Monthly Archives: August 2024
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Ho Iat Seng will not seek re-election due to health issues
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has announced yesterday that he will not run for re-election due to health issues. This decision comes just a month after ... -
Macau, mainland authorities disrupt RMB3 billion illicit forex trading
In a significant crackdown, China’s Ministry of Public Security announced that joint operations with Macau authorities have led to the detention of 252 suspects involved in ... -
Luís Gomes appointed as acting head of ID as Pun takes over new role
Luís Gomes has been appointed the acting head of the Sports Bureau, taking over from Pun Weng Kun, who has exited the position to take on ... -
IAM removes 54 tonnes of rubbish from empty land
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) removed 54 tonnes of trash from unused land and private sites by the end of June, according to the Land and ... -
‘New Hope’ lawmakers want gov’t to increase civil servants wages for 2025
The directly elected lawmakers from the group “New Hope,” which primarily represents civil servants, are hopeful that the government will increase the wages of civil servants ... -
Putin’s slow response to Kursk attack could test the patience of some of his backers
A year ago this week, President Vladmir Putin strode onto a stage in the Kursk region to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of the Soviet ... -
EPM parents raise concern over teacher departures and new hires
The Macau Portuguese School’s (EPM) recent announcement of hiring five new teachers has raised questions about recent departures from the institution, according to Diogo Baptista, president ... -
Fiscal reserve rebounds to 91% of peak at MOP602.74 billion
Macau’s fiscal reserve bounced back to over MOP602.74 billion in June, reaching 91% of its record high of MOP663.56 billion in February 2021, according to the ... -
Retail sales drop sharply in first half
Retail sales totaled MOP36.85 billion in the first six months of 2024, a decline of 17.5% from the same period a year earlier, according to government ... -
Sichuan golden monkeys return to mainland
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has returned two male Sichuan golden monkeys to the mainland after their loan period expired. In 2017, the IAM signed an ... -
Burned beehive sparks arson investigation
Police are investigating a suspected arson incident at a pedestrian bridge near Taipa Lake. The fire, reported around 10 p.m. on August 20, caused burn ... -
China’s golden trio withdraws from WTT Champions
Chinese table tennis champions Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Chen Meng, who recently secured gold medals at the Paris Olympic Games, have withdrawn from next month’s ... -
Elderly care home in Zone A set for construction
The government has announced plans to construct two residential care homes in Zone A, which will provide approximately 1,000 beds for elderly residents. This initiative is ... -
Macau joins 2025 world match racing tour calendar
Macau is set to make waves in the sailing world as it hosts the Macao Match Cup, a new addition to the World Match Racing Tour ... -
Hospitality workers at Venetian Las Vegas reach tentative deal on first-ever union contract
Thousands of hospitality union workers on the Las Vegas Strip have reached a tentative deal with the Venetian and Palazzo resorts, a first for employees at ... -
Smartone to cease operations in Macau
Mobile phone operator SmarTone has announced that it will discontinue services in Macau. In a statement on its website, the company explained that the decision followed ... -
Indonesia searches for ways to balance domestic industries with surging Chinese imports
A flood of Chinese products into Indonesia has hit local manufacturers hard, prompting the government to look for ways to placate domestic producers while avoiding angering ... -
European milk and cheese producers have become the latest target in a simmering trade war with China
The Chinese Commerce Ministry said yesterday that it would launch an investigation into subsidies given by the European Union and EU member countries for dairy products ... -
Day after Putin’s visit, Azerbaijan applies to join Russia and China in the BRICS alliance
A zerbaijan formally applied to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus country ... -
World’s ‘largest solar precinct’ approved by Canberra
An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia that would transmit energy by submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer ... -
Country records trade deficit as surging global prices pushes imports higher
Japan racked up a 621 billion yen ($4.3 billion) trade deficit in July, as prices of imports surged, according to government data released yesterday. Japan’s imports ... -
1978 Kenya’s founding father dies
Kenya’s president, Jomo Kenyatta, has died at his home in Mombasa. An official announcement on Voice of Kenya radio said Mr Kenyatta died peacefully in his ... -
AI pioneers want bots to replace human teachers – here’s why that’s unlikely
OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy envisions a world in which artificial intelligence bots can be made into subject matter experts that are “deeply passionate, great at teaching, ... -
Conor Gallagher joins Atletico Madrid from Chelsea as Joao Felix moves in opposite direction
England midfielder Conor Gallagher finally completed his move to Atletico Madrid yesterday, ending a weeks-long saga that required a move by Joao Felix in the opposite ... -
Trump posts fake Taylor Swift endorsement
Former President Donald Trump has been active on his social accounts as Democrats gather for their convention in Chicago, but some of his posts don’t have ... -
Putin meets Li Qian as Moscow-Beijing relations deepen
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese premier Li Qiang yesterday, hailing growing trade relations as Moscow becomes increasingly dependent on Beijing for political and economic ... -
The paper bear
Russia has 5,977 nuclear warheads, of which 1,500 are past their expiration date, according to estimates from the Federation of American Scientists. Of the remaining 4,500, ... -
Thursday, August 22, 2024 – edition no. 4551
* His Out — Ho Iat Seng announces he is not running for re-election, opening the way for a potentially competitive Chief Executive’s election with top ... -
Ho Iat Seng will not seek re-election due to health issues
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has announced that he will not run for re-election due to health issues. This decision comes just a month after the ... -
Major security measures in place for visit of China’s olympic medalists
The visit to Macau of a delegation of athletes that represented the People’s Republic of China in the recent Olympic Games is to occur with to ... -
Inbound visitors surge in July, nearing pre-pandemic levels
In July, the tourism sector showed strong signs of recovery through the arrival of 3,021,189 visitors, marking a 9.5% increase from the previous year. This surge ... -
Citibank: Premium mass demand strong despite crackdown
Demand from mainland high rollers continues to drive Macau’s lucrative premium mass segment despite recent efforts to curb illegal money flows, according to analysts. In a ... -
Lawmaker slams gov’t for poor communication and disconnect with public needs
Lawmaker Nick Lei expressed serious concern over the government’s responsiveness to public needs during the legislative year. In a Legislative Assembly work review session of the ... -
Marina Bay Sands bans former executive from property
In a recent LinkedIn post, Andrew MacDonald, the chief casino officer of Resorts World Sentosa, revealed he has been banned from entering the premises of Marina ... -
China is backing off coal power plant approvals after a 2022-23 surge
Approvals for new coal-fired power plants in China dropped sharply in the first half of this year, according to an analysis released yesterday, after a flurry ...
