Monthly Archives: August 2023
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Typhoon Saola postpones start of school year, Macau braces for storm
Although the issuing of typhoon signal number 8 is only expected for tomorrow afternoon or evening according to the forecast of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau ... -
Typhoon Saola churns toward south China, T3 in Macau tonight
While the Macau Weather Bureau is planning to hoist signal 3 typhoon at 11 pm tonight (Thursday) the Hong Kong Observatory plans to issue a No. ... -
Medium possibility of hoisting T8 on Saturday
The weather bureau has listed the possibility of Typhoon Signal No. 8 on Saturday as “medium” as it expects Typhoon Saola to strengthen as it heads ... -
Eddie Kou replaced at the helm of SAFP, Ng Wai Han new director
The director of the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP), Eddie Kou, will today end his term in the post. Deputy director Ng Wai Han ... -
Hotel suspected of discharging greasy water into stormwater pipes
A hotel near Praça de Ferreira do Amaral has allegedly discharged greasy wastewater into the rainwater pipe network, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) disclosed yesterday. However, ... -
MGTO promotes new direct route from HK Airport to Macau via influencers
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will promote the new cross-boundary bus service between the Hong Kong International Airport Sky Pier and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, ... -
UM academic expects 2023 GGR to reach MOP180b
A University of Macau (UM) academic has estimated this year’s gross gambling revenue (GGR) will reach MOP180 billion, higher than the government’s expectation of MOP130 billion. ... -
India protests China’s land claim ahead of G20 summit President Xi is expected to attend
India is protesting a new Chinese map that lays claim to India’s territory ahead of next week’s Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, a foreign ... -
Macau’s weak service standards threaten premium sales
Macau needs to improve its service standards when it comes to the sustainability of premium sales, a marketing professional told a business audience yesterday. The France ... -
Cross-border vehicular traffic soars in July
Cross-border vehicular traffic in July soared 3,158.7% year-on-year to 631,234 trips, on account of a relatively low base of comparison in July last year. Gross weight ... -
Face mask imports drop 99%
Total merchandise imported soared 156.6% year-on-year to MOP11.24 billion; imports of gold jewelry, beauty, cosmetic and skincare products and watches jumped 837.9%, 828.2% and 347.1% respectively, ... -
Chimelong Spacecraft Project to start trial operations in September
The Chimelong Spacecraft Project project is set to start trial operations in September. The Spacecraft Project covers a total construction area of 400,000 square meters. It ... -
F4 SEA to replace F4 Chinese Championship in this year’s GP
The Formula 4 (F4) South East Asia (SEA) is preparing to race in Macau for the first time this November, replacing the F4 Chinese Championship which ... -
MO-HK signs medical cooperation agreement
A five-year cooperation agreement has been signed between Macau and Hong Kong on several areas of healthcare, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced. A delegation from the ... -
US growth for last quarter is revised down to a 2.1% annual rate
The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.1% annual pace from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of higher borrowing costs for consumers and ... -
Sands Performing Arts Program concludes 2023 season
The Sands Performing Arts Program 2023 brought 10 top-notch national and international performances to Macau from May to August, attracting over 11,000 audience members. This year’s ... -
Studio City’s B.Duck marketing campaign wins PATA Gold Award
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has been named winner of the 2023 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award’s Marketing Hospitality category for its Melco Style x ... -
Britain’s top diplomat visits China for the first time in five years
Britain’s top diplomat, James Cleverly, began a long-awaited visit to China yesterday as the two countries attempt to stabilize their ties that have frayed badly in ... -
People to vote in a referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament on Oct. 14
Australians will vote on Oct. 14 on a proposed law to create a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the nation’s first referendum in a generation. ... -
Russia earns less from oil and spends more on war; sanctions are working like slow poison
The Russian ruble’s wobble in value has exposed a crack in President Vladimir Putin’s fortress economy, a vulnerability quickly plastered over by the Kremlin’s economic team ... -
1959 Anglo-US TV debate makes history
British prime minister Harold Macmillan and American president Dwight Eisenhower have given an historic live television broadcast from Downing Street. Among the subjects the two leaders ... -
Pope heads to Mongolia to minister to its few Catholics and complete centuries-old East-West mission
When Pope Francis travels to Mongolia this week, he will in some ways be completing a mission begun by the 13th-century Pope Innocent IV, who dispatched ... -
USA rolls past Jordan 110-62. Now Round 2 of World Cup awaits
Another game, another blowout for the U.S. at the Basketball World Cup. And now the competition figures to get considerably tougher. Anthony Edwards scored 22 points ... -
Police say man kills his family after online scam leaves them in massive debt
At least 11 people are suspected to be involved with a loan scam that allegedly drove a man to kill his wife and two young boys ... -
US says a smuggler with terrorist ties helped get migrants from Uzbekistan into the country
The Biden administration said yesterday [Macau time] that it detected and stopped a network attempting to smuggle people from Uzbekistan into the United States and that ... -
Quran burning in Sweden prompts debate on freedom of expression vs incitement of hatred
The Swedish government is concerned about national security following several incidents involving the burning of the Quran that have provoked demonstrations and outrage from Muslim-majority countries. ... -
Thursday, August 31, 2023 – edition no. 4320
* Saturday to remember? — Weather bureau warns of possibility of hoisting T8 on Saturday due to passage of super typhoon Saola in region * Public ... -
MGM ready to invest extra to meet gov’t requirement
A mid the new tender’s requirement to make additional investments in light of gross gaming revenue (GGR) reaching MOP180 billion, MGM’s Pansy Ho said yesterday that ... -
FSS investment funds growing this year, MOP4.5b accumulated in 1H
The Social Security Fund (FSS) has announced that with the recovery of the global economy, its investments for the first half (1H) of 2023 recorded a ... -
Sports Bureau: Marathon may run into Cotai resort area
Investigations on extending the annual Macao International Marathon to the resort area in Cotai are underway, Director of Sports Pun Weng Kun has said in response ... -
Retail workers’ wages increased 6% in Q2, Transport & Communication up 5%
A Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) survey has found that at the end of June, the average earnings of full-time employees in the retail trade sector ... -
Gov’t to launch subsidy scheme for cultural sites’ preservation
A historical site maintenance subsidy program is expected to be launched in October, subsidizing 50% of each project’s expenditure, with an upper limit of MOP2 million, ... -
Japan asks China to urge citizens to ‘halt harassment’
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked China yesterday “to urge its citizens to halt acts of harassment,” including crank calls and stone throwing at Japanese diplomatic ... -
Hotel guests at nearly 1.3m in July
A total of 1,279,000 guests checked into the city’s hotel establishments in July, leaping 335% year-on-year, albeit from a low base as the city was in ... -
China lifts Covid-19 test requirements for inbound travelers
Mainland China has adjusted its entry measures and passengers are no longer required to undergo pre-entry negative nucleic acid or antigen testing. The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre said ...
