Yearly Archives: 2023
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Top US and Chinese diplomats agree to build on recent progress in ties
The top U.S. and Chinese diplomats agreed yesterday to keep building on recent progress in bilateral ties and work together to keep the Israel-Hamas conflict in ... -
EU on AI regulation: Can leaders reach a deal?
The generative AI boom has sent governments worldwide scrambling to regulate the emerging technology, but it also has raised the risk of upending a European Union ... -
Thursday, December 7, 2023 – edition no. 4384
* Breaking Barriers — Activist Mary Davis calls for wider employment opportunities for persons with disabilities who have ‘great deal of talent’ in an exclusive interview ... -
MGM Hosts “From Lines to Pixels – MGM Art Symposium 2023” to Explore the Integration of Art and Technology Local Artist Eric Fok’s First Digital Artwork Unveiled
Committed to integrating tourism, culture, and art through “originality and innovation,” MGM is always determined to push art to a wider dimension, building a platform for ... -
Barra Station to see commercial spaces despite no certainty in new station’s popularity
Several factors make it difficult to evaluate the LRT Barra station’s popularity, LRT Company chair Ho Cheong Kei told the press yesterday. The LRT Company organized ... -
Gov’t saves on manpower by replacing 70 workers with automated kiosks
The government’s digitization policies will enable citizens to renew identification and travel documents and process other applications around the clock via 58 self-use automated kiosks. The ... -
Gov’t to build heritage exhibition hall beside Ruins of St. Paul’s
A plan to build the Macau World Heritage Exhibition Hall beside the Ruins of St Paul’s is underway, Leong Wai Man, vice chairman of the Cultural ... -
Urgent services suspended for new BIR
The process to urgently request a new Macau Identification Document (BIR) will be suspended, except for very special cases, during the launch of the new BIR ... -
Lawmaker calls for awareness on palliative care
The public should have a better understanding of palliative care and advance healthcare directives, lawmaker Si Ka Lon has said in a parliamentary pre-agenda speech. In ... -
World carbon dioxide emissions increase again, driven by China, India and aviation
The world this year pumped 1.1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than last year because of increased pollution from China and India, a team ... -
Elderly falls victim to Whatsapp scam
Police have received another report that an elderly woman has been defrauded of MOP282,000 after falling victim to a fake lottery scam. The victim’s bank alerted ... -
GBA trade fair starts today
The “2023 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Fair for Trade in Services (BAFTIS),” held from today until Dec. 8, will be a “multi-venue event” held in ... -
IAS to evaluate arrangements for elderly public housing
The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) has said it will continue to evaluate a pilot project for older adult public housing, including rents. Responding to lawmaker Leung ... -
Man studying abroad scammed out of HKD820,000
A young Macau man studying in Australia has reportedly lost nearly HKD820,000 after a phone scammer accused him of involvement in multiple fraud cases. According to ... -
Non-resident deposits rose to MOP349b
Resident deposits increased 0.2% from the preceding month to MOP707.8 billion while non-resident deposits rose 3.4% to MOP349.4 billion in October. Public sector deposits with the ... -
Applications for Macau-Hengqin craft market opens
Applications for Macau handicraft stalls for the “Macao-Hengqin Craft Market” to be held at the end of February 2024 in Hengqin have opened. Held by the ... -
Wynn hosts a range of world-class events to help develop the quality of Macao’s industries and expand international visitor market
As Macao continues to orient its tourism growth towards the international market and the SAR Government has proposed a diversification strategy, attracting more visitors from home ... -
Xi welcomes President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus to Beijing
Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke of a “strengthened political mutual trust and international coordination” with Belarus after he met with the European country’s president in Beijing, ... -
Two boats adrift in sea with 400 Rohingya aboard need rescue, UN says
An estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea without adequate supplies could die if more is not done ... -
Papua New Guinea’s PM says he will sign a security pact with Australia
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said yesterday he will sign a bilateral security pact with Australia during a visit this week. Marape said the ... -
To phase out or phase down fossil fuels? That is the question
After days of shaving off the edges of key warming issues, climate negotiators yesterday zeroed in on the tough job of dealing with the main cause ... -
1978 Spain set to vote for democracy
Spaniards have been turning out in force today to cast a vote for democracy and end almost 40 years of dictatorial rule. The majority of the ... -
Lebanon’s Christians feel the heat in its sacred forest and valley
Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of ... -
Sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than two years after Games closed
The bid-rigging trial around the Tokyo Olympics played out yesterday in a Japanese courtroom — more than two years after the Games closed — with advertising ... -
Oxford University Press has named ‘rizz’ as its word of the year
Oxford University Press has named “rizz” as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone’s ability ... -
Moody’s cuts China credit outlook to negative, Beijing disappointed
Credit rating agency Moody’s cut its outlook for Chinese sovereign bonds to negative yesterday, citing risks from a slowing economy and a crisis in its property ... -
TSI reduces sentences of Sio Tak Hong and Ng Lap Seng
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has once again reduced the sentences of businessmen Sio Tak Hong and Ng Lap Seng. Sio was initially sentenced to ... -
Trust deficit primary challenge to overcome
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Sunday that the military alliance should “be prepared for bad news” from Ukraine as Russia’s special military operation there continues ... -
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 – edition no. 4383
* Next Stop — The LRT Barra station, to open Friday, will feature commercial spaces, though LRT head still doubts its popularity; pledges improvements * DSI ... -
Chinese comedians living abroad censor themselves
Mandarin-language standup comedy is growing, and not just in China. The medium has taken off in the last decade, and China’s expatriate population has established clubs ... -
Violent crimes, including murder and sex crimes, grow significantly
The number of violent crimes in the first nine months of this year has skyrocketed, statistics released by the Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, reveal. ... -
Ella Lei calls for tighter defamation laws during elections
The government should introduce additional and tighter laws to quickly handle defamation during election campaigns, directly-elected lawmaker Ella Lei demanded yesterday. The parliament met yesterday afternoon ... -
Citi: Gaming EBITDA to recover 80% on pre-pandemic in Q3
Macau’s gaming EBITDA is forecast to recover to about 80% of pre-Covid-19 levels in the third quarter of this year, according to Citi Research. This is ... -
Lawmaker stands up for elderly cohabitation rights
The spousal cohabitation rights of some applicants for senior apartments have been deprived due to age difference, lawmaker Nick Lei said yesterday in his pre-agenda speech ... -
Tourist dies after bungee jump
A Japanese tourist has died after bungee jumping from Macau Tower on Sunday. The 56-year-old man, who became short of breath and then stopped breathing following ...
