Russia outlaws critical news outlet in continued crackdown on dissent
Russian authorities declared a news outlet critical of the Kremlin an “undesirable” organization, effectively banning it from operating in Russia as part of a continued crackdown ... -
Strategic independence promotes win-win China-New Zealand ties
When President Xi Jinping visited New Zealand in 2014, he wrote in a signed article published in The New Zealand Herald that “the two countries have ... -
Friday, June 30, 2023 – edition no. 4277
* MDT Analysis | U-turn trick — Uncountable factors play a role in tourism statistics, including job-seeking ‘tourists’ that U-turn while waiting for permits * Real ... -
The Sound of Music returns to Macau this summer
Globally acclaimed stage musical The Sound of Music will be performed in 16 shows from Aug. 10 to 22 at the Grand Auditorium of Macao Cultural ... -
UM, MUST rise in QS World University Rankings
The University of Macau (UM) and the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) were again included in the QS World University Rankings 2024, with both ... -
Tennis tournament to feature Bencic, Fritz and Tiafoe in December
The inaugural MGM Macau Tennis Masters will feature renowned tennis players in a mixture of singles and doubles in December. Swiss star Belinda Bencic along with ... -
SSM exports 15 patients for organ transplantation in past four years
Between 2018 and 2022, 15 patients in Macau have been sent elsewhere for organ transplants, Acting Director Cheang Seng Ip of the Health Bureau (SSM) has ...
