Monthly Archives: June 2023
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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 ... -
Xi and Blinken pledge to stabilize US-China ties in Beijing talks
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met yesterday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said they agreed to “stabilize” deteriorated U.S.-China ties, but America’s top diplomat ... -
Patriotism and central gov’t core values are to be defended
The first sectorial section of the public consultation of the amendments to the electoral laws for the election of the Chief Executive (CE) and legislators took ... -
Top court rules building owners own residential parking lot
The Court of Final Appeal has upheld a lower court ruling that parking lots declared as common parts of a building are owned by all owners ... -
Worker’s Day ‘Golden Week’ fails to halt tourist drop in May
The good results in terms of the influx of tourists during the so-called Golden Week of the Worker’s Day (May 1) failed to maintain the increasing ... -
Chinese online shoppers are enticed by deep discounts, payment plans as zest for spending lags
Chinese shoppers were treated to deep discounts, new products and payment plans as online merchants sought to revive their sluggish appetite for spending during China’s first ... -
Artyzen Grand Lapa to host Mozambican dining promotions
Residents and visitors will be able to sample cuisines from Africa’s Mozambique, a lusophone country, right in Macau, Artyzen Grand Lapa Hotel announced yesterday at a ... -
F&B revenues rise in April
Receipts of the interviewed establishments rose 57.0% year-on-year in April, with notable growth in the receipts of western restaurants (+134.0%) and Chinese restaurants (+82.3%), according to ... -
Ambrose So retires from SJM leadership
Ambrose So, a long-time SJM Holdings vice-chairman, executive director and CEO, officially retired last week at the company’s 2023 annual general meeting. During the meeting, he ... -
Over 1,300 positions in DSAL summer internship
The three-month summer internship program hosted by the Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) will have 1,338 positions on offer this year from 65 companies, covering nine industries ... -
Emphasizing difficulty, publisher promotes Chinese culture through Portuguese magazine
A new magazine has been officially launched to promote Chinese culture using the Portuguese language, targeting the lusophone population. A seminar that marked the official launching ... -
GBA forum promotes biodiversity accounting and ecotourism
The Greater Bay Area Industry-Academia Forum was recently held with aims to promote understanding of biodiversity accounting and ecotourism, raise awareness of biodiversity conservation and explore ... -
Youth group hosts event to promote youth-elderly interactions
The Hou Kong Junior Chamber kicked off this year’s senior-youth event Sunday with the aim to promote health through physical exercise. This is the third year ... -
Public Works Secretary confident about new pump station
On the sidelines of yesterday’s opening ceremony of Mong-ha Post Office, the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, expressed confidence about the Inner ... -
Central government approves Hengqin Border Macau Section
The State Council of the People’s Republic of China has approved the opening of the Macau section of the Hengqin Border checkpoint and certain related sections. ...
