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Local gaming revenue to see a 17 to 20 pct decline in Oct
Macau’s gaming revenue is expected to drop between 17 and 20 percent in October year-on-year according to data gathered from gaming operators by Lusa news agency. ... -
Crime or accident? Australian man found dead
The Judiciary Police (PJ) on Monday received a report at around 10 p.m. that suggested a foreign man fell from a height onto the fifth floor ... -
TOURISM | Online hotel reservations for 2013 surge by almost half
A survey on hotels and related establishments conducted by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has found that receipts of local hotels and guesthouses generated from ... -
Briefs | ‘Halloween Albergue’ to be held on Oct 25
Albergue SCM is putting on a Halloween party this Saturday. The event kicks off at 6.45 p.m. and includes dance and music performances and a “coke ... -
EDUCATION | UM holds admission talk
The University of Macau (UM) recently held its Principals’ Recommended Admission Talk 2015/2016 to promote its educational mission, academic programs, exchange opportunities, and career prospects to ... -
MIA awarded AP small int’l airport of the year
The CAPA Asia Aviation Summit & LCC Congress 2014 and CAPA Aviation Awards for Excellence – Asia Pacific, organized by the CAPA Centre for Aviation, were ... -
Children crossing borders are not asked for parents’ authorization
Underage citizens are not always being asked for their parents’ authorization when crossing Macau’s borders, newspaper Hoje Macau reported. 17-year-old Catarina Silva told the publication that ... -
Documentary film on grade retention in Macau makes it to Al Jazeera
Macau’s Future Gamble,” a film by Penny Lam Kin Kuan, a Macau-born film director, has been selected and aired as part of Viewfinder, Al Jazeera’s documentary ... -
Forum Macau Fund supports projects in Mozambique and Angola
The China-Portuguese Speaking Countries Fund for Cooperation and Development has approved two projects in Angola and Mozambique valued at USD10 million each, said the Secretary-General of ... -
New Zealand supports East Timor in fish production
Timor-Leste (East Timor) and New Zealand have signed an agreement to develop fish production (aquaculture) by creating 200 small businesses in the country, the New Zealand ... -
Total CEO killed in Russian plane crash
The head of French oil giant Total SA was killed at a Moscow airport when his corporate jet collided with a snowplow whose driver was drunk, Russian investigators ... -
Samsung seeks boost from redesigned Note
The latest version of Samsung’s popular big-screen Galaxy Note has gone on sale at a crucial time for the South Korean company as it suffers a rapid decline ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands China Ltd. announces 2014 third quarter results
Sands China Ltd. announced financial results for the third quarter of 2014 yesterday, reporting increases in two key performance indicators: adjusted EBITDA and profit. Adjusted EBITDA ... -
HONG KONG | Students, officials talk but don’t agree
Hong Kong student leaders and government officials talked but agreed on little yesterday as the city’s Beijing-backed leader reaffirmed his unwillingness to compromise on the key ... -
Fire exposes illegal mainland factories in Italy
There was no fire alarm at the garment factory outside Florence where Chen Changzhong worked and lived. Heat finally startled him awake the morning of Dec. ... -
Economy grows at slowest pace in 5 years
China’s economic growth waned to a five-year low of 7.3 percent last quarter, raising concerns of a spillover effect on the global economy but falling roughly in ... -
Australia | Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam dies
Gough Whitlam, a flamboyant Australian prime minister and controversial social reformer whose grip on power was cut short by a bitter constitutional crisis, died yesterday at ... -
Nepal | Gov’t vows new rules after worst trekking disaster
Nepal yesterday said it will introduce new rules, improve weather forecasts and better monitor the movement of trekkers after the Himalayan country’s worst hiking disaster left ... -
Ebola | Doctors at breaking point: ‘This constant feeling that the boat’s sinking’
At 3:30 a.m. in the world’s biggest Ebola treatment center, Daniel Lucey found the outbreak reduced to its essentials: patients lying on mattresses on the floor ... -
Oscar Pistorius starts serving 5 year prison term
Oscar Pistorius was taken away in a police van yesterday to start serving a five-year prison sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. A South African judge ... -
Fashion | Oscar de la Renta, legendary designer, dead at 82
At his Fashion Week runway show in September, Oscar de la Renta sat in his usual spot: in a chair right inside the wings, where he ... -
This Day in History | 1983 CND march attracts biggest ever crowd
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has held its biggest ever protest against nuclear missiles in London with an estimated one million people taking part. Major ... -
Offbeat | On the road to find the world’s funniest person
It was last summer and Israeli-Palestinian tensions were at the highest they’d been in some time when Jamie Masada hit on a formula for world peace: ... -
NFL | Steelers rally past stunned Texans 30-23
Ben Roethlisberger passed for two touchdowns and wide receiver Antonio Brown added another during a frantic stretch late in the first half, helping the Pittsburgh Steelers ... -
Golf | Ben Martin wins 1st PGA Tour title in Las Vegas
Ben Martin made a 45-foot eagle putt to regain the lead and finished with a 20-foot birdie putt for a 3-under 68 and his first PGA ... -
Cricket | South Africa beats NZ by 6 wickets in 1st ODI
Captain A.B. de Villiers top-scored with an unbeaten 89 as South Africa completed a six-wicket win over New Zealand in a limited-overs cricket international yesterday to ... -
World Views | Welcome back, Kim Jong Un. Want to talk?
The “Where’s Waldo?” speculation over Kim Jong Un’s six-week vanishing act – was he ill? under house arrest? in a cheese coma? – might have been ... -
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 – edition no. 2175
* Petition supporting taxi legislation changes launched * Hong Kong students, officials talk but don’t agree * Champions to battle in Venetian Macau Open * MIF kicks ... -
The Buzz | Indian player dies from injury in goal celebration
The Mizoram Football Association says a 23-year-old Indian soccer player has died after injuring his spine while celebrating a goal with somersaults. Peter Biaksangzuala landed on ... -
World briefs
CHINA The conundrum of bolstering rule of law in Communist Party-run China was on the agenda for the ruling party’s top leaders yesterday as they opened ... -
Ukraine | Parliament says 100s died in battle
A report by Ukraine’s parliament revealed yesterday that more than 300 soldiers were killed during a weeks-long battle that marked a crushing setback in the military ... -
Macau Ferry Terminal renovation delayed
Director of the Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA), Wong Soi Man, has revealed that renovations to the Macau Ferry Terminal (also known as the Outer Harbor ... -
TDM hosts Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union general assembly
The 51st Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) General Assembly and Associate Meetings will be held in Macau from today until October 28. The event, which is being ... -
Bill Chou accuses UM of violating internal rules and academic freedom
Former professor at the University of Macau (UM), Bill Chou, has accused the educational institution of violating internal rules and academic freedom, after his suspension and ... -
No Secretaries to attend November Policy Address
The Chief Executive Chui Sai On said that no government Secretaries will be attending the Legislative Assembly (AL) session in November when he reviews his governance ...
