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Corporate Bits | CTM and Air Macau announce strategic partnership
Marking the 20th anniversary of Air Macau, CTM and the local airline company have announced a strategic partnership, providing a set of promotional offers to clients. ... -
Chilean president visits Angola and Mozambique to strengthen bilateral ties
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet arrived in Luanda on Monday for a 24-hour visit to Angola, following a visit to Mozambique where she re-launched the bilateral memorandum ... -
World Bank warns of Mozambique’s economic ‘vulnerability’
The Mozambican economy should grow at a pace above the average for sub-Sahara African countries in 2014, but “remains vulnerable” to risks associated to metal and ... -
China the second main market for automobiles made in Portugal
China is the second main market for automobiles produced in Portugal, surpassed only by Germany, the Portuguese Automobile Trade Association (ACAP) reported in Lisbon. Sector production ... -
Trust asset growth slows amid shadow banking crackdown
China’s trust assets expanded at the slowest pace in two years as the government cracks down on shadow banking and investors reassess the risks of the ... -
Man detained over WeChat rumors
Chinese police have detained a man suspected of spreading rumors on WeChat, following authorities’ new regulation on instant messaging services. The man managed a WeChat public ... -
Rare panda triplets born in Guangzhou
China announced yesterday the birth of extremely rare panda triplets in a further success for the country’s artificial breeding program. The three cubs were born July ... -
Authorities hunt fugitive billionaire
An international manhunt is underway for a Chinese businessman who fled the country following allegations of fraud, authorities said yesterday. Interpol has issued a red notice ... -
INDIA | Asbestos pushed as product for the poor
The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat. Their industry, they said at the conference in the Indian capital, saves lives ... -
AUSTRALIA| US secretary of state condemns severed head image
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday described a photograph of a Sydney-born 7-year-old boy clutching the severed head of a Syrian soldier as “disturbing” ... -
US, Australia sign military cooperation pact
Lolita C. Baldor, Sydney The U.S. and Australia signed an agreement yesterday that will allow the two countries’ militaries to train and work better together as U.S. Marines ... -
UKRAINE | Gov’t says will deny access to Russian aid
A convoy of 280 Russian trucks reportedly packed with aid headed for eastern Ukraine yesterday, but Ukraine said it wouldn’t let the mission in because it isn’t being coordinated by ... -
EBOLA OUTBREAK | UN: It’s ethical to try untested medicines
The World Health Organization declared yesterday that it’s ethical to use unproven Ebola drugs and vaccines in the outbreak in West Africa provided the right ... -
this day in history: 1966 China announces Cultural Revolution
China has announced plans for a “new leap forward” after the first meeting in four years of the Communist Party’s Central Committee. The blueprint unveiled by ... -
Offbeat | Scary ride: 24 rescued from stuck Maryland roller coaster
Authorities say 24 people stranded on a roller coaster have been rescued from near the top of the ride at Six Flags America in Maryland. Prince ... -
Football | Premier League returns with stronger Man and Mou
The return of the Premier League this weekend cannot come quickly enough for English fans still lamenting their national team’s worst-ever World Cup showing. With the ... -
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 – edition no. 2128
* EBOLA OUTBREAK: UN says it’s ethical to try untested medicines • Spanish priest dies after receiving experimental treatment * Jason has a Plan B if ... -
the buzz: Population tops 620,000 in Q2, fewer marriages
The MSAR’s total population reached 624,000 at the end of June 2014, marking an increase of 9,500 quarter-to-quarter due to growth of non-resident workers. The female ... -
Italians go to school to learn about corruption
Is helping a pal win a contract just being friendly? What’s wrong with taking the kids to the beach in the office car? And why ... -
World briefs
SOUTH CHINA SEA Despite U.S. and Asian calls for self-restraint and new impetus for the resolution of territorial disputes involving China, a high-profile Asian security summit ... -
Gaming | Forefront: ‘We didn’t mean to target foreign operators’
The Forefront of Macau Gaming (FMG) has said that further protests targeting other gaming operators will be held depending on whether staff want similar campaigns to ... -
Aviation | Suspended Jetstar Macau-Hanoi route due to be relaunched soon
The Jetstar Pacific Airlines daily flight between Macau and Hanoi, launched in March this year, was suspended after violence escalated in Vietnam over a disputed oil ... -
Melco Crown subsidiary indicted over illegal Taiwan cash transfers
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office has charged a subsidiary of Melco Crown Entertainment Limited over allegedly illegal transfers of large sums of money between Macau and ... -
11 individuals charged with computer fraud released on bail
The Public Prosecutions Office (MP) has granted bail to 11 individuals who were allegedly involved in a computer fraud scam at a local casino. Other measures ... -
AL Plenary | Housing concerns top lawmakers’ agenda
During yesterday’s Legislative Assembly (AL) plenary session, several lawmakers presented verbal enquiries regarding local housing issues. They also attempted to elicit a promise from the ... -
Lawmaker grills GDSE over natural gas supply
Kwan Tusi Hang has demanded that the chief of the Office of the Development of the Energy Sector (GDSE), Arnaldo Santos, explain the current government policy ... -
The gov’t according to Alexis Tam | Officials with flaws, hardworking Chief
Government spokesperson Alexis Tam has described Chief Executive Chui Sai On as “very hardworking” and expressed the opinion that he “did a good job” over the ... -
Shrinking Distance | Giant ‘sea creature’ will join two sides of Pearl River
Every day thousands of people take the jetfoil from Hong Kong to Macau. As they approach the harbor, they see the legs of a new bridge ... -
Malaysia Airlines disasters prompt revamp redux
Malaysia’s national carrier, kept afloat with billions from the government in the past six years, got yet another lifeline after two high- profile jet disasters this ... -
Corporate Bits | CEM attends 4th Guangdong, HK and Macau Power Industry Summit
To strengthen communication and cooperation among the power companies in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, China Southern Power Grid Co. Ltd (CSP), CLP Holdings Limited (CLP), ... -
Angola modernises tax system to attract business investment
Angola has been working for the last three years to modernise its corporate tax system to make it more effective and attractive with respect to investment ... -
Indian consortium to invest USD300 million in Mozambican coal mine
India’s International Coal Ventures Ltd (ICVL) consortium plans to apply USD300 million to expansion of the Benga coal mine in Mozambique, the company’s executive chairman C.S. ... -
Probes threaten to squeeze foreign profits
China’s antitrust crackdown signals a new era of regulatory scrutiny in the country and threatens to end the days when products from Audi sedans to Starbucks ... -
HONG KONG | Growth slows as tourists buy less jewelry
Hong Kong’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter as tourist spending on jewelry and watches plunged, underlining the city’s reliance on Chinese visitors. Expansion from ... -
McDonald’s, Yum ordered to reveal suppliers amid Shanghai probe
Shanghai has ordered McDonald’s and other foreign restaurant chains to disclose their product sources as the city seeks to regain consumer trust after a food scare ...
