Monthly Archives: September 2023
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Ice-skating rink, urban farm among Galaxy’s plans for Lai Chi Vun revitalization
Galaxy Macau is set to revitalize one of Macau’s oldest districts, Lai Chi Vun, with new entertainment elements including a simulated ice-skating rink, innovated urban farming, ... -
Series of events to mark Mid-Autumn, Golden Week as holidays poised to boom
Macau will see a series of activities to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays as tourists are expected to swarm the city amid this ... -
UM ranks among top 200 in 2024 global rankings
The University of Macau (UM) has for the first time ranked among the top 200 in the UK’s Times Higher Education supplement, while the Macau University ... -
Financial disadvantages to still impact property market
High business operational costs and interest expenditure, among other factors, will likely hinder the recovery of the real property market in Macau, a regional realtor told ... -
Lan Fo’an is new Party chief of Finance Ministry: reports
China has designated Lan Fo’an as the Communist Party chief of the Ministry of Finance, signaling his imminent promotion to the role of finance minister during ... -
11 bids received for Zone A public housing project
The Land and Urban Construction Bureau has received 11 bids for the public housing design and construction project of Lot B11 in Zone A. The project ... -
112 residential buildings to upgrade electrical installations by year end
The Safety Upgrade Subsidy Program for Communal Electrical Installations in Low-rise Aging Buildings is expected to fund 112 old buildings by the end of the year, ... -
23rd Macau Food Festival to kick off Nov. 17
The 23rd Macau Food Festival will be held from Nov. 17 to Dec. 3, featuring 100 local and 25 international food stalls. In a press conference ... -
Commercial flights increase to over 4,000 trips in August
Arriving and departing commercial flights totalled 4,060 trips in August, a sharp rise of 737.1% year-on-year, albeit from a low base. From January to August 2023, ... -
IPOR calls for new operator of Livraria Portuguesa
The Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR) is calling for a partner to run the Livraria Portuguesa (Portuguese Bookstore) as the current concession contract is slated to ... -
Health Bureau warns about dengue fever amid regional intensity
Members of the public are reminded of the risks of dengue fever as conditions across the region gradually intensify, Health Bureau (SSM) noted in a statement ... -
TikTok regrets Indonesia’s decision to ban e-commerce sales on social media
Chinese-owned app TikTok yesterday said it regretted the Indonesian government’s decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms and particularly the impact it would have ... -
Taiwan launches first home-made submarine for testing, China condemns
Taiwan’s leader launched the island’s first domestically made submarine for testing yesterday at a port in Kaohsiung. The submarine, if successful in its tests, will be ... -
Chinese ambassador says Australian lawmakers who visit Taiwan utilized by separatists
China’s ambassador to Australia yesterday criticized Australian politicians who visit Taiwan, saying they are being utilized by separatists on the self-governing island. Ambassador Xiao Qian was ... -
Defense minister has been MIA for a month, ministry declines to comment
A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson said yesterday that he was “not aware of the situation” in the ministry’s first public comments on the disappearance of the ... -
Giant panda Fan Xing leaves a Dutch zoo for her home country
Giant panda Fan Xing began a long journey home — to a country she has never visited. The 3-year-old was given a ceremonial send off yesterday ... -
Police say drug bust nets worth $8.2 million
Police in Thailand said yesterday they made one of the country’s biggest ever seizures of illicit drugs, a haul including methamphetamine, crystal meth and heroin, with ... -
Video appears to show American soldier arriving back in the US
The American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas two months ago arrived back in the U.S. yesterday, video ... -
Trump skipped the GOP debate again. This time, his rivals took him on directly
Several of Donald Trump’s rivals stepped up their attacks against him in the second Republican presidential debate yesterday [Macau time], urgently trying to dent the former ... -
Half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population flees as separatist government dissolve
The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh said yesterday it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by year’s end after a nearly three-decade ... -
1960 Khrushchev anger erupts at UN
The Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev has disrupted a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with several angry outbursts. Twice he pounded his desk and twice ... -
‘Dumb Money’ recalls GameStop squeeze, when regular folk put the screws on Wall Street
The little guy — or at least the little guy with a few hundred bucks to sink into the stock market — gets a movie to ... -
Talk of the town
Mott 32 Hong Kong, the luxury Chinese restaurant, is ushering in the Autumn/Winter season with a new Seasonal Menu that plays homage to China’s Fukien province. ... -
Host China continues Asian Games dominance by surpassing 150 medals on Day 5 of the event
China blew past the 150-medal mark yesterday on Day 5 of the Asian Games, more than double the number of second-place South Korea as the home ... -
Xi says confidence ‘more valuable than gold’ in march toward rejuvenation
President Xi Jinping attended a grand reception held in Beijing to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and delivered ... -
Finally, there’s more money than fools in China
For years, China’s netizens joked that the country was home to millions of fools with a lot of money. They were called “chives,” a healthy crop ... -
Friday, September 29, 2023 – edition no. 4341
* Old shipyards get high — Ice-skating rink, urban farm among Galaxy’s plans for Lai Chi Vun revitalization * A Mid-Autumn golden week — Series of ... -
Police expect 500,000 daily entry and exits during seven-day holiday
Police authorities are expecting the daily average number of inbound and outbound trips will exceed 500,000 during the seven-day National Day Holiday, describing it as “more ... -
SJM to revamp Ponte 16, pledges to keep clock tower
Piers 14 and 16 at Inner Harbour, as well as San Ma Lo, will be revamped as SJM Resorts, S.A.’s participation in the traditional district rejuvenation ... -
Macau reports first monkeypox case
Macau has reported the first case of monkeypox in the city, urging people at high risk to be vaccinated against the disease. The patient is a ... -
DSSCU to evaluate market after receiving only one bid
The government has only received one bid for the BT8 and BT9a lot projects – after it launched a public tender last month for the lease ... -
Las Vegas hospitality workers permit union to call strike against hotels, casinos
Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hospitality workers fighting for new union contracts voted yesterday [Macau time] to authorize a strike that could impact more than ... -
Many powerful leaders skipped UNGA, creating space for emerging voices to rise
Togo’s foreign minister wasn’t having any of it. He talked of an accelerating “African awakening,” of a resolve to “fight our own battles,” of a refusal ... -
Joint police operation concludes with nearly 5,000 inspections
The joint police operation of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau – “Operation Thunder 2023” – has busted 122 people suspected of prostitution, as well as 182 ... -
Man hit by car dies
A man hit by a private car died from serious injuries in a traffic accident at the roundabout of Leonel Sousa in Taipa. The Public Security ...
