Daily Archives: Thursday, August 24, 2023
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Macau bans food product imports from 10 prefectures in Japan
The Macau government has officially banned food products from 10 prefectures of Japan. The ban was officialized yesterday in a Chief Executive (CE) order published in ... -
Jockey Club facing the blues
The future of horse racing in Macau appears to be hanging in the balance, with growing concerns among trainers, officials and stakeholders that the Macau Jockey ... -
BCM shareholders recover stability, issue interim dividends
The two parent companies of local BCM have stabilized after the ending of disease control measures, issuing interim dividends of HKD0.36 and HKD0.11 per share. Dah ... -
Endangered tortoises smuggled into Macau
Three endangered red-footed tortoises were found in a plastic bag in a private vehicle trying to exit mainland China from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the ... -
Guangdong moves ahead with the third bond issuance in Macau later this month
The People’s Government of Guangdong Province will issue offshore bonds for the third consecutive year, the local government has announced. According to a government statement, the ... -
India lands a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, a world first
India yesterday made history as it became the first country in the world to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, an uncharted territory that ... -
IPIM boasts year-over-year rise in MICE figures
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) yesterday boasted in a statement that in the first half of this year the city saw 490 MICE ... -
Economic secretary congratulates Macau winners in global IT contest
The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wai Nong, has congratulated the Macau contestants competing in a global software skills competition involving Microsoft Office and Adobe ... -
MGTO in full swing to attract foreign tourists
The Macao Government Tourism Office has closed deals with airline companies to offer flight ticket promotions to tourists from Singapore, Korea, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. For ... -
Impacts perceived for Japanese restaurants
The enforcement of a food product import ban from today against 10 Japanese prefectures will potentially impact Japanese cuisine restaurants in Macau, the president of the ... -
Digital clones and Vocaloids may be popular in Japan. Elsewhere, they could get lost in translation
Kazutaka Yonekura dreams of a world where everyone will have their very own digital “clone” — an online avatar that could take on some of our ... -
Chinese-backed port project in Peru to be the ‘gateway from South America to Asia,’ official says
Dozens of cranes lift blocks weighing several tons and drop them to compact the soil of a roughly one-square-mile area on Peru’s Pacific coast, part of ... -
China coast guard blocks Philippine vessels near disputed shoal
As a U.S. Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in a dangerous confrontation this week in the disputed South ... -
New leader is a wealthy property developer who didn’t hide his political views
The leader of one of Thailand’s best-known property empires has been selected prime minister just nine months after joining a political party that champions the poor. ... -
Putin denounces sanctions on Russia during his speech from a distance for BRICS summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin took multiple shots at the West on the opening day of an economic summit in South Africa, using a prerecorded speech that ... -
1993 Michael Jackson accused of child abuse
Police in Los Angeles are investigating allegations of child abuse made against singer Michael Jackson. They have refused to give details but it has emerged that ... -
Sands China brings three local artists to international stage for Art Macao 2023
Sands China Ltd. is presenting “Behind the Forms: Aesthetics of Contemporary Art – Trio Exhibition by Lei Ieng Wai, Leong Chi Mou and Lai Sio Kit,” ... -
Taiwan looks tough at Little League World Series with star Fan Chen-Jun leading the way
Taiwan’s players put the finishing touches on a 10-0 mercy rule win over Japan, then marched to the oversized Little League World Series bracket between Volunteer ... -
Prosecutors say witness in Trump’s classified documents case retracted false testimony
A witness in the criminal case against Donald Trump over the hoarding of classified documents retracted “prior false testimony” after switching lawyers last month and provided ... -
A top Russian general linked to mercenary group is reportedly dismissed
Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Russia’s forces in Ukraine who was linked to the leader of a brief armed rebellion, has been dismissed as chief ... -
Navigating the intersection between AI, automation and religion
In a era marked by rapid technological advancement, we are seeing everything from artificial intelligence to robots slowly seep into our everyday lives. But now, this ... -
Thursday, August 24, 2023 – edition no. 4315
* Japan travelers inspected — Following Macau ban on food product imports from 10 prefectures in Japan, starting today, travelers face added customs inspections * Horse ...
