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Wednesday, October 10, 2014 – edition no. 2165
* Educators call for prevention over retention in Macau schools * Exhibition opens today: Victor Hugo Marreiros pixel by pixel * Press Association president says media ... -
THE BUZZ | US: Drugmaker provides experimental drug for Ebola use
A North Carolina drugmaker says it is providing an experimental antiviral drug for patients with Ebola, an emergency step authorized by the Food and Drug Administration. ... -
World briefs
CHINA Police say five people were killed early yesterday in an explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in southern China. Police in Guizhou province are investigating ... -
Billionaires’ artworks headed to auction
Ninety modern and contemporary artworks, including a rare Mark Rothko painting, from the collection of the renowned art benefactors Pierre and Sao Schlumberger could realize USD85 ... -
Las Vegas | Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett set for new year’s duet
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett are set to take the stage at The Cosmopolitan casino on New Year’s Eve for their first show together in the ... -
GGR fell 11.7 pct y-o-y Sands China leads casino stocks higher as revenue meets estimate
Sands China Ltd. led gains in Macau casino stocks as the world’s biggest gambling hub reported revenue that was in line with the government’s estimate. Sands ... -
MSAR submits formal request for Hengqin land
The Macau government has already officially submitted a request to the central government for an extra 10 square kilometers of land on Hengqin for Macau to ... -
SJM employees gather outside Macau Tower
A group of employees from local casino operator SJM gathered outside the Macau Tower yesterday afternoon to demand better pay and treatment. The employees have asked ... -
Water consumption per capita down, prices to rise next month
The Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) has published the 2013/2014 Macau Water Resources Status Report, which showed a drop in daily water consumption per capita among ... -
Creative industry representatives voice concerns in meeting with CE
Representatives from Macau’s creative industries have voiced their concerns regarding the lack of human resources, the difficulties in expanding business and the pressure of rising rents, ... -
Briefs | Resident deposits decrease 0.1 pct
Resident deposits have decreased by 0.1 percent from a month earlier in August to MOP479.1 billion, of which MOP deposits and HKD deposits increased by 0.7 ... -
Banks to brokerages shrug off Hong Kong protest turmoil
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests have mainly meant business as usual for the city’s banks, brokerages and financial firms. CLSA Ltd., located in a tower directly behind ... -
Briefs | Billionaire founder of Taiwan’s Fubon Group Tsai dies
Fubon Group founder Tsai Wan-tsai, Taiwan’s second-richest man, died yesterday, according to the company, which gave his age as 86. Fubon Financial Holding Co., Taiwan’s second-largest ... -
Fosun International expands asset portfolio in Portugal
China has, without a doubt, been the biggest foreign investor in Portugal in recent years and 2014 seems to be the year of Fosun International, with ... -
Guangxi builds housing estate in Sao Tome and Principe
Chinese company Guangxi Hydroelectric Construction Bureau has started building a a housing estate on the island of Sao Tome, on a self-funding basis, the Minister of ... -
HONG KONG | Protests shrink after tumultuous week
Student-led protests for democratic reforms in Hong Kong shrank yesterday but a few hundred demonstrators remained camped out in the streets, vowing to keep up the ... -
Hong Kong | FireChat helps demonstrators overcome traffic jam
Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators finding it difficult to communicate over congested mobile-phone networks are downloading the application FireChat about 100,000 times a day in an effort ... -
Tiananmen legacy looms over Hong Kong protests
The legacy of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square looms larger in Hong Kong than in mainland China, where the Communist Party has virtually erased all public ... -
JAPAN |Typhoon washes 3 US airmen out to sea
A powerful typhoon that washed three American airmen in Okinawa out to sea, killing at least one, slammed central Japan yesterday, stalling trains and flights and ... -
INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER DISPUTE | Kashmiris flee renewed shelling, 9 dead
Tens of thousands of villagers were fleeing their homes in Kashmir yesterday, as Indian and Pakistani troops bombarded each other with gunfire and mortar shells over the border ... -
BRAZIL | Surprising election keeps zigging, zagging
It’s the presidential election that just keeps surprising. A year after a spasm of huge anti-government protests across Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff piled up more votes ... -
NOBEL PRIZE | 3 win medicine award for discovering brain’s GPS
U.S.-British scientist John O’Keefe and Norwegian scientists May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won the Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for discovering the “inner GPS” that helps ... -
VATICAN CITY | Pope urges bishops to speak out on family issues
Pope Francis urged bishops to speak their minds about contentious issues like contraception, gays, marriage and divorce at the start yesterday of a two-week meeting aimed ... -
ISLAMIC STATE BEHEADINGS | Indiana aid worker says in letter is afraid to die
An Indiana aid worker threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group said in a June letter that he’s afraid to die and is saddened by ... -
This Day in History | 1977 – Invasion of Swedish identical twins
Ninety sets of Swedish identical twins have travelled to Felixstowe for a brief shopping trip. The twins are taking part in studies by researchers from the ... -
Offbeat | Sky’s no limit for Czech chimney climbers
From afar, they look like ants crawling up a tower into the sky. Dozens of members of the Czech Union of Chimney Climbers scaled the 60-meter ... -
Basketball | US routs Spain for second straight gold medal
After dominantly winning another world championship, the U.S. women’s basketball team left no doubt of the gap between the Americans and the rest of the world. ... -
F1 | Bianchi’s crash latest tragedy in driver’s family
The family of Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has already paid a heavy price in motorsports. The 25-year-old Bianchi, who is in intensive care with a ... -
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 – editon no. 2164
* Casino stocks up: Gaming revenue falls for fourth straight month, meets estimates * Banks to brokerages shrug off Hong Kong protest turmoil * SJM employees ... -
The Buzz | Portuguese teachers protest austerity cuts
Several hundred Portuguese schoolteachers staged a demonstration in Lisbon to protest the government’s education policies. Seven teachers’ unions organized the march yesterday, attracting protesters from across ... -
World briefs
S KOREA’s president is cracking down on rumors in cyberspace in a campaign that threatens the popularity of Kakao Talk, the leading social media service in ... -
China wins Fireworks Display Contest
The Chinese team, represented by the Hunan Jingtai Fireworks company, has won the 26th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest, followed by teams from Spain (second; pictured) ... -
Boxing | Marquez returns to action next year, fight against Pacquiao up to the Mexican
Ever since demolishing Manny Pacquiao in December of 2012, Juan Manuel Marquez has only fought once every year in 2013 and 2014. At 41-years-old, there is ... -
Crowd control, more tourists
The Public Security Police (PSP) again implemented pedestrian traffic flow control measures in the city center – namely Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (San Ma Lou) – ... -
Letter to the Editor | Imprudent and inaccurate comments by University of Saint Joseph Rector
In an article about a new management structure at the University of Saint Joseph that appeared in the Macau Daily Times on Tuesday 30 September, the ...
