Monthly Archives: April 2024
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MGM celebrates Thai New Year festival
MGM Cotai recently hosted over 220 guests from Thailand for an “Amazing Songkran in Macau” dinner to celebrate the traditional Thai New Year festival of Songkran. ... -
Melco executives attend national security exhibition opening
Senior leaders from Melco Resorts & Entertainment attended the opening of Macau’s annual National Security Education Exhibition, which coincides with National Security Education Day. Between 2019 ... -
Solomon Islands’ elections could impact China’s influence in the South Pacific
The country in which China has gained most influence in the South Pacific, Solomon Islands, goes to the polls tomorrow in an election that could shape ... -
Police probe why man who stabbed six people to death targeted women
Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen ... -
PM Lee to step down on May 15 and hand power to his deputy
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday that he will step down on May 15 after two decades at the helm, and hand power to ... -
The shadow war between Iran and Israel has been exposed, what happens next?
Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel early Sunday marked a change in approach for Tehran, which had relied on proxies across the Middle East since the start ... -
1987 MP on gay sex charges
Conservative MP Harvey Proctor has appeared in court charged with indecency. Mr Proctor, who represents Billericay in Essex, said nothing to waiting journalists at Bow Street ... -
Bayern faces uncertain future after losing the Bundesliga title
Three of Bayern Munich’s senior figures did something Sunday that no one at the club had done since 2012. They congratulated another team on winning the ... -
Performers at flame-lighting ceremony feel a pull of the ancient past
No one knows what music in ancient Greece sounded like or how dancers once moved. Every two years, a new interpretation of the ancient performance gets ... -
AI-generated models could bring more diversity to the industry – or less
London-based model Alexsandrah has a twin, but not in the way you’d expect: Her counterpart is made of pixels instead of flesh and blood. The virtual ... -
SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS EMERGENCY MEETING ON IRAN ATTACK, NO ACTION TAKEN
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting yesterday [Macau time] to discuss Iran’s attack on Israel. The meeting ended without any action by the ... -
Chinese economy will continue to defy its ill-intentioned critics
Nicholas R. Lardy, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, published an article on the website of Foreign Affairs last week titled “China Is ... -
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 – edition no. 4463
* Upbeat forecast — Macau GDP is expected to reach MOP92 billion in first quarter, reflecting a significant year-on-year increase of 19%, the economic association has ... -
Gov’t to scrap housing sector cooling measures to boost ailing market
The SAR government plans to scrap housing market cooling measures amid calls from the property sector as demand continues to weaken. The Executive Council submitted Friday ... -
Gov’t: Landfill off Coloane the ‘only solution’ for waste
The government has said ecological island is currently the only solution to effectively handling waste. Speaking to the press on the sidelines of an event yesterday, ... -
New road traffic law raises doubts
A Road Traffic Law amendment bill late last week passed in its first reading at the Legislative Assembly (AL). But several lawmakers have raised concerns over ... -
AL approves Trade Union Law, ATFPM-linked lawmakers abstain
Macau will soon have a trade union law to regulate the establishment and activities of workers’ unions, after long years and many rejected proposals. The Legislative ... -
Eight films selected for Sands’ funding for international film camp
Eight directors were selected to receive HKD300,000 each to fund their short film projects after completing last week’s inaugural International Film Camp. Organized by the Asian ... -
Exports tumble 7.5% in March and imports also fall as demand slows
China’s exports contracted in March after growing in the first two months of the year, underscoring the uneven nature of the country’s recovery from the pandemic. ... -
Ecological Island receives 233 responses
The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) late last week published the public consultation report on the new law to regulate maritime areas as well as a ... -
AL approves bill limiting gambling credit to casinos
The Legislative Assembly (AL) passed a bill Friday to amend rules for issuing credit for casino gambling in the special administrative region. The “Legal regime of ... -
Football matches return to Taipa Stadium after repairs
The turf resurfacing work at the Taipa Sports Ground has been completed, allowing some football league matches to return there as early as next week, Pun ... -
Macau Bridge completion date set for end of June
The Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, said the Macau Bridge will be completed by the end of June at the earliest and ... -
World Cup returns with new tournament format
The Men’s and Women’s ITTF World Cup is set to return to Macau from Apr. 15-21 after being suspended in 2021 due to the pandemic, but ... -
Gov’t funds 70 athletes with intellectual disabilities in 2023
The government supported 70 athletes with intellectual disabilities in 2023, according to the Sports Bureau (ID). In a reply to an interpellation from lawmaker Nick Lei, ... -
IAM warning beer brand chemical risk
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has issued a recall alert for packs of 1664 Blanc Bière Blanche beers after ethylene glycol was discovered in some batches ... -
Tourist prices rise 4.68% yearly but drop from last quarter
The tourist price index for the first quarter of 2024 rose 4.68% from the same period last year due to higher hotel rates and clothing prices, ... -
UM lowers GDP growth forecast to 16.8%
The University of Macau (UM) has revised its economic projection on the SAR, predicting a growth of 16.8% to MOP415.3 billion (equivalent to 94.5% of the ... -
Fitch affirms Macau’s ‘AA’ rating, cites potential economic diversification
Rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Macau’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘AA’ with a stable outlook, believing recent changes to China’s credit profile ... -
Germany’s Scholz arrives in China on a visit marked by trade tensions and Ukraine conflict
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in China yesterday on a visit focused on the increasingly tense economic relationship between the sides and differences over Russia’s invasion ... -
Modi vows to boost social spending, make country into a manufacturing hub ahead of election
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday vowed to boost social spending, develop infrastructure and make India into a global manufacturing hub as companies shift away from ... -
Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar’s military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost
Thailand’s foreign minister late last week said he urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town ... -
Israel says Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which were intercepted
Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early yesterday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission ... -
1986 US launches air strikes on Libya
At least 100 people have died after USA planes bombed targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the Benghazi region. Around 66 American jets, some of ... -
Holloway’s last-second KO of Gaethje likely will be lasting memory of UFC 300
Alex Pereira left no doubt he was the true light heavyweight champion in the main event, knocking out Jamahal Hill 3:14 of the first round Saturday ...
