Monthly Archives: February 2024
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Hotel occupancy up to 90% for upcoming Lunar New Year
Tourism authorities are anticipating 120,000 daily visitors during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday period, which could mean almost 1 million tourists visiting the city during ... -
Bus passengers exceed pre-pandemic levels in January
The average daily bus passenger volume in January this year has exceeded 626,000, which is a slight increase of 0.5% compared with the same period in ... -
Former GP racer dies after HKD100m drug bust
A renowned Hong Kong racing driver, who frequently participated in Macau’s Grand Prix, has died after his alleged involvement in a drug trafficking scheme. Local reports ... -
Grammys are Swift’s world on a night when women like Cyrus, Mitchell also shine
It’s Taylor Swift’s world, and she just allows us to live in it. After weeks where she attracted endless attention for her football star boyfriend and ... -
Lawmakers force postponement of voting on public housing sale regime
The Legislative Assembly (AL) has forced the government to postpone voting on the first reading of the “Regime for the transfer of autonomous units of buildings ... -
Bus hits man in San Ma Lo
A non-resident man from mainland China was hit by a bus near Sunsco Supermarket in San Ma Lo around 11:30 a.m. yesterday. The man, aged 30, ... -
Flora Garden now opens all day
Flora Garden is now open 24 hours a day, the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has announced. But certain facilities in the garden, such as the children’s ... -
DSF reminds taxpayers of key dates
The Financial Services Bureau (DSF) has reminded taxpayers that the first quarter of each year is a tax payment period, and has reiterated key dates. The ... -
Non-residents deposits retreat
Non-resident deposits decreased 12.4% to MOP323.7 billion in December, while residents’ deposits slightly dropped 0.2% from the preceding month to MOP706.2 billion, data from the the ... -
CE waives Revenue Supplementary Tax for six ops
The Revenue Supplementary Tax levied on the six gambling concessionaires will be waived until the end of 2027, according to yesterday’s Official Gazette. The Chief Executive ... -
Gov’t appoints two SSM officers to vice director at Cotai hospital
Dr Lei Wai Seng and Dr Chou Kuok Hei, both from the Health Bureau (SSM), have been appointed deputy head or equivalent at the Cotai hospital, ... -
Sudden smuggling spike
The Macao Customs has uncovered six different attempted smugglings of plants, seafood and wines during the period Jan. 23 to Feb. 2 at two border checkpoints ... -
Melco advances the economic prosperity of local SMEs
Melco Resorts & Entertainment recognizes the importance of working hand in hand with its stakeholders to create lasting impact, and the Company’s long-term commitment to operating ... -
Court gives suspended death sentence to Chinese Australian democracy blogger
A Chinese court gave a suspended death sentence to a China-born Australian democracy blogger yesterday. The Australian government, which has repeatedly raised his case over the ... -
Regulator promises to protect small investors as stocks hit 5 year lows
Chinese shares gyrated yesterday, sinking to 5-year lows, after stock market regulators sought to reassure jittery investors with a promise to crack down on stock price ... -
Government asks for explanation and fans are angry about not seeing injured Messi play
Hong Kong’s sports minister yesterday reiterated the government’s call for an explanation from the organizer of a soccer match between Inter Miami and a local team ... -
Samsung chief Lee acquitted of financial crimes related to merger
A South Korean court yesterday acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong of financial crimes involving a contentious merger between Samsung affiliates in 2015 that tightened his ... -
Biden warns of a ‘nightmare’ future for the country if Trump should win again
President Joe Biden yesterday [Macau time] ticked through a list of reasons he says a second Donald Trump presidency would be a “nightmare” for the country ... -
1952 King George VI dies in his sleep
His Majesty, King George VI, has died peacefully in his sleep at Sandringham House. The official announcement from Sandringham, given at 1045 GMT, said the King ... -
Messi’s global tour with Inter Miami has been very messy and a PR nightmare
It’s all been very messy. We’re talking about Lionel Messi and Inter Miami’s global tour of exhibition games where the main show has been Argentina’s 2022 ... -
Irish and UK leaders are in Belfast to celebrate the end of Northern Ireland’s political deadlock
The leaders of the U.K. and Ireland went to Belfast yesterday to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government and bask in a good-news moment after two ... -
US porn actor who advocates for Palestinians visits Iran on trip unacknowledged by Tehran
An American porn actor who has advocated for Palestinians online during Israel’s war on Hamas traveled to Iran and visited the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, which was ... -
Urban agriculture best practices can transform gardens, city-farms
Urban agriculture is expected to be an important feature of 21st century sustainability and can have many benefits for communities and cities, including providing fresh produce in neighborhoods ... -
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 – edition no. 4421
* Sports & shows limited — ‘City of Sports and Shows’ initiative needs better planning, conservative lawmakers say * Environment | Protests against waste landfill off ... -
Outer Harbour Terminal will continue to operate as normal, DSAMA clarifies
The Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal is to continue to operate as normal, the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) said in a response to an inquiry from ... -
Survey finds 30.6% of elderly concerningly lonely
Local NGO survey results show that 30.6% of its respondents reported experiencing concerning levels of loneliness or solitude. Conducted by the social service branch of Sheng ... -
Upcoming Spring Festival to see surge in inbound, outbound trips
China is expected to experience a surge in inbound and outbound trips during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, returning to the pre-pandemic levels in 2019, the ... -
Transport committee deems it ‘reasonable’ to increase taxi fare
A meeting was held to discuss the fare increase proposal of the local taxi association, where members believed it was ‘reasonable’ to increase taxi prices given ... -
Gov’t proposes draft revision of laws published before 1993
As part of the Macau government’s review of the 2,123 laws and decree-laws published between 1973 and 1993, 746 laws or by-laws have been deemed ineffective ... -
Gov’t pledges more help for its ailing property market, as IMF forecasts economy will slow
Markets in China sank Friday despite a fresh flurry of measures to help prop up the ailing property sector, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast ... -
IC launches nationally-branded CNY concerts
On Saturday, Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) launched a nationally-branded series of orchestral concerts held at the Ruins of St Paul’s. The first evening had Tan Dun, ... -
MPU launches second nursing training course
The Centre for Continuing Education of the Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) will launch the second “Nursing Assistant Training Course” this year, the university announced in a ... -
Zhuhai intercity railway links to airport
With the second phase of the Zhuhai airport railway now open, which signals the full operation of the railway line, the travel time between Zhuhai’s Gongbei ... -
134 flights approved for Lunar New Year so far
At time of reporting, a total of 134 additional flights have been approved for the Lunar New Year period, the Civil Aviation Authority of Macao (AMCM) ... -
Rodrigues ‘shows teeth’ at Dubai, scores first points
After the first two rounds of the Formula 4 UAE Championship when local racer Tiago Rodrigues seemed to be out of the fight, Round 3, raced ...
