Daily Archives: Monday, September 25, 2023
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Gov’t to launch tender for up to 500 taxi licenses
The government will soon launch a public tender for common taxi licenses of eight years’ duration. The tender was initially thought to reissue some 300 licenses ... -
League of Legends, other esports join Asian Games in competition for the first time
The world of online gaming takes its place this year at the Asian Games as an official event for the first time, with gold medals in ... -
Gov’t must inject funds into Islands Hospital if not self-sufficient
The government will be responsible for injecting the necessary funds to balance the accounts of the Islands Medical Complex if it does not find a way ... -
Alan Chan: Eastern elements will shine further in design
Eastern elements will further gain significance in the design world because there is so much “to be inspired [by],” Hong Kong famed designer Alan Chan has ... -
Economy chief pinpoints sustainability at GTEF closing address
Sustainable development to revive the tourism industry should be promoted, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said as part of his closing address of ... -
Ireland beats South Africa 13-8 in titanic clash
Ireland’s 5-3 trumped South Africa’s 7-1. The Springboks believed their fresh set of seven forwards would come off the bench and finish grinding down the Irish ... -
Applications for elderly residence apartments to start in November
The application process for the government elderly residential apartments will kick off as soon as the applicable new administrative regulation comes into force on November 6, ... -
Macau athlete secures medal at Asian Games
Song Chi Kuan of Macau won bronze at the men’s changquan of wushu at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province. Silver medalist ... -
Lin Qinghua appointed political commissar of PLA garrison
Lin Qinghua has been appointed major general political commissar of the Macau Garrison of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Wang Hui, spokesperson of the garrison ... -
Inflation rises 1%
The composite consumer price index (CPI) for August (104.80) grew by 0.99% year-on-year. The rise was attributed to higher prices for eating out and package tours, ... -
Nearly 40 creative brands showcase products in Foshan
The “Macao Craft Market @ Foshan Lingnan Tiandi” has featured 50 cultural and creative brands from Macau and mainland China. Held from Sept. 22 to Sept. ... -
Travel agency sector revenues amount to MOP1.6b in 2022
Receipts and expenditure of the travel agency sector amounted to MOP1.60 billion and MOP1.69 billion respectively in 2022, down by 19.8% and 20.3% year-on-year, data from ... -
Another lawmaker calls for resolution to Lin Fong Swimming Pool constraints
Lawmaker Che Sai Wang has called for more swimming pools for teaching classes to cope with the recent Lin Fong Swimming Pool constraints. A week or ... -
Tourism director commends rabbit lantern installations for complementing fireworks
Rabbit lantern installations displayed inside and outside a local shopping mall will complement the local fireworks display contest, director of Tourism Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes ... -
PJ detains seven people suspected of insurance fraud worth over 25 million
Seven people, including five insurance agents, have been arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on suspicion of major fraud that allegedly caused the loss of some ... -
Lots of dignitaries and impressive digital effects as the Asian Games open
The opening ceremony of the Asian Games on Saturday in China offered all the staples of a major international sports event. Dignitaries greeted General Secretary Xi ... -
Taliban send all-male team to Asian Games but Afghan women come from outside
In the first Asian Games since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, two teams of athletes arrived in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, looking very different. ... -
Vatican shares investigation into child abuse allegations against a bishop with police
The Vatican had shared with police findings of an internal investigation of a former Australian bishop over child sex abuse allegations and the church would fully ... -
Russian foreign minister lambastes the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech
Russia’s top diplomat denounced the United States and the West on Saturday as self-interested defenders of a fading international power structure, but he didn’t discuss his ... -
1950 Seoul in UN hands
United Nations forces have taken control of the South Korean capital Seoul, three months after it fell to North Korea, the US Army has announced. The ... -
England romp and Portugal draw
PORTUGAL 18, GEORGIA 18 Portugal couldn’t have come closer to its first Rugby World Cup win in Toulouse. Os Lobos [The Wolfs] rallied from 13-0 down ... -
Indonesia imprisons a woman for saying a Muslim prayer before eating pork in a TikTok video
A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious hatred and sentenced her to two years in prison for saying a Muslim prayer and ... -
A month after Prigozhin’s suspicious death, the Kremlin is silent
Why Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private jet plummeted into a field northwest of Moscow is still a mystery. The Russian military leaders he tried to oust with his ... -
Monday, September 25, 2023 – edition no. 4337
* Quick fix — Amid a city-wide taxi shortage, the gov’t will launch a public tender for up to 500 licenses to cater for an influx ...
