Author: Lynzy Valles, MDT
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Crime | Seventy-six suspects arrested in loan shark scheme
Macau and Zhuhai authorities have arrested 76 suspects in an alleged loan-shark scheme targeting gamblers in local casinos involving over HKD20 million. According to the Judiciary ... -
Environment | Carbon reduction efforts might require Guangdong’s help
Hong Kong’s top environment official has called for collaboration with regions in the Greater Bay Area, particularly Zhuhai, to fulfill its aim for a low-carbon strategy ... -
GTEF | Data privacy hindering Macau’s smart city development
The Macau SAR’s rigorous enforcement of data privacy could hinder the city’s progress in becoming a smart city, a Macau-based academic said yesterday. The dean of ... -
GTEF | Pansy Ho: Brazil has the basic requirements for integrated resorts
In response to a suggestion by Marcelo Álvaro Antônio, the Minister of Tourism in Brazil, regarding the country’s plans to invite investors to open up resorts ... -
GTEF | Latin America easing entry requirements for China passport holders
Argentina and Brazil – which are Macau’s 2019 Global Tourism Economy Forum partners – are mutually collaborating on an easy visa acquisition scheme for Chinese passport ... -
Gov’t admits to shortcomings in Five-Year Plan progress
The mid-term review of the government’s first Five-Year Development Plan indicated that lawmaking and the region’s construction sector had both faced a series of challenges between ... -
Architect suggests micro-housing as solution to shortage
A low-cost and micro-living housing unit is coming to Hong Kong as early as next year, with the goal of easing the neighboring region’s housing problems. ... -
Macau passport climbs three spots to 33rd in global index
The Macau SAR passport was the 33rd most powerful passport in the Henley Passport Index, as analyzed by Henley & Partners, with passport holders allowed to ... -
Ruins of St. Paul’s | Diocese upset over projection of political symbols
The Catholic Diocese of Macau has expressed its disappointment over the projection of political symbols on the façade of the Ruins of St. Paul’s in celebration ... -
Migrant worker says ‘worth fighting for rights’ after small victory
The Filipino migrant worker seeking compensation after a work accident that resulted in the amputation of his leg has won the civil case and is awaiting ... -
Academic freedom Report | Education institutions facing ‘shrinking space for ideas’
An international network of academic institutions based in the United States has said that academic freedom and the quality of higher education in both Macau and ... -
Tourist arrivals surge in Southeast Asia amid HK unrest
Some countries in Southeast Asia are benefitting from the increase in the number of visitor arrivals from mainland China, as tour groups continue taking their business ... -
Ho Iat Seng | Ending gaming’s 3+3 system would promote competitiveness
Chief Executive-elect Ho Iat Seng pledged last week that he would address the gaming sector’s 3+3 system, adding that the future amendment bill in the gaming ... -
Sands China’s ‘mature’ mass market may keep its GGR stable
The gross gaming revenue (GGR) results for Sands China Ltd in the first half of the year were “satisfactory,” with the company looking forward to a ... -
Grant Bowie confident local companies will resist recession
Following the warning that Macau’s economic recession will continue into the third quarter of 2019, MGM China is confident that local companies are better prepared than ... -
Higher education | Enrollment of local students has dropped 30% in past six years
Macau students admitted to local universities and institutes recorded a decline of 6.8% in the 2018/19 academic year when compared to the intake a year earlier, ... -
Pansy Ho expected to defend Hong Kong at UN
Macau tycoon Pansy Ho will deliver a speech tomorrow at the United Nations (UN), defending the way the Hong Kong SAR has handled the protests. Ho, ... -
New Macau Association | Survey: 5,351 residents voted in favor of universal suffrage
A total of 5,351 votes were cast in favor of having a Chief Executive elected by universal suffrage. The result of the “Vote on Universal Suffrage ... -
Our Desk | Influencers, anyone?
Recently, I’ve been watching a number of YouTube videos, the creators of whom have made it their career to create media content. The content ranges from ... -
Hope and doubt, change and continuity: voices on Macau’s next Chief Executive
Macau will select its next Chief Executive this Sunday, as decided upon by the vote of a 400-member election committee consisting of members from the city’s different ... -
New Macau faces cyberattacks, threats due to voting activity
Local pro-democracy group New Macau Association (ANM) said that the website where it has been conducting its voting activities on universal suffrage has been subject to cyberattacks and ... -
Fireworks contest extended by another night this year
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has invited 12 pyrotechnic teams to present firework displays themed “Duo Celebrations for Macau” to celebrate the 30th Macao International Fireworks ... -
Smart City | Transportation system needs AI development progress, experts say
The SAR has taken several initiatives in the field of artificial intelligence such as establishing a partnership with Alibaba Cloud on the project of Smart Cities. ... -
Macau to host new seminary college for training regional priests
Macau is set to host a new seminary college starting September that will train priests from across Asia. According to the Vatican news agency, Agenzia Fides, ... -
Our Desk | What amputation claims?
The story of the migrant worker whose left leg was amputated is an example of how a number of non-resident workers – particularly non-skilled ones – ... -
Migrant worker still awaiting updates from insurance, employer
The Filipino migrant worker who is seeking compensation following a workplace accident that cost him his leg says he still has no updates regarding amputation claims ... -
Private housing should not be forgotten, says JLL Macau
Real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Macau is calling on the government to attend to the current private housing situation, which currently has only ... -
New graduates: finding work is tough without ‘connections’
The region is welcoming an influx of fresh graduates again this year, with over 2,000 graduating from bachelor degree programs since May. However, some new graduates ... -
HK protests expected to slightly inflate Macau visitor arrivals
The massive Hong Kong protests against the now-suspended extradition bill, are likely to have a minor inflationary effect on Macau’s tourism arrivals, say analysts. This year’s ... -
Drug Control Commission calls for increased collaboration between SARs
The National Drug Control Commission of China has called on both Macau and Hong Kong to increase cooperation between their regions to strengthen the fight against ... -
Embraer showcases newest E195-E2 aircraft in the SAR
Brazilian aerospace firm Embraer has brought its newest Profit Hunter jet – the E195-E2 – to Macau, showcasing the “TechLion” livery that covers the aircraft’s fuselage. ... -
Illegal accommodation an attractive (and much cheaper) option for visitors
Some tenants in Macau are illegally subletting their rented accommodation to tourists in order to help cover their living expenses. In a Facebook group – whose ... -
Artisan presents art of edomae sushi
MGM is presenting traditional sushi crafted by renowned Michelin-starred sushi master Hiroyuki Sato, now the chef-owner of sushi restaurant Hakkoku in Tokyo. Previously the chef of sushi restaurant Sushi ... -
Eight days to leave Macau | New legislation risks making it harder to escape problematic employers
The eight days given to non- residents workers to find new employment once their work contracts are terminated is considered by many to be too short ... -
Labor Affairs | Former Dragone employee allegedly offered money to withdraw DSAL complaint
Dragone Macau, which operates The House of Dancing Water, allegedly offered a sum of money to a former employee to incentivize him to withdraw his complaint ...
