Daily Archives: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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New aviation law passes on first reading amid claims of lack of information
The new civil aviation law to open up the Macau market after Air Macau’s 25-year-long monopoly passed on its first reading yesterday at the Legislative Assembly ... -
Lawmakers Lei and Lam want gov’t to release unused land for public use
The government should make better use of idle plots of land by opening them to public use, said lawmakers Ella Lei and Ron Lam in two ... -
Casino revenue hitting MOP527 million daily
The city’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) may have amounted to approximately MOP9.5 billion in the first 18 days of June, according to Citigroup, citing industry data. ... -
Gongbei port to see 320,000 daily passengers during Dragon Boat Festival
China will see a surge in inbound and outbound passenger flows during the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival holiday, according to the National Immigration Administration (NIA) forecast ... -
Multiple strategies underway to support youth employment
A Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) official has told a Youth Affairs Committee plenary session that multiple strategies have been employed to support youth employment. The plenary ... -
Alibaba announces new CEO and chairman in major management reshuffle
Chinas Alibaba Group has announced a major management reshuffle as the e-commerce giant restructures into six different business divisions to adapt to fast-changing technologies. The moves ... -
FSS reinstates incentive basic funds
The SAR government has reinstated the provision of non-mandatory central provident fund for new account owners. According to the Social Security Fund (FSS), 9,749 non-mandatory central ... -
Five injured in Cotai Transmac bus crash
Two Transmac buses crashed in Cotai, breaking a glass window on one of the buses and injuring five people. It is believed the two buses became ... -
Traffic from Av. Amizade to Pearl of the Orient permanently closed
The traffic opening from Avenida da Amizade to the Pearl of the Orient roundabout will permanently close from 10 a.m. today. Traffic to the Sewage Treatment ... -
Yuet Wah College to promote Chinese culture
The principal of Yuet Wah College, Fr Chow Pak Fai, has received a delegation from the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of ... -
Environment Advisory Committee meets for second time this year
Yesterday, the Environment Advisory Committee had its second regular meeting this year. Tam Wai Man, director of the Environmental Protection Bureau and president of the committee, ... -
Service quality seminars kick off at The Londoner
A series of four seminars discussing quality of service, organized by the government, commenced yesterday at The Londoner resort. The seminars will be held from now ... -
New Jersey casinos, tracks and partners won $471m in May, up 9.4%, but in-person winnings still lag
New Jersey’s casinos, horse tracks that take sports bets and the online partners of both types of gambling won nearly $471 million in May, up 9.4% ... -
Intel to build $33-billion chip plant in Germany after government pledges to cover 1/3 of cost
Intel and the German government signed a deal Monday that will see the U.S. company spend more than 30 billion euros ($32.8 billion) to build a ... -
Sands China honors 2,500 long-serving employees
More than 2,500 Sands China team members are celebrating their 20-year, 15-year or 10-year company anniversaries in 2023, with Sands China honouring them recently at ceremonies at The ... -
MGM presents Nordic-Japanese inspired cuisine pop-up
Chef Peter Kasamvilas of Koji-delic, a Thai chef who is also the youngest finalist of MasterChef Thailand, has been invited to present his innovative Nordic-Japanese inspired cuisine ... -
Move to boost yuan globalization
The Hong Kong dollar-renminbi Dual Counter Model was launched at a time when the strategic importance of Chinese yuan currency in terms of fund flow, liquidity ... -
Senator invites International Criminal Court to probe officers in war crime allegations
A senator invited the International Criminal Court to investigate what Australian military commanders knew about war crime allegations in Afghanistan in a bid to pressure Australia ... -
Days of sweltering heat, power cuts in northern India overwhelm hospitals as death toll climbs
A scorching heat wave in two of India’s most populous states has overwhelmed hospitals, filled a morgue to capacity and disrupted power, forcing staff to use ... -
UK lawmakers back scathing report that slammed Boris Johnson over ‘partygate’
Britain’s House of Commons on Monday resoundingly endorsed a report that found Boris Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office, a humiliating censure ... -
French investigators search offices of Paris Olympic organizers in suspected corruption probe
Investigators searched the headquarters of Paris Olympic organizers yesterday in a probe into suspected corruption, according to the national financial prosecutor’s office. The Paris organizing committee ... -
1982 Princess Diana gives birth to boy
Diana, Princess of Wales, has given birth to a boy sixteen hours after checking in to St Mary’s Hospital, in London. The boy, who has been ... -
India’s Modi will bend leaders into shape on International Yoga Day
India’s prime minister has a reputation of casting himself as an ascetic. So when Narendra Modi leads foreign dignitaries and bureaucrats in a session for International ... -
F1’s predictable races risk turning off new American fanbase
It’s OK to feel duped by Formula One and the splashy Netflix show that sucked you into the globetrotting racing series at the height of the ... -
Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume, study finds
Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse ... -
Ukrainian refugees helped push German population up 1.3% last year
Large numbers of refugees from Ukraine fleeing Russia’s war fueled a 1.3% rise in Germany’s population last year, helping push up the number of inhabitants in the European Union’s most ... -
Southern Baptists expel churches with women pastors – but the debate’s not just about gender
The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant group in the United States, overwhelmingly voted to expel two congregations with women pastors on June 14, 2023, during ... -
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 – edition no. 4271
* Open skies — Aviation liberalization bill passes on first reading amid heated discussion as lawmakers seek detail on licensing system * A call for gov’t ...
