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GAMING | Hundreds demand more benefits from SJM
A large group of casino workers rallied at the Friendship Square opposite the Grand Lisboa yesterday, demanding a salary adjustment and welfare increases. Earlier, the Forefront ... -
Chui apologizes for chaos on the campaign trail
Chui Sai On visited the Northern District yesterday afternoon while campaigning for his re-election. Several residents and civil organizations, including the New Macau Association (ANM), handed ... -
UM accuses Bill Chou of undermining university’s reputation
The University of Macau (UM) has accused associate professor Bill Chou of undermining the institution’s reputation and compromising the basis of “a sustainable relationship.” UM recently ... -
Crime rate up as number of online extortion cases surges
The violent crime rate has risen 13.4 percent year-on- year in the first half of 2014, with online extortion cases spreading, the Secretary for Security revealed ... -
Bus driver suspended for altercation with passenger
Local bus service operator New Era has released a statement apologizing for an incident in which one of its bus drivers was involved in a physical ... -
Briefs: Tourist expenditure up by 17 pct
Visitors’ expenditure in the second quarter of 2014 rose by 17 percent year-on-year to reach MOP16.3 billion. Spending of overnight visitors amounted to MOP13.8 billion and ... -
Galaxy to add 8,000 jobs for new casino, earnings top estimates
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd., the Macau casino operator that made Lui Che Woo a billionaire, will increase its workforce by 50 percent to staff a new ... -
Angola | Re-launch of production by LNG consortium expected only in 2015
The Angola LNG consortium is only expected to start producing liquid natural gas (LNG) once again in 2015 after a stoppage in April of this year ... -
Chinese group BYD analyses construction of a second factory in Brazil
Chinese group BYD is analyzing construction of a mobile phone battery factory at the Manaus Industrial hub, in the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, ... -
Japan’s NSK fined by China in anti-monopoly case
A Japanese auto parts supplier, NSK Ltd., said yesterday it was fined USD28.2 million by Chinese anti-monopoly regulators in an unfolding probe of the industry. In ... -
Xi promises to rein in executive pay
China’s president has promised to rein in “unreasonably high” pay for executives at state companies in an apparent effort to mollify public frustration at the wealth ... -
Li Ka-shing says HK needs to overcome democracy divide
Vinicy Chan and Dominic Lau Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest man, said Hong Kong needs to overcome a divide over the election of its leader in 2017, ... -
Corporate Bits | Asian premiere of ‘Taboo X Miriam Yeung’ music video
Asian diva Miriam Yeung released her latest single Taboo inspired by the namesake hit show produced by Mr. Franco Dragone, the creator of ‘The House of ... -
Jackie Chan’s son detained in Beijing drug bust
The actor son of Hong Kong action superstar Jackie Chan has been detained in Beijing on drug-related charges, the latest high-profile celebrity to be ensnared in ... -
Pope wants dialogue, freedom for church
Pope Francis says he wants dialogue with China and the only thing he asks in return is for the Catholic Church to be able to operate freely. The ... -
Blast in Anhui coal mine traps 27 miners
An explosion yesterday in a coal mine in eastern China trapped 27 workers underground, state media reported. Twelve other miners were lifted out of the privately owned mine ... -
Xi says gov’t will champion new media groups
Chinese media companies rallied, sending the Shanghai Composite Index to an eight-month high, after President Xi Jinping said the nation will build a few groups into ... -
Authorities release foreign news site contributor
A Chinese man detained more than three months ago on charges of fabricating stories that disparaged the Chinese government was released on parole yesterday, authorities said, ... -
TIBET | Groups say 2 dead after police shooting
Two people have died in a Tibetan region of southwestern China after they were injured by police gunfire while protesting the detention of a local leader, overseas Tibetan ... -
INDIA | Poachers now threaten lesser-known animals
Wildlife poachers, hindered by India’s efforts to protect majestic endangered animals including tigers and rhinos, have begun to think smaller. And activists say scores of the country’s lesser-known ... -
AUSTRALIA | Tycoon lawmaker calls Chinese ‘bastards’ and ‘mongrels’ in TV tirade
A larger-than-life Australian mining magnate turned lawmaker, Clive Palmer, was widely accused yesterday of threatening Australia’s relationship with its biggest trading partner through an extraordinary tirade ... -
PAKISTAN | Opposition gears for march on parliament
Tensions rose in the Pakistani capital yesterday as an opposition rally prepared to march toward the Parliament and government headquarters in Islamabad later in the day ... -
USA | Ferguson police use tear gas, stun grenades in clashes
Police fired stun grenades and tear gas at protesters in a St. Louis suburb rocked by violence after police shot and killed an unarmed black teen ... -
CYBERCRIME | Chinese hackers steal data for 4.5m patients from US hospital group
Chinese hackers stole social security numbers, names and addresses from 4.5 million patients of Community Health Systems Inc., the second-biggest for-profit U.S. hospital chain, according to ... -
this day in history: 1978 Two dead after El Al crew ambushed
Two people have died and nine have been injured during an attack on a bus carrying Israelis in central London. The bus was taking staff of ... -
Offbeat | Ring, ring: London statues want to talk to you
Calling all London tourists: Peter Pan, Sherlock Holmes and Queen Victoria want a word with you. Statues of some three dozen historical and fictional characters in ... -
FOOTBALL | Spanish league keeps growing star power
Two months after Spain’s national team flopped at the World Cup, the country’s domestic league is ready to shine with even more star power. Already boasting ... -
Suarez pledges to not bite again with Barcelona
Luis Suarez is ready to put his biting days behind him. The Barcelona striker was officially presented to fans yesterday at an event delayed for more ... -
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 – edition no. 2133
* Crime rate up as online extortion cases surge * Chui apologizes for chaos on the campaign trail * Hundreds demand more benefits from SJM * ... -
the buzz | South Africa: 8 killed in building collapse
South African officials say one person died and another seven are presumed dead from the collapse of a building under renovation. Luyanda Majija, a spokeswoman for ... -
UN sees some progress in Iran nuclear probe
Iran is now answering questions about suspicions that it worked secretly on nuclear weapons, The U.N.’s chief nuclear inspector said yesterday, but he did not indicate ... -
Robbers ambush Saudi prince’s convoy in Paris
Armed robbers ambushed a Saudi prince’s diplomatic convoy on its way to an airport commonly used for private jets, raiding a Mercedes for valuables then torching ... -
World briefs
CHINA Russian army helicopters have landed in northern China to take part in multinational anti-terrorism drills, underscoring continuing close ties between Beijing and Moscow despite tensions ... -
EDUCATION | GAES opens applications for International Student Identity Card
The Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) has opened applications for the International Student Identity Card, addressing both foreign and local students attending universities in Macau or ... -
New Rotary Int’l president seeks to enlarge Chinese membership
The new president of Rotary International (RI), Gary C. K. Huang, the first RI president of Chinese descent from Taiwan, visited Macau last week and met ...
