Daily Archives: Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Number of companies shutting down in 1H drops from the highest in 25 years
The number of companies closing doors in Macau in the first half of this year (1H) has dropped significantly year-on-year compared to 2024, the Statistics and ... -
AGTech partners with CAEG to boost Macau’s performing arts scene
A new alliance has been formed between AGTech Holdings Ltd., the parent company of local payment platform Macau Pass, and the Chinese state-owned China Arts and ... -
Road Traffic bill scrapped due to unclear legislative logic, Ron Lam says
After over 16 years, Macau’s Road Traffic Law was finally proposed to be revised after a public consultation held in 2019 and the introduction of a ... -
Gov’t considers consumption campaign to stimulate ZAPE economy
The Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT) has announced plans to introduce a consumption grand prize campaign for visitors to ZAPE, which it aims to launch ... -
Analysts: Galaxy’s rising dividends signal a positive outlook
Analysts responded positively after Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd (Galaxy) posted strong results for the first half of 2025. For the six months ending June 30, Galaxy’s ... -
Japanese pop idol Kamimura convicted of indecent assault but avoids jail
Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura was found guilty of a charge of indecent assault on a female interpreter in a Hong Kong court yesterday before some ... -
IC calls for proposals on handicraft workshops for Tap Siac Craft Market
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is inviting proposals for creative handicraft workshops to be included in the upcoming autumn edition of the Tap Sia Craft Market, ... -
SMG says low to medium probability of hoisting signal 3 for ‘Podul’
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) has said in its latest update that there is a low to medium probability of raising the typhoon signal from ... -
Tickets for WTT Champions Macao go on sale Friday
Organizers announced that tickets for the World Tablet Tennis (WTT) Champions Macao 2025 will go on sale at noon this Friday (August 15). The matches are ... -
“SJM Richie Jen Music Show”: A Journey Back to the Sounds of Youth
In an initiative of SJM Resorts, S.A. (SJM), the “SJM Richie Jen Music Show” was held at the Grand Lisboa Palace Resort Macau in front of ... -
“Mad & Mazzy – Fantasy Film Festival” at Cinemateque-Passion
From August 16 to September 7, the Cinematheque-Passion will present “Mad & Mazzy – Fantasy Film Festival”, transforming the cinema into a sensory playground during the ... -
Typhoon Podul brings no major damage as it crosses Taiwan and heads for China
Typhoon Podul crossed southern Taiwan, where authorities closed schools and government offices as heavy rain threatened more damage to agriculture in the island’s southeast. No major ... -
President Lee will meet Japanese leader ahead of summit with Trump
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo next week before flying to Washington for a summit with President ... -
Japanese warships dock in Wellington in rare visit
Japanese warships docked in New Zealand ‘s capital last weekend for a rare visit amid efforts by Tokyo to deepen its strategic ties in the South ... -
European leaders to speak with Trump ahead of his summit with Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday arrived in Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and virtual meetings with other European and U.S. leaders ahead of ... -
1980 Shipyard Poles strike for their rights
Shipyard workers in Gdansk, Poland, have staged a successful strike in protest over the dismissal of militant crane driver Anna Walentinowicz. The strike at the Lenin ... -
The next Asian tiger
Beneath red banners and a gold bust of revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi’s central party school, Communist Party chief To Lam declared the arrival ... -
Mourinho’s Fenerbahce rallies with 5 goals to beat Feyenoord; faces Benfica next
+Fenerbahce 5 (6), Feyenoord 2 (4) Benfica 2 (4), Nice 0 (0) Jose Mourinho is now one round away from taking Fenerbahce back into the Champions ... -
A driver faces $110,000 in fines for speeding on a Swiss street. But he can afford it
The driver was clocked going 27 kilometers per hour (17 mph) over the speed limit on a street in the Swiss city of Lausanne, and now ... -
Local and Central governments refute accusations from US State Department
The SAR government and the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Macau have expressed their “strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition” to ... -
Don’t write off the Putin–Trump summit just yet
Like many such encounters, the Aug. 15, 2025, Alaska red-carpet rollout for Russian President Vladimir Putin is classic Donald Trump: diplomacy as pageantry, emerging seemingly out ... -
Thursday, August 14, 2025 – edition no. 4780
* Small signs of recovery — Number of companies shutting down in the first half drops from the highest in 25 years* Macau Pass | AGTech ... -
Trump warns of ‘severe consequences’ if Putin does not agree to stop war after summit
U.S. President Donald Trump warned early today (Macau time) that there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop ...
